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341. Add MS 33931

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ORIGINAL DRAWINGS made by Sir John Barrow, Bart., William Alexander, Samuel Daniell, and Captain Henry William Parish, R.A., on the Embassy to China under Earl Macartney in 1792-93. Some were engraved for Sir George Staunton's Account of an Embassy to China (London, 1797), some for Sir John Barrow's Travels in China (London, 1804), and some for his Voyage to Cochin China (London, 1806). The volume also contains engravings of some of the drawings; and, at the beginning, portraits of Lord Maca...
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George Macartney, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794: Drawings by members of his embassy to China: 1792-93. Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet; Second Secretary to the Admiralty: Drawings, on Lord Macartney's embassy to China: 1792-1793. Topography Collections of Drawings: Drawings by Sir J. Barro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

342. Add MS 34063

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George Gascoigne and Francis Kinwelmersh, ‘Jocasta’
Scope & Content:
Scribal presentation copy of the Inns of Court drama Jocasta, a tragedy in blank verse attributed to George Gascoigne (1534/5?–1577), author and soldier, and Francis Kinwelmersh [Kinwelmershe, Kindlemarsh], (bap. 1538), poet. First performed during the Gray’s Inn Christmas to Lent revels in 156...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1566
Extent:
1 volume

343. Add MS 34064

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Title:
Verse miscellany, 1596-1653
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Miscellany of verse by Nicholas Breton, Sir Walter Ralegh, Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser and other anonymous writers. In several hands, principally transcribed from Brittons Bowre of Delights (1591), The Arbor of Amorous Devises (1597), and The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (1593). With ano...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1596-1653
Extent:
1 volume

344. Add MS 34191

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A collection of parts of masses and motets, as well as portions of services
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ff. 1-16b. Tenor part of Masses by English composers, consisting of the 'Gloria in Excelsis,’ ‘Credo,’ ‘Sanctus,’ and ‘Agnus Dei.’ The notes employed are either diamond-shaped or quasi-square, on a 5-line stave. 1. ‘Spes nostra.’ ‘Robard Joonys.’ Imperfect at the beginning, f. 1. 2. ‘Veni, Sanct...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1509-1547]
Extent:
1 volume

345. Add MS 34275

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Title:
Catalogue of the library of King James VI of Scotland, 1573-1583
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Lists of books belonging to the library of King James VI of Scotland, c. 1573-1583. In the hand of Peter Young, (1544–1628), royal tutor and diplomat. With autograph notes and exercises by King James VI on the flyleaves. ff. 1v-2v: Notes by Peter Young, including classical extracts and commonpl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1573-c 1583
Extent:
1 volume

346. Add MS 34304

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MEDICAL MISCELLANY, in German, preceded (f. 1) by a subjectindex to artt. 1-4 :- 1. A miscellaneous collection of medical recipes, charms (including one at f. 18 b for detecting theft), and instructions for the preservation of health. f. 4. 2. "E'tzenie weder mancherhande suicht der vrauwen ind vingemaich." f. 72. 3. Diagnosis from the urine. f. 75. 4. Recipes, chiefly medical (but including two for preventing dogs from barking). f. 77. 5. Glossary of the Latin and German names of ...
Scope & Content:
Recipes: Medical,: 15th cent.; circ. 1655 - 1680. Medicine: Medical miscellany: 15th cent.: Germ. includes: ff. 16 b-18 b Charms: Medical and other charms: 15th cent.: Germ. f. 75 Urine: Diagnosis from: 15th cent.: Germ. f. 78 Botany: Latin names of herbs, with German equivalents: 15th cent. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

347. Add MS 34320

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Title:
Household book of Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Household book of Queen Elizabeth I, with additional material relating to the royal household during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I. ff. 1r-1v, 154r-154v Binding material: portions of two leaves from a 14th-century parchment manuscript, containing theological matter. f. 2r Note...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14th century-1603
Extent:
1 volume

348. Add MS 34361

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Title:
Abraham Fraunce, ‘The Sheapheards Logike’
Scope & Content:
Volume of three works by Abraham Fraunce (1559?–1592/3?), poet and lawyer, partly in his hand. Dedicated to Edward Dyer (1543–1607), courtier and poet. f. 2r: Title-page: ‘The Sheapheards Logike: conteyning the præcepts of that art put downe by Ramus; examples set owt of the Sheapheards Kalende...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1580-c. 1585
Extent:
1 volume

349. Add MS 34563

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Title:
Papers relating to Sir Henry Bedingfield and the custody of Princess Elizabeth, 1554–1555
Scope & Content:
ff. 1v–66v: A volume of letters and papers relating to Sir Henry Bedingfield's service as vice-chamberlain in the royal household, and the custody of Princess Elizabeth in 1554–1555, during Mary I's reign. f. 1v: A note of the allowance given to Bedingfield for bouge of court as vice-chamberlai...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1554-13 Jul 1558
Extent:
1 volume

350. Add MS 34791

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Title:
William Forrest, ‘The History of the Patriarch Joseph’
Scope & Content:
Poem by William Forrest (fl. 1530–1576), poet and possible chaplain to Queen Mary I, on the history of Joseph. With a dedicatory preface addressed to William Parr, later marquess of Northampton (1513–1571), nobleman and courtier. In twenty-three chapters, each with a brief argument in prose. In...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1547
Extent:
1 volume

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