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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35309
Title:: BARROW BEQUEST Vol. X. Letters of naval Captains and others, many addressed to John Barrow
Scope & Content:: The letters are divided into the following sections: 1. ‘Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B.’ Inscribed in pencil: ‘Private Letters’. The first six letters (ff. 4-39) form a sort of journal of the expedition under Sir E. Belcher (see Add MS 35307, art. 1); the remainder are dated 21 January 1859-19 Ap...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1859-1877
Extent:: 1 volume (337 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35311
Title:: Breviary, Use of Rome (the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria')
Scope & Content:: Breviary of the Use of Rome, known as the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria'. This manuscript comprises the winter portion of the Breviary made for John the Fearless (b. 1371, d. 1419), Duke of Bavaria, and his wife, Margaret of Bavaria (b. 1363, d. 1423). It originally fo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: 1413-1419
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35321
Title:: Boccaccio, Des cas de nobles hommes et femmes
Scope & Content:: Contents: Boccaccio, Des cas de nobles hommes et femmes, translated into French by Laurent de Premierfait, beginning with the second prologue, 'Selon rayson et bonnes meurs', omitting the dedication to the Duc de Berry and verses to Boccaccio. f. 1r-2r: Prologue; ff. 2r-33v: Book 1, preceded...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35322
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. XIII. Thomas Berthelet, Bookbinder to Henry VIII: Bound: in 16th cent. Romances: Decameron of Boccaccio: late 15th cent.: Fr. Laurens de Premierfait: Decameron de J. Bocace, translated in 1414 by: late 15th cent. Giovanni Boccaccio: Decameron: late 15th cent.: Fr. Bindings ENGLISH: Too...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: Late 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35323
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. XIV. Thomas Berthelet, Bookbinder to Henry VIII: Bound: in 16th cent. Romances: Decameron of Boccaccio: late 15th cent.: Fr. Laurens de Premierfait: Decameron de J. Bocace, translated in 1414 by: late 15th cent. Giovanni Boccaccio: Decameron: late 15th cent.: Fr. Bindings ENGLISH: Tool...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: Late 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35335
Title:
Scope & Content:: ORIGINAL LETTERS, political verses and miscellaneous papers, chiefly relating to Sir Robert Walpole; circ. 1700-1783. From Horace Walpole's collections. Contents:- 1. Will of Thomas Walpole, of Little Walsingham, dat. 8 July, 1531, with probate 18 Oct. 1534. Copy (18th cent.). f. 2. 2. Lette...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1700-1783
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35350
Title:
Scope & Content:: HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. II. Letters, principally from men of letters and artists, to the 2nd and 3rd Earls of Hardwicke 1742-1829. The following (except when otherwise stated) are addressed to Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston (1754-1764) and 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (1764-1790):- 1. Edward Young, D....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1742-1829
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35355
Title:
Scope & Content:: (II. ff. 410). 1749-1751. includes: ff. 1, 10, 225, 392, 394 Louis Philoxène de Brulart, Marquis de Puysieulx; French Foreign Minister: Correspondence with the 1st Lord Hardwicke: 1749-1751. ff. 1, 172, 392 Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: Letters to the Marquis de Puyzieulx: 1749, 1751.: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1749-1751
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35356
Title:
Scope & Content:: (III. ff. 385). 1752-1755. includes: f. 5 William Bentinck, Count; son of the 1st Earl of Portland: Correspondence with the 1st Lord Hardwicke: 1737-1749, 1752. f. 15 Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet; Treasury Commissioner: Letters to the 1st Lord Hardwicke: 1737-1755. f. 27 Thomas Pelham-Holles...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1752-1755
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35357
Title:
Scope & Content:: (IV. ff. 391). 1756-1759. includes: f. 21 Captain William Eyre: Letter to Col. J. Yorke: 1756. f. 82 Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Correspondence with the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1742-1788. ff. 104, 197 Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Correspondence with Lord Holdernesse: 1755-1760.: Copies. f. 199 Joseph...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1756-1759
Extent:: 1 item

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