MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS relating chiefly to ceremonies at the English Court; 16th and 17th centt
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The references 'Lib. Y. fol. 193' (f. 1) 'M. 16' and 'H. 12' (f. 24), and other similar ones are to documents at the College of Arms. Viz:- (1) A list of twelve British standards and banners, heraldic and national; early 17th cent. f. 1. (2) Two pedigrees in the autograph of Sir Robert Cotto...
'DE RE MILITARI' of Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. 4th cent.) translated into English in 1408 for Thomas, 5th Lord Berkeley (see f. 93), apparently by -- Clifton (see description of Lansdowne MS. 285, ff. 82-136, in the Catalogue of Lansdowne MSS.)
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The MS. commences 'Here begynneth a short tretis the whiche Vegicius that was the worshipfulle Erle Renate sonne wrote'; the prologue begins 'In olde tyme hit was the manner'; and the first chapter, 'Now by custummabille usage'. Other late 15th cent. copies are Royal MS. 18 A. xii and Sloane MS....
Based on a mid-13th cent. compilation (rubricated, with red, blue and green decorated initials), of which ff. 9-15, 25-28, 73-75, 83-86, 107-112, 122-127 and 148-167 in the present foliation are the surviving leaves. Extensively supplemented in the 14th cent. (temp. Edward III), with some interm...
LETTER-BOOKS OF JOHN DODINGTON, Resident at Venice, with copies of various letters and papers concerning his post
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Three volumes, of which Vol. I contains chiefly correspondence between the Doge and his ministers and the British Ambassador, Lord Fauconberg, and Dodington. English and Italian (some with English translations), Latin and cipher. Paper. Small folio. 1670-1672. Presented by Dr. Edward Young, 18 M...
Vol. II, ff. i + 121 includes: ff. 3, 30, 47b, 49, 50, 74b Ciphers: Correspondence in letterbooks of J. Dodington, Resident at Venice, written in: 1670-1672.