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31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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.

37. 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

38. 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)

39. Add MS 23409

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Title:
Kitāb al-‘umdah fī ṣinā‘at al-jirāḥah كتاب العمدة في صناعة الجراحة Ibn al-Quff, Abū al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qūb ibn Isḥāq ابن القف ,أبو الفرج بن يعقوب بن إسحاق
Scope & Content:
A general introduction to the the art of surgery by Amīn al-Daulah Abū al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qūb ibn Isḥāq ibn al-Quff (أمين الدولة أبو الفرج بن يعقوب بن إسحاق بن القف; 630/1233-685/1286). The treatise it thought to be the earliest Arabic text devoted to surgery. It comprises twenty chapters (مقالات,...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1052
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+131+iv

40. Add MS 23623

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Title:
Collection of 17th-century compositions by Dr. John Bull, and possibly others
Scope & Content:
ff. 181. Compositions, apparently for Organ (see no. 26), by Jan Bull, sc. Dr. John Bull, with the possible exceptions of nos. 2, 9-12, 47, and 50-52. Transcribed on two staves of 6 lines shortly before and after his death, 18 January-16 November, 1628, etc., and probably composed while he was o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1628
Extent:
1 volume (181 folios)

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