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2801. Add MS 7085

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Title:
Charts, plans, views and drawings, taken on board H.M. bark Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769 and 1770, by Lieut. James Cook, Commander
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Volume of 42 folios containing charts, plans, coastal views and drawings from Cook's first voyage. All executed in Indian ink, and previously all attributed to Cook. Recent scholarship suggests that, while Cook was responsible for the surveys, Isaac Smith may have been the draughtsman, while a n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1768-1770
Extent:
1 volume

2802. Add MS 7096

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Title:
BURY ST EDMUNDS REGISTER: volume ii of the register book of William Curteys, Abbot of Bury 1429-1446; circa 1445-1446. Latin. Origin: England. Fair copy, made from an original draft. Index to ff. 71-217 made in the time of Abbot John Bohun (1453-1469), ff. 217-221. For the first volume of Curteys's register, still in its original binding, see Add. 14848. The contents of the present MS. are listed in Monasticon, iii, pp. 129-130. For a modern description see R. M. Thomson, The Archives of the...
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Chartularies: Bury St Edmunds Abbey; Suffolk: William Curteys, Abbot of Bury St Edmunds: Register Book of Abbot Curteys of Bury St Edmunds, vol. ii: circa 1445-1446: Lat. includes: ff. 1-3v Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letters to C. Ord: 1819. f. 4v Cox Macro, DD: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1429-1446
Extent:
1 item

2803. Add MS 7099

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Title:
Extracts from the household books of King Henry VII
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Extracts from the household books of King Henry VII, from 24 December [1491] to 27 September [1505]. Compiled by Craven Ord, antiquary and brass-rubber (bap. 1755, d. 1832). With some brief extracts and references illustrating terms and customs, alphabetically arranged. Includes notes and an ind...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume

2804. Add MS 7103

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'CHRONICLE OF RHEIMS': chronicle from 1100 to circa 1260, conc. the reigns of Philip II and Louis IX of France, Richard I of England, and the Crusades; late 13th cent. French. Origin: France. Beg. 'Des puis celle heure que Gaudefrois'. Colophon: (f. 94v) 'Explicit li rommans de chou qui lauuit apres la mort gaudefroi de buillong'. Printed from a MS. now Paris BN Anciens Petits Fonds Français No. 24430 as follows: La Chronique de Rains, ed. L. Paris (Paris, 1837); Récits d'un ménestral de Rei...
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Saints: Leaf from a hagiographical text used to cover binding: 14th cent: Lat. Bindings FRENCH: Leaf from a 14th cent. hagiographical text used to cover boards: 18th? cent. Rheims, Marne: France General: England General: Chronicle of Rheims: late 13th cent: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:
1 item

2805. Add MS 7965

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WARDROBE ACCOUNTS: accounts for the King's Wardrobe, 25 Edward I; 20 Nov. 1296-20 Nov. 1297. Latin. Origin: England. John Droxford was Keeper of the Wardrobe and John Benstead Controller. Wardrobe books and other surviving records for 1285-1289, chiefly at the PRO, are published with full introductions in Records of the Wardrobe and Household, ed. B. F. and C. R. Byerly, 1285-1286, 1286-1289 (HMSO 1977, 1986). Owned by Thomas Martin, antiquary (d. 1771), whose signature appears, f. i. Subseq...
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Accounts: Edward I of England: England; Royal Household: Wardrobe book: 1296-1297: Lat. includes: f. i Thomas Martin, of Palgrave: Signature: bef. 1771. f. ii Bookplates and Book-stamps: Heraldry: Craven Ord, antiquary: Heraldic bookplate of Craven Ord: bef. 1830. ff. iii-xxv Craven Ord, antiq...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
20 Nov 1296-20 Nov 1297
Extent:
1 item

2806. Add MS 7966 A

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WARDROBE ACCOUNTS: accounts for the King's Wardrobe, 29 Edward I; 20 Nov. 1300 - 20 Nov. 1301, with additional material for 1302. Latin. Origin: England. John Droxford was Keeper of the Wardrobe and John Benstead Controller. For a modern edition of Wardrobe records of this period, with introduction, see Byerly, ed., Records of the Wardrobe and Household. Excerpts from the present MS. are printed in: H. Johnstone, 'The chapel of St Louis, Greyfriars, London', EHR, 56 (1941), pp. 447-450; ...
Scope & Content:
Accounts: Edward I of England: England; Royal Household: Wardrobe book: 1300-1301: Lat. includes: f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: Heraldry: Craven Ord, antiquary: Heraldic bookplate of Craven Ord: bef. 1830. f. ii Thomas Martin, of Palgrave: Signature: bef. 1771. ff. iii-xix passim Craven Ord...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1300-1302
Extent:
1 item

