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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 25582
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Scope & Content:: OFFICIAL copies of minutes of proceedings of the Court of Directors of the South Sea Company with respect to reservations, from 23 Aug. 1722 to 19 Dec. 1723. Paper. Large Folio.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Aug 1722-19 Dec 1723
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 25707
Title:: Verse compilation ('The Skipwith MS')
Scope & Content:: Composite volume containing papers of the Skipwith family of Cotes, Leicestershire. Includes verse and prose by John Donne; Henry King; Thomas Carew; Sir Walter Ralegh; William Skipwith; Sir Henry Skipwith; Ben Jonson; William Strode; Sir John Beaumont; Sir Henry Goodyer; George Morley; Willia...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1620-1650
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 27429
Title:: Le Sette Savi di Roma (The Seven Sages of Rome)
Scope & Content:: Le Sette Savi di Roma (The Seven Sages of Rome), consisting of a frame tale, introducing and providing the background to 14 short moral tales told to the 'Emperor of Rome' by the Seven Sages and the Empress, arranged as follows: f. 1r: Blank paper flyleaf with a paste-down containing a descript...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 27539
Title:: Universal chronicle, including a genealogical chronicle of the kings of France
Scope & Content:: Contents: A universal chronicle, including genealogical chronicle of the kings of France up to King Louis XI. Each column of text is accompanied by a genealogical diagram. Begins imperfectly, as the upper part of the first membrane is lacking, incipit ‘... de tous biens … ne doleur ne fain.’ ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 roll

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 27932
Title:: A collection of arias, songs, hymns, airs, and other melodies
Scope & Content:: passim. Arias, etc., with a figured bass for harpsichord (except where the contrary is stated), in score; first half of 18th cent., etc. 1. 'A soldier and a sailor' [from 'Love for love,' by John Eccles, 1695]. f. 3b. 2-4. Three arias, the first with an additional violin part, from 'Rinaldo,' by...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28623
Title:: Diet expenses for the royal household of Henry VII
Scope & Content:: Records of diet expenses for the royal household of Henry VII (1457–1509), king of England and lord of Ireland. From 30 September 1507 to 1 October 1508. Compiled by Sir John Hussey, Baron Hussey (1465/6–1537), nobleman and alleged rebel, in his role as Comptroller of the Household. f. 1r: Titl...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1507-1508
Extent:: 1 volume

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