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2. Add MS 88942/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1
- Title:
- William Henry Fox Talbot: Notebooks and loose notes
- Scope & Content:
- Talbot's notebooks testify to his wide-ranging intellectual and practical scientific interests, which extended far beyond pioneering photographic research and invention to encompass research in mathematics, optics, astronomy, botany, horticulture, Assyriology, philology, and many associated aven...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian, Arabic, Coptic, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Gaelic, German, German, Middle High, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indo-European languages, Irish, Italian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Persian, Old, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Ottoman, and Welsh
- Date Range:
- 1778-1877
- Extent:
- 386 folders
3. Add MS 89010/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89010/1
- Title:
- Research and writings of Frank Francis
- Scope & Content:
- Contains research notes and papers, and drafts, typescripts, and printed versions of Frank Francis’s writings, with related correspondence and notes. Includes contributions to encyclopaedias and festschrifts, introductions and prefaces, journal and newspaper articles, obituaries, and letters to t...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1920-1984
- Extent:
- 37 files
4. Add MS 89037/2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89037/2
- Title:
- The Invention of Love, by Sir Tom Stoppard: notes, drafts, and associated correspondence, with related reseach materials. Autograph, with typewritten, fax copy, and printed sections.
- Scope & Content:
- Almost complete set of the author's working documents for The Invention of Love, from the first genesis of the idea in the early 1990s to drafts for the theatre programme both for the opening run at the National Theatre in 1997 and the subsequent production in the USA. Includes scholarly and sub...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1990-2001
- Extent:
-
35 files
5. Burney MS 112-114
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 112-114
- Title:
- Religious texts copied by Matthew, Metropolites of Ephesus
- Scope & Content:
- Religious texts copied by Matthew, Metropolites of Ephesus, in three volumes. Includes (Burney MS 114, ff 1r-91v) autograph copies of two of Matthew's own works.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 14th century
- Extent:
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3 paper codices
6. Burney MS 120-122
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 120-122
- Title:
- Index to words in Aristophanes
- Scope & Content:
- Index to words in Aristophanes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 18th century
- Extent:
-
3 paper codices
7. Burney MS 362-369
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 362-369
- Title:
- Casaubon papers.
- Scope & Content:
- The principal contents are (1) letters to Isaac Casaubon, 1586-1614, n.d.; (2) correspondence of Meric Casaubon, 1614-1670, n.d. Also included (Burney 367 ff 198r-v) is a fragment of an order of precedence among the bishops under the Patriarch of Constantinople
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 15th century-16th century
- Extent:
-
8 volumes
8. Burney MS 394-395
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 394-395
- Title:
- Alphabetical index of words found in Aeschylus' seven tragedies
- Scope & Content:
- Alphabetical index of words found in Aeschylus' seven tragedies. Partly in Burney's hand.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 18th century
- Extent:
-
2 paper codices
9. Burney MS 398, 399, 400
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 398, 399, 400
- Title:
- Notebooks of Leonard Hotchkis, Master of the Royal Free School, Shrewsbury, relating to Hephaestion's Enchiridion
- Scope & Content:
- Notebooks of Leonard Hotchkis, Master of the Royal Free School, Shrewsbury, relating to Hephaestion's Enchiridion.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 18th century
- Extent:
- 3 items
10. Burney MS 409b-521
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 409b-521
- Title:
- Charles Burney, D.D., Notes on Greek literature and language
- Scope & Content:
- Charles Burney, D.D., Notes on Greek literature and language. 112 vols.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 18th century-1st quarter of the 19th century
- Extent:
-
112 volumes