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1. Add MS 5023

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Add MS 5023
Title:
Miscellaneous drawings of the human body, ships and geometrical figures
Scope & Content:
15 loose drawings, 11 of which are stored together in one folder, catalogued as Add MS 5023. Items 1, 2, 6 and 14 from Add MS 5023 are rolls and are stored separately and catalogued as Add MS 5023/1, Add MS 5023/2, Add MS 5023/6 and Add MS 5023/14. The drawings in this folder all differ in siz...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 folder (11 drawings)

2. Add MS 5106

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Add MS 5106
Title:
'Antiquitates Asiaticae' by Edmund Chishull
Scope & Content:
A folio volume of ‘Antiquitates Asiaticae’ by Edmund Chishull, a study of inscriptions. This copy was made in 1736 under the direction of Professor John Ward. Prefixed to this volume are: 1. A letter from Samuel Lisle on the Statue of Livia in the habit of Ceres. Dated Wadham College 1 April 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, and Latin
Date Range:
1736-1741
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 5109

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Add MS 5109
Title:
Index of Greek Inscriptions collected by William Sherard
Scope & Content:
Index of Greek Inscriptions collected by William Sherard.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (33 folios)

4. Add MS 5232

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Add MS 5232
Title:
Maps, drawings and notes collected by Engelbert Kaempfer and relating to his travels
Scope & Content:
Maps and drawings of views, antiquities and plants relating to Engelbert Kaempfer's (1651-1716) travels through Russia, the Persian Empire and Japan. Kaempfer was a German doctor, naturalist and physician who travelled to the Persian Empire as part of a Swedish embassy and was subsequently appoi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (243 items)

5. Add MS 5308 B

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Add MS 5308 B
Title:
Watercolours of plants, flowers and fruit, made by Mr Guyot
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of plants, flowers and fruit made by a Frenchman, Mr Guyot. The watercolours are executed directly onto the folios of the manuscript and are framed by a washline. There are some unfinished sketches in pencil. The name of the plant is inscribed in French, Latin and sometimes Greek. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (473 folios)

6. Add MS 88964

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Add MS 88964
Title:
John Berger Archive
Scope & Content:
Archive of the writer and artist John Peter Berger (b 1926), including literary manuscripts, drafts, research notes and unpublished material, correspondence, press cuttings and professional papers. The archive contains some early and marginal examples of Berger’s graphic work, but is chiefly lite...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Date Range:
1948-2009
Extent:
379 files, boxes and books