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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 5155
Title:: ‘Seven Physical Discourses on various Subjects, by J.C. 1717’
Scope & Content:: Contents: 1. The earth in general 2. The earth in particular 3. A continuation of it 4. The heavens 5. No equivocal generation 6. The generation of mountains 7. The deluge universal
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1717
Extent:: 1 volume (134 folios)

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:: 1 volume

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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