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1. Add MS 4101-4478

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Title:
Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee from 1753 until his death
Scope & Content:
They comprise not only original documents (including some of Birch's own private papers) but also a number of transcripts, many of which were made by Birch himself, from originals preserved in public and private collections. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Collections of, bequeathed to the Britis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1200-1799]
Extent:
378 items

2. Add MS 4698

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Title:
TREATISES
Scope & Content:
On various medical subjects; 15th cent. (1) 'A Judicial [of Urines]', beg. 'Uryne browne wiþ a blake rynge is signe of deþe'. ff. 8-15b. (2) Recipes for coloured medicines. ff. 15b- 16b. (3) Treatise in English upon herbs, arranged in alphabetical order. It begins 'Agnus is an herbe þt men...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4712

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS relating chiefly to ceremonies at the English Court; 16th and 17th centt
Scope & Content:
The references 'Lib. Y. fol. 193' (f. 1) 'M. 16' and 'H. 12' (f. 24), and other similar ones are to documents at the College of Arms. Viz:- (1) A list of twelve British standards and banners, heraldic and national; early 17th cent. f. 1. (2) Two pedigrees in the autograph of Sir Robert Cotto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th and 17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4715

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Title:
CHARTULARY OF WHITBY ABBEY; 13th-15th centt
Scope & Content:
Based on a mid-13th cent. compilation (rubricated, with red, blue and green decorated initials), of which ff. 9-15, 25-28, 73-75, 83-86, 107-112, 122-127 and 148-167 in the present foliation are the surviving leaves. Extensively supplemented in the 14th cent. (temp. Edward III), with some interm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-15th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4727

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Title:
BOOK OF PRAYERS
Scope & Content:
For the following occasions:- (a) 'Ante quamvis orationem'. f. 3;- (b) 'In Die Dominico'. f. 3b- ( c) 'Generalis confessio'. f. 4b;- (d) 'Invocatio ad Trinitatem, Augustini'. f. 6;- (e) 'Pro Mittendis Ministris Verbi'. f. 7;- (f) 'Vt quis in semine bono existat'. f. 7b;- (g) 'Sacram concionem au...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4733

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Title:
REGISTER AND SURVEY OF CRABHOUSE NUNNERY, etc., co. Norf.
Scope & Content:
See G. R. C. Davis, Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain, 1958, p. 33. Two volumes, with continuous foliation. Presented, 29 June 1765, by Henry Robinson, Rector of Watlington, co. Norf. Vol. I (ff. i-ii, 1-54). Register of Crabhouse Nunnery, as follows:- (a) Legend of the foundation of the N...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4740-4747

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Title:
DAVENANT PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Papers of Henry Davenant, English Envoy at Frankfurt and Regensburg; 1703-1728. Eight volumes. Folio. Presented by John Thornton, of Clapham, 20 Dec. 1765. Viz.:- B. Zollicoffre, Secretary to H Davenant: Correspondence and papers: 1704-1708.: Fr. Henry Davenant, diplomatist: Correspondence, et...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1703-1728
Extent:
8 items

8. Add MS 4748

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Title:
WILLIAM III LETTERS
Scope & Content:
Ten letters of William III on the administration of Ireland, apparently all addressed to Henri de Massue de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway, during his tenure of office as one of the three Lords Justices of Ireland; 1697-1700. French. They are, with one exception, autograph, and are generally signed 'Wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1697-1700
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 4804-4806

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Title:
Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; 1708-1740
Scope & Content:
Three volumes. Published from these originals by Dr. John Hawkesworth in Letters written by the late Jonathan Swift ... and Several of his Friends, 1766, vols. i and ii. The letters are numbered as in this edition. The dating of some of the letters has been corrected in The Correspondence of Jon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1708-1740
Extent:
3 items

10. Add MS 4836

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Title:
HOURS, etc., chiefly in Latin
Scope & Content:
Contents:- (1) Calendar, copiously illuminated, with a saint's feast for every day of the year indicated in blue, red or gold. The saints' names in gold include the following:- Geneviève (3 Jan.), Vincent (22 Jan.), Pris (i.e. Praejectus, 25 Jan.), Charles (i.e. Charlemagne, 28 Jan.), Leu (i.e. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

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