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1. Stowe Ms 1-1085

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ms 1-1085
Title:
Stowe Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d 1839) at Stowe House, Bucks. c 1000-c 1800. 1085 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, English, English, Old, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Modern, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Scots, Spanish, and Welsh
Date Range:
c 1000-c 1800
Extent:
1085 items

2. Stowe MS 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 30
Title:
Prayer book presented to Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
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

3. Stowe MS 54-310

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 54-310
Title:
CLASS IV. HISTORY.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
12th century-19th century
Extent:
257 items

4. Stowe MS 84-103

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 84-103
Title:
SECT. III. - FOREIGN.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
15th century-18th century
Extent:
20 items

5. Stowe MS 96

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 96
Title:
Scope & Content:
RELAZIONI and other papers relating to Italy and Spain 1620-1634: — 1. Memoir on the Venetian republic, addressed to Philip IV. of Spain in 1620 by Don Aloiso Cueva, Spanish Ambassador in Venice, dealing with (a) the possessions and dependencies of Venice, (b) its revenues and expenditure, (c) i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1620-1634
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 99

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 99
Title:
Scope & Content:
"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

7. Stowe MS 101

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 101
Title:
Scope & Content:
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 103

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 103
Title:
Scope & Content:
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

9. Stowe MS 132-137

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 132-137
Title:
TRANSCRIPTS Of despatches, instructions to ambassadors, negotiations, treaties, etc., chiefly relating to the general history of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Six volumes. Vol. II. has on f. 2 an engraved portrait, " W. Delff sculpsit," of Sir Dudley Carleton, Ambassador at Venice and the Hague, etc. (ob. 1632), and on f. 1 the book-plate of Richard, lst Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. All the volumes bear the book-plate, dated 1701, of Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex. Paper; xviith ...
Scope & Content:
Treaties: Negotiations, treaties, etc., relating to European history: 14th-17th centt. Records, Public: Transcripts of State papers on the general history of Europe: 16th. -17th centt. Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex: Book-plates. Bookplates: Capell (Algernon), Earl of Essex: 1701.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
14th century-17th century
Extent:
6 items

10. Stowe MS 132-267

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 132-267
Title:
SECT. V. - STATE PAPERS, DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
14th century-19th century
Extent:
136 items