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2211. Egerton MS 2507

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2507
Title:
Dmitri Bortniansky: 'Le Fils-Rival' ou 'La Moderne Stratonia', opera
Scope & Content:
''Le Fils Rival' ou 'La Moderne Stratonia' ': Opera in 3 Acts, the words by De La Fermière, the music by [Dmitri] Bortniansky, performed before the Russian Court at Pavlowsky in 1787. The overture, symphonies and accompaniments are for clarinets, flutes, oboes, horns, bassoons, harp (once), and s...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1787
Extent:
1 volume (241 folios)

2212. Egerton MS 2514

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2514
Title:
A collection of French airs for a single voice
Scope & Content:
Collection of 'Airs' of a convivial or amorous character, with French words. They are unaccompanied and anonymous, and are described in the unfinished index, at the end of the MS, as 'Vaux-de-uille et Ronds de table.' 1. 'La Brune fait le bonheur.' f. 1. 2. 'Je ne veux plus boire.' f. 4b. 3. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (216 folios)

2213. Egerton MS 2515

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2515
Title:
1. IPOMEDON and Prothesilaus. two metrical Romances in French, by Hue de Rotelande, a poet who lived at Credenhill, near Hereford; written by a scribe named Johan de Dorkingge (f. 70 b):- The Ipomedon begins imperfectly with line 150, and is in more modern French than the older version, as found in Cotton MS. Vesp. A. vii. The scribe has also omitted most of the local allusions that occur in the poem. ff. 3-70 b. The Prothesilaus is perfect, and ends with an epilogue addressed (between the...
Scope & Content:
Hue de Rotelande: Ipomedon, and Prothesilaus : romances: 14th cent.: Fr. Romances: Ipomedon, Prothesilaus, and Lancelot: 14th cent.: Fr. John de Dorkingge: Wrote part of: in the 14th cent. includes: f. 3 Ipomedon: A romance: 14th cent.: Fr.f. 70 b Prothesilaus: A romance: 14th cent.: Fr....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

2214. Egerton MS 2533-2562

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2533-2562
Title:
OFFICIAL and private correspondence and papers of Sir Edward Nicholas (ob. 1669), successively Secretary to the Admiralty under the Duke of Buckingham, Clerk to the Privy Council, and Secretary of State to Charles I. and Charles II., together with those of his son, Sir John Nicholas (ob. 1704), Clerk to the Privy council, and of his grandson Edward Nicholas (ob. 1726), Treasurer of Queen Mary, etc.; 1560-1722. Thirty volumes. The contents are as follows:-
Scope & Content:
Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State: Official and private correspondence and papers: 1560-1669. Charles I of England: Correspondence and papers of Sir E. Nicholas, Sec. of State: 1641-1663.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1560-1722
Extent:
30 items

2215. Egerton MS 2584

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2584
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers relating to the affairs of Dover and the Cinque-Ports, chiefly during the wardenship of Edward Lord Zouche, and also under George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and Theoplilus Howard, Earl of Suffolk; 1615-1636. The correspondence consists principally of letters and petitions addressed to Lord Zouche, and to Edward [afterwards Sir Edward] Nicholas, the secretary. The names of writers are given in the Index. Among the papers are official returns of the shipping of Has...
Scope & Content:
Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State: Correspondence as secretary to the Warden of the Cinque-Ports: 1615-1628. Cinque Ports: Correspondence and papers of the Lord Wardens: 1615-1636. Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche: Letters to him and papers relating to his Wardenship: 1615-1625. Dove...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1615-1636
Extent:
1 item

2216. Egerton MS 2592-2597

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2592-2597
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE of James Hay, Baron Hay [1615], Viscount Doncaster [1618], and Earl of Carlisle [1622, ob. 1636], chiefly in connexion with his embassies: to Germany in 1619 on the affairs of the Palatinate, to -France in 1621 at the outbreak of the Huguenot war, to France and Spain in 1623 during the visit of Prince Charles to Madrid, and to France in 1624 to negotiate the marriage of the Prince with Henrietta Maria; 1616-1636. A few documents are included of earlier and later dates, between...
Scope & Content:
Frederic; Elector Palatine of the Rhine; King of Bohemia: Diplomatic correspondence of Lord Carlisle on the affairs of the Palatinate: 1619-1632. James Hay, Viscount Doncaster; 1st Earl of Carlisle: Correspondence: 1616-1636. Louis XIII of France: Correspondence of Lord Carlisle, Ambassador to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1616-1636
Extent:
6 items

2217. Egerton MS 2598

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2598
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers of William Asheby, of Loseby, co. Leicester, during his embassy to Scotland, whither he was sent in July 1588, being recalled in Jan. 15 89/90 ; extending over the latter part of his embassy, from July 1589, and continuing down to the time of his election as M.P. for Chichester, through the interest of Lord Lumley, in 1593. Asheby's letters relating to public affairs are especially valuable as being the drafts, mostly holograph, of his correspondence with the Englis...
Scope & Content:
William Asheby, of Loseby, English Ambassador in Scotland: Correspondence and papers: 1589-1593. Elizabeth I of England: Correspondence and papers of W. Asheby, Ambassador in Scotland: 1589-1593. James VI of Scotland: JAMES VI. Correspondence and papers of the English Ambassador: 1589-1590. F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1589-1859
Extent:
1 item

2218. Egerton MS 2615

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2615
Title:
Office for the Feast of the Circumsion; Hymns; Miracle play on the history of Daniel
Scope & Content:
Contents: A collection of texts set to music, with notation on 4-line staves for three voices. The manuscript is composite, in three parts: (ff. 1–78; 79–94v; 95–110). ff. 1r–68v: Office for the feast of the Circumcision (including, ff. 43r–44v, ‘Orientis partibus adventavit asinus’). A seri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1227-c 1234
Extent:

Parchment codex

2219. Egerton MS 2618-2621

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2618-2621
Title:
Items that were in the possession of the family of Leyborne-Popham, of Littlecote, co. Wilts, descended from Sir John Popham, Chief Justice of England, 1591-1607.
Scope & Content:
Sir John Popham, Lord Chief Justice: State-papers belonging to his descendants: 16th- 18th centt. Leyborne-Popham family; of Littlecote: State papers belonging to: 16th-18th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
[1556-1753]
Extent:
4 items

2220. Egerton MS 2633

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2633
Title:
BOETHIUS "de Consolatione Philosophiæ," translated into French verse by Frère Reynaud de Louens, and finished 31 May, 1336. The name of the translator is given in the initial letters of the stanzas of the prologue. Paper; ff. 110. xvth cent. Small Folio.
Scope & Content:
Fr Reynaud de Louens: Translation in 1336 of "Boethius de consolatione": 15th cent.: Fr.: verse. Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius: Metrical translation of "De consolatione philosophiæ": 15th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

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