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421. Add MS 18850

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Title:
Book of Hours (the 'Bedford Hours')
Scope & Content:
Book of Hours of the use of Paris, known as the 'Bedford Hours'. The manuscript was produced in several phases. Its first owner, probably a member of the French royal family, remains untraced, but Louis (d. 1415), duke of Guyenne and dauphin of France, has been suggested as a possible candidate ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1410-1430
Extent:

1 volume

422. Add MS 18855

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Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a Book of Hours, made in Tours in the 1st quarter of the 16th century. Two leaves from a Flemish calendar illuminated by the artist Simon Bening (b. c. 1483, d. 1561) were added to the volume (ff. 108 and 109), probably in the first half of the 19th century. They were subseq...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

423. Add MS 18912

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CERTIFIED copy of the Papal bull of canonization of the nineteen martyrs of Gorkum, slain at Briel in the year 1572; with the "Instructio Processus," depositions of witnesses, and other papers, relating to miracles and proofs of sanctity, 1658-1675. Latin and French. Included in the collection are original letters of Joannes Migetius, Petrus de Hullegarde, Joannes ab Heinmen, Cornelius van Puttens, Paulus Verulanus, Rudolphus ab Heinmen, Joannes Braessemius, and Frater Seraphinus Bruxellensi...
Scope & Content:
Paulus Verulanus: Letters. Seraphinus Bruxellensis, Cappucinus: Letters. Cornelius van Puttens: Letters. Joannes Migetius: Letters. Petrus Hullegarde, M D of Brussels: Letters. Rudolphus ab Heinmen: Letters. Joannes ab Heinmen: Letters. Gorkum, South Holland: Bull of canonization of marty...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

424. Add MS 18964

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ORIGINAL documents relating to the sale of the hotel d'Argenson, in the Rue des Poulies at Paris, to Louis de Bourbon Comte de Vermandois, Admiral of France [natural son of Louis XIV]; 1681. With signatures of Louis XIV., Colbert, René de Voyer d'Argenson, and others. French. Accompanied by a groundplan of the hotel. Paper. Folio. [Add. 18,964.]
Scope & Content:
Topography France: Documents relating to the sale of the hotel d'Argenson in Paris: 1681. Réné de Voyer d'Argenson: Signature: 1681. Louis XIV of France: Signature: 1681. Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay: Signature: 1681. Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Vermandois: Sale of Hotel d'Arge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1681
Extent:
1 item

425. Add MS 18990

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Album Amicorum of Libertus Opstraet van der Moelen, of Utrecht; containing inscriptions with coloured arms, and paintings of flowers, etc., 1628-1634. Dispersed through the volume are French songs, with music notation, seemingly written by the owner of the volume
Scope & Content:
The musical contents of the volume are described below. Superius and (in nos. 1-4) bassus parts of the following unaccompanied compositions, apparently in the hand of, and composed by, Libertus Opstraet van der Moelen, of Utrecht. 1. 'Ach! ach!...fiere mort.' ff. 8b, 30b. 2. 'De quelle ingrate...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
1628-1634
Extent:
1 volume (30 folios)

426. Add MS 19037

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Title:
"MÉMOIRE au sujet des enfans trouvés;" with account of the hospital founded for their reception, in Paris, in the year 1670. In French; with English translation. Paper; XVIIIth cent. Folio. [Add. 19,037.]
Scope & Content:
Topography France: Account of the Hospital for the Enfans trouvés at Paris, founded 1670. Foundlings: Mémoire au sujet des enfans trouvés.: Fr. and Eng.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

427. Add MS 19071

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Title:
COLLECTIONS by Dr. Andrew Brown relating to the province of Nova Scotia, viz.: Register of the correspondence of Major Jean Paul Mascarene, Engineer-in-Chief; 1720-1725, f. 1; Letter-book of the same, when Governor of the province, 1742-1753, f. 36; Copies of Minutes of the Council of Nova Scotia, March-May, 1744, f. 66; Copies of letters, etc., of W. Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts, and Gen. Richard Philipps, Governor of Nova Scotia, 1746-1751, f. 88; Copies of official letters to Major ...
Scope & Content:
Jean Paul Mascarene, Governor of Nova Scotia: Letters and papers. Dr Andrew Brown: CoIlections relating to Nova Scotia: 1720-1791. Nova Scotia, North America: Collections by Dr. A. Brown relating to.: 1720-1791. includes: f. 88 General Richard Philipps, Governor of Nova Scotia: Letters: 1746...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1720-1791
Extent:
1 item

428. Add MS 19256

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Title:
COLLECTION of papers, partly original and partly copies, relating to the office of Master of the Revels. The following are the most important, viz.: Certified copies of royal appointments of Masters of the Revels, of Clerk Comptrollers, and others connected with the office, from 1545 to 1612, f. 1; Certificate by Sir Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels, that Edward Knight and others are exempt from arrest, as the King's players and musicians; 27 Dec. 1624; signed, and with seal, f. 44; Lette...
Scope & Content:
Revels; Masters of the: Papers relating to their office: 1545-1664. includes: f. 44 Sir Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels: Certificate of the exemption from arrest of the King's players: 1624. f. 45 Sir Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels: Letter from B. Herbert to: 1653. f. 45 Beatrice Herb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

429. Add MS 19272

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Title:
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS of foreign princes and distinguished persons, viz. Various members of the family of Orsini, of Pitigliano, etc., 1425- 1487, Ital., f. 1; Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; Bruges, 17 Jan. 1444/5 ; Signed. Fr., f. 18; Roderigo Borgia, Bishop of Porto, Cardinal [afterwards Pope Alexander VI. ]; 9 Sept. 1477, Ital., f. 21; Marguerite de France [daughter of Francis I. ]; n. d. Fr. Hologr., f. 22; Charles IX. of France; St. Germain en Laye, 24 Oct. and 10 Nov. 1561. Fr. Signed,...
Scope & Content:
Autographs: Miscellaneous royal and other letters: 1425-1762. Justinus de Nassau: Letters: 1589-1630.: Fr. includes: f. 1 Orsini family; of Pitigliano: Letters of various members: 1425-1487.: Ital. f. 18 Philip III; Duke of Burgundy; the Good: Letter: 1444/5.: Fr. f. 21 Alexander VI; Pope: Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1425-1762
Extent:
1 item

430. Add MS 19304

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Title:
"RELATION du Voyage de Monseigneur [François Pallu] 1'Evesque d'Héliopolis," with [ de la Motte-Lambert], Bishop of Berytus, and [Ignace Cotolendy], Bishop of Metellopolis, as Missionaries to Cochin- China, through Turkey, Persia, India, and Siam; Jan. 1662-Jan. 1663. Paper; XVIIIth cent. Folio. [Add. 19,304.]
Scope & Content:
Francisco Pallu, Bishop of Heliopolis: Missionary travels to Cochin-China: 1662-1663. - de la Motte-Lambert, Bishop of Berytus: Travels to Cochin-China: 1662-1663. Missionaries: Travels of the Bishops of Heliopolis, Berytus, and Metellopolis, Missionaries to Cochin-China: 1662-1663. Ignace Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

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