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2012. Add MS 5156
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5156
- Title:
- Will and codicils of William Courten of the Middle Temple, London, 10 March 1701
- Scope & Content:
- Attested office copy of the last will of William Courten of the Middle Temple, London, gent. Dated 10 March 1701, with three codicils, dated 20 March, 22 March and 23 March 1701/2. On the last page is a list of Mr. Courten’s debts, transcribed from Sloane MS 3961.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1701
- Extent:
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1 volume
2013. Add MS 5157
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5157
- Title:
- Two original letters from Dr. Thomas Shaw to the Rev. Dr. Benson relating to the passage of the Israelites over the Red Sea
- Scope & Content:
- A. Dated Brandleigh, near Basingstoke, Hants., 20 July 1746. B. Dated Brandleigh, near Basingstoke, Hants., 4 August 1746. Add MS 5157 is bound with Add MS 5409 and 5417-5421.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1746
- Extent:
- 1 item
2014. Add MS 5159
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5159
- Title:
- Letters from Dr. Samuel Johnson to John Nichols, bookseller
- Scope & Content:
- Original notes and letters from Dr. Johnson to Mr. John Nichols. In a 4to vol. ff. 41. 1. Relative to a passage from the Parliamentary History, referred to in the life of Waller (n.d.). f. 1 2. Concerning his lives of Cowley, Waller, Dryden, etc. Dat. 27 July, 1778. f. 2 3. Concerning the lif...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1778-1784
- Extent:
- 1 volume (41 folios)
2015. Add MS 5160
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5160
- Title:
- POCKET BIBLE: Vulgate version; mid 13th cent. Latin. Origin: England? With St Jerome's prefaces 'Frater Ambrosius' and 'Desiderii mei'. 3 Esdras follows Ezra-Nehemiah, and the Acts of the Apostles follows the Pauline Epistles. The volume ends (f. 630) with a copy of the dictionary of Hebrew names beg. 'Aaz apprehendens', incomplete at the end. Contemporary - 17th cent. marginalia. A contents list in the hand of John Douglas (b.1721, d. 1807) is inserted as f. 1*. Belonged, 1622, to Charles F...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ENGLISH: Brown calf, gilt-stamped: 17th cent. Bible LATIN: Pocket Bible: mid 13th cent. includes: f. 1 Charles Fairfax, of Menston; antiquary: Signature: 1622. f. 1* John Douglas, DD; Bishop of Salisbury: List of books of the Bible, written by: bef. 1787. ff. 630-672 Bible. Dictionar...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 13th century-17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
2016. Add MS 5161
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5161
- Title:
- Alphabetical list of the monastic cartularies and muniments preserved in the Cotton Library
- Scope & Content:
- An alphabetical list of the monastic cartularies and muniments preserved in the Cotton Library, written in a hand of the 16th century. At the end is a note: ‘This booke was made since the books were new placed and therefore imperfect.’
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (11 folios)
2017. Add MS 5162-5169
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5162-5169
- Title:
- Minutes of proceedings of the Royal Society, taken by Charles Morton
- Scope & Content:
- Minutes of proceedings of the Royal Society, taken by Charles Morton
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1759-1773
- Extent:
- 11 volumes
2018. Add MS 5170
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5170
- Title:
- Catalogue of papers relating to Scotch affairs, preserved in the Cottonian MSS
- Scope & Content:
- Catalogue of papers relating to Scotch affairs, preserved in the Cottonian MSS marked Caligula, B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4, B.5, B.6, B.8, B.9 and B.10
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (62 folios)
2019. Add MS 5171-5172
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5171-5172
- Title:
- Collections and notes for a new edition of Plautus, by Francis Hare Bishop of Chichester
- Scope & Content:
- Collections and notes for a new edition of Plautus, by Francis Hare Bishop of Chichester
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- 2 volumes (294 folios; 219 folios)
2020. Add MS 5173
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5173
- Title:
- A drawing of the West Tower in St. Clement’s Church-Yard at Cambridge and Mr. Cole’s epitaph
- Scope & Content:
- A drawing of the West Tower in St. Clement’s Church-Yard at Cambridge and Mr. Cole’s epitaph
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item