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1. Add MS 8260

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Add MS 8260
Title:
HISTORICAL COMPENDIUM OF THE LIVES OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS AND POPES; 1585. Italian. The MS., which is dated (f. 135) 28 Oct. 1585, contains a chronological, historical summary of the lives of the Roman emperors, popes and other prominent men from Julius Caesar to Emperor Rudolf II, inc. ‘In questo trattato scriveremo la vita delli Imperadori Romani’ (f. 5), expl. ‘a cui successe Ridolfo pure secondo di tal nome’. The text, which is preceded by chronological (ff. 2-3) and alphabetical (ff. 3v-...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Bindings ITALIAN: 18th cent. red leather quarter binding with decorated paper covers: 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Rome; Emperors: Holy Roman Empire: Historical compendium of the lives of the Roman emper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
28 Oct 1585
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8291

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Add MS 8291
Title:
COLLECTION of historical, religious and moral tracts, partly relating to Jansenism and the history of heresy in the Eastern Churches, with lists of Roman Emperors and other rulers, and a collection of inscriptions on Roman imperial coins; circa 1628-1690. Latin and Italian. Copies. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '155' in pencil in upper left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8292 (part), 8502, 8789, 8801, 8802, and 8804, from R...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-101 Jansenists: Tracts rel. to: late 17th - early 18th cent.: Lat: Copies. ff. 1-135v Heretics: Tracts rel. to: late 17th - early 18th cent.: Lat: Copies. ff. 102-135v Eastern Churches: Tracts rel. to oriental heresies: late 17th - early 18th cent.: Lat: Copies. ff. 136-175 Rome...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1628-1690
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 38823

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Add MS 38823
Title:
Sir Edward Hoby, Commonplace book
Scope & Content:
Commonplace book of Sir Edward Hoby, politician and diplomat (1560-1617), containing entries on various subjects including America, Parliament, the Isle of Sheppey, the siege of Calais (1346-1347), and Mary, Queen of Scots. ff. i-ii) Remains of two parchment fragments of a 13th-century manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1582-c 1596
Extent:

1 volume