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1. Add MS 8289

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Add MS 8289
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A COLLECTION of miscellaneous tracts mostly relating to the history of the Church; circa 1602-1704. Italian, Latin and Greek. Partly printed. Table of contents (ff. 1-2). Stamp (f. i) 'biblioth / h.f. / J770', probably from the Biblioteca Falconieri. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. 'D.V.2' and 'LXXXI' in pencil on f. i. '290' in pencil at center of f. i. Purchased, together with Add. 8344, 8358, 8433, 8688, 8788, and possibly 8416, from R. ...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: `BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770: Lat. Church of Rome: Miscellaneous tracts mostly rel. to the history of the Church: 17th-18th cent: Ital, Lat and Gr. Bookplates and Book-stamps: `BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770: Lat. Bi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1602-1704
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1 item

2. Add MS 53709

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Add MS 53709
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS: Paper and vellum; ff. 47+31*. British Library arrangement. A. Letter from Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons, physician, M.P. for Dublin, to Lord Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Under-Secretary of State for foreign affairs, Baron Fitzmaurice 1906; 7 Feb. 1884. With printed enclosures concerning forestry. Formerly the property of J. E. E. Franklyn, Esq. Incorporated according to the terms of a minute of the Trustees of the British Museum of 19 April 1933. Paper...
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includes: ff. 1-8 Lord Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Baron Fitzmaurice: Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons, MP: Letter to Lord E. G. Petty-Fitzmaurice from Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons: 1884.ff. 9-10 Aristotle: Commentary on a philosophical work by, or attrib. to: 13th cent: Lat: Fragm.ff. 11-15 M...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1200-1945
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 78784 A

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Add MS 78784 A
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MACKINTOSH PAPERS (3RD SERIES). Vol. XXII A (ff. 143). Miscellaneous papers of Sir James Mackintosh; 1698-1830. Partly French, Greek and Latin. Partly copies, fragments and printed. 1. ff. 1-17v. Notes for lectures on ‘The Laws of Nature and Nations’ given at Lincoln’s Inn. See Add. MS. 78781; ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1698-1831
Extent:
1 item

4. Harley MS 978

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Harley MS 978
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Collection of poems including fables and musical, calendrical, and medical texts
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A miscellany or 'manual' including poems, fables, musical, and medical texts, several of which are unique to this collection, such as the song 'Sumer is icumen in', the Song of Lewes, several poems by Marie de France and Goliardic verses. The collection was possibly compiled between 1261 and 126...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Sloane MS 59

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Sloane MS 59
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Owners of Manuscripts: Cambridge, University of. Peterhouse. Owners of Manuscripts: Somerset (Johannes), M.D. John Somerset, MD, Physician to Henry VI: Gave MS. to Peterhouse, Cambridge, reserving the use of it to R. Marchall for life. Owners of Manuscripts: Marchall (Roger). includes: ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
11th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Sloane MS 406 A

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Sloane MS 406 A
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includes: ff. 1-87 Christophorus, Parisiensis: Alchemical tracts, composed in the years 1456-1476.: 1563, 1564.: Copied. ff. 88-118 b Aristotle: Operum synopses, cum indicibus: 17th cent. ff. 119-146 Receipts: "De la maison rustique": 1591.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Sloane MS 738

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Sloane MS 738
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includes: ff. 2-25, 27 Aristotle: Annotationes ex libris de anima: 17th cent. ff. 29-33 Sermons: On 1 Cor. x. 12: 17th cent. ff. 34-42 Matthias Untzer: De usu mechanico Mercurii ex ejus Anatomia Mercurii spagirica: 17th cent. ff. 46-109 Medicine. Charms and Receipts: Orationes et receptæ medicæ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
10th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Sloane MS 2459

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Sloane MS 2459
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includes: f. 1 Jabir Ibn Haiyan, Al-Tarsusi: Ordines secundum: 15th cent. f.1 b-3 Miriam, the Prophetess: Practise of Alchemy: 15th cent.: Lat. and Engl. ff. 3 - 9 Chemistry: Chemical receipts, processes and experiments: 15th-17th centt.: Engl., Germ., Fr., Ital., and Lat. ff. 9 b-16 Aristotle:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Sloane MS 2557

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Sloane MS 2557
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Philosophy: Treatises on philosophy: 17th cent.: Lat. Owners of Manuscripts: Guide, Family of. includes: ff. 12 b-16 Aristotle: Extracta ex ejus metaphysicis: 17th cent.: Lat. ff. 17-23 b Chemistry: Chemical receipts, processes and experiments: 15th-17th centt.: Engl., Germ., Fr., Ital., and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Sloane MS 3281

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Sloane MS 3281
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includes: f. 2 b Jehan Doultresaille, Merchant of Metz: Indulgence to, for contributing to the reduction of the Greeks: 1436.: Lat. f. 2 b Indulgences: Indulgence granted by the Council of Basle for the reduction of the Greeks: 1436.: Lat. ff. 4-13 b, 49-56 b Mathematics: De algorismo: 13th-14t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
10th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item