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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 18117-18141
Title:: Volumes, from No. 18,117 to No. 18,141 inclusive,presented by Sir Walter Minto Farquhar, Bart.
Scope & Content:: Donors of Mss: Farquhar (Sir W. M.) Bart. Island of Madagascar: Papers relating to. Barthélemi Huet, Chevalier de Froberville: Works relating to Madagascar.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 18th century-19th century
Extent:: 25 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 18149
Title:: "JOURNAL des choses les plus mémorables . . . arrivées au Prieuré Notre Dame du Val d'Osne [dioc. Chalons sur Marne], depuis sa fondation," to the year 1703, when the establishment was removed to Charenton. Drawn up under instructions of the Prioress, Henriette Marie de Chauvirey, according to a note at the beginning, dated 16 Dec. 1690, and signed by her and eleven sisters. At the end is a description of the property held by the monastery in the Val d'Osne; and a life of the Prioress, Henri...
Scope & Content:: Convent of Val d'Osne; dioc. Chalons sur Marne: History of, by the Prioress, H. M. de Chauvirey: 1703. Henriette Marie de Chauvirey, Prioress of Val d'Osne: History of the convent of Val d'Osne: 1703.: Fr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 18179
Title:: "LE SECRET des Secrets d'Aristote:" Supposititious letter of Aristotle to Alexander; stated in the preface to have been found written in Greek, by "Jehan filz Patrice," and translated by him into Chaldee, and thence into Arabic; and subsequently to have been translated by Philippe de Thu from Arabic into Latin for Guy de Valence, Bishop of Tripoli. The present copy is a French translation from the Latin, f. 1; Extracts from Valerius Maximus and Frontinus, relating to Hannibal's proceedings a...
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 Aristoteles, Stagirita, Philosophus; obiit anno ante Christum 322: Le Secret des Secrets d'Aristote: Fr. f. 61 Valerius Maximus: Extracts from. f. 61 Sextus Julius Frontinus: Extracts from.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 18204
Title:: AUTOGRAPH letters and signatures of Royal and illustrious persons, chiefly of England and France, of the 19th century. Amongst them is the signature of H.M. Queen Victoria when Princess, dated in the year 1823. The collection is stated to have been formed by Mrs. Cockle, Governess to the children of William IV. when Duke of Clarence. Paper. Folio. [Add. 18,204.]
Scope & Content:: Cockle, Governess to the Fitz-Clarences: Collection of Royal autographs. Victoria of England: Autograph: 1823. Autographs English: Royal and illustrious persons: 19th cent. Autographs French: Royal and illustrious persons: 19th cent. includes: f. 3 Charles II of England: Letter to Lady Nort...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Italian
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 18210
Title:: CONSTANTINI Africani de diætis libb. ii. et iii., f. 1; Fragmenta tractatuum de duodecim Patriarcharum testamentis, et de Virginis Mariæ virginitate perpetua, e Græco in Latinum versorum per Robertum Grossetete Episcopum Lincolniensem, f. 41; Dialogus inter Ducem Normannorum et Philosophum quendam, de climatibus et motibus terræ, f. 55;— Tractatus Galieni de virtutibus cibariorum, f. 77; A tract on palmistry, in French, f. 85; "Le livre Marbodi de l'entaille de gemmes," f. 103 b; Dissertatio...
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 Constantinus Africanus, Monachus Montis Cassinensis: De diætis. f. 41 Robert Grostête, Bishop of Lincoln: Fragmenta tractatuum de XII Patriarcharum testamentis, etc.: Latine versorum. f. 55 Natural Philosophy: De climatibus et motibus terræ. f. 77 Galienus: De virtutibus cibarior...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 13th century-14th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 18216
Title:: SYNONYMA herbarum, f. 1; Verses on blood-letting, f. 9 b; "Dayes of ye monyth for ye leche to knowe whyche be evyl and whyche be gode," f. 11; Congelatio argenti vivi, f. 15. Paper; XVth cent. Small Quarto. [Add. 18,216.]
Scope & Content:: Medicine Latin: Synonima herbarum.: Lat., Gall. et Angl. includes: f. 1 Natural History: Synonyma herbarum: 15th cent. f. 9 b Medicine: Verses on blood letting: 15th cent. f. 11 Medicine: Good and evil days for medicine: 15th cent. f. 15 Chemistry: Congelatio argenti vivi: 15th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 18290
Title:: "LES Croniques de Brabant," from 615 to 1288; with dedication to Philip le Beau, Duke of Burgundy; by Jean d'Enghien, Seigneur de Kestergate, Vicomte du Pays de Grimberg. French. (Imperf.) Paper; XVth cent. Folio. [Add. 18,290.]
Scope & Content:: Jean d' Enghien, Seigneur de Kestergate; Vicomte du Pays de Grimberg: Croniques de Brabant: 615-1288.: Fr. Philip III; Duke of Burgundy; the Good: Dedicated to. Brabant: Les Croniques de, par J d'Enghien: 615-1288.: Fr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 18291
Title:: COPIES of official letters and papers relating to the War of Independence in the Netherlands, from 1566 to 1578: collected by Schellart and David Gerard de Pape. Dutch. Paper; XVIIth cent. Folio. [Add. 18,291.]
Scope & Content:: Netherlands, United Provinces: Papers on the War of Independence: 1560-1578.: Dutch and Fr. Schellart: Papers on the War of Independence in the Netherlands: 1566-1578.: Dutch. David Gerard de Pape: Papers on the war of Independence in the Netherlands collected by: 1566-1578.: Dutch.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch and French
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 18292
Title:: "JOURNAL de la Révolution Belgique," from 22 Oct. 1789 to 3 Dec. 1790. Paper. Folio. [Add. 18,292.]
Scope & Content:: Belgium: Journal de la Révolution Belgique: 1789-1790.: Fr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 22 Oct 1789-3 Dec 1790
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 18462
Title:: CALENDAR of Saints, f.2; "Les Cronicles d'Engleterre:" the prose Brut Chronicle to the year 1332, in French, f. 9. [Other copies are in Royal MSS. 19 C. ix. and 20 A. iii. and Cotton. MS. Cleop. D. III] The second prose Brut Chronicle, with metrical prologue; in French. The rubric to the first chapter runs, "En ceo livre sont contenuz toutz les Batailles ensemblement ove les tresons de toutz les Roys q'ont estez en Engleterre," etc. It ends imperfectly in the first chapter of the reign of Ed...
Scope & Content:: History England: Les Cronicles d'Engleterre:- the prose Brut Chronicles: to 1332. England General Chronicles and History: Chronicle of Brut: Fr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: Early 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

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