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1. Add MS 6028

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Add MS 6028
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'HISTORIA AUGUSTA': an Italian humanist manuscript, probably from Rome, of the 'Historia Augusta', lives of Roman emperors traditionally assigned to six different authors of the late third to early fourth centuries A.D.; mid 15th cent. Latin. Origin: Italy. The text is incomplete, ending in the life of Probus, ch. xix, 'effronduit misi deinde per omnes additus' (f. 180v): the scribe has added a colophon, with the word 'finis' at the foot of the page. The text was first printed in 1475. For a...
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: 'Historia Augusta': initials and borders: 15th cent. Rome; Emperors: 'Historia Augusta': 15th cent: Lat. includes: f. 1 Heraldry: Sacrati family; of Ferrara: Arms of the Sacrati family of Ferrara: 15th cent: Painted.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8260

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HISTORICAL COMPENDIUM OF THE LIVES OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS AND POPES; 1585. Italian. The MS., which is dated (f. 135) 28 Oct. 1585, contains a chronological, historical summary of the lives of the Roman emperors, popes and other prominent men from Julius Caesar to Emperor Rudolf II, inc. ‘In questo trattato scriveremo la vita delli Imperadori Romani’ (f. 5), expl. ‘a cui successe Ridolfo pure secondo di tal nome’. The text, which is preceded by chronological (ff. 2-3) and alphabetical (ff. 3v-...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Bindings ITALIAN: 18th cent. red leather quarter binding with decorated paper covers: 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Rome; Emperors: Holy Roman Empire: Historical compendium of the lives of the Roman emper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
28 Oct 1585
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8291

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Add MS 8291
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COLLECTION of historical, religious and moral tracts, partly relating to Jansenism and the history of heresy in the Eastern Churches, with lists of Roman Emperors and other rulers, and a collection of inscriptions on Roman imperial coins; circa 1628-1690. Latin and Italian. Copies. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '155' in pencil in upper left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8292 (part), 8502, 8789, 8801, 8802, and 8804, from R...
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includes: ff. 1-101 Jansenists: Tracts rel. to: late 17th - early 18th cent.: Lat: Copies. ff. 1-135v Heretics: Tracts rel. to: late 17th - early 18th cent.: Lat: Copies. ff. 102-135v Eastern Churches: Tracts rel. to oriental heresies: late 17th - early 18th cent.: Lat: Copies. ff. 136-175 Rome...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1628-1690
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 12015

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HISTORIÆ AUGUSTÆ Scriptores. At the end are added the formulae to be used in addressing persons of various ranks. On vellum, xvth cent. Quarto. [12,015.] Rome; Emperors: Augustæ Historiæ scriptores.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 14801

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Add MS 14801
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S. HIERONYMI Martyrologium; cum epistola Chromatii et Heliodori, Episcoporum, ad eum, et replicatione Hieronymi preefixis;-Actorum Concilii Aquisgranensis, sub Ludovico Pio, Imperatore, anno 816 habiti, liber primus; scilicet, De institutione Canonicorum [much fuller than in the edition of Labbe, and the order of the chapters different];-" Epistola formata Attici, Episcopi Constantinopolitani;"-Ex decreto Zachariæ Papæ, cap. iii.;-Ex S. Isidori Regula, de delictis;-De Septuagesima Paschæ, et...
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Court of Rome: Notes in the Add. Ms. 14,801, relative to the church of St. Maria trans Tiberim, to which the Ms. formerly belonged. Councils: Actorum concilii Aquisgranensis anno 816, liber primus. Rome; Emperors: Series Imperatorum usque ad Lotharium. Zachary; Pope; Saint: Quædam ex decreto ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11th century-14th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 16982

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Add MS 16982
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C. JULII CÆSARIS Commentariorum de Bello Gallico libri septem, f I -[C. Auli] Hirtii de eodem Bello liber octavus, f. 79;-C. J. Ceesaris de Bello Civili Pompeiano libri tres, f. 90 b.;[A. Hirtii Pansæ] de Bello Alexandrino liber, f. 150 b.;-[Ejusdem] " de Bello Civili in Africa gesto liber," f. 170;-[Cornelii Balbi, sive incerti] " de Bello Civili in Hispania liber," f. 194;-C. J. Cæsaris Epistola ad Ciceronem, et ejusdem Epistolfle duæ ad Oppium et Cornelium. On fol. 205 b. is this note, " ...
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Rome; Emperors: C. Julius Cæsar. De Bello Gallico etc. Aulus Hirtius Pansa: De Bello Gallico etc. includes: f. 194 Cornelius Balbus: De bello civili in Hispaniá.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1462
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 38823

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Add MS 38823
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Sir Edward Hoby, Commonplace book
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Commonplace book of Sir Edward Hoby, politician and diplomat (1560-1617), containing entries on various subjects including America, Parliament, the Isle of Sheppey, the siege of Calais (1346-1347), and Mary, Queen of Scots. ff. i-ii) Remains of two parchment fragments of a 13th-century manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1582-c 1596
Extent:

1 volume

8. Add MS 57313

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WILKS PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 122). 1. ff. 1-72v. Correspondence, etc., including family correspondence, chiefly relating to Wilks's career in India; 1782-1826. 2. ff. 73-122v. Report by Wilks on the manufacture of gunpowder in India; 1802. Copy. With related papers, annotations by Sir Humphry D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Hindi
Date Range:
1782-1826
Extent:
1 item

9. Sloane MS 289

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Sloane MS 289
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includes: ff. 1-54 Ranulph Higden, Chronicler: Polychronicon, lib. i.: 15th cent. ff. 54 b-57 b Vespasian and Titus; Emperor of Rome: Res gestæ sub: 15th cent. ff. 57 b-59 b Anecdotes: Exempla quorundam morum: 15th cent. ff. 60-70 b Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Gesta quæ invenit Theodosius Magnus ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Sloane MS 2144

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Sloane MS 2144
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Sloane 2144 Chartaceus, in Quarto, ff. 235, Sec. XVII. 1. Formulae epistolarum variae. ff. 1-113, 149-151, 170-172, 198, 199. 2. Dispositio orationis qua legatus Caesareus magnos duces Moscoviae ad fœdus contra Furcas invitat. f. 114. 3. Epistola Johannis Adolphi B. de Kielmans Egge ad Johan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item