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Language French Name Ellis, Henry, Knight, Principal Librarian, British Museum, 1777-1869

1. Add MS 6060

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BEAUVALE CHARTULARY: chartulary of the Carthusian Priory of Beauvale, co. Nott.; 1486, with later additions. Latin and French. Origin: England. Compiled down to 1486 at the instance of Nicholas Wartre, Prior, see colophon, f. 122v. The latest dated item in the main hands of the chartulary is a fine of Michaelmas 1478 (f. 63v). The MS. was used by Robert Thoroton in his Antiquities of Nottinghamshire (1677), see Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire, ed. J. Throsby, ii (1797), pp. 242-246, ...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Brown leather: circa 1486. Greasley, Nottinghamshire: Chartulary of Beauvale Priory in: 1486: Lat. and Fr. Nicholas Wartre, Prior of Beauvale: Chartulary of Beauvale Priory compiled at the instance of: 1486. Chartularies: Beauvale Priory: Chartulary of Beauvale Priory: 1486:...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1486
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1 item

2. Add MS 6335

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AACHEN CORONATION ORDER: Imperial Coronation Order from the Cathedral at Aachen; circa 1200, with an addition, early 14th cent. Latin. Origin: North? Germany. See: H. Keussen, 'Aquensia in der Handschriften-Sammlung des Britischen Museums zu London', Zeitschrift des Aachener Geschichtsvereins, xx (1898), p. 284; Holtzmann, iii (1952), p. 102. A description of the MS. by Henry Ellis, then Keeper of Manuscripts, written circa 1819, is appended, ff. 32-40. A 15th cent. marginal, f. 18, states...
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Liturgies LATIN: Coronations: Aachen; Cathedral: Imperial coronation order from Aachen Cathedral: circa 1200-early 14th cent: Lat. includes: f. 1v Jean-Baptiste Maugérard, French government commissary for science and art: Memorandum by: 1803-1804: Fr: Signed. ff. 2v-3 Music: Response and versi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1200-Early 14th century
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1 item

3. Add MS 28510

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Vol. II. 1860. includes: f. 1 John Eadie, DD: Biographical notice of: 1860. f. 2 Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy (1850-1865): Letter to R. Griffin and Co.: 1860. ff. 4, 6 Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, K C B: Autobiographical notice, with letter: 1860. f. 9 Augustus E...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1860
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1 item

4. Add MS 32441

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vol. III., ff. 483, 1826-1858. includes: ff. 1, 25, 53 Adolphe Théophile Brongniart: Letters to R. Brown: 1824, 1826, 1828.: Fr. f. 6 Samuel Nicolaus Casström, KPS; Councillor of Commerce at Stockholm: Letters to R. Brown: 1821-1826. f. 7 William Elford Leach, MD, Assistant Keeper of Natural H...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1826-1858
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1 item

5. Add MS 35057

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS, chiefly of scientific men and many of them addressed to Dir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society; 1693-1868. Several engraved and other portraits are interspersed. The names of the writers are given in the index. Paper; ff. 176. Folio. Presented by Spencer George Perceval, Esq.
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includes: f. 2 A - Cartwright: Letter to his brother: 1693. ff. 3, 3b Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount Irvine: Correspondence with the Lieut. Gen. of the Ordnance: 1700. f. 4 Robert Horsnaile: Letter to his father and mother: 1701. f. 6 Army; England: Recruits for Col. Howe's regiment: 1704. f. 7 Ri...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1693-1868
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1 item

6. Add MS 36653/4

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DIARIES and memoranda of Sir Henry Ellis, No. 4 (ff. 28). 1832-1835. British Museum: Diaries and memoranda of, of Sir H. Ellis,as Principal Librarian: 1813-1849. Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Diaries and memoranda, as Principal Librarian, etc.: 1813-1849. includes:...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1832-1835
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1 item

7. Add MS 36715

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Vol. II. (ff. 5-17). 1837-1848. includes: f. 1 P- Rolandi: Letter to A. Panizzi: 1837.: Ital. ff. 3, 5, 6 Ferdinando dal Pozzo: Letters to A. Panizzi: 1828-1837.: Ital. f. 8 Paul de Lagarde: Letter to A. Panizzi: 1837.: Fr. f. 12 John Kenyon: Letter to A. Panizzi: 1837. ff. 14, 222 Giovanni Ar...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1837-1848
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1 item

8. Add MS 36717

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Vol. IV. (ff. 664). 1854-1856. includes: ff. 1, 24, 59, 118, 224, 237, 239, 241, 269, 271, 472, 510, 529, 562, 625, 640, 642 Right Hon William Ewart Gladstone: Letters to A. Panizzi: 1843-1875. ff. 2, 50, 65, 91, 127, 129, 159, 182, 203, 250 Luigi Settembrini: Letters to A. Panizzi: 1852-1867....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1854-1856
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1 item

9. Add MS 37197

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Vol. XVI. (ff. 507). May, 1856- Mar. 1860. includes: f. 1 Comte Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin de Persigny,; French Ambassador in London: Letter to C. Babbage: 1856. f. 2 Michel Chasles, mathematician: Letters to C. Babbage: 1855, 1856.: Fr. f. 3 André Michel Guerry, statist: Letters to C. Babbage...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
May 1856-Mar 1860
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1 item

10. Add MS 37938

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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE of Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., Principal Librarian of the British Museuin, consisting chiefly of letters from literary men, librarians, etc.; 1828-1839. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Paper; ff. 293. Quarto. Presented by his grandson, Henry John Ellis, Esq.
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Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Foreign correspondence: 1828-1839. includes: ff. 1, 79, 83, 104, 135, 166, 185 Dr Samuel Heinrich Spiker, librarian to the King of Prussia: Letters to Sir H. Ellis: 1828-1837.ff. 4, 5, 9, 36, 123 Joseph Barclay Pentland: Letters to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1828-1839
Extent:
1 item