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1. Add MS 8167

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DICTAMINAL TREATISES: collection of dictaminal treatises, etc., formerly belonging to Westminster Abbey; early-mid 13th cent. Latin. Origin: England. See M. Camargo, 'The English manuscripts of Bernard of Meung's Flores Dictaminum', Viator, xii (1981), pp. 197-219. Acquired for Westminster Abbey by William de Hasele, who died as sub-prior before May 1283: see ex libris, f. 2, and H. G. Richardson and G. O. Sayles, 'Early Coronation Records', BIHR, xiii (1935), p. 135. Hasele probably acquire...
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Penwork initials: early 13th cent. Formularies: Collection of Dictaminal treatises, etc.,: 13th cent: Lat. includes: f. 2 Richard de Crokesle, abbot of Westminster: Record of death: 1258: Lat. f. 2 Jo- Bulkley: Signature: late 16th-early 17th cent. f. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century-Mid 13th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 21092

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MISCELLANEOUS papers, copied or printed, 1554-1834, viz: 1. An official copy of the Act by which the Emperor Charles V. conferred the title of King of Naples, "Sicilia Citerior," upon his son Philip, with an account of its formal presentation to the latter during the celebration of his marriage with Queen Mary of England in the Cathedral of Winchester, on the 25 July, 1554; attested by the signature of the public notary Gonsalvo Perez. The seal is broken away. Lat. f. 1. 2. "His Majesties ...
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includes: f. 1 Kingdom of Naples and Sicily: Grant by Charles V. of the title of King of Naples to the Infante Philip: 1554.: Lat. f. 1 Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Grant to his son Philip of the title of King of Naples: 1554.: Lat. f. 6 Charles II of England: Speech to Parliament: 1665.: Pri...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1554-1834
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 38597

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LETTER-BOOK contaning,, drafts of letters, official and private, of Thomas Read [Reid, Ithaedus], Latin Secretary to James I, covering the period 1619-1623 ; with a few common-places. Autograph, except for f. 109. The official correspondence, which forms the bulk of the volume, comprises drafts, chiefly in Latin, of letters from James I to foreign sovereigns, etc., dealing, among other matters, with the sending of English levies to Poland; the Palatinate War and the special embassy of Sir Ed...
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James I of England: State letter of, in letterbook of his Latin Sec., T. Read: 1619-1623.: Drafts. Philip IV of Spain: Letters to, from James I: 1620, 1621.: Lat.: Drafts. includes: f. 1 Christian IV of Denmark: Letter to the Queen Mother, Sophia, from James 1: 1619.: Lat.: Draft. f. 1 b Fred...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1619-1623
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 38671

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TEN LETTERS Of Jonathan Swift to members of the Rochfort family, etc., 1711-1737, with tripos verses and other jeux d'esprit, l7th-18th cent. Contents: 1. Letters of Swift to Thomas Staunton (ff. 1, 4, 6), Mrs. Rochfort, wife of Robert Rochfort (f. 2), Robert Percival (ff. 8, 10), and John Rochfort (ff. 12-16). For Swift's relations with the Rochforts see Dict. Nat. Biog. sub Rochfort, Robert. Thomas Staunton was a relation by marriage of the Rochforts. The first letter in the collection des...
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Rochfort family: Papers of: 17th-18th centt. includes: ff. 1-18 Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin; author: Letters to members of the Rochfort family, etc.: 1711-1737. f. 19,38 Political and Satirical Poems: Tripos verses and other squibs, composed in Trinity College, Dublin: 1679-16...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 38889

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PRECEDENT-BOOK of Royal letters' and instruments, chiefly tempp. Anne-George I, viz.: A. Correspondence with foreign princes, largely on domestic occasions : 1. George I to various princes and states, announcing the death of Eleonore, Duchess-Dowager of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 17 Feb. 1721/22 with their replies. Fr. and Lat. ff. 1-31 b passim. 2. Louis XV and Philip, Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to George 1, on the proposed marriages of Louis with the Infanta of Spain and of the Prince of...
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includes: ff. 2-,31 b passism Brunswick - Lüneburg, Eleanor, widow of George William, Duke Of: Correspondence of George I rel. to her death: 1722.: Fr. and Lat.: Copies. ff. 2 b, 6 Louis XV of France: Letters to George I: 1721, 1722.: Fr.: Copies. ff. 3, 7 Philippe II Orléans, Duc d'; Regent of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[between 1714-1727]
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 44848

