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1. Add Ch 24243

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Title:
Will of Margery, widow of John Todenham, knight
Scope & Content:
Will of Margery, widow of John Todenham, knight, leaving her body to be buried in the chancel of the Austin Friars, Thetford [Norfolk], next to the tomb of her daughter Elizabeth Homgrave, and leaving bequests to that and other churches, and appointing executors, with the signature of Thomas Mar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1411-1416
Extent:

1 document

2. Add MS 4920

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HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. XII (ff. 40). 'Utile e breue (sic) regule di canto compostte per Maestro Zoanne di Spadari [Giovanni di Spataro] da Bologna'; 1510. Giovanni di Spataro, of Bologna: 'Utile e breve regule di canto': 1510.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1510
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4922

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HAWKINS COLLECTION. Vol. XIV (ff. 22). 'Regole per il contrappunto', possibly part of the joint work of Giovanni Maria and Giovanni Bernardino Nanini, Regole ... per fare contrappunto, 1619; 17th cent. Belonged, before 1778, to John? Stafford Smith. Giovanni Maria Nanino, composer: 'Regole per ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 5266/138

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Title:
Watercolour of a dead bird
Scope & Content:
A dead bird lying flat against a brown background, painted with watercolours and gouache on paper laid down on canvas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 drawing

5. Add MS 5292

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Title:
Drawings of Chinese Flowers, Plants, and Fruits, in colours, by a native artist, at Emuy; with their names in Chinese
Scope & Content:
The first of three volumes which contain watercolours of Chinese flowers, plants and fruits by an unknown Chinese artists from Xiamen, known to Europeans at the time as Emuy or Amoy. Drawings of costumes that were also contained in this volume, were transferred to the British Museum Department o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1701
Extent:

1 volume

6. Add MS 5293

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Title:
Drawings of Chinese Flowers, Plants, and Fruits, in colours, by a native artist, at Emuy; with their names in Chinese
Scope & Content:
The second of three volumes which contain watercolours of Chinese flowers, plants and fruits by an unknown Chinese artists from Xiamen, known to Europeans at the time as Emuy or Amoy. Drawings of costumes that were also contained in this volume, were transferred to the British Museum Department ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1701
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 5294

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Title:
Drawings of Chinese Flowers, Plants, and Fruits, in colours, by a native artist, at Emuy; with their names in Chinese
Scope & Content:
The third of three volumes which contain watercolours of Chinese flowers, plants and fruits by an unknown Chinese artists from Xiamen, known to Europeans at the time as Emuy or Amoy. Drawings of costumes that were also contained in this volume, were transferred to the British Museum Department o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1701
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 12340

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Title:
Facsimile of a Kawi inscription
Scope & Content:
‘Fac-simile, in pencil, of an ancient manuscript in the Kawi character, found at Tagala, in the province of Cheribon [Cirĕbon].’ Crawfurd, 1820, vol. ii‚ pp. 216-17 says, ‘from the figures, signs of the zodiac, and other characters painted upon it, it is conjectured to be a treatise on astrolo...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Javanese, and Old Javanese
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 19398

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Title:
Royal and noble autographs, 1399-1646
Scope & Content:
Original letters, bills of privy seal, orders of Privy Council, and other documents, bearing the autograph signatures of royal and noble people, principally of England. Between 1399 and 1646. ff. 1r-2r: Papers concerning the sale of the volume to Dawson Turner (1775–1858), banker, botanist and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 19400

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Title:
Letters from English reformers and martyrs
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–110v: Original letters, principally of English reformers and martyrs from the reign of Mary I. Prefixed is a descriptive list of the letters, by the Reverend William Jacobson. ff. 1r–16v: Jacobson’s descriptive list. ff. 17r–v: Letter from Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester to Matthew P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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