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1. Add MS 5234

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Add MS 5234
Title:
Drawings by Gerard Hofstede van Essen, Dr Edward Browne and others
Scope & Content:
This album contains many drawings with inscriptions that include outdated terms. Where these inscriptions have been transcribed, the text is always in between inverted commas. This is an album of drawings executed by G. Hofstede van Essen, Edward Browne and other draughtsmen. These are primaril...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

1 volume (105 items)

2. Add MS 5240-5241

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Add MS 5240-5241
Title:
"Cavesson Francois ou Traicté de l’ambouchure des chevaux". A treatise about horse tack accompanied by drawings of bridles and bits
Scope & Content:
The volume contains two separate manuscripts that have been bound together: Add MS 5240 and Add MS 5241.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1659
Extent:

1 volume (158 folios)

3. Add MS 5259

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Add MS 5259
Title:
Drawings and notes on human and animal anatomy
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains anatomical images and representations of pathological conditions affecting the human body. Some of the inscriptions on these drawings feature historic language. Where these inscriptions have been transcribed, they are enclosed in inverted commas. Drawings and manuscript...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (231 items)

4. Add MS 5268

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Add MS 5268
Title:
Watercolours of fish and crustaceans by Louis Renard
Scope & Content:
A volume of watercolours of fish and crustaceans from the Moluccas [Maluku islands] made by French-born Louis Renard (c. 1678-1746), active in Amsterdam as book publisher, dealer and agent to the British Crown. An inscription in French at the beginning of the manuscript introduces the contents a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch and French
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (118 folios)

5. Add MS 5287

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Add MS 5287
Title:
Drawings of plants from the library of Cardinal Dubois, mainly executed by Jean Joubert
Scope & Content:
Drawings of plants, mostly from Europe, attributed to the French artist Jean Joubert (1643-1707), who was employed as artist and miniaturist to King Louis XIV between 1685-1704, and specialised in drawings of plants and animals from the Jardin du Roi. The name 'Joubert' is inscribed on several d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (118 items)

6. Add MS 5308 B

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Add MS 5308 B
Title:
Watercolours of plants, flowers and fruit, made by Mr Guyot
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of plants, flowers and fruit made by a Frenchman, Mr Guyot. The watercolours are executed directly onto the folios of the manuscript and are framed by a washline. There are some unfinished sketches in pencil. The name of the plant is inscribed in French, Latin and sometimes Greek. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (473 folios)

7. Sloane MS 1-4100

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Sloane MS 1-4100
Title:
Sloane Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Sir Hans Sloane (d 1753). c 1100-c 1750. 4100 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Breton, Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Modern, Greenlandic, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Latin, Low German, Malayalam, Official Aramaic, Polish, Portuguese, Romance languages, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Venetian
Date Range:
c 1000-c 1750
Extent:
4153 items