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1301. Add MS 41329

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Title:
TRAVELS of Sir John Mandeville in an Italian translation, differing considerably both from the first printed edition of 1480 and from the version in I Viaggi di Gio. da Mandavilla edited by F. Zambrini, 2 Vols., 1870. A list of the Italian MSS. is given by R. Röhricht, Bibliotheca Geographica Palaestinae, 1890, p. 79. For the relation between the Italian and the original French see J. Vogels, 'Das Verhältniss der italienischen Version der Reisebeschreibung Mandeville's zur französischen', in...
Scope & Content:
Voyages and Travels: Sir John Mandeville: 1469.: Ital. transl. R. Raparlier, of Paris: Bound: 19th cent. Manuscripts, Dated (to A.D. 1500): Latin and Modern (Western European) Languages: A.D. 1469. Sir John Mandeville: Travels: 1469.: Ital. trans. Bindings FRENCH: Brown morocco, by R. Raparl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1469
Extent:
1 item

1302. Add MS 41346-41475

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MARTIN PAPERS: private and official correspondence and papers of the Martin family, of Antigua, British West Indies, afterwards of Lockynge, co. Berks; see V. L. Oliver, The History of the Island of Antigua, ii, pp. 240-251, and E. W. and C. McL. Andrews, Journal of a Lady of Quality 1774-1776, in Yale Historical Publications, Manuscripts and Edited Texts, vi, 1921, pp. 259-273. One hundred and thirty volumes. Classified as follows.- A. Papers of Col. Samuel Martin and Samuel Martin, M.P. ...
Scope & Content:
Martin family; of Antigua, West Indies, and Lockynge, Berkshire: Papers of: 1695-1895.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Tahitian, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1695-1895]
Extent:
161 items

1303. Add MS 41511-41566

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Title:
HEYTESBURY PAPERS, comprising (except for the last three volumes) the official correspondence and papers of William A'Court (2nd Bart. 1817, G.C.B. 1819, 1st Baron Heytesbury 1828), the diplomatist, chiefly with successive Foreign Secretaries
Scope & Content:
. A'Court's despatches consist of drafts in his own hand or, from his Spanish mission onwards, of copies with autograph additions; his letters to foreign correspondents are written in French. Cf. Brit. Mus. Quart., ii, 1927-1928, p. 99. Fifty-six volumes. Folio (unless otherwise stated), classif...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1524-1857]
Extent:
56 items

1304. Add MS 41577

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TRANSCRIPT of Correspondence of Cardinal Reginald Pole, chiefly with crowned heads (the Emperor and the Sovereigns of Spain, France and England) or with members of the Roman Curia and other ecclesiastics; [1539]-1558. Italian, either originally or in translation, except for a letter from King Philip to Pole, 4 Jan. 1556, which remains in Spanish (ff. 218b-219). Appended (ff. 295-306) are Latin copies and extracts, with notes in Italian, from Papal registers, etc., relative to Pole's legatesh...
Scope & Content:
Julius III; Pope: Correspondence of Card. Pole: 1539-1558.: Ital.: Copies. Roman Catholics: Correspondence of Card. Pole: 1539-1558.: Ital.: Copies. Reginald Pole, Cardinal; Archbishop of Canterbury 1555: Correspondence: 1539-1558.: Ital.: Copies. England General Chronicles and History: Corre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1539-1799
Extent:
1 item

1305. Add MS 41600

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Title:
TREATISE ON THE COMPOTUS, with other astronomical and chronological matter. A list of the contents and of the miniatures in the manuscript is given in F. Saxl and H. Meier, Verzeichnis astrologischer und mythologischer illustrierter HSS., vol. iii (ed. H. Bober), Handschriften in Englischen Bibliotheken, part i, 1953, pp. 82-88. See also Brit. Mus. Quart., iii, 1928-1929, pp. 13-14 and plate vii. (1) 'Incipit liber computi et kalendarii et pertinentium ad illa pulcerimus', beg. ' Quoniam s...
Scope & Content:
Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Treatise on the Compotus, etc.: tinted drawings and miniatures of the Zodiac, constellations, planets, etc.: circ. 1454. includes: ff. 1, 5 b, 11, 39, 54, 74 b Barozzi family, of Venice: Arms(?): circ. 1454. ff. 1, 5b, 11, 39, 54, 74 b Heraldry: Arms[of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1454
Extent:
1 item

1306. Add MS 41612-41617

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Registers, transcripts, charts etc.
Scope & Content:
Purchased (together with 41667 G) at the sale of Charles Henry Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield (Sotheby's sale-cat. 23-24, Apr. 1928). See also Hist. MSS. Comm., 6th Report, App., pp. 287-319, and Brit. Mus Quart., iii, 1928-1929, pp. 57-58.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[1260-1699]
Extent:
6 items

1307. Add MS 41623

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Title:
An illustrated Herbal (the 'Codex Bellunensis')
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-147v: A herbal from northern Italy; the text is chiefly an adaptation of Dioscorides, De Materia Medica in Latin, with occasional entries in Italian, including a list or index of plants (ff. 137r, 138r-v, 142r-145r, 147r-v). Other texts inserted in the main text are: ff. 128r-v, 134r-v, 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:

Paper codex

1308. Add MS 41628-41635

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Add MS 41628-41635
Title:
PERABO COLLECTION of musical autographs collected by Johann Ernst Perabo, pianist (b. Wiesbaden 1845, d. Boston, Massachusetts, 1920)
Scope & Content:
The majority of the musical compositions occur in the sale-cat. of List and Francke, of Leipzig, 1882, having been previously in the possession of members of the publishing house of Haslinger, of Vienna; for the principal sources of the letters see Add. MS 41628. The collection was given by Pera...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
[1735-1910]
Extent:
8 items

1309. Add MS 41636-41639

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Title:
HIPKINS PAPERS. Correspondence, etc., of Alfred James Hipkins, F.S.A. (1826-1903), relating mainly to his researches on ancient musical instruments and musical pitch, and including letters, etc., from Alexander John Ellis, F.R.S. (on pitch), Victor Mahillon of Brussels (on keyboard instruments), Charles Russell Day (on Indian musical instruments) and contemporary musicians, artists, actors and literary personalities. The collection also includes letters written to members of his family. The ...
Scope & Content:
Music: Correspondence and papers, with drawings and photographs, of A. J. Hipkins rel. to antique keyboard instruments, musical pitch, etc.: 19th-20th centt. Alfred James Hipkins, FSA: Correspondence and papers: 19th-20th centt.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
[1795-1927]
Extent:
4 items

1310. Add MS 41647

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TWO TREATISES, in Italian, the first anonymous, the second by Dante Alighieri, viz.:- (1) Moral tract, in eight main divisions ('trattati') with sub-sections, without title, but with the following opening rubric:-'Questo libro da chonoscimento per che si possino consolare, etc.'. The purpose of the work is recorded by the author thus (f. 4): 'Si mi puosi in quuore di molti detti di saui chauena trouato di fare una operetta nella quale io mostrassi per ordine tutta la misera condizione de l...
Scope & Content:
Robert A. Tripple, bookseller, of Philadelphia: Label: 19th cent. Lucy Wharton Drexel: Bookplate: 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Drexel (Lucy Wharton): 19th cent. includes: f. iii Peter Doyle, bookseller, of Philadelphia: Label: 19th cent.ff. 1-50 b Philosophy: Anonymous moral tr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

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