2807. Add MS 7967

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WARDROBE ACCOUNTS FOR AQUITAINE: accounts of Nicholas Huggate, who acted as Keeper of the King's Wardrobe in Aquitaine; [1 March 1324-31 May 1326]. Latin. Origin: England. The accounts cover receipts and expenses, in particular wages of troops and sailors. On the accession of Edward III, Huggate was appointed Controller of the King's Wardrobe in England. Owned by Thomas Martin, antiquary (d. 1771), whose signature appears, f. i verso. Signature 'John Smith' occurs, late 18th cent, f. i. Subs...
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John Smith, fl. 18th cent: Name written: late 18th cent. Edward II of England: Accounts: England; Royal Household: Nicholas Huggate, Controller of the King's Wardrobe 1327: Duchy of Aquitaine: Accounts of N. Huggate as Keeper of the King's Wardrobe in Aquitaine: 1324-1326: Lat. includes: f. i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1 Mar 1324-31 May 1326
Extent:
1 item

2808. Add MS 7969

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DUNS SCOTUS: 'Collationes Parisienses' of Johannes Duns Scotus; 1478. Latin. Origin: England. Beg. 'Utrum sit tantum una prudencia'. Colophon: 'Expliciunt collaciones doctoris subtilis cum tabula sequenti per manus J de M[?] Anno domini 1478 22 die mensis decembris'. Watson, no. 7. For printed versions see: L. Wadding, Opera omnia . . . (Leuven 1639). [Facsimile edition, 1969]; Opera omnia . . . (Vatican, 1950 -) [with list of mss., vol. i]; C. R. S. Harris, Duns Scotus (1927). For bibliogra...
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Watermarks: Pot, anchor, letter [I?]: 15th cent., bef. 1478. Bindings ENGLISH: Wooden boards, vellum spine: circa 1478. Theology LATIN: Manuscripts, Dated: Johannes Duns, Scotus: 'Collationes Parisienses' of Duns Scotus: 1478: Lat. includes: ff. 1v, 41v, 42v Philip Maile, alias Mayle: Ex lib...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

2809. Add MS 8092

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MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS: grammatical, theological and medical tracts; 12th-13th centt. Latin. Origin: England. Art. 5 apparently once formed part of the same volume as Add. 8091 (see below). 'No 11 33', f. iii. '57' in pencil, f. iii verso. 'ff. 33', f. iv. A few late medieval and 16th cent. marginals and memoranda, eg. ff. 4, 5v. Purchased with Add. 8091 at the sale of Sir William Betham's MSS., Evans, 6 July 1830, lot 439 (not lot 440, see f. i verso). Vellum; ff. iv+33. Art. 5 bears me...
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includes: ff. 1-5v Alexander Neckam, scholar: Grammar: 'De nominibus utensilium' by Alexander Neckam: 13th cent: Lat: Imperf. ff. 6-8v Poetry LATIN: Petrus Riga: Grammar: 'De preteritus et supinis' by Petrus Riga: 13th cent: Lat. ff. 9-11 Poetry LATIN: Anon., 'Declinent tuti pueri. . .': 13th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-13th century
Extent:
1 item

2810. Add MS 8093

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Title:
ARDERNE ON FISTULA: the English version of the treatise on fistula by John Arderne (fl. 1370); mid 15th cent. Origin: England. Beg. (f. 1v) 'Iohn Arderne fro the first pestelence'. Preceded by a list of chapters. Pen drawings of surgical instruments, ff. 41-41v. The text is printed from Sloane MS. 6 in D'A. Power, ed., Treatises of fistula in ano, EETS, o.s. 139 (1910). Various 16th cent. marginals, notes on recipes, eg. ff. 1, 20, 21. The name 'Iuo Hartland', possibly a previous owner occur...
Scope & Content:
Medicine and Surgery: John Arderne, surgeon: John Arderne, On fistula, illustrated: mid 15th cent. includes: ff. 10, 23, 40 Ivo Hartland: Name written: late 16th-early 17th cent. f. 16v Roger Prosser: Name written: late 16th-early 17th cent. ff. 41-41v Medicine and Surgery: Art. Illuminations ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

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