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1101. Stowe MS 1053

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Stowe MS 1053
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C0MMONPLACE-BOOK Of Philip Morant (ob. 1770), Rector of St. Mary's, Colchester, and author of the History of Essex, consisting of extracts and notes on the following, among other, subjects:-(1) Anglo-Saxon Parliaments. f. 2;-(2) Homage and tenures. ff. 38, 40;-(3) The Nature and Attributes of Go...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

1102. Stowe MS 1054

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Stowe MS 1054
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EXTRACTS from various manuscripts, etc., in the Vatican Library, made in 1787 by Rev. Charles O'Conor, D.D. (see his Bibl. MS. Stowensis, vol. i. p. 335). 1. Malediction of Pope Sixtus [V.] on any one who shall steal or ill-use the books in the Vatican Library, being an "Inscription on marble ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1787
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1 item

1103. Stowe MS 1055

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Stowe MS 1055
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EXTRACTS from original letters and papers in the Bodleian, British Museum, and other Libraries, made apparently for Tho. Astle, who prefixed a list of contents. 1. Letters of Richard Layton and other Visitors of Religious Houses to Thomas, Lord Cromwell, on the immoralities, etc., at Fountains...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1104. Stowe MS 1056

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Stowe MS 1056
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CATALOGUES of various collections of MSS. and Printed Books, as follows:- 1. Manuscript collections of Thomas Madox, Historiographer Royal (ob. 1727). f. 3. 2. MSS. of James West, Secretary to the Treasury, etc. (ob. 1772), viz.:-(a) His "Manuscripts in Covent Garden." f. 22;-(b) "Manuscript...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

1105. Stowe MS 1057

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Stowe MS 1057
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COLLECTION Of tracts, etc., made apparently by Dr. Zachary Grey, Rector of Houghton Conquest (ob. 1766), in whose hand the first 92 leaves are written. From a note by Rev. William Cole, the Cambridge antiquary, in Add. MS. 5822, f. 123, it would seem that he borrowed this volume from Dr. Grey in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1106. Stowe MS 1058

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Stowe MS 1058
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TRANSCRIPTS Of various documents, made by Dr. Zachary Grey, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Vicar of St. Peter's and St. Giles' in Cambridge, and Rector of Houghton Conquest, co. Bedford (ob. 1766). At the beginning are inserted four original documents, viz.:-(a) Certificate of induction of Dr. Robe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1107. Stowe MS 1059

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Stowe MS 1059
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ARCHAISMUS GRAPHICUS: an introduction to Palaeography by [Sir] Henry Spelman, written for the use of his sons in 1606. lt contains notes in Latin on the history of letters, and on MSS. and the means to determine their age, together with a glossary, which occupies nearly the whole volume, of abbr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1606
Extent:
1 item

1108. Stowe MS 1060

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Stowe MS 1060
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FACSIMILES Of "Alphabets, specimens of Ancient and Modern Writing, engravings of Ancient Charters, etc.," with notes -by Thomas Astle, giving references to the sources from which the plates were taken. A few of the plates were used by Astle for his Origin and Progress of Writing, 1784. At the en...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1109. Stowe MS 1061

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Stowe MS 1061
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FACSIMILES, executed by hand, of ancient writing and illuminations from manuscripts in the British Museum, Bodleian, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Lambeth, and other Libraries, apparently collected by Thomas Astle. Amongst them are a few single leaves, vellum, of original manuscripts, inclu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
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Paper volume with parchment insertions

1110. Stowe MS 1062

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Stowe MS 1062
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"LEXICON Diplomaticum Graecum: or an Interpretation of abbreviations in Greek manuscripts, compiled by John Caravalla, a native of Greece, from original manuscripts, for the use of Doctor Mead" [Richard Mead, M.D., 1673-1754]. Paper; ff. 51. XVIIIth cent. Presented to Tho. Astle by Edwin [Sandys...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item