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181. Sloane MS 2435

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2435
Title:
Aldobrandino of Siena, Le Régime du corps; Gautier of Metz, L'Image du monde
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-76v: Aldobrandino da Siena, Le Régime du corps, a handbook on health, composed for Beatrice de Savoie (b. 1220, d. 1266), according to the prologue; the contents are based mainly on Latin translations of Arabic medical texts. There are 68 manuscripts surviving in two textual f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1265-1270
Extent:

1 volume

182. Stowe MS 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 30
Title:
Prayer book presented to Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Illustrated prayer book, in various languages, dated 1578 and presented to Queen Elizabeth I for New Year. Written in inks of various colours, with illuminated titles and initials. Possibly presented by William Absolon (Lawson, ‘This Remembrance of the New Year’, p. 143). Previously also associ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1578
Extent:
1 volume

183. Stowe MS 141

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 141
Title:
Warrants, official and private letters from the reigns of Henry IV to James VI and I
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–86v: Original papers, warrants, official and private letters, from the reigns of Henry IV to James I and VI. The volume includes several letters from abbots of monasteries before the Dissolution, the reports to the Privy Council of Commissioners appointed to take account of Church goods i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
between 1399-1625
Extent:

1 volume

184. Stowe MS 146

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 146
Title:
Royal orders and warrants, 1512-1515
Scope & Content:
Collection of original orders and warrants, chiefly by King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey, the King’s Almoner. Dating from between 1512 and 1515. Principally addressed to John Daunce, Treasurer for War. Concerning payments to English and foreign merchants for victualling the army in Spain, the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1512-1515
Extent:
1 volume

185. Stowe MS 166

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 166
Title:
Papers of Thomas Edmondes, Agent at the French Court, 1592-1596 and n.d., volume 1
Scope & Content:
Edmonde Papers, vol. 1, 18 June 1592-16 May 1596. This volume includes letters from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Sir Robert Cecil and Sir John Norris, commander in Brittany, to Thomas Edmondes. Much of this volume comprises drafts (described on the endorsements as copies or minutes) of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1592-1601
Extent:
1 volume

186. Stowe MS 167

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 167
Title:
Edmondes Papers, volume 2: English diplomatic correspondence, 1597-1605, including the reports of Thomas Edmondes, Ralph Winwood and Dudley Carleton in France; negotiations with the Spanish Netherlands; and letters of Ralph Winwood as Ambassador to the Dutch Republic
Scope & Content:
Edmondes Papers, volume 2, 26 October 1597-20 March 1605. Thomas Edmondes had been English agent at the French Court from 1592 to 1595 (he was also Secretary there before and after). He had returned to England in May or June 1596, returning to France on special missions in late March and early ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
26 Oct 1597-10 Mar 1605
Extent:
1 volume

187. 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

188. Stowe MS 174

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 174
Title:
State papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes, 1613-1614
Scope & Content:
Volume 9 of the Edmondes Papers (Stowe MS 166-177). State papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes (d. 1639), diplomat, during his embassy to France (1610-1617). The correspondence is principally concerned with the negotiations for the marriage of Prince Charles with the Princess Christi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
26 Mar 1613-8 Jul 1614
Extent:
1 volume

189. Stowe MS 955

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 955
Title:
Pierre Sala, Petit Livre d'Amour (Emblesmes et Devises d'Amour)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the collection of love poems known as LePetit Livre d'Amour (also known as Emblesmes et Devises d'Amour) by the French writer and collector Pierre Sala, copied c. 1500 (ff. 1r-17v), and an 18th-century transcript of this collection (ff. 18r-34r). Contents: ff. 1r-17v:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Italian
Date Range:
c 1500
Extent:

1 volume

190. Yates Thompson MS 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 13
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar, use of Sarum, with saints in blue, red, mauve and gold. Besides the usual Sarum saints are included the feasts of Dominic (30 May), Botolph (17 June), Mildred (13 July), Paulinus (10 October), Ethelburga of Barking (11 October), the Translation of Wilfred (12 Oct...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

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