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1. Add MS 33531

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 33531
Title:
State papers and correspondence relating to England and Scotland
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–222v: A volume of papers relating to border affairs between England and Scotland (1528–1594), Scottish state papers and correspondence (1449–1594), and the reign of James VI (1567–1594). Among the papers relating to Mary, Queen of Scots, are transcripts of the proceedings of the Commissi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1449-c 1594
Extent:
1 volume

2. Cotton MS Galba D XIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba D XIII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Germany, 1558–1603
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Germany, mainly between 1558 and 1603. f. 1r-1v: Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine. Commending his agent Philip de Hoghensax. Woodstock, July 29 1574. Latin. ff. 2r-3v: Letter from George Michael Lingelsheim to Sir Henry S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, German, Low, and Latin
Date Range:
1558-1603
Extent:
1 volume

3. Sloane MS 1009/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1009/1
Title:
Collection of miscellaneous papers, including the Memoriale Credencium; Reclusorium Anime; Three Workings on Man's Soul; Geoffrey Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus; Speculum sacerdotis; Computacio daniele prophete sive sompniale; Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus; Astrological tracts; Correspondence of Gédéon Bonnivert; Collection of puzzles with cards and dice in French; Gédéon Bonnivert, L'A. B. C. du Monde; De virtutibus herbarum; Marcus Tullius Cicero, De officiis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first part of a large collection of miscellaneous texts, tracts, and letters that may have been gathered by Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), and is now divided in two parts. The second part is Sloane MS 1009/2. The collection contains a large number of early modern it...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Stowe MS 170

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 170
Title:
Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Vol. 5: 28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609
Scope & Content:
Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes (d. 1639), diplomat: Vol. 5: 28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609. Edmondes was in this period Ambassador to the Spanish Netherlands, to the Archdukes Albert and Isabella, at Brussels. The great majority of the letters here are originals, with some drafts by Edmondes, usually ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609
Extent:
1 volume