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1351. Add MS 45539

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ORIGINAL COMMISSION, in Latin, from Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice, to Giovanni Contarini as Captain of Cyprus; 30 July 1538. Subscribed (f. 24) by Hieronimo Muriano, Sec. to the Signory. Followed by instructions on the rendering of accounts (ff. 24b-25), in Italian, from the 'Provedadori sopra la Chamera di Imprestedi' (cf. Add. MS. 17347, ff. 101b-102) and a statement of Contarini's salary (f. 30). The commission is described and summarised by Sir G. F. Hill, A History of Cyprus, iii, 1948,...
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Giovanni Contarini: Commission to, etc., as Venetian Captain of Cyprus: 1538.: Lat. and Ital. Andrea Gritti; Doge of Venice: Commission to G. Contarini as Captain of Cyprus: 1538.: Lat. and Ital. includes: f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: Hill (Sir George Francis) K.C.B.; d. 1948.f.v Seym...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
30 Jul 1538
Extent:
1 item

1352. Add MS 45543

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'BREVE COMPENDIO DI FORTIFICACIONE': an anonymous treatise on fortification in Italian in two books, with thirty-four illustrative diagrams and an introduction; late 17th cent. Beg. 'Deffinizioni geometriche neccessarie per la Fortificacione' (f. 2). The treatise, which resembles Add. MS. 10777 in arrangement and illustration, refers to Les Travaux de Mars (by A. Manesson Mallet, 3 vols., Paris, 1671-1685) as the most recently published French work on the subject (f. 32b). Five printed table...
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Fortification: 'Breve Compendio di Fortificacione': circ. 1685.: Ital. includes: ff. 77-80 Domenico Maria Ferroni: Tables of angles rel. to fortification: 1679.: Ital.: Printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1353. Add MS 45545

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PAPERS OF JOSEPH KAY, architect, and members of his family; 1803- 1825, n.d. As follows:- (1) Journals by Kay of excursions in and from Rome, with some related papers; 17 Feb. 1803-14 May 1804. The places visited include Morlupo, Asprucci, Marino and elsewhere in the Alban Hills, Palestrina, and Ostia. ff. 1-36. (2) Miscellaneous correspondence; 1815-1825, n.d. Included are the following:-(a) a revision by Eleanor Anne Porden, afterw. 1st wife of Sir John Franklin, Arctic explorer, of he...
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Voyages and Travels: J. Kay; journal, etc., of excursions in and from Rome: 1803-1804. Joseph Kay, architect: Journal, etc., of excursions from Rome: 1803-1804. includes: f. 35 Passports: Passport to J. Kay and others: 1803.: Ital.f.37 Major William Staveley, CB 1815. Lieutenant -General ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1803-1825
Extent:
1 item

1354. Add MS 45680

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:- A. Letter from Maxim Litvinoff, Plenipotentiary for Great Britain of the Russian People's Commissary for Foreign Affairs, to the Director of the British Museum, accompanying the gift of a replica of the Commissary's seal (Detached Seal CLXIV. 31) and other material; 24 July 1918. Typewritten. Signed. f. 1. B. Notes of children's rhymes, local superstitions, etc., collected mainly in Sheffield and elsewhere in co. York by Sidney Oldall Addy, antiquar...
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includes: f. 1 Maksim Litvinov, Soviet diplomatist: Letter to the Director of the British Museum: 1918.: Typewritten. Signed.ff. 2-14 Sidney Oldall Addy, d 1933 antiquary: Children's rhymes, etc., collected by: n.d.ff. 2-14 Manners and Customs: Rhymes and riddles, mostly from Sheffield: 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

1355. Add MS 45681-45690

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CRUM PAPERS 45681-45690. LETTERS TO WALTER EWING CRUM, F.B.A. (d. 1944), from orientalists and other scholars, concerning Coptic studies and, in particular, the compilation of his Coptic Dictionary published between 1929 and 1939; 1884-1940. English, French, German and Italian, with numerous extracts in Coptic, Greek, Arabic, and other oriental languages. The letters, which include a few drafts of Crum's replies, are arranged alphabetically under the names of the writers or, in the case of ...
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Walter Ewing Crum, Coptic scholar: Correspondence rel. to Coptic studies: 1884-1940.: Engl., Fr., Germ. and Ital. Coptic Language: Correspondence of W. E. Crum rel. to: 1884-1940.: Engl., Fr., Germ., and Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1884-1940
Extent:
10 items

