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1. Stowe MS 785

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Stowe MS 785
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"VITA e Costumi di Don Giulio Alberoni": a violent attack on the character of Alberoni, on the occasion of his being promoted to the Cardinalate in April, 1717. Italian. Paper; ff. 27. Small Folio. Giulio Alberoni, Archbishop of Malaga; Spanish Minister of State; Cardinal 1717: Vita e Costumi: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Apr 1717
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 99

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Stowe MS 99
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"RELAZIONE del sistema politico, ecconomico e militare di S. M. Sarda": report of an ambassador from the Venetian Republic on the kingdom of Sardinia, including a sketch of the history of the House of Savoy, a description of the existing condition and policy of the kingdom, and a character of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1730-1773]
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 461

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Stowe MS 461
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XV. (ff. 45). Letter-book of Jacob Richards, principally in Venice and Napoli di Romania [Nauplia]; 14 June, 1697-14 Aug. 1700. The letters relate chiefly to the subjects touched upon in vols. xiii., xiv; and in the last he appears to be taking service under the King o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
14 Jun 1697-14 Aug 1700
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 103

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Stowe MS 103
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1. "ABRÉGÉ de l'Estat present de l'Empire Ottoman": an accouut of the various officials of the Turkish government and army, with a list of the administrative divisions of each province, dated Paris, 1709. Fi.ench. ff. 1-37. 2. Privileges bestowed on English merchants, travellers, etc., by Sult...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1709-1741
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 30

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Stowe MS 30
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Prayer book presented to Queen Elizabeth I
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Illustrated prayer book, in various languages, dated 1578 and presented to Queen Elizabeth I for New Year. Written in inks of various colours, with illuminated titles and initials. Possibly presented by William Absolon (Lawson, ‘This Remembrance of the New Year’, p. 143). Previously also associ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1578
Extent:
1 volume

6. Stowe MS 460

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Stowe MS 460
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XIV. (ff. 45). Copies of letters to and from Jacob Richards, and of other documents connected with his engagement in the Venetian service as "Sergente Generale"; 29 Nov. 1696-30 Mar. 1699. Italian. They deal principally with the organisation of the artillery, fortifica...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
29 Nov 1696-30 Mar 1699
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 101

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Stowe MS 101
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PAPERS relating to the House of Savoy and the kingdom of Sardinia, in Italian, viz.: — 1. Record of the Princes of the House of Savoy who have acquired territories for it, with a list of the territories thus acquired, and of the manner of acquisition, arranged geographically; 1755. ff. 1, 18. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 759

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Stowe MS 759
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1. EPIT0ME Of Church history, from the birth of Christ to 1612. ff. 3-49 b. Followed (ff. 50-59) by notes, in the same hand, on the Apostles and Evangelists, the early Bishops of Rome, Jerusalem, and Alexandria, and other Fathers of the Church. At ff. 1 b, 2, are memoranda of commercial transact...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 955

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Stowe MS 955
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Pierre Sala, Petit Livre d'Amour (Emblesmes et Devises d'Amour)
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The manuscript contains the collection of love poems known as LePetit Livre d'Amour (also known as Emblesmes et Devises d'Amour) by the French writer and collector Pierre Sala, copied c. 1500 (ff. 1r-17v), and an 18th-century transcript of this collection (ff. 18r-34r). Contents: ff. 1r-17v:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Italian
Date Range:
c 1500
Extent:

1 volume

10. Stowe MS 1083

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Stowe MS 1083
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Composite volume of miscellaneous contents brought together from various volumes in the Stowe Collection, including of: Trials, and Pardons, Deeds, Writs, Council correspondence debating killing, dressing or eating flesh in Lent; Speeches, Execution Declarations, Papers and Verses on the Scottish Rebellion of 1745, Scotch Peer House of Commons rights, Parliamentary Proceedings; observational writings on antiquarian matters; drawings, and engravings of seals, familial Pedigrees and Regencies;...
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Contents: 1. Vellum leaf of a 13th cent. MS., containing Amos i. 9-13, with commentary (cf. Harley MS. 1700). In the margin is the name of Thomas Burdett, of Purstoun Jacklyne [Purston Jaglin, co. York]; and, with other scribbling of the 16th cent., "The Idol of Winchester Stephen Gardiner [Bis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (135 folios)