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21. Add MS 15582

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Title:
Collection of medical tracts and excerpts in Irish
Scope & Content:
Medical tracts and excerpts taken from various sources. A detailed description of the Irish material is provided by O'Grady and Flower, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts, i, pp. 262-80. ff. 8r-14v: Tract derived from John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglicana, book I, chapter 19 ('De passionibus stomachi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
1563
Extent:
1 volume

22. Add MS 17012

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Title:
Books of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Book of Joan Vaux')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a Book of Hours that was made in Antwerp around the turn of the 16th century. It subsequently came to England, where it came into the posession of a lady of the Tudor court, possibly Joan Vaux (b. c. 1463, d. 1538), Lady Governess to the Princesses Margaret (b. 1489, d. 1541) ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1500
Extent:
1 volume

23. Add MS 17798

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Title:
Compositions for violins, and bass, in the hand of William Lawes
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-11b. Bass part of sixteen compositions ('fantazias' airs, pavans, and an 'In nomine '), for 5 viols, in the hand of William Lawes, who has signed nos. 1, 4, and 16. Described in Add MS 29410-29415 as '5 pts of Mr. Will. Lawes' Fantazies and aires to the Organn.' ff. 12-25b. Compositions ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (25 folios)

24. Add MS 18920

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Title:
John Harington, translation of ‘Orlando Furioso’
Scope & Content:
English translation of Cantos 14-46 of ‘Orlando Furioso’, by Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533). Translated by Sir John Harington, courtier and author (bap. 1560, d. 1612). This copy, in Harington’s handwriting, was used for the original print edition of the work by Richard Field in 1591. With corre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

25. Add MS 18993

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Title:
PORTIONS of Scripture to be read on some of the principal Feasts, Saints' Days, etc.; miracles of the Virgin Mary; salam to S. John the Evangelist; Æthiopic. Vellum; XVIth cent. Small Quarto. [Add. 18,993.]
Scope & Content:
Æthiopic MSS:.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

26. Add MS 19343

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Title:
ETHIOPIC, Amharic and Arabic Letters, written to Henry Salt by Ras Waldá Selasé and others; with English translations and specimens of Coptic writing, A.D. 1810-1827. Paper. Folio. [Add 19,343.]
Scope & Content:
Calligraphy: Specimens of Coptic writing: 1810-1827. Walda Selase, Ras: Letters to H. Salt: 1810-1827. Henry Salt, Secretary to Lord Valentia: Letters from Ras Waldá Selasé and others to: 1810-1827. Æthiopic MSS:.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1827
Extent:
1 item

27. 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

28. Add MS 19401

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Title:
Letters to sovereigns of Scotland, volume 1, 1525-1603
Scope & Content:
The first volume of a collection of letters sent to sovereigns of Scotland, between 1525 and 1603. Including letters by King Henry VIII of England, Queen Elizabeth I of England, and Sir John Maitland, Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Lord Chancellor of Scotland. f. 1r Printed title-page: ‘Origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1525-1603
Extent:
1 volume.

29. Add MS 19758

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Title:
A TREATISE of music, "By Thomas Rauenscroft, Bacheler of Musick, and one of ye children of Poules." Paper; xviith cent. Small Quarto.
Scope & Content:
Thomas Ravenscroft, composer and editor: Treatise on music: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

30. Add MS 22597

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Title:
Tenor and treble parts and incidental music for a collection of compositions, by various composers.
Scope & Content:
(String Quintets, Motets and a Carol, in the same hand, Song in 'Don Quixote,' by R. Courteville, in a later hand.) ff. 3-15, 18-21b, 53 Tenor part of the following Anthems: — [late 16th cent.]. 1. 'The Lorde blesse vs.' 'R. White.' Attributed by Tudway, in Harley MS 7339, f. 34b, to Matthew Wh...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume (53 folios)

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