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51. Add MS 45525

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 45525
Title:
SERMONS, in Latin, for Pentecost and the following twelve Sundays by an Irish priest. The places at which they were delivered are in some cases indicated and belong to cos. Louth and Meath. Interspersed in the volume are prayers in Latin and English, with (at f. 38) two in Irish (suggesting a Northern dialect); Irish equivalents for English and Latin words; and (at ff. 85, 97) two quatrains and a charm in Irish. Reference is made to the manuscript in the Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the...
Scope & Content:
Sermons: For Pentecost and the following Sundays by an Irish priest: 18th cent.: Lat. Irish MSS: Glosses, etc.: 18th cent.: Modern Irish. includes: f. 38 Prayers: Prayer for grace: 18th cent.: Irish and Engl.f. 71 Prayers: Prayer at moment of death: 18th cent.ff. 85, 87 Poetry Irish: Tw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

52. Add MS 88942

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942
Title:
The Papers of William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877)
Scope & Content:
The British Library collection contains notebooks, letters, photographs, diaries, unbound Assyriological and mathematical folios, natural specimens in herbaria, offprints of Talbot’s articles, patents, artefacts and a small selection of books from Talbot’s library. Whilst the covering dates of...
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:
1732-1952
Extent:

849 files

53. 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

54. Add MS 88942/1/64

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/64
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains etymological notes on Greek, Latin, German, Danish, Italian, Persian, and lists of words with 'uncertain and doubtful origin'. Back to front (upside-down): lists of population figures for England, Wales, Scotland, and other partly demographical figures and accounts of Englis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, French, Gaelic, Greek, Ancient, Irish, Italian, Latin, Persian, Sanskrit, and Welsh
Date Range:
1830s
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 40 pages of text), 23 loose sheets (23 folios, 44 pages of text)

55. Arundel MS 1-550

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 1-550
Title:
Arundel Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel (d 1646). 550 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, French, Old, German, Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Irish, Italian, Latin, Low Saxon, and Slavic languages
Date Range:
c 1100-c 1640
Extent:
552 items

56. Cotton MS

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS
Title:
Cotton Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The Cotton Manuscripts contains a variety of material, much of it relating to the history, literature and culture of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th century. It is particularly rich in: (a) manuscripts written in Old English; (b) monastic cartularies; (c) saints’ Liv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Cipher, Coast Miwok, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, Middle, English, English, Middle, English, Old, Flemish, French, French, Old, German, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Inuit, Irish, Irish, Middle, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Low German, Occitan, Old, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Saxon, Old, Scots, Scots, Spanish, Temne, and Welsh
Date Range:
5th century-19th century
Extent:
1,429 manuscripts

57. Cotton MS Augustus I ii 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I ii 40
Title:
Map of County Laois and County Offaly
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Irish
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

58. Cotton MS Vespasian E II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian E II
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Vespasian E II
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
4 items

59. Cotton MS Vespasian E II, ff 108–120

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian E II, ff 108–120
Title:
Description of ff. 109–120 (108r–v); Life of St Caillín of Fenagh, excerpted from the Book of Fenagh (109r–120v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English (108r–v); Irish (109r–120v) Dated: 2nd quarter of the 16th century (c. 1535); 16th century (108r–v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Irish
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

60. Cotton MS Vespasian F XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian F XII
Title:
Correspondence (all originals) concerning Ireland, 1557–1587 (ff. 1–117); miscellaneous state papers (mostly originals), 1536–1615 (ff. 119–222)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English, Latin and Irish (ff. 1–117); Italian (6v); predominantly English (ff. 119–222) Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 221. 1. Tho. Ormonde, to the Ld. lieutenant of Ireland, complaining of the depredations of the earl of Desmond. (Orig.) Waterford, Feb. 25. 1. 2. A w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1536-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item