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141. Add MS 7077

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Title:
Stepney Papers volume 20. Miscellaneous letters and papers.
Scope & Content:
Volume XX of the Stepney Papers, consisting of the diplomatic correspondence of George Stepney esquire, whilst resident at several of the European Courts, with the English Ministers at home and abroad. This volume contains miscellaneous letters and papers. 1. Letter from Mr. Egert to Mr. Ste...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1687-1707
Extent:
1 volume (169 folios)

142. Add MS 7079

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Title:
Stepney Papers volume 22. Papers of news transmitted to Mr. George Stepney esquire by Mr. Cardonnel (Secretary to the Duke of Marlborough [John Churchill]) during the Campaigns of the War of Spanish Succession; and from Sir Lambert Blackwell, Mr. Chetwynd
Scope & Content:
Volume XXII of the Stepney Papers, consisting of the diplomatic correspondence of George Stepney esquire, whilst resident at several of the European Courts, with the English Ministers at home and abroad. This volume contains papers of news transmitted to Mr. Stepney by Mr. Cardonnel (Secretary...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1701-1706
Extent:
1 volume (167 folios)

143. Add MS 7882

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Title:
Hikayet-i arba'in subh u mesa - حكايت اربعين صبح و مسا
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation of the well-known tale entitled in Arabic Ḥikāyat arbaᶜīn ṣubḥ wa masāᵓ,by Aḥmad Maṣrī. The story is also commonly known as The Story of the Forty Viziers (Hikayet-i Kırk Vezir or Kırk Vezir Hikayesi). It is an expansion of an old Indian tale, ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern, Italian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 261 ff

144. Add MS 8220

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Title:
CATALOGUES of the Manuscripts and Books of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford; after 1817. Greek, Latin, and Italian. For other catalogues of the Guilford collection see Add. 16180, 16181, 16182, 16570, 16572, 16573, 16574, 16575, and 16576. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '540' [possibly meaning 544] in pencil at upper left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8292 (parts), 8564, 8674, 8719, 8786, and possibly 8507, 8536, 8538,...
Scope & Content:
Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Catalogues of MSS. and books from the library of the 5th Earl of Guilford: aft. 1817: Gr., ital. and Lat. includes: ff. 3-36v passim Bernardo di Antonio Nani, Venetian bibliophile: Callisto Marini: Mattei Library: Falconieri ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1817
Extent:
1 item

145. Add MS 8248

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Title:
RISPOSTA A QUATTRO HERETICI; after 1564. Italian. A Roman Catholic riposte to four heretics who for two years had written various books against the Council of Trent’s decree of 1562 on the sacrifice of the mass, inc. ‘Essendosi piu volte veduto che alcuni’, expl. (f. 70) ‘et vi conceda, et vi doni spirito di pregare per noi’. Of the four heretics, one wrote in Latin, one in French and two in Italian. Only the second heretic, Pierre Viret (Pietro Vireto), the Swiss reformer (1511-1571), is na...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum, without boards: late 17th or early 18th cent. Heretics: Pierre Viret, Swiss reformer: Riposte to 4 heretics , including Pierre Viret: aft. 1564: Ital. includes: ff. 70v-76 Council of Trent: 1st decree of 22nd session: aft. 1564: Ital.: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1564
Extent:
1 item

146. Add MS 8249

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Title:
LOUIS MAIMBOURG: ISTORIA DELL’ARIANISMO; late 17th or early 18th cent. Italian translation. Louis Maimbourg, a French Jesuit historian (1610-1686), published Histoire de l’Arianisme (Paris, 1673). The present MS. contains an Italian translation of the 4th book, of the 12 books in the history, inc. ‘Se la vittoria di Costanzo’, expl. ‘Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli’. Book 4 covers the period A.D. 353-361 in the reign of Emperor Constantius II, a strong supporter of Arianism. It includes accounts o...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Church History: Heretics: Louis Maimbourg, French Jesuit historian: History of Arianism, book 4 , by Louis Maimbourg: late 17th or early 18th cent: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

147. Add MS 8252

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UNIVERSAL HISTORY; 1660. Italian. Copy, late 17th cent. Universal history from the Creation to 1660, ‘all’anno corrente’ (f. 245), entitled ‘Fioretti d’Istorie’ and divided into 17 chapters, each headed with the name of a different flower. The history is arranged in chronological order and the chapters cover the periods from the Creation to Noah (ff. 1-3v), to Abraham (ff. 4-6), to the birth of Moses (ff. 7-10), to Samuel (ff. 11-16), to the Babylonian empire (ff. 17-25v), to the Persian Emp...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Chronicles: Universal history to 1660: late 17th cent: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

148. Add MS 8253

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Title:
UNIVERSAL HISTORY; 1st half of 15th cent. Italian and Latin. Universal history from the Creation to Octavian, principally biblical and classical history, inc. (f. 3) 'Siendo deo prima cosa perfettissima', expl. (f. 184) 'dalla veritade chatolicha Amen allo onore de Christo'. Followed by: (a) ff. 184v-185, a concordance of the prophets and apostles concerning the articles of the faith; - (b) f. 186, a copy of a bull of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to the Benedictine abbey of San Mercuriale in...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Half brown leather with marbled covers and end-papers: 18th cent. Watermarks: Greek cross: 1st half of 15th cent. includes: ff. 1-184 History: Universal history from Creation to Octavian: 1st half of 15th cent: Ital. f. 186 Forlì, Italy: Bull, 1159, from Frederick Barbarossa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

149. Add MS 8255

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Scope & Content:
UNIVERSAL HISTORY, book 1, volume 3. From the time of Emperor Augustus to the death of Emperor Theodosius I in 395. Inc. ‘Se le variate peripezie della Republica’, expl. ‘Epifanio, Efrem, Anfilochio, Filastrio, e molti altri’. ff. 386. Old pagination in ink '1-769', beginning on f. 2. 243 x 170...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 item

150. Add MS 8255-8256

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Title:
UNIVERSAL HISTORY; 2nd half of 18th cent.
Scope & Content:
Italian. Volumes 3 and 4 of Book 1 of a compendium of universal history, covering the history of the Roman Empire. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. ‘578’ in pencil in upper right corner of f. 1 in both volumes. Purchased, together with Add. 8249...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
2 items

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