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421. Royal MS 13 E VII

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Royal MS 13 E VII
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COSMOGRAPHY, or description of the known world, with historical sketches of the principal countries, in Latin, anonymous; in six books. Beg. 'In principio creauit deus celum et torram: Doctores enim catholici'. The work breaks off incomplete, in the middle of the description of England; five and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1530
Extent:
1 item

422. Royal MS 14 A XVIII

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Royal MS 14 A XVIII
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POLITICAL TRACTS and Relazioni, papers relating to Conclaves at Rome, &c., circ. 1610-1623, in Italian, viz: 1. 'Auuertimenti dati in uoce dalla santità di nostro signore papa Gregorio XV al signore cardinale Ludovisio suo nepote, dal quale sono stati scritti et notati in questa forma adi p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1610-1623
Extent:
1 item

423. Royal MS 14 A XX

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Royal MS 14 A XX
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POLITICAL TRACTS and Relazioni, &c., circ. 1597-1640, in Italian, viz.: 1. 'Compendio della monarchia di Spagna fatta da fra Thomaso Campanella'. For the author see 14 A. XVII. This work is printed by D'Ancona, Opere di T. C, ii, p. 85. A Latin version was printed both at Harderwijk and at ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1597-c 1640
Extent:
1 item

424. Royal MS 14 B II

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Royal MS 14 B II
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ROLL of moral maxims in English, calligraphically written for Henry FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel (d. 1580), whose monograms HENRICVS and ARVNDEL are inscribed in the middle. Vellum roll. 5ft. 4in. x 8 in. XVI cent. Initials, &c., in colours. Belonged to Henry FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, and Joh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

425. Royal MS 14 C VI

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Royal MS 14 C VI
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'FLORES HISTORIARVM': the abridgement of the Chronica Maiora of Matthew Paris, extending from the Creation to 1259, Prepared at St. Albans Abbey and continued there to 1265, and further continued at Westminster to 1326. Attributed by its first editor Archbishop Parker (1567), on the evidence of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

426. Royal MS 15 A XXXIII

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Royal MS 15 A XXXIII
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'IN LIBRIS Martiani Minei Felicis Capellae nouem pauca incipiunt': commentary [by Remi of Auxerre] on the De nuptiis Mercurli et Philologiae. See extracts printed by Hauréau in Not. et Extr. xx, pt. ii, pp., 5 sqq.; cf. Narducci in Bullettino di bibl. e di stor. delle scienze mat. e fisiche (188...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 10th century
Extent:
1 item

427. Royal MS 16 E XXXVII

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Royal MS 16 E XXXVII
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'PETIT RECUEIL tresvtile et tresnecessaire de l'estat dez princes, dez seigneurs temporelz et du commun peuple', by Pierre du Ploych (cf. 16 E. XXIII). In twenty-five chapters, preceded by a dedication to Edward VI, and followed by nineteen Latin elegiac couplets addressed to the same. Apparentl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1550-1552
Extent:
1 item

428. Royal MS 16 F X

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Royal MS 16 F X
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'LIVRE des secretz et ditz des philosophes', containing three tracts, viz.: 1. Anonymous compilation of moral sayings under thirteen headings. The first four are:-(a) 'Inicium sapiencie timor domini';-(b) 'Cy parle de Mesure';- (c) 'De compaignie';-(d) 'Du sage, du traicteur et du fol'. Beg. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

429. Royal MS 17 A LVII

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Royal MS 17 A LVII
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'THE BRITISH INDIA, or a compendious discourse tending to advancement', by Capt. Edward Wynne, Governor of Ferryland, in Newfoundland: a treatise on the advantages of colonizing Newfoundland, with addresses to Charles I and to Sir Kenelm Digby. On the fly-leaves (ff. 1, 2, 2 b, 36 b) are rough p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1625-1649]
Extent:
1 item

430. Royal MS 17 A XLIX

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Royal MS 17 A XLIX
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'A CERTAINE TREATISE cauled the institution of a christen prince or ruler, collected by Erasmus of Rotherodame': an abstract of the Institutio principis Christiani of Erasmus (Opera, 1703-1706, iv, p. 562) by John, Lord Lumley (whose signature occurs at the end), 1550. Addressed to his father-in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1550
Extent:
1 item

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