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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 19554
Title:: Romance of Wigalois; Romance of Iwein
Scope & Content:: Contents: Two Arthurian romances in German: ff. 2r-56v: Wirnt von Gräfenberg (here 'Wirznt von Gräfenberg'), Wigalois or Der Ritter mit dem Rade (the Knight of the Wheel), a poem of unknown origin; a French version by Renauld de Beaujeu is known as Le Bel Inconnu or Giglain, fils Messire Gauv...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: German
Date Range:: 1468
Extent:: Paper codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 19555
Title:: "DER LIUTE syte der edilen ampt, in deme schachztabil spil;" a translation in German verse of Jacobus de Cessolis de ludo Schaccorum. The concluding verses fix the date of the translation to the year 1355. [It is a different work from that of Conrad von Ammenhusen, in Add. MS. 11,616. ] Vellum; XIVth cent. Quarto. [Add. 19,555.]
Scope & Content:: Dated Mss. European German: J. de Cessolis de ludo Schaccoram, in German verse: 1355. Literature German: J. de Cessolis de ludo Schaccorum, in German verse: 1355. Jacobus de Cessolis: Translation of his "De ludo Scacchorum. ": Germ.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1355
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 19556
Title:: ACCOUNT of joustings at Nuremberg, in the year 1546. German; with coloured representations, f. 2; Notices of the arrivals at the Electoral diet held at Nuremberg, in October, 1611; with the arms in colours of the members, mention of the sittings, the processions, etc. German, f. 27; Account of the entry of the Emperor Matthias into Nuremberg, in the year 1612. German; with coloured drawings, f. 52. Paper, XVIIth cent. Folio. [Add. 19,556.]
Scope & Content:: Art. Illuminations and Drawings GERMAN: Joustings, processions, etc. at Nuremberg: 17th cent. Nuremberg, Bavaria: Account of joustings, arrivals at the Electoral diet, and entry of the Emperor Matthias into: 1546, 1611, 1612.: Germ. Matthias; Emperor of Germany: Entry into Nuremberg: 1612.: Ge...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 19694
Title:: BIRTHDAY Ode addressed to Augusta, widow of Frederick Prince of Wales, by Friedrich Wilhelm Streit, 30 Nov. 1767. German. Paper. Written in ornamental characters, and bound in satin. Folio. [Add. 19,694.]
Scope & Content:: Friedrich Wilhelm Streit: Birthday ode to Princess Augusta: 1767.: Germ. Frederic Lewis, Prince of Wales; eldest son of George II: Birthday ode to his widow Augusta: 1767.: Germ.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: German
Date Range:: 30 Nov 1767
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 19878
Title:: GRANT of arms and nobility by the Emperor Leopold I. to Johan, Herman, Conrad, Ernst, Mary and Matthew Klenckhe, and their heirs, 22 Oct. 1668. Signed by the Emperor. German, with Dutch translation. A fine impression of the Imperial seal is attached. Vellum and paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:: Klenekhe family: Grant of nobility to: 1668.: Dutch and Germ. Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Grant of arms to the Klenche family, with signature and seal: 1668.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, and German
Date Range:: 22 Oct 1668
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 20000
Title:: "DIE ordeliche beschreibung des grosenn herren schiessen dee gehalden worden ist in der hochberiembten statt Ulm . . . . durch Lienhartt Flexel . . . . 1556." A metrical account of a shooting match held at Ulm; with lists of the competitors, and coloured drawings of their banners, and of the arms of the towns they came from. [See a similar volume, Add. MS. 20,749.] Paper; XVIth cent.; with parts of the original binding of stamped leather. Small Quarto.
Scope & Content:: Ulm, Swabia: Metrical account of a shooting match at, by L. Flexel: 1556.: Germ. Shooting Matches: Metrical account of the match at Ulm: 1556.: Germ. Lienhartt Flexel, of Augsburg: Metrical account of the great shooting match at Ulm: 1556.: Germ. Bindings GERMAN: Stamped leather: half-figures...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 20107-20133
Title:: COPIES of correspondence and papers, principally of an official character, of Sir Hudson Lowe, from the year 1794 to the year 1822: made apparently under his own instructions
Scope & Content:: In twentyseven volumes. Paper. Folio. They have been used by Mr. Forsyth for his "History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena," 3 vols., 1853, and had been previously in the hands of Sir Harris Nicolas for a similar work; and they have a few notes in the handwriting of the latter. Lieute...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 1794-1825
Extent:: 27 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 20112
Title:
Scope & Content:: VOL. VI. 1. Copy of correspondence of Field-.Marshal Blücher with [Charles Philip] Prince Schwarzenberg, and Charles John, Prince Royal of Sweden; Aug.-Dec. 1813; French. f 2. 2. "Journal de la guerie Allemande en 1813;" 15 Aug.-30 Sept. f. 92. 3. The several dispositions of General Blücher'...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1813-1814
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 20191
Title:: ORIGINAL letters addressed to Colonel Lowe, serving in the Ionian Islands, Sweden, and Germany, Jan. 1811-Dec. 1813; with his own drafts. The writers are: Airey, Major-Gen. George, ff. 169, 171, 173, 185. Anino, Nicolo. Ital. f. 230. Barzoni, Vittorio (copy of plan for liberation of Venice), f. 153. Bathurst, Henry, 3rd Earl of, ff. 332, 334. Berger, Lieut.-Col. A. von, ff. 204, 296. Borre, . French. f. 367. Brisbane, Capt. James, R.N., f. 28. Bunbury, Lieut.-Col. Henry Edward, ff. 200, 203,...
Scope & Content:: Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Papers and correspondence when commanding in the Ionian Isles: 1810-1816. Jean de St. Laurent, Comte; Captain in the Corsican Rangers: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1804-1814.: Eng. and Fr.: Orig. and Copies. Sir Charles Willi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:: Jan 1811-Dec 1813
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 20203
Title:: PRIVATE and official correspondence of Sir Hudson Lowe and Major Gorrequer, Military Secretary, with the Foreign Commissioners at St. Helena; July 1816-Sept. 1822; viz., Baron Stürmer, for Austria, ff. 1-85; Count Balmain, for Russia, ff. 86-233;-the Marquis de Montchenu, for France, ff. 235-335. At ff. 336, 338 are two letters from Sir H. Lowe to the Grand Maréchal Count Bertrand and Baron Tuyll [Russian Minister at Rio de Janeiro]; dat. 27 May, 1821. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:: Gideon Gorrequer, Major and Lieutenant Colonel: Correspondence, while private secretary to Sir H. Lowe, at St. Helena: 1816 - 1821. Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Official correspondence and papers: 1794-1827. Island of St Helena: Correspondence and papers of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: Jul 1816-Sep 1822
Extent:: 1 item

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