1356. Add MS 45744-45745

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LETTERS TO MAUDE DOMINICA MARY PETRE, biographer of Father George Tyrrell, from various correspondents, chiefly on religious matters and more particularly the Modernist movement in the Catholic church; 1898-1940
Scope & Content:
English, French, Italian and German. A few letters of Miss Petre are also included in the collection. Arranged alphabetically. The names of the writers are given in the Index to the present Catalogue. Miss Petre's list of correspondents forms ff. i-v of Vol. I. For letters to Miss Petre from Bar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1898-1940
Extent:
2 items

1357. Add MS 45889

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KNIGHT PAPERS. Family correspondence and papers of Robert Knight, M.P., b. 1702, d. 1772, of Barrells, co. Warw., created Baron Luxborough 1745 and Earl of Catherlough 1763; 1734-1771, n.d. Knight, who was a son of Robert Knight, the absconding cashier of the South Sea Company, married in 1727 Henrietta St John, d. 1756, half-sister of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, from whom he became separated in 1736. The first part of the present correspondence deals, among other matters, with ...
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includes: f. 1 Robert Knight, formerly Cashier to the South Sea Co.; father of Robert Knight: Letter to his daughter-inlaw, Lady Luxborough: 1734.f. 3 Robert Knight, formerly Cashier to the South Sea Co.; father of Robert Knight: Letter to Lord Bolingbroke: 1736.f. 5 Robert Knight, former...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1734-1771
Extent:
1 item

1358. Add MS 45932-45933

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Title:
LETTER-BOOKS OF ALEXANDER DRUMMOND as factor of the Levant Company, British Vice-Consul at Alexandretta and, from 1751, Consul at Aleppo; 1747-1756
Scope & Content:
English, French, and Italian. The contents comprise transcripts of outgoing official, business, and a few personal letters. At the end of each volume is an index of correspondents, who included James Porter (knt. 1763), British Ambassador at Constantinople, Arthur Pollard, Drummond's predecessor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1747-1756
Extent:
2 items

1359. Add MS 46125-46128

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Title:
MURCHISON PAPERS. Miscellaneous letters from persons of note, English and foreign, addressed to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (b. 1792, d. 1871), geologist, F.R.S. 1826, Knt. 1846, K.C.B. 1863, Bart. 1866; 1820-1871. The letters, which are mainly personal or social, and selected for preservation primarily for their interest as autographs, touch on many aspects of his activities as President, etc., of the Geological Society, the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal...
Scope & Content:
Natural Science: Correspondence of Sir R. I. Murchison rel. to geology: 1820-1871. Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet; geologist: Letters to: 1820-1871.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
1820-1871
Extent:
4 items

1360. Add MS 46192

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VENETIAN ARMORIAL AND CHRONICLE: 'Serie cronologica delle Famiglie Patrizie Venete e fatti diversi riguardanti la Veneta storia' (sic title, f. ii); compiled circ. 1645-1655 (see art. 4 below). Contents:- (1) Short accounts of Venetian noble families arranged in alphabetical order, accompanied by painted coats of arms. Italian. ff. 1-64. (2) Miscellaneous material in Latin and (mostly) Italian relating to the history and government of Venice, 5th-15th centt., including lists of families ...
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includes: f. iii Bookplates and Book-stamps: Venables-Vernon family, Lords Vernon: 19th-20th cent.f. iv Bookplates and Book-stamps: Hill (Sir George Francis), K.C.B.; d. 1948.ff. 1-64 Venice: Histories of nobility: circ. 1645-1655.: Ital.ff. 1-64 Heraldry: Arms of Venetian noble familie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1645-1655
Extent:
1 item

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