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132. Add MS 5242
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5242
- Title:
- Polyglot Bible
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic, Coptic, French, Geez, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Latin, Persian, Spanish, and Syriac, Classical
- Date Range:
- 1665
- Extent:
- 20 folios
133. Add MS 5259
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 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)
134. Add MS 5268
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 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)
135. Add MS 5287
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 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)
136. Add MS 5308 B
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 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)
137. Add MS 5359-5362
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5359-5362
- Title:
- Maurice Auguste Benyowsky: Memoirs and travels (French original)
- Scope & Content:
- The French original of Count de Benyowskys Memoirs and Travels, in four volumes; the three first containing the narrative, the fourth the maps and drawings, ff. 171, -183, -225, and 34 maps and drawings.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century
- Extent:
- 4 volumes
138. Add MS 5464
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5464
- Title:
- Draft treatise against papal supremacy by Edward VI
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2r-3v: An inserted paper bifolium contains an unfinished copy of the preface to a collection of passages of Scripture on faith by Edward VI addressed to his uncle the Duke of Somerset, Edward Seymour, in French. A complete copy is found in Add MS 9000. It is followed by practice o...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 1548-1549
- Extent:
- Paper codex
139. Add MS 5474
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5474
- Title:
- Le Roman de Tristan en prose
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: The longer version (Version II) of the prose Roman de Tristan, Part II, with interpolations from the Lancelot en prose (ff. 141-151). The death of Tristan is followed by nine episodes, each beginning with a formula such as 'Or dist li contes..' (Chapters IX to XVII in Ménard, Tristan...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex, 305 folios.
140. Add MS 5664
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5664
- Title:
- A collection of papers on French Admiralty Causes
- Scope & Content:
- A volume in folio containing a collection of papers (chiefly originals) on French Admiralty Causes, with a table of the principal contents at the beginning, collected, and the Table added, by Sir Julius Cæsar, Chief Judge of the Court of Admiralty, viz. 1. ‘Extraict des Registres des Commissai...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1588-1605
- Extent:
- 1 volume (433 folios)