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HISTORICAL LETTERS AND PAPERS (ENGLISH AND FOREIGN) OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES: a collection of copies closely resembling those in Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS. Tanner 82 (see Cat. Cod. MSS. Bibl. Bodl., Pt. iv, Codices T. Tanneri, ed. A. Hackman, 1860, pp. 411-419) and British Museum Add. MSS. 4108 and 22587, Harley MS. 4761, and Sloane MS. 1775, but containing in addition (at ff. 267-304) a supplement of Commonwealth and Restoration documents (the contents of which are listed below). ...
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includes: f. 13 Henry VIII of England: Letter to the Province of York: 1533.: Copy.f. 21 b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Lady Norris: 1597.: Copy.ff. 22, 23 John Lyly, author of 'Euphues': Letters to Qu. Elizabeth 1: 1591, 1594.: Copies, 17th cent.f.23b Edmund Anderson: Letter to Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 50261

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LETTERS AND PAPERS OF THE REV. GEORGE CECIL WHITE, Rector of Nursling, his relatives and ancestors; 1761-1910, n.d. Many of the letters are addressed to John Strange, Resident at Venice (d. 1799), to White's grandfather, Edward Nares, Vicar of Biddenden and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford (d. 1841), and Nares's first wife, Lady Charlotte Spencer (d. 1802). Printed, in part, by G. C. White, Glimpses of William IV and Queen Adelaide, 1902, and A Versatile Professor; Reminiscences ...
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includes: f. 1b Florence, Italy: Membership diploma of Botanical Society, with view of Teatro Botanico,: 1759: Engr.f. 1b Leonardo Frati, Florentine artist: Designed and engraved: 1759.f. 1b Andrea di Ginori: Membership diploma of Botanical Society of Florence signed by, as Sec.: 1761: Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1761-1910
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 58372

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; 13th cent.-1954. Paper and vellum; ff. 112. British Library arrangement. A. Letter from Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, afterwards Dean of Westminster, to Sir William Edward Parry, arctic explorer, concerning the religious condition of Oxford colleges at a time of religious conflict, and in the light of Parry's plans for his son (Edward Parry, afterwards Bishop suffragan of Dover); 2 Jan. 1846. Presented by Miss Ann Parry, of London S.W.1, 21 Dec. 1974. ff. 1-4. ...
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includes: f. 1 University of Oxford: Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, Arctic explorer: Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster: Letter to Adm. Sir William Edward Parry from Arthur Penrhyn Stanley rel. to Oxford University: 1846.f. 5 Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, Arctic explorer: An...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1200-1954
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 63504

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD: transcripts, chiefly of the bursar's records, 1381-1666, made in connection with William Carr's University College (London, 1902); circa 1902. Mostly Latin. Purchased, together with Add. 63501-63503 above and 63505 below, at Sotheby's, 1 Nov. 1983, lot 287. Paper; ff. 180. Half binding of green leather. 330 x 222mm.
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University of Oxford: Accounts: William Carr, MA: Bursar's records of University College , transcribed for William Carr: 1381-1666: Mostly Lat: Copy, circa 1902.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1902
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 64125

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HENRY BRYDGES, ARCHDEACON OF ROCHESTER: notebook of academic themes and exercises, etc., in prose and verse, attributed to him; circa 1691-1695. Mostly autograph fair-copies: cf. Add. 61999. Latin. While consisting largely of set-pieces composed during an undergraduate course of study at Christ Church, Oxford, between 1691 and 1695, the notebook includes transcripts of eighty-six carmina quadragesimalia (ff. 40v-57) or Act Verses, apparently written by the collector's contemporaries, possibl...
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Hon Henry Brydges, DD; Archdeacon of Rochester: University of Oxford: Notebook of academic exercises attributed to Hon. H. Brydges at Oxford: circa 1691-1695: Lat. includes: ff. 18v-20, 23v-24, 57 Hon Henry Brydges, DD; Archdeacon of Rochester: John Montagu, DD; Master of Trinity College, Ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1691-1695
Extent:
1 item