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1. Add MS 4101-4478

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Title:
Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee from 1753 until his death
Scope & Content:
They comprise not only original documents (including some of Birch's own private papers) but also a number of transcripts, many of which were made by Birch himself, from originals preserved in public and private collections. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Collections of, bequeathed to the Britis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1200-1799]
Extent:
378 items

2. Add MS 4291-4293

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Title:
BIRCH'S MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1536-1799]
Extent:
3 items

3. Add MS 4292

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Scope & Content:
Collection of letters and papers made by Thomas Birch, chiefly transcripts in his autograph but including a few original letters; 17th-18th centt. Included are: (a) copies of the correspondence of Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, made from the originals among Bishop Gibson's MSS. in Lam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4455

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Scope & Content:
COMMONPLACE-BOOK OF JOHN BENNET, of Hart Hall, Oxford (see note on f. 3 'Sum e libris Johannis Bennet ex aula Cervina, Sept. 29, 1672, pret. 6 [d]'). The parts of the MS. left blank by Bennet were later used as a commonplace book by the Rev. John King (1652-1732), of Exeter College, Oxford, D.D....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1672-1725
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 5244

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Title:
John Dunstall, manuscript version of his manual "The Art of Delineation, or Drawing. In 6 Books"
Scope & Content:
This is the only known surviving version in manuscript form of the unpublished treatise "The art of delineation, or drawing", written and illustrated by John Dunstall, schoolmaster at Blackfriars in London, active as printmaker and art teacher between 1653 and 1693. The manuscript includes a com...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (113 folios)

6. Add MS 5663

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Title:
Phrases from the New Testament
Scope & Content:
‘Locutiones seu Phrases quæ reperiuntur in Novo Testamento, et primo apud Mattheum, quæ videntur secundum proprietates (quæ Idiomata Græcè vocantur) lingua Hebrææ sive sacræ, ad Serenissimum inclitissimumque Angliæ Regem, [Henricum VIII] collecta à Thoma Wakefeld, Cantabrigiense’ A dedication is...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew
Date Range:
1544
Extent:
1 volume (61 folios)

7. Add MS 5663/1

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Add MS 5663/1
Title:
Old covers of Phrases from the New Testament
Scope & Content:
Old covers of Phrases from the New Testament
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew
Date Range:
1544
Extent:
1 set of covers

8. Add MS 10966

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Title:
TABULÆ Astronomicæ; Hebraice. Codex membranaceus, sec. xv. Folio. [10,966.]
Scope & Content:
Astronomy: Tabulae astronomicae.: Hebr.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 11038

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Title:
A COLLECTION Of philological papers, consisting of copies of inscriptions in different parts of India;-Specimens of writing in European characters by Taddesee or Saganee Indians, in North America, with translations;-Specimen of writing by the native Indians of Newfoundland; -Impressions from two brasen tablets supposed to have been engraved in Egypt, and probably talismanic [See MS. Add. 10,608] ; - Alphabetum Judaico-Teutonicum ; - Charm, written in Hebrew on a strip of parchment ;-Bardic...
Scope & Content:
Writing: Specimens of writing, by different Indian tribes. Newfoundland: Specimeti of writing by the native Indians of. Inscriptions: Inscriptions in various parts of India. Indians of N. America and Newfoundland: Specimens of their writing. India: Copies of inscriptions, in different parts ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Hebrew
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 17083

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Title:
Friendship album of Sir Thomas Cuming of Scotland
Scope & Content:
Friendship album or ‘Stammbuch’ of Sir Thomas Cuming of Scotland, during his time at the University of Heidelberg. Containing autographs and coloured arms, collected principally at Basle, Heidelberg, Leiden, London, Prague and Vienna, in the years 1612-1623. ff. 1r-2v Copy of letters from Fred...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Greek, Ancient, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1612-1623
Extent:
1 volume