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281. Royal MS 20 A XVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 A XVII
Title:
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose; Thomas de Bailleul, la Bataille d'Annezin
Scope & Content:
The Roman de la Rose was begun by Guillaume de Lorris between 1225 and 1245 and was continued between 1269-1278 by Jean de Meun. It is around 20,000 octosyllabic lines of French verse narrating the dream of a young lover, in which his long quest for the object of his desire ends when he breaches...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c1340-1350
Extent:

A parchment codex

282. Royal MS 20 B XX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 B XX
Title:
Le livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre
Scope & Content:
The Vraye histoire du bon roy Alexandre, incipit (rubric):'Comment nostre seigneur donna congnoissance a Alixandre de trier le bien du mal'; (text): 'Puis que le premier pere duman lignage'; with a table of contents (ff. 1r-2v). The French text of the Vraye histoire is based on the Latin Histori...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1420-c 1425
Extent:

Parchment codex

283. Royal MS 20 D I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 D I
Title:
Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, second redaction
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the earliest surviving copy of the second redaction of the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, probably produced in the 14th century. This version focuses on Troy, eliminating the biblical histories and the history of Alexander and integrates portions of the prose translati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1330-c 1340
Extent:

363 folios.

284. Royal MS 20 E IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 E IX
Title:
Jean Rotz, Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the Boke of Idrography (also known as the Rotz Atlas) by Jean Rotz, hydrographer and navigtor of Dieppe, who probably took part in the expedition from Dieppe to Sumatra under the command of Jean Parmentier in 1529–30, and in 1539 travelled to Guinea and Brazil. The atlas ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1535-1542
Extent:
32 folios.

285. Stowe Ch 297

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 297
Title:
Charter
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Hebrew
Date Range:
1266
Extent:
1 folio

286. WOMAT/AFR/GEA/45

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/GEA/45
Title:
'Itineraires dans le territoire de Raine (South of Kigoma, from Karema on L. Tanganyika Eastwards).' - War Office ledger. 'Le sous lieutenant Commandant le Territoire. Karema, décembre 1918'.
Scope & Content:
Portrays a series of traverse routes extending approximately 80 miles east and north from Karema. Shows hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, place names and topographical notes. An inset depicts approximate traverse routes.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
2 map sheets

287. WOMAT/AFR/TRA/34/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/TRA/34/1
Title:
'Croquis de la Partie de la Frontière du District de Lourenço Marques et du Territoire du Transvaal Comprise entre l'origine de la Rivière Matingatinga et la Vallée de l'Incomati'. Signed by 'J. Muchardy le 14 Septembre 1887'.
Scope & Content:
Title translation: 'Sketch of part of the border of the District of Lourenço Marques and Transvaal Territory between the source of the River Matingatinga and the Incomati valley'. Photo-print of an 1887 original with revision to 1906, and bearing the manuscript note 'with additions noted on Ref...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
1887-1906
Extent:
1 map sheet

288. WOMAT/AFR/TRA/34/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/TRA/34/2
Title:
Croquis de la Frontière du Transvaal et du District de Lorenço Marques. Le 10 Septembre 1906.
Scope & Content:
Title translation: 'Sketch of the border between Transvaal and the District of Lourenço Marques. 10 September 1906.' Also portrays roads and tracks. Note: The variant spelling 'Lorenço Marques' is used on this sheet.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 map sheet

289. WOOG/228

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOG/228
Title:
Frontière Anglo-Portugaise dans la région du Manica. Carte annéxée à l'arrêt arbitral du 30 Janvier 1897
Scope & Content:
Title translation: Anglo-Portuguese frontier in the Manica region. Map annex to the arbitral decision of 30 January 1897'. Composite sheet comprised from 2 originals. Defines the border alignment between the British and Portuguese spheres of influence (Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa respec...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 map sheet

290. Zweig MS 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 48
Title:
Ruggero Leoncavallo: ‘Cortège de Pulcinella’, ‘marche humoristique’ for orchestra
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in violet ink on systems of 24 staves. Scored for piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion (tambourine, castanets), 3 trombones, tuba, harp and strings. Calligraphic title-page (f.1) in French, perhaps in another han...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
[1903]
Extent:
1 volume (iii + 12 folios)

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