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1. Stowe MS 50-51

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 50-51
Title:
LA LEGENDE DORÉE: the French version of the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine, made by Jean de Vignay, circ. 1340, including the additional Lives given by De Vignay for which there is no original in Jacobus. There are in all 236 narratives, including those which refer to Festivals as well as the Lives of the Saints. Begins, without title, with the rubric "Cy comence le prologue de lacteur de ce liure," etc., which introduces the translator's preface, beg. "Monseigneur saint iherome." The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
2 items

2. Stowe MS 84-103

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 84-103
Title:
SECT. III. - FOREIGN.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
15th century-18th century
Extent:
20 items

3. Stowe MS 104-131

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 104-131
Title:
SECT. IV.-ECCLESIASTICAL.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-18th century
Extent:
28 items

4. Stowe MS 132-267

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 132-267
Title:
SECT. V. - STATE PAPERS, DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
14th century-19th century
Extent:
136 items

5. Stowe MS 447-480

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 447-480
Title:
MILITARY COLLECTIONS of the three brothers Jacob, John, and Michael Richards, sons of Jacob Richards; 1685-1714. For the military careers of all three brothers, see the Dictionary of National Biography. Thirty-four volumes. Paper. Folio, etc.
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Military collections of Jacob, John and Michael Richards: 1685-1714.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1685-1714
Extent:
34 items

6. Stowe MS 527-531

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 527-531
Title:
" MISCELLANEA," consisting of voluminous extracts and copies of deeds from ancient records, viz. Domesday Book, Patent and Close Rolls, Exchequer Proceedings, Assize Rolls, Chartularies, Registers of' Religions Houses, and many other records preserved in public repositories and private collections. Five volumes. Paper. Middle of xviith cent. Folio. Belonged to Tho. Astle, whose arms are on the back of each volume. Inside the cover of vol. i. is inscribed, in the hand of Thomas Astle, " Colle...
Scope & Content:
Records, Public: Collectanea A. Agard: 17th cent. Exchequer: Extr. from Exchequer proceedings: 17th cent. Domesday Book: Extracts from: 17th cent. Arthur Agard: Collectanea: 17th cent. William Prynne: Marginal notes perhaps written by: 17th cent. Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Arms: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
5 items

7. Stowe MS 659-660

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 659-660
Title:
PEDIGREES and rough genealogical notes of families of the Low Countries, arranged in alphabetical order; with the arms in many cases, in colour or in trick. Two volumes. Vol. I. A to L. Vol. II. M to Z. In Vol. II., f. 292, is a small separate collection of Dutch and Belgian pedigrees, preceded by an index; and at f. 319 is a "Généalogie abregée des deux maisons de Guines, extraite d'une Généalogie plus étendue, dressée par Dom Estienne Le Pez, religieux Benedictin de l'abbaye de St. Wast" [...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
2 items

8. Stowe MS 886-914

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 886-914
Title:
MEMOIRS on the provinces of France, drawn up by their several Intendants in accordance with instructions issued by Louis XIV. in 1697 (see below, Vol. l.). French. In 29 volumes. A full analysis is in Boulainvilliers' État de la France, London, 1727, Vols. I. and II. The series originally contained two more volumes, in which were memoirs on Alsace and Bretagne (see O'Conor's Bibl. MS. Stowensis, ii. p. 245). Another copy of the complete series is in Lansdowne MSS. 175-186, in a hand of the s...
Scope & Content:
France General Chronicles and History, etc: Memoirs, by the intendants, on the several provinces: 1697-1700.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
29 items

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