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2481. Add MS 50866

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HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS; 1315-1543, n.d. French, unless otherwise stated. Copies, 18th cent., except as noted. 'No: 19' in a larger collection, 18th-19th cent. Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., of Middle Hill. Phillipps MS. 20614 (f. 3). Dobell's sale-cat. no. 158, 1959, item 451. Bought by the donor, 1958 (f. ii; armorial bookplate, f. i). Presented by T. S. Blakeney, Esq. Paper; ff. ii+146. Folio. XVII and XVIII cent. 1. ff. 3-5b. Marriage contract between Charles VIII of France ...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 3-5b Marriage: Contract betw. Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany: 1491: Copy, 18th cent.ff. 3-5b Treaties: Marriage contract betw. Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany: 1491: Copy, 18th cent.ff. 3-5b Charles VIII of France: Marriage contract with Anne of Brittany: 1491: Copy, 18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1315-1699
Extent:
1 item

2482. Add MS 50953

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Title:
COLLECTION OF METRICAL PSALMS, HYMNS AND ANTHEMS, probably compiled by John Guy; early 18th cent. The main hand closely resembles that of John Guy on ff. iib and 10. Presumably compiled in co. Glouc.; see ff. i-iiib. Tenor or tenor and bass parts only, except for item (h) below. Included are:- (a) John Marckant's metrical paraphrase of Ps. 132, with the 'Old Version' tune. See M. Frost, English and Scottish Psalm and Hymn Tunes c. 1543-1677, 1953, no. 150. f. 1b;- (b) The tune 'Cambridge', u...
Scope & Content:
Music: Psalmody collection: early 18th cent. Hymns: Psalmody collection: early 18th cent. includes: ff. i b, iii County of Gloucester: Deed: 17th cent.: Lat.: Fragm.ff. i b, iii David Page, of Painswick: Deed rel. to: 17th cent.: Lat.: Fragm.ff. i b, iii Thomas Webb, of Stroud: Deed rel...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

2483. Add MS 51263-51289

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THE CROSS PAPERS Correspondence and papers of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (b. 1823, d. 1914) and his family; 1797-1913, n.d. Presented, with Additional Ch. 75520, 75521, by Assheton Henry Cross, 3rd Viscount Cross. Twenty-seven volumes.
Scope & Content:
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross: Correspondence and papers: 1797 - 1913.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1797-1913
Extent:
27 items

2484. Add MS 52255

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Title:
PSALTER, of Sarum use, in Latin, written and illuminated in England; early 15th cent. Contents:- (1) Kalendar (Sarum use), in black and red. ff. 1-6b;- (2) Psalter, Gallican version. ff. 7-221;- (3) Canticles. ff. 221-225;- (4) Litany. Invocations of saints and four extant collects agree with those printed by F. Proctor and C. Wordsworth, Breviarum ad usum . . . Sarum, 1879-86, ii, cols. 250-4, to ' . . . Deus a quo sancta desideria' except for the slightly later marginal insertions of '...
Scope & Content:
Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Psalter (Sarum use): initials, partial borders: early 15th cent. Bindings ENGLISH: Brown calf, gold-tooled: 18th cent. Liturgies LATIN: Psalter (Sarum use): early 15th cent.: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2485. Add MS 52274

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LETTERS TO THOMAS PENNANT, F.R.S., the naturalist, from:- (1) Lorenz Theodor Gronovius, Dutch antiquary and naturalist; 1761-1768. Latin. Other letters from Gronovius to Pennant are now National Library of Wales MS. 22195 C (MS. Facs. *995). ff. 1-31b;- (2) Eberhardt August Wilhelm von Zimmerman, German naturalist and geographer; 1778-1791. Mostly French. Includes two printed items:- (a) Testimonial by Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein, German naturalist and philologist, relating to Zimmerm...
Scope & Content:
Thomas Pennant, FRS; naturalist: Letters, etc., to,: 1761-1791: Mostly Lat. and Fr.: Partly printed. Natural History: Correspondence of T. Pennant,: 1761-1791: Lat. and Fr.: Partly printed. includes: ff. 1-31b Lorenz Theodor Gronovius, Dutch antiquary and naturalist: Letters to T. Pennant: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1761-1768
Extent:
1 item

