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2571. Add MS 59655

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS, many addressed to General Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.M.G., and his wife; late 18th cent. - early 19th cent. The autographs include those of Longfellow, Wellington, Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Lord Cardigan, Sir Herbert Taylor, Lord Gambier, Lord Gough, Lajos Kossuth, Bolivar, Capo d'Istrias, Barthelemy, Thomas Arnold, Archbishop A. C. Tait, Archbishop R. Whately and other church dignitaries. The addressees also include Sir Thomas Wilson, Bunsen, Fonblanque and Mrs Heman...
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includes: f. 2 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet: Letter to C. F. S. from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: 1830.f. 5 General Sir Edward Paget, GCB; 4th son of Henry, 1st Earl of Uxbridge: Letter to — from Gen. Sir Edward Paget: 1810.f. 7 Frances Nelson, Viscountess Nelson: Letter from Commander de Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Greek, Modern, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

2572. Add MS 59672-59676

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VLADIMIR SERGEIVICH PECHERIN: letters and papers relating to V. S. Pecherin; 19th-20th cent. Purchased in 1976. Paper. Five volumes. British Library arrangement(?).
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Vladimir Sergeivich Pecherin: Letters and papers rel. to Vladimir Sergeivich Pecherin: 19th-20th centt: Russ., Fr., Lat., Engl., and Gaelic: Partly typewritten and photogr. copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Gaelic, Latin, Polish, and Russian
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
5 items

2573. Add MS 59681

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JOHN DEE (b.1527, d.1608): copy of unpublished treatises by Dee on sovereignty, etc.; circa 1593. Partly Latin. Title on cover 'Brytannici Imperii Limites'. Purchased from George Clive, Whitfield, Allenmore, Herefordshire, 13 April 1976. Paper; ff. 48 (old pagination 1-94). 41 lines. 226 x 165mm. (184 x 134mm.). Watermarks: Crossbow, Piccard, Werkzeug und Waffen, XI.2134, and Lion-GB, countermarks in Werkzeug und Waffen, XI.2133, 2134 (p. 278). Catchwords at foot of each page. Vellum cover...
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John Dee, astrologer: `Brytanici Imperii Limites' and other treatises by John Dee: circa 1593: Engl. and Lat: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1593
Extent:
1 item

2574. Add MS 59781

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COMMENTARIES ON THE APOCALYPSE, ETC.: commentaries in Latin on the Apocalypse and the Song of Solomon (cf. Royal 2 C.xii, f. 1), together with extracts from the Polyhistor of Solinus; 12th-13th cent. Purchased from W. & A. Houben, 12 Aug. 1976. Vellum; ff. 34. 157 x 112mm. 2 col. 42-63 lines. Gatherings i13 ii20 (ff. 14, 15, 32, 33 wrapped round ff. 16-23 and ff. 24-31). In disorder. 1. ff. 1, 3, 7, 8, 9v, 10, 13-15. Commentary on the Apocalypse entitled 'Apokalipsis pro parte glossa...
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Bible. Commentaries: Commentaries on the Apocalypse and Song of Songs: 12th-13th cent: Lat. includes: ff. 2v, 12r, 12v, 9r Caius Iulius Solinus: Extracts from the 'Polyhistor' of: 12th-13th cent: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-13th century
Extent:
1 item

2575. Add MS 59837

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ALCHEMY: a book containing 41 symbolical coloured drawings of alembics used in experiments for the discovery of the Philosopher's Stone; late 16th or early 17th cent. The spaces left for the text are blank. On the title page is an attribution to 'Hermes Trismegistus' in an 18th century hand. Previously belonged to James Plomer, M.D. Transferred from the Science Reference Library (press-mark '65'), 11 Oct. 1976. Paper; ff. iv+42. 211 x 140mm. Limp vellum covers.
Scope & Content:
Alchemy: Art. Illuminations and Drawings: 41 symbolical coloured drawings, with legends,: late 16th or early 17th cent: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2576. Add MS 59839

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THEOLOGICAL MISCELLANY: works in Latin by St Bonaventure, St Isidore of Seville, St Anselm of Canterbury, Hugh of St Victor, Bartholomeus Florarius and St Augustine, etc., and two works in Anglo-Norman; late 13th or early 14th cent. Written in England by several scribes. According to an ownership note on f. 217 the MS. once belonged to a 'vicarius de Gauylton'. Purchased by Phillipps of Thorpe in 1836 (Thorpe's catalogue, item 1396). Phillipps MS 9328. Purchased at Sotheby's (Phillipps sale)...
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Theology LATIN: Theological miscellany: late 13th-early 14th cent: Lat. includes: ff. 1-2v, 219-221v Law CANON: Legal fragments: late 13th-early 14th cent: Lat.ff. 6-13v Saint Bonaventura,; Cardinal-bishop of Albano: Lignum vitae by St Bonaventura: late 13th-early 14th cent: Lat.ff. 14-51v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

2577. Add MS 59842

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JOHN EAMES (d.1744), F.R.S.: 'Mechanica, sive De Motu Corporum Tractatus', volume I with seven diagrams; 1764. Latin. Acq. Patent Office Library 12.12.14. Transferred from Science Reference Library, 30 Nov. 1976. Paper; ff. iii+161. 182 x 108mm. 18th cent. gilt-lined calf.
Scope & Content:
John Eames, FRS: Mechanics: Mechanica by John Eames: 1764: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1764
Extent:
1 item

2578. Add MS 59855

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THE GOWER MISSAL: noted Missal of Sarum Use; produced in England; circa 1440-1450. Latin. See F. H. Dickinson (ed.), Missale ad usum . . . ecclesiae Sarum (1861-1883). Contains square neumatic notation of red four-line staves. Alan G. Thomas and D. H. Turner tentatively identified it as the 'one large new missal' bequeathed to the Augustinian Priory of St Mary Overy (now Southwark Cathedral) by John Gower in 1408, but Kathleen Scott's mid 15th-century dating (see Later Gothic Manuscripts, vo...
Scope & Content:
Liturgies LATIN: Music: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Noted Missal (The Gower Missal): circa 1440-1450: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1440-1450
Extent:
1 item

2579. Add MS 59856

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MISSAL: of Sarum Use, produced in England, possibly for the church of St Mary, Horsham, co. Suss.; first half of 15th cent. Latin. See F. H. Dickinson (ed.), Missale ad usum . . . ecclesiae Sarum (1861-1883). The calendar points to southern England and includes the translations of Sts Wulstan (7 June) and Richard (16 June) and Sts David and Chad whose feasts became general in 1415. It does not contain other 15th cent. feasts, such as St Osmund (canonised 1457). The text is appropriate for us...
Scope & Content:
Liturgies LATIN: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Missal of Sarum Use: 1st half of 15th cent.: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2580. Add MS 59857

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PSALTER-HOURS produced in England, possibly London; after 1457. Latin. The calendar indicates a possible London connection (for example, Bishop Erkenwald (30 April), and includes St Osmund (4 Dec.) who was canonised in 1457. Ownership inscriptions of John Nettleton of Hutton Cranswick, E.R., co. York in 1567 (f. 7v; Nettleton may also have owned Add. 31042 etc., see Index of Manuscripts in the British Library vol. vii, 1985), Katharine Sutcliffe, 16th cent. (f. 141), Robert Hesketh, 1621, Th...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Brown leather, blind-stamped with foliate panels: 16th cent.: Lat. Liturgies LATIN: Psalter-Hours, of possible London use: 2nd half 15th cent.: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
after 1457
Extent:
1 item

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