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401. Egerton MS 3047

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Egerton MS 3047
Title:
CHARTULARY of Ely Benedictine Cathedral Priory; late 15th cent. (temp. Edw. IV?). Latin and, occasionally, French. Contains copies of royal, episcopal and private charters, etc., mainly of the 13th and 14th centt., and a few papal bulls (listed, save that on f. 241b, by W. Holtzmann, Papsturkunden in England, iii, 1952, pp. 97-98). The manuscript constitutes the first and major part of a compilation of which the remainder now forms Bodleian MS. Ashmole 801, ff. 74-143. The latest dated entry...
Scope & Content:
Press-marks: Press-marks of charters of Ely Cathedral Priory. Ely, Cambridgeshire: Chartulary of the Cathedral Priory: 15th cent.: Mainly Lat. Chartularies: Ely Cathedral Priory: 15th cent.: Lat. and Fr. Bindings ENGLISH: Reversed leather, stamped: 17th cent. includes: f.i Exchequer: Note...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

402. Egerton MS 3050

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Egerton MS 3050
Title:
'L'HISTOIRE DES TROIS MARIES': a French poem in octosyllabic rhyming couplets, composed and finished in 1357 (see below) by Jehan de Venette, Provincial of the Carmelites in France. For an analysis of the poem see J. Bonnard, Les traductions de la Bible en versfrancais, 1884, pp. 196-206, who gives extracts from three MSS. in the Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris, fonds francais 1531, 1532 and 12468). The poem tells the story of St Anne and her three daughters, St Mary the Virgin, St Mary Salome...
Scope & Content:
Jehan de Venette, Provincial of the Carmelites in France 1341-1366: 'L'Histoire des trois Maries': 15th cent.: Fr. Bindings NETHERLANDISH: Crimson velvet with silver gilt knobs and plaques of B.V.Mary, etc.: 17th cent. includes: f. 1 * Art. Engravings, etc: German woodcut: late 15th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1357
Extent:
1 item

403. Egerton MS 3059

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Egerton MS 3059
Title:
OBIT-BOOK OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF AUGUSTINIAN CANONS OF ST GERMAIN AT MONS, in Belgium. Latin and French. References to St Germain as 'patronus noster', f. 26, and to his church as the recipient of the benefactions, e.g. ff. 4, 20b, 22b, 90b, make it plain that, although they appear frequently as benefactresses, the 19th-cent. ascription of the MS., on ff. i-ii, to the canonesses of St Waudru at Mons is mistaken (see Brit. Mus. Quart., vii, 1932-1933, pp. 110-111). The contents are in tw...
Scope & Content:
Palaeography: Obit-book from Mons. Dated entries circ. 1349-circ. 1525. Lat. and Fr. Orders Religious. Augustinian Canons: Obit-book, with calendar, from St Germain's church, Mons: circ. 1350-1525.: Lat. and Fr. Obituaries: Obit-book of St Germain's church, Mons: circ. 1350-1525.: Lat. and Fr....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 item

404. Egerton MS 3060-3085

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Egerton MS 3060-3085
Title:
BRIDGEWATER AUTOGRAPHS: indices to most of the original sixty-seven volumes of the collection of Egerton manuscripts bequeathed to the British Museum by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (d. 1829), compiled circ. 1811-1824. Each index or set of indices is alphabeticallv arranged, but does not refer to any manuscript by number. A signed memorandum in the hand of Lord Bridgewater bequeathing his manuscripts to the library of Ashridge House appears at the beginning of most of the v...
Scope & Content:
British Museum: Original index of Egerton MSS.: circ. 1811-1824. John Holmes, Assistant Keeper at the British Museum: Corrections, etc., by, in index volumes to Bridgewater autographs: aft. 1830. Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater: Indices to his MSS., with autogr. notes: circ. 181...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
c 1811-1829
Extent:
26 items

405. Egerton MS 3076-3079

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Egerton MS 3076-3079
Title:
BRIDGEWATER AUTOGRAPHS. Vols. XVII-XX (ff. i + 141, i + 114, i + 87, i + 97). Rough drafts of the above compiled apparently by - de St Pons, 1812-1814, with extensive observations, corrections and additions by Lord Bridgewater, which are incorporated for the most part in the fair copy above.
Scope & Content:
De St Pons: Index to Egerton MSS. compiled by: 1812-1814.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1812-1814
Extent:
4 items

