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This roll contains the household expenses of Princess Mary (the future Mary I, r. 1552-1558), daughter of King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485, d. 1536). The account covers a one-and-a-half-year period from 1 July 1525 to 31 December 1526 (17 and 18 Henry VIII), when M...
Expenses of the household departments of Princess Mary
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The roll contains the household expenses of Princess Mary (the future Mary I, r. 1552-1558), daughter of King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485, d. 1536). The account lists the expenses of several household departments, comparing the expenditure made in October and other...
Jane Lumley, translations of Isocrates, Orationes, and Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis
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This volume is a commonplace book containing the Orationes of the Ancient Greek rhetorician Isocrates (b. 436, d. 338 BC), in a Latin translation composed by Jane Lumley (b. 1537, d. 1578), Baroness Lumley, and written in her hand. Two of the orations are prefaced by dedicatory epistles to her f...
Almanac, including a calendar and astronomical information
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An almanac, including an astronomical calendar in pictorial form, for 1420, with miscellaneous additions. A similar almanac, dated 1412, is now Harley MS 2332. Contents: f. 1v: Added 15th-century meteorological notes from Christmas to Twelfth Night, in a year in which Christmas fell on Sunda...
Book of expenses of Princess Mary, with an inventory of her jewels; catalogue of printed books in the Royal Library
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This manuscript contains a record of the household expenses of Princess Mary, later Mary I (r. 1553-1558), Queen of England, for the period 1536-1544. The accounts feature marginal notes and corrections written in Mary's hand, and her signature inscribed at the end of each month for the first ...
Sir Theodore de Mayerne, Pictoria, sculptoria et quae subalternarum artium (the 'Mayerne manuscript')
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The manuscript contains miscellaneous notes on the subject of artistic techniques, including the making of pigments, oils and varnishes, the priming and preparation of surfaces for painting, and the repair and conservation of paintings. The manuscript also contains notes of chemical experiments,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (Long Text)
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This manuscript contains the Long Text of the Revelations of Divine Love written by Julian of Norwich (b. 1342, d. after 1416). There are two distinct versions of Julian's account of and reflections on a sequence of visions of the Crucified Christ that she experienced as she was lying on her si...
Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (Long Text)
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This manuscript contains the Long Text of the Revelations of Divine Love written by Julian of Norwich (b. 1342, d. after 1416). There are two distinct versions of Julian's account of and reflections on a sequence of visions of the Crucified Christ that she experienced as she was lying on her si...
Bombay Geographical Society. Index to the First Seventeen Volumes of the Society's Transactions. With Catalogue of the Library, and Catalogue of Charts, Maps, Sketches, and Views.
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Bombay Geographical Society. Index to the First Seventeen Volumes of the Society's Transactions. With Catalogue of the Library, and Catalogue of Charts, Maps, Sketches, and Views. Publication details: Printed for the Society by Ballantyne and Co., Paul's Work, Edinburgh, 1866.
