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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
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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...
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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. Sloane MS 2144

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Sloane MS 2144
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Sloane 2144 Chartaceus, in Quarto, ff. 235, Sec. XVII. 1. Formulae epistolarum variae. ff. 1-113, 149-151, 170-172, 198, 199. 2. Dispositio orationis qua legatus Caesareus magnos duces Moscoviae ad fœdus contra Furcas invitat. f. 114. 3. Epistola Johannis Adolphi B. de Kielmans Egge ad Johan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Sloane MS 3961

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Sloane MS 3961
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William Courten, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple: Papers relating to medals, engravings, etc.: 17th cent. includes: f. 15 George Holmes, Keeper of the Records in the Tower: List of his Dutch medals: 1692. f. 41 Sherwood: Letter to, from W. Charleton: 1691. f. 41 William Courten, alias Ch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item