406. Egerton MS 3124

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Egerton MS 3124
Title:
TOWNSHEND PAPERS. Diplomatic correspondence, etc., of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend of Raynham, Secretary of State for the Northern Department 1714-1716 and 1721-1730; 1714-1730, n.d. English, French, Italian and Spanish. Other papers of the Townshend family of Raynham, co. Norf., are Add. MSS. 38492-38508, 41139-41152, 41305- 41308, 41654-41656, 45902, 48981, 48982, 50006-50012 and Egerton MSS. 892-894. On the present MS. see also Brit. Mus. Quart., viii, 1933-1934, PP. 76, 77...
Scope & Content:
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Correspondence, etc.: 1714-1730, n.d. includes: ff. 1, 20, 244 Simon van Slingelandt, Grand Pensionary 1727: Letters to Lord Townshend: 1714-1717.: Fr.: Signed.ff. 1-245b Netherlands, United Provinces: Papers of Lord Townshend conc. diplomatic rel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
1714-1730
Extent:
1 item

407. Egerton MS 3137

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Egerton MS 3137
Title:
CHARTULARY OF BLACKBOROUGH PRIORY, co. Norf., founded circ. 1150 for Benedictine monks, but assigned circ. 1200, after some years as a mixed house, to Benedictine nuns; late 14th cent. (after 1370) with additions. Lat. and Fr. The material, of which the earliest dates from the time of the monks, consists for the most part of copies of private grants to the Priory, 12th-14th centt., omitting the names of witnesses, and arranged and numbered by places, in sections. A few royal, episcopal, etc....
Scope & Content:
Chartularies: Blackborough Priory: aft. 1370.: Lat. and Fr. Priory of St. Catherine of Blackborough; Norfolk: Chartulary: late 14th cent.: Lat. and Fr. Bindings ENGLISH: White skin over wooden boards: 14th-15th cent. Reverend Osmund Beauvoir, DD, FSA: Had in his custody: in 1775. includes: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
1 item

408. Egerton MS 3150-3152

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Egerton MS 3150-3152
Title:
HERZFELD COLLECTION: letters to Marie Herzfeld (b. 1855, d. 1940), author of Leonardo da Vinci der Denker Forscher und Poet, Leipzig, 1904, and other works; 1892-1933. Mostly German. See Brit. Mus. Quart., xiii, 1938-1939, pp. 11-13. Paper. Folio. Three volumes, viz.:-
Scope & Content:
Marie Herzfeld, author: Letters to: 1892-1933.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1892-1933
Extent:
3 items

409. Egerton MS 3152

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Egerton MS 3152
Title:
Scope & Content:
HERZFELD COLLECTION. Vol. III (ff. 105). (1) Further letters from Malwida von Meysenbug; 2 Jan. 1897-7 Jan. 1902. ff. 1-71b. (2) Letters arranged in order of date, from miscellaneous writers, scholars and artists as follows:-(a) Mary James Darmesteter, 1895. ff. 72- 75;-(b) Olga Monod Herzen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
2 Jan 1897-7 Jan 1902
Extent:
1 item

410. Egerton MS 3153

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Egerton MS 3153
Title:
MISSAL with musical notation, of unidentified use, executed probably in France, in the third quarter of the 13th cent. Contents:- (1) Calendar in blue, red and black, predominantly French in character, and suggesting the middle of France as its place of origin. The local entries are:-(8 Jan.) Gudula V., (17 Jan.) Sulpicius Abp. of Bourges, (8 Feb.) Paul Bp. (of Verdun), (11 Feb.) Eulalia V., (12 Feb.) Eulalia V. & M., (30 April) Eutropius Bp. (of Saintes) & M., (20 May) Austregisil...
Scope & Content:
Art. Illuminations and Drawings FRENCH: Missal: miniature and initials: 13th cent. Music: Missal from Prouille: 13th cent. Liturgies LATIN: Missal, from France: 13th cent. includes: ff. 1b-6b Limoux, Aude: Notes of elections of municipal officers: 1630-1650.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 item

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