301. Add MS 5242
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302. Add MS 5243
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- Title:
- "Regum Daniae effigies ex Aulaeis Croneburgicis maxima ex parte depictae". An album of drawings of Danish kings.
- Scope & Content:
- Pen and ink drawings of Danish Kings, starting with King Dan. I and concluding with King Christian IV. The volume formerly belonged to Olaus Wormius, whose autograph ('sum Olai Wormii') it bears on f. 1. The drawings are executed directly on the folios of the manuscript, mostly on both recto and...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Danish and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (62 folios)
303. Add MS 5244
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- Title:
- John Dunstall, manuscript version of his manual "The Art of Delineation, or Drawing. In 6 Books"
- Scope & Content:
- This is the only known surviving version in manuscript form of the unpublished treatise "The art of delineation, or drawing", written and illustrated by John Dunstall, schoolmaster at Blackfriars in London, active as printmaker and art teacher between 1653 and 1693. The manuscript includes a com...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (113 folios)
304. Add MS 5245
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- Title:
- “Cabala Mineralis Rabbi Simeon Ben Cantara”. Watercolour drawings of alchemical figures and experiments
- Scope & Content:
- Watercolour drawings of some alchemical figures and chemical reactions with descriptions inscribed in Latin and in English.The drawings and inscriptions have been made directly onto the folios of the albums. On the verso of f.1 there is an inscription in Latin: 'Cabala mineralis Rabbi Simeon Ben ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- late 17th century - early 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (30 folios)
305. Add MS 5246
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- Title:
- "A short History of Human Prodigious and Monstrous Births, of Dwarfs, Sleepers, Giants, Strong men, Hermaphrodites, Numerous Births, and Extream old age". Medical observations collected by James Paris Du Plessis, and others
- Scope & Content:
- Please note this manuscript contains anatomical images and descriptions of the human body that include terminology nowadays regarded as outdated. Where inscriptions on the manuscripts have been