2486. Add MS 52294-52310

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Title:
SCOTT PAPERS Papers of Sir Charles Stewart Scott, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., diplomatist (b. 1838, d. 1924). After serving in junior posts in Europe and America, he was appointed Secretary to the Embassy and Chargé d'Affaires at Berlin in 1883. He was later Envoy Extraordinary to the Swiss Confederation 1888, Plenipotentiary to the Samoan Conference 1889 and at the Labour Conference at Berlin 1890; he served finally as Envoy Extraordinary at Copenhagen 1892-8 and Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1898-190...
Scope & Content:
Sir Charles Stewart Scott, GCB; diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1858-[circa 1924], n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
after 1854-c 1924
Extent:
17 items

2487. Add MS 52311

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; [18th?] cent.-1957, n.d. Paper; ff. 37. Folio. A. Letter of Marcel Proust to Princess Marta Lucia Bibesco relating to a presentation copy of Du Côté de chez Swann; early 1914. French. Published in her Au Bal avec Marcel Proust, Paris, 1928, p. 134. See also Add. MS. 52431, ff. 48-54. ff. 1-5. B. Two letters from Terence Hanbury White, author of The Sword in the Stone, to Dr Eric George Millar, relating to White's work on editing a printed bestiary; 1...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-2 Princess Marta Lucia Bibesco,; biographer: Letter to,: 1914: Fr.ff. 1-2 Marcel Proust, French novelist: Letter to Princess M. L. Bibesco,: 1914: Fr.ff. 6-8b Terence Hanbury White, author: Letter to Dr E. G. Millar,: 1957.ff. 6-8b Eric George Millar, DLitt.; Keeper of M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Serbian
Date Range:
1700-1957
Extent:
1 item

2488. Add MS 52334-52358

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Title:
THE AYRTON PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Papers of William Ayrton (b. 1777, d. 1858), editor of The Harmonicon and musical director of the Italian Opera at the King's Theatre, and his family; 1771-1885. See also Add. MSS. 60358-60381. See B.L.J., vi, 1980, pp. 7-23. Presented by Miss Phyllis Alsager Ayrton, great-granddaughter of Willi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1771-1885
Extent:
28 items

2489. Add MS 52359

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Add MS 52359
Title:
Breviary, Use of Sarum (the 'Penwortham Breviary')
Scope & Content:
A Sarum Breviary with musical notation. Contents: ff. 1r-232v: Temporale (includes liturgies in honour of Thomas Becket, e.g., ff. 52r-v); ff. 233r-238v: Calendar; ff. 239r-283r: Psalter; ff. 283r-284v: Litany, not of Sarum Use, followed by short prayers and benedictions; ff. 285r-35...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-1319
Extent:
A parchment codex, 501 folios

2490. Add MS 52362

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Add MS 52362
Title:
MINUTE-BOOK OF THE EGYPTIAN SOCIETY, kept until 28 May 1742 by the Rev. Jeremiah Milles, as 'Reis Effendi', and from 5 Nov. by the Rev. Richard Pococke; 11 Dec. 1741-16 Apr. 1743. Partly Greek and Latin. Preceded (ff. 1-2) by a drawing of a sistrum and a calligraphically written Latin poem of 52 hendecasyllables by Dr Thomas Dampier, Dean of Durham, 1742. At the beginning are members' signatures, aft. 1741-aft. 1743 (ff. 3-4b), a list of members who had not been to Egypt, 1743 (ff. 5, 6), an...
Scope & Content:
Watermarks: Fleur-de-lis: circa 1741. Egyptian Society: Minute-book: 1741-1743. includes: f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: Sir Walter Sherburne Prideaux, Clerk of the Goldsmiths' Company: Armorial bookplate of Sir Walter Sherburne Prideaux: 19th cent.f. i Heraldry: Armorial bookplate of W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
11 Dec 1741-16 Apr 1743
Extent:
1 item

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