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1. Add MS 5027 C

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Add MS 5027 C
Title:
"De Rebus Indicis…in museo D.ni Andreae Vendrameno repositis". A manuscript catalogue illustrated with pen drawings of objects once in the museum of Andrea Vendramin in Venice
Scope & Content:
Pen drawings of objects collected by Andrea Vendramin in his museum in Venice and whose provenance is described by Vendramin as 'from the Indies and various other parts of the world'. Objects include plants and animal specimens, weapons, playing cards, porcelain, coins and medals. The drawings ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1627
Extent:
1 volume (58 folios)

2. Add MS 5233

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Add MS 5233
Title:
Drawings, notes and letters collected by Dr Edward Browne during his travels across Europe
Scope & Content:
Sketches, notes and letters collected and / or made by Dr Edward Browne during his travels across Europe (1664-65 and 1668-69) and later assembled by his father, Dr Thomas Browne. The drawings and inscriptions are made on paper and pasted on the folios of the albums. Several items bear an additi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 volume (89 items)

3. Add MS 5255

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Add MS 5255
Title:
Costume album with Persian and Turkish Officers of State with their wives and other women
Scope & Content:
109 drawings, the vast majority watercolours depicting costumes of mostly Persian and Turkish officers of state. Some of the drawings bear the name of the depicted figure handwritten in pen in Italian. There are red-bordered strip labels pasted below most of the drawings, handwritten in English....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century - 18th century
Extent:

1 volume (109 drawings)

4. Add MS 5267

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Add MS 5267
Title:
Drawings of fish by George Jago, Mark Catesby and others, from the collection of James Petiver
Scope & Content:
Drawings of fish executed in a variety of techniques. Items 48 and 135 are the only exceptions, being two proof stage engravings of various types of fish. All drawings are executed on paper and pasted down on the folios of the manuscript. Several drawings bear inscriptions in English and Latin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (152 items)

5. Add MS 5269

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Add MS 5269
Title:
Watercolours of birds, fish and shells, attributed to Bruno Tozzi
Scope & Content:
Watercolours and pencil drawings of birds, fish and shells, probably by the hand of Italian botanist and abbot Bruno Tozzi (1656-1743). The drawings are all executed directly on the folios of the album and several watermarks are visible. The name of each animal is inscribed in pen and ink in Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)

6. Add MS 5299

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Add MS 5299
Title:
Watercolours of fruit, flowers and plants, attributed to Bruno Tozzi
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of fruit, flowers and plants probably by the hand of the Italian botanist and abbot Bruno Tozzi (1656-1743). The drawings are executed directly on the folios of the albums and several watermarks are visible. Several drawings are combined on each folio and most folios are filled both ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (63 folios)

7. Add MS 5302 B-C

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Add MS 5302 B-C
Title:
Watercolours of mushrooms and insects found in Tuscany, made by Bruno Tozzi
Scope & Content:
Two distinctive sets of watercolours (Add MS 5302 B and Add MS 5302 C) are bound together in this volume, Add MS 5302 B-C. Foliation is original and is separate for Add MS 5302B and 5302 C. Add MS 5302 B, catalogued in Sloane's collection as 'Miniatura 182', is a series of watercolours, mainly...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

8. Add MS 5305

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Add MS 5305
Title:
Watercolours of stones and marble samples, attributed to Bruno Tozzi
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of samples of stones and marbles attributed to Bruno Tozzi, with their name inscribed in pen and ink in Italian. The drawings are executed directly on the folios of the manuscript, mostly both recto and verso. On f. 3 is a full-page watercolour of a mountainous landscape with the tit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (263 folios)

9. Sloane MS 1-4100

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Sloane MS 1-4100
Title:
Sloane Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Sir Hans Sloane (d 1753). c 1100-c 1750. 4100 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Breton, Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Modern, Greenlandic, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Latin, Low German, Malayalam, Official Aramaic, Polish, Portuguese, Romance languages, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Venetian
Date Range:
c 1000-c 1750
Extent:
4153 items

10. Sloane MS 3

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Sloane MS 3
Title:
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 2 Colchester, Essex: Astrological scheme, made at: 1617/8. ff. 3-6, 13-38 Astrology: Astrological tables and tracts: 16th cent.: Ital. ff. 7-12 b Astronomy: Epochæ mediorum motuum Solis: 17th cent. f. 18 Edy Rampion, daughter of Dorothy Rampion near the 3 Cranes: Scheme of her nati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item