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1. Cotton Ch IV 38/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 38/1
Title:
Draft letter of Elizabeth I to Alexander Farnese, prince of Parma, regarding the negotiations of her agents in the Netherlands
Scope & Content:
Draft letter of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603) to Alexander Farnese, prince of Parma (1545-1592), regarding the negotiations of Augustin Grafigny and Bodenham, her agents in the Netherlands. Written June 1586. Bound with Cotton Chs IV 38/2, IV 40-43, IV 45-48, and IV 59.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1586
Extent:
1 leaf

2. 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

3. Cotton MS Appendix L

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix L
Title:
State Papers, 1513-1637
Scope & Content:
This volume, primarily of original douments, includes correspondence in the hands of Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (1470/71-1530), Thomas Cromwell (d. 1540), and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520/1521-1598); letters from Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532-1590) relating to the Babington conspiracy,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1513-1637
Extent:
1 volume

4. Cotton MS Augustus I i 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 40
Title:
Chart of Plymouth Sound, depicting the recent fortification of Plymouth, drawn by Frederico Genibelli
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1601-1602
Extent:
1 item

5. Cotton MS Augustus I i 42

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 42
Title:
Plan of the fort at Plymouth, drawn by Federico Genibelli
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1601-1602
Extent:
1 item

6. Cotton MS Augustus I i 50

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 50
Title:
Plan of the siege of Landrecies, 1543
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1543
Extent:
1 item

7. Cotton MS Augustus I ii 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I ii 3
Title:
Plan of the siege of San Damiano d’Asti (Piedmont), 1553
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1553
Extent:
1 item

8. Cotton MS Augustus I ii 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I ii 7
Title:
Plan for the fortifications of Tynemouth, drawn by Gian Tommaso Scala
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1545
Extent:
1 item

9. Cotton MS Augustus I ii 67

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I ii 67
Title:
Plan of Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais) and the adjacent countryside
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Cotton MS Augustus III/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus III/2
Title:
A collection of prints from or associated with the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the second and larger part of a collection of engravings and woodcuts of ancient Roman architecture and art as it was found in 16th-century Rome (the first part is found in Cotton MS Augustus III/1). The collection features prints by Dutch, French, German and Italian art...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1515-c 1602
Extent:
1 volume

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