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31. Stowe MS 785

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 785
Title:
Scope & Content:
"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

32. Stowe MS 955

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 955
Title:
Pierre Sala, Petit Livre d'Amour (Emblesmes et Devises d'Amour)
Scope & Content:
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

33. Stowe MS 1083

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1083
Title:
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;...
Scope & Content:
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)