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371. Add MS 36271 A

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Title:
Letter of King Charles I to Murad IV, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 20 Feb 1630
Scope & Content:
A letter of King Charles I to "Morathan", i.e. Murad IV, Sultan of Turkey, 20 Feb 1629[/30]. King Charles complains of the ill-treatment of English merchants and accredits John Wainsford (i.e Wandesford) to co-operate with Sir Peter Wych, the English Ambassador at Constantinople, in obtaining re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1630
Extent:
1 letter

372. Add MS 36529

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Title:
Poetry miscellany, collected by the Harington family
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–82r: Poems by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (d. 1547), Sir Thomas Wyatt (d. 1542), and others, collected by Sir John Harington of Stepney (c. 1517–1582) and his son, Sir John Harington of Kelston (d. 1612). On f. 29v are the names ‘Francis Haryngton’ and ‘Ellina Harrington’ (whose name is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1560-1600
Extent:
1 volume

373. Add MS 36678

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Fragments of John Bellenden's translation of Livy's Ab urbe condita into Scots English
Scope & Content:
Commissioned by James V, king of Scots (1512–1542). Fragments of corrected drafts, partly in Bellenden's hand, and annotations. The fragments comprise Book I, ch. 5–10, 11–14, 16–21, and Book III, ch. 1–5, fragments of 9, 10, 11 and ch. 15–18. Part of ch. 15–17 of the latter book is in a double...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1533
Extent:
1 volume

374. Add MS 36738

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FRANZ SCHUBERT'S "Fantasia" Sonata, for pianoforte, op. 78, dated Oct. 1826. Autograph, and signed. With the signature also (f. 1) of the publisher, Tobias Haslinger.
Scope & Content:
ff. 18. 'Sonate fürs Pianoforte allein — Oct., 1826. Franz Schubert '— sc. the Sonata in G, op. 78, usually called the Fantasia, no doubt from the word Fantasie written in pencil in the hand of Tobias Haslinger the publisher, who has put his name in ink at the foot of the page. Autograph. The beg...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1826
Extent:
1 volume (18 folios)

375. Add MS 36881

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Title:
Collection of Latin Sequences, Tropes, Cantiones, with music, of various authors, many with verse, and in two parts, arranged in series, for purposes which include ceremonial Feasts.
Scope & Content:
ff. 28. Collection of Sequences, Tropes, and other Cantiones with music, many of them having two or three verses set, like hymns, to the same music, which is, unless where the contrary is stated, in two parts, written on 4 lines scratched on the vellum, but not coloured, and preceded by the C, P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

1 volume (28 folios)

376. Add MS 36986

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Title:
Two Musical treatises by John Octobi, or Hothby (fl. 1470), " anglicus, ordinis Carmelitai.um," sc. (1) " Tractatus quarundam regularum artis musices." Chiefly in Latin, but with a few pages in Italian towards the end. f. 2;-(2) " La Caleopea [legale] redutta sotto breuita." f. 35. Paper; ff. 42. Written in Italy, circ. 1500. Belonged to Zacharia da uilla Calandrina, or Callamandrina. 5 1/2 in. x 4 in.
Scope & Content:
John Hothby: Musical treatises: circ. 1500. includes: ff. 30-32 Draycot, Staffordshire: Views: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1500
Extent:
1 item

377. Add MS 37056

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Title:
Robert Alexander Schumann's Sonata in F minor: "Concert pour piano seul", dedicated to Ignaz Moscheles.
Scope & Content:
Sonata in F minor (the original MS.), described by the composer, on a slip pasted in at the beginning of the MS., as 'Concert pour Piano seul composé et dedié a Mr. Ignace Moscheles par Robert Schumann. Œuv. 14.' For this he afterwards substituted (f. 19), at the request of Haslinger the publish...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
5 Jun 1836
Extent:
1 volume (25 folios)

378. Add MS 37327

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Title:
JOURNAL kept on the third voyage of Captain James Cook to the South Seas; 20 Feb.-30 Mar. 1778,16 Jan.-1 May, 1779. There is no internal evidence to indicate the author, but he was probably John Law, surgeon on the "Discovery" (see the list of officers in A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, etc., 1784, vol. i., p. 11). The two sections begin at opposite ends of the MS. The earlier entries (ff. 48-52) are very brief, but those from 16 Jan. 1779 onwards (ff. 1-47) are fuller, and interesting detail...
Scope & Content:
Voyages and Travels: Journal of Capt. Cook's third voyage, by J. Law: 1778-1779. John Law, surgeon of HMS 'Discovery': Journal on Capt. Cook's last voyage: 1778-1779. Diaries and Memoranda: J. Law, surgeon of H.M.S. " Discovery": 1778-1779. Captain James Cook: Journals of his third voyage, by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778-1779
Extent:
1 item

379. Add MS 37528

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An account of Cook's third and last voyage (1776-1779) by Thomas Edgar, Master of the Discovery: 'A JOURNAL of a Voyage undertaken to the South Seas on discoveries by His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Discovery, Captains James Cook and Chas. Clerke, Esqrs., Commanders, kept by Thomas Edgar, Master'
Scope & Content:
The account is preceded by the dimensions of the vessel, a list of her officers and crew, and brief notes of proceedings from 10 Feb. 1776, when the two vessels were put in commission, down to 22 July. The actual Journal begins on 1 Aug., when the "Discovery" sailed from Plymouth to join the "Re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1776-1778
Extent:
1 item

380. Add MS 37639

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Title:
Messe Solennelle (Ste. Cécile), in full score, by Charles François Gounod.
Scope & Content:
ff. 41. Messe Solennelle (Ste. Cécile), in D, written by Charles Gounod, for 3 solo-voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, 4 bassoons, 4 horns, [cornets-à-] pistons, trombones, kettle-drums, cymbals, big drum, 6 harps, strings, and organ, in ful...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1852
Extent:
1 volume (41 folios)

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