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1. Add MS 10292-10294/1

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Add MS 10292-10294/1
Title:
Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle)
Scope & Content:
The entire French Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle) in four separate volumes (order separately): Add MS 10292: L'estoire del Saint Graal; L'estoire de Merlin. Add MS 10293: The Lancelot propre. Add MS 10294: La Queste del Saint Graal; Morte Artu. Add MS 10294/1: The first folio from A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Old
Date Range:
1316
Extent:

A parchment codex divided into 4 volumes

2. Add MS 10324

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Add MS 10324
Title:
THE METAMORPHOSES Of Ovid, translated into French verse. On vellum, of the xvth century. Quarto. [10,324.]
Scope & Content:
Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet: Metamorphoses: translated into old French verse.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 17708

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Add MS 17708
Title:
"L'AGI de puberta, ou Lou Chincho Merlicho," a poem in a patois of the South of France, f. 1; "Dialogue d'Horace et de Lydie, par [Etienne Augustin de] Wailly," f. 13; "La solitude, par [Pierre de] Ronsard," f. 13 b; "Cansoun deis oousselets," f. 14; "Chanson sur la vie," f. 15. Paper; XIXth cent. Octavo. [Add. 17,708.]
Scope & Content:
Language. Dialects: French. L'Agi di Puberta, in patois. Poetry FRENCH: Poems: in Old French. includes: f. 13 Etienne Augustin de Wailly: Dialogue d'Horace et de Lydie. f. 13 b Pierre de Ronsard: La solitude.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and French, Old
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 19559

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Add MS 19559
Title:
STATUTA Westmonasterii secunda, anno 13o Edw. I. A.D. 1285 (imperfect at the beginning.) On the back, a poem on holding a Court Baron, in Norman French; followed by discussions of points of law, in French and Latin. Vellum Roll; end of the XIIIth cent. [Add. 19,559.]
Scope & Content:
Law OF ENGLAND: Poem on holding a Court Baron: 13th cent.: Norman-French. Law OF ENGLAND: Statuta Westmonasterii secunda: 1285.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French, Old
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 74253

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Add MS 74253
Title:
ROBERT GLOVER (d.1588), SOMERSET HERALD: miscellaneous genealogical and heraldic collections; circa 1556-1581. Mostly autograph. Partly Latin and Norman French. This composite manuscript consists mostly of British and foreign genealogies, many accompanied by drawings of arms in trick. It includes a pedigree (f. 3v), circa 1556-1565, of the descendants of James II of Scotland down to the two sons of Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox, who is described as 'modo existens in Anglia', annotat...
Scope & Content:
Heraldry: Genealogies: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Robert Glover, Somerset herald: Wrest Park, Bedfordshire: Miscellaneous genealogical and heraldic collections of Robert Glover: circa 1566-1581: Partly Latin and Norman French: Mostly autograph. includes: f. 3v James II of Scotl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1556-1581
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 74756 A-D

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Add MS 74756 A-D
Title:
PEDIGREE OF THE FAMILY OF BECKWITH OF CO. YORK., 1786, WITH RELATED PAPERS, 1773-2000. Partly copies and printed. Partly Latin and Norman French. Presented, with Add. Chs. 77046-77049, by Canon John Douglas Beckwith on behalf of Sir Edward Beckwith Ashmore, K.C.B., D.S.O., and the Trustees of the Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester, 9 May 2000. Four parts. As follows:-
Scope & Content:
Beckwith family; of Yorkshire: Pedigree and arms, with related papers: 1773-2000: Partly Latin and Norman French: Partly copies and printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, French, Old, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
1773-2000
Extent:

4 items

7. Arundel MS 1-550

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Arundel MS 1-550
Title:
Arundel Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel (d 1646). 550 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, French, Old, German, Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Irish, Italian, Latin, Low Saxon, and Slavic languages
Date Range:
c 1100-c 1640
Extent:
552 items

8. Cotton MS

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Cotton MS
Title:
Cotton Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The Cotton Manuscripts contains a variety of material, much of it relating to the history, literature and culture of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th century. It is particularly rich in: (a) manuscripts written in Old English; (b) monastic cartularies; (c) saints’ Liv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Cipher, Coast Miwok, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, Middle, English, English, Middle, English, Old, Flemish, French, French, Old, German, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Inuit, Irish, Irish, Middle, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Low German, Occitan, Old, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Saxon, Old, Scots, Scots, Spanish, Temne, and Welsh
Date Range:
5th century-19th century
Extent:
1,429 manuscripts

9. Harley MS 1-7661

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Harley MS 1-7661
Title:
Harley Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Robert Harley (d 1724) and Edward Harley (d 1741), 1st and 2nd Earls of Oxford. c 1300-c 1700. 7661 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Dutch, English, English, Middle, English, Old, French, French, Old, Georgian, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Irish, Irish, Old, Italian, Latin, Slavic languages, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1700
Extent:
7689 items

10. MS Mus. 2-83

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MS Mus. 2-83
Title:
Francis Chagrin Collection: Music manuscripts and papers of the composer, conductor and administrator Francis Chagrin (1905-1972)
Scope & Content:
All music manuscripts are autograph full scores for orchestra, written in pencil, except where otherwise stated. Manuscripts are arranged chronologically within each section where a date can be established, then alphabetically for undated pieces. Dates of recording, where cited, are descibed as ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Flemish, French, French, Old, German, Latin, Romanian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1927-1974
Extent:
82 volumes