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1. Add Ch 12731

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Title:
Acknowledgement of the supremacy of Baldwin, archbishop of Trier, by Gerlach of Limburg, Kunegunde, his wife, and Gerlach, their son
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgement of the supremacy of Baldwin, archbishop of Trier, by Gerlach of Limburg, Kunegunde, his wife, and Gerlach, their son. Endorsed: in an 18th-century hand, ‘Gerlach herren von Limburg, Cunegunde pri…[illegible] gunir / Gerlach von Limburg, isr altustur vosn / Rudolfo graf von Werch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1344-1345
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Add Ch 12733

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Title:
Sale by Katherine von Solmesse and Salentin, lord of Isenburg, her husband, to Baldwin, archbishop of Trier
Scope & Content:
Sale by Katherine von Solmesse and Salentin, lord of Isenburg, her husband, to Baldwin [von Luxembourg, r. 1307-54], archbishop of Trier, of Mergenhusen, Maybrode and Beringerhusen. Affixed with 7 seals. The first, a fine seal of Salentin, oval, brown, with a heraldic shield with two bars, the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1346
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Add Ch 37381

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Title:
Grant by Agnes Kamlerin and Barbara Regensburgerin to Hans Schmuckhner of land in Enns, Austria, for the benefit of the sick poor
Scope & Content:
Grant by Agnes Kamlerin, burgess, of Steyer, Upper Austria, and Barbara Regensburgerin, burgess, to Hans Schmuckhner, town councillor of Enns, master of the sick poor there, of lands in Enns for the benefit of the sick poor. Given June 1559. Endorsed: in a contemporary 16th-century hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
Jun 1559
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Add Ch 74114

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Title:
Will of Elizabeth Ayrer, widow of Sebald Neyrer of Nuremberg
Scope & Content:
Certified copy of the will of Elizabeth Ayrer, widow of Sebald Neyrer of Nuremberg, certified by the Burgomeister and council of Nuremberg. Affixed with a very fragmentary and indistinct seal, lozenge, red. Decoration: Large initials in black with pen-flourishing.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1534
Extent:
1 document

5. Add MS 35021

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Title:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, book 2.
Scope & Content:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, book 2. 21 of the 24 preludes and fugues of the second book of the ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’, BWV 870-872, 875-880, 882-893. All the music is in the hand of the composer, with the exception of the preludes and fugues in C minor, D mino...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1739-1742]
Extent:
22 folios

6. Add MS 37767

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Title:
Original draft of Ludwig van Beethoven's violin and pianoforte Sonata in G [op. 30, no. 3, composed in 1802].
Scope & Content:
ff. 20. Original draft of the violin and pianoforte sonata in G, in score, 'da Louis van Beethoven'; originally published by the Bureau d'Arts et d'Industrie at Vienna, in 1803, as Op. 30, no. 3, and dedicated to Alexander I, Emperor of Russia. It is here described (? by the publisher) as 'Sonat...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1802
Extent:
1 volume (folio 20)

7. MS Mus. 1745/2/13/4

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MS Mus. 1745/2/13/4
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Cynara; Songs of Sunset; Fennimore and Gerda
Scope & Content:
(1). Cynara: sketches and drafts Threlfall, III/5. (a) ff. 1-24. A green Boosey & Hawkes' Manilla Cover housing various sketches and a voice/piano reduction by Eric Fenby: f. i. Front cover inscribed 'Cynara' by Sir Thomas Beecham. ff. 1-12. Six manuscript strips and fragments, lettered (a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1906-[1929]
Extent:
1 file (i + 192 folios)

8. R.M.20.f.13

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R.M.20.f.13
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Songs (German Arias) (on text by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, from "Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott" (Hamburg, 1724)), HWV 202-210. Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. 17v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. First published at Munich in 1921, edited by Herman Roth. All the songs are for Soprano and Figured Bass, with accompaniment of Violin, Flute or Oboe. 1. ff. 1-3. ‘No.1’ ‘Künft’ger Zeiten eitler Kummer’. 2. ff. 3-4v. ‘No. 2. Aria’. ‘Das zitter...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1729
Extent:
1 volume (19 folios)

9. Sloane MS 2052

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2052
Title:
Sir Theodore de Mayerne, Pictoria, sculptoria et quae subalternarum artium (the 'Mayerne manuscript')
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains miscellaneous notes on the subject of artistic techniques, including the making of pigments, oils and varnishes, the priming and preparation of surfaces for painting, and the repair and conservation of paintings. The manuscript also contains notes of chemical experiments,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1620-1646
Extent:

1 volume

10. Zweig MS 1

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Zweig MS 1
Title:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity, `Wo soll ich fliehen hin?' (words after Johann Heermann), for four voices and instruments (BWV 5)
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in brown ink on systems of two to ten staves. Headed (f. 3r) `J[esu]. J[uva]. Do[m]i[ni]ca 19 post Trinit. Wo soll ich fliehen hin? Concerto'. With revisions throughout also in Bach's hand (listed in detail in Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe Sämtlicher Werke (Ka...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
[1724]
Extent:
1 volume (12 folios)