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2652. Add MS 62716
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- Add MS 62716
- Title:
- BENEDETTO MARCELLO: Motet, 'Laudate Pueri Dominum', for three voices and instruments, in score; 18th cent. Copy, probably made in Venice. Words in Latin. The name Edmund Knyvett has been added on the title-page. Presented anonymously, 13 June 1983. Paper; ff. 58. 230 x 358mm.
- Scope & Content:
- Benedetto Marcello, composer: Music: Motet, `Laudate Pueri Dominum' by Benedetto Marcello: 18th cent: Lat: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
2653. Add MS 62777
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- Add MS 62777
- Title:
- MATTHEW PARIS, LIVES OF THE ABBOTS OF ST ALBANS ETC.: England, St. Albans Abbey; early 14th cent. Latin. Produced by the St Albans scriptorium for the use of the abbot (Matthew Paris recording that Abbot Stephen had designated a special section of the scriptorium for the abbot's use), being one of eleven extant manuscripts from the abbot's study (carrying the inscription 'De studio domini Abbatis' at the end of the contents table, f. 1v). This copy of the founder's vita, and those of his pre...
- Scope & Content:
- includes: ff. 2-34 Saints: William, of St Albans: Lives of Sts Alban and Amphibal by William: early 14th cent.: Lat.ff. 34-49v Saints: Account of the finding of the relics of St Alban: early 14th cent.: Lat.ff. 50-91 Matthew Paris, monk of St Albans: England General: Duorum Offarum Mercio...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- Early 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
2654. Add MS 62925
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- Add MS 62925
- Title:
- Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Rutland Psalter')
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar, use of Sarum, with the feasts for each month in red, blue and gold, with small roundels of the labours of the month and the zodiac symbols. ff. 7r-v: Volvelle compass, 15th century insertion. ff. 8v-143r: Psalter, Use of Sarum. ff. 143r-155v: Canticles and Ath...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1260
- Extent:
-
Parchment codex; 190 folios.
2655. Add MS 62943
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- Add MS 62943
- Title:
- MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper, except where otherwise stated; ff. 85. British Library arrangement. A. Letter from Thomas De Quincey to Thomas Richardson, bookseller of Kendal, written from Fox Ghyll, Grasmere; 25 April [1822]. Relating to the proposed sale of his library of 650 books. See Grevel Lindop, The Opium Eater (1981), pp. 255-257. Purchased from Quaritch, 23 Feb. 1984. ff. 1-2. 227 x 182mm. B. Plan of Crackpot Hall and East Stonesdale Farms, Crackpot in Grinton, N....
- Scope & Content:
- includes: f. 1 Thomas De Quincey, author: Thomas Richardson, bookseller, of Kendal: Letter to Thomas Richardson from Thomas De Quincey: 1822.f. 3 Maps and Plans: Grinton, North Riding of Yorkshire: Thomas Smith, Lord of the Manor of Healaugh: Plan of Crackpot Hall and East Stonesdale Farms ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1100-1979
- Extent:
- 1 item
2656. Add MS 62994
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- Add MS 62994
- Title:
- MATTEO PALMIERI: Liber de Temporibus, Italy, Florence; circa 1460. Latin. This world history was composed by Matteo Palmieri of Florence (circa 1406-circa 1475). Events from the Creation to the Incarnation are summarised (ff. 3-3v), followed by yearly events from A.D. 1-1448, with a multi-columnar layout recording the year, the year of the reigning pope, a summary of annual events, the year of the emperor, and the year of the creation. The layout was designed by Palmieri to aid comprehension...
- Scope & Content:
- History: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Matteo Palmieri, of Florence: Piero de' Medici, son of Cosimo de' Medici: Leonardus Calendinus, scribe; priest of San Vicenzo, Prato: Liber de Temporibus composed for Piero de' Medici by Matteo Palmieri, copied by Leonardus Calendinus: circa 1460...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1460
- Extent:
- 1 item
2657. Add MS 62997
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- Add MS 62997
- Title:
- Leaf from a Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Sforza Hours')
- Scope & Content:
- Detached leaf including on its recto a fragment of a liturgical calendar for 20-30 April, with commemoration for the following saints: Marcellinus of Embrun (20 April), his inclusion perhaps reflecting Lombard practice or the Savoyard influence of Bona Sforza, George (24 April: sic, probably in ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1490-1494
- Extent:
-
1 parchment folio.
2658. Add MS 62998
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- Add MS 62998
- Title:
- DICTAMINAL TREATISES, ETC.; 14th cent. Latin. Purchased at Phillips', 20 Oct. 1983, lot 468. Vellum and paper; ff. 130. Composite volume. Largest size 165 x 120mm. Thirteen irregular gatherings of between 6 and 18 leaves each; in i18 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 are paper. Written in various 14th cent. cursive book hands, in single and double columns, with some capitals decorated with red and blue pen work and some headings and initials in red. Original limp vellum binding. 163 x 130mm. The co...
- Scope & Content:
- Letters, Forms of: Dictaminal treatises: 14th cent. includes: ff. 6-19 Lawrence of Aquilegia: `Practica sive usus dictaminis': 14th cent.ff. 20-37 Johannes de Sacrobosco: `Compotus' and `Algorismus' by Johannes de Sacrobosco: 14th cent.ff. 61v-66 Poetry LATIN: Cosmological poem from the ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
2659. Add MS 63009
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 63009
- Title:
- Roger of St Albans, Progenie regum Angliae, a genealogical roll chronicle of the Kings of England
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: Progenies regum Angliae or the St Albans chronicle, a genealogical diagram of the descent of the Kings of England to Edward IV (r. 1461-1483) with a commentary to Henry VI, attributed to Roger Alban O'Carm or Roger of St Albans (d. after 1461). In the central column, each ruler is ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1453-1461
- Extent:
-
1 roll
2660. Add MS 63074
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- Add MS 63074
- Title:
- ENGLISH ROYAL CHARTERS: from the 11th to the 14th centuries, listed and copied for Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., from cartularies of Rouen Cathedral and the Benedictine abbey of Boscherville, with a copy of a letter from Cardinal Wolsey to the Comte de Beaumont, 27 Jan. 1528/9 (f. 18), and extracts from and a note concerning Langtoft's chronicle (ff. 19-21v); early 19th cent. Mostly Latin and French. Formerly Phillipps MS. 17379. See also Sotheby's sale cat., 1 Dec. 1947, lot 48. Presented by...
- Scope & Content:
- Chartularies: Rouen, France: English royal charters from chartularies of Rouen Cathedral and Boscherville Abbey: 11th-14th cent: Mostly Lat: Copies, early 19th cent. includes: f. 18 Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal; Archbishop of York: Christophe de Harlay, Comte de Beaumont: Letter to Comte de Beaumon...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Early 19th century
- Extent:
- 1 item