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2641. Add MS 62141

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COLLECTION OF EXEMPLA: containing sixty-six tales; [late 13th cent.?] Latin. Partly French. Beg. 'Beatus anthonius retulit se vidisse tres laqueos inimici per universi terra explicatos'. The chief sources referred to in the text are the Fathers and the Vitae patrum. Among several tales which cannot be paralleled in other known collections (see J. A. Herbert, Catalogue of Romances, 1910, III, pp. 1-271, and F. C. Tubach, Index exemplorum: a Handbook of Medieval Religious Tales, Helsinki, 1969...
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Tales: Collection of Exempla: [late 13th cent.?]: Lat. and Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
[Late 13th century?]
Extent:
1 item

2642. Add MS 62398

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'LOGICA: ETIAM MORALIS': notebook of a course in philosophy, comprising commentaries on the works of Aristotle on logic and ethics, compiled by F. Dillon; 1675. Partly printed. Latin. The course was probably given at a French university (Douai?), as portraits of Aristotle, Democritus, Pythagoras, Hippocrates and Descartes, engraved by 'Jollain' and with French captions, are bound in. Presented by Miss M. Ball, of Radlett, 6 April 1982. Paper; ff. iii+442+55*+305*. 255 x 175mm.
Scope & Content:
Education: Philosophy: Aristotle: Douai, Nord: F. Dillon: Notebook of lectures on Aristotle at University of Douai(?), comp. by F. Dillon: 1675: Lat: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1675
Extent:
1 item

2643. Add MS 62450

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WORKS BY OR ATTRIBUTED TO ST GREGORY, ETC.: mostly copied by the monk John Awne, probably at Mount Grace Priory, co. York.; mid 15th cent. Latin. Formerly belonged to Mount Grace Priory (f. vi). Armorial bookplate of Lord Herries of Terraglis, late 19th cent.(?) (f. ii). Owned by H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence, F.S.A. (d. 1965), and afterwards on deposit at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, as BL. MS. 5. Purchased through Quaritch, March 1982. Paper and vellum (ff. v-viii, ix-xii); ff. xiii+173. ...
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Saint Gregory,; of Nyssa: John Awne, monk: Works by or attrib. to St Gregory, copied by John Awne: mid 15th cent: Lat: Copies. includes: ff. 134-162v Robert, of Tumbalena; Abbot of St Vigor: `Commentaria in Cantica Canticorum' by Robert: mid 15th cent: Lat: Copy.ff. 163-169v Virtues and Vi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2644. Add MS 62451

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RANULPH HIGDEN: Polychronicon, etc.; mid 15th cent. Latin. Names written in margins in 16th and 17th centt. hands include Arthur Mawde (f. 50v), John Wyll[ia]m (ff. 136, 138v), Thomas Wright(?) (f. 140). Armorial bookplate of John Spencer, [of Attercliffe Hall and Badley?], 18th cent.(?) (f. ii). Owned by H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence, F.S.A. (d. 1965), and afterwards on deposit at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, as BL. MS. 12. Purchased through Quaritch, March 1982. Vellum; ff. ix+288. 300 x ...
Scope & Content:
Ranulph Higden: England General: Polychronicon, etc., by Ranulph Higden: mid 15th cent: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2645. Add MS 62455-62516

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Correspondence and papers of George Cave (1856-1928), Viscount Cave (1918), Home Secretary (1916-1919), Lord Chancellor (1922-1924); also including the correspondence of his wife, Anne Estella, Countess Cave (1928), and his biographer, Sir Charles Edward Mallet; 1859-1932. Paper. Sixty-two volumes. British Library arrangement.
Scope & Content:
George Cave, Viscount Cave: George V of England: Correspondence and papers of Viscount Cave: 1859-1932: Partly printed and typewritten.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1859-1932
Extent:
62 items

2646. Add MS 62523

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BOOK OF HOURS: of Sarum Use, England; circa 1450-1460. Latin. See F. Procter and C. Wordsworth, Breviarum ad usum insignis ecclesiae Sarum (1879-86). The borders are the work of an immigrant artist known as the 'Caesar Master', whose name derives from his work on a copy of Caesar's De bello gallico (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Chigi H. VII.215), who exerted a considerable influence upon English illumination of the third quarter of the 15th cent. The Calendar and Litany feature numero...
Scope & Content:
Liturgies LATIN: 'Caesar Master': Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Book of Hours, of Sarum Use , illuminated by the 'Caesar Master': circa 1450-1460: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1450-1460
Extent:
1 item

2647. Add MS 62534

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STATUTES OF THE REALM, ETC.: a collection of legal and historical tracts probably compiled in London; early 14th cent, with later additions. Latin and French. With extensive rubrication and some decorated and illuminated initials, and including (f. 155v) full-page pen sketches of St George and the dragon, and (f. 297v) the Crucifixion, late 15th cent., the former signed by 'Thomas Exylby of Dyffyth, Gentylman'. Other owners include Sir John Doddridge, judge (1555-1628) (f. 13), Edward Henden...
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Law OF ENGLAND: Statutes of the realm and other legal tracts: early 14th cent: Lat. and Fr. includes: f. 180 Maps and Plans: Heslerton, East Riding of Yorkshire: Thomas Nycholas, of Bridlington: Sketch map by [T. Nycholas?] of Heslerton: early 16th cent: Lat.ff. 241v-274 London, Parishes. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

2648. Add MS 62540

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Atlas of Sicily, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland
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Atlas book containing two maps by Laurence Nowell (1530-c. 1570), antiquary, covering Sicily, England, Wales, Ireland and part of Scotland. With itineraries partly in the hand of William Cecil, first Baron Burghley (1520-1598), royal minister. f. 2v: Map of Sicily by Laurence Nowell, possibly ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1564
Extent:

1 volume

2649. Add MS 62551

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper, except where otherwise stated; ff. 189. British Library arrangement. A. Two share certificates from the Moscow Merchants' Bank, each for 5,000 roubles, issued in 1873 and 1913 respectively, with related documents; 1873-1932. Printed, with MS. additions. Mostly Russian and German. Formerly in the possession of Dr Nicholas Vasilievich Korzlinsky. Presented by the Official Receivers in Companies Liquidation, Feb. 1983. ff. 1-12. 303 x 240mm. B. L...
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includes: ff. 1-12 Moscow Merchants' Bank: Two share certificates, with related papers: 1873-1932: Russ. and Germ: Printed, with MS. additions. f. 13 Katharine Asquith, née Horner; wife of Raymond Asquith: Letter to Lady Tree from Katharine Asquith: bef. 1909. ff. 13-26 Maud Tree, wife of Sir H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1400-1983
Extent:
1 item

2650. Add MS 62582-62584

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BURNEY PAPERS: notes and indices relating to the classical grammarian and prosodist, Terentianus Maurus, by Charles Burney, D.D. (1757-1817); late 18th-early 19th cent. Mostly Latin. Partly Greek. See also Terentiani Mauri ... de literis, syllabis, pedibus, et metris (Paris, 1531 and Heidelberg, 1584) (BL press-marks: C.64.h.5, 623.i.10, 11, and 625.c.7, 8), which have extensive MS. notes by Burney. Supplementing his notes on classical drama, Add. 59902-60165. Transferred from the Department...
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Charles Burney, DD; classical scholar: Grammar: Notes on classical grammarians probably made for Charles Burney: late 18th cent: Partly Gr. Poetry LATIN: Charles Burney, DD; classical scholar: Terentianus, Maurus: Notes and indices by Charles Burney rel. to Terentianus Maurus: late 18th-early 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
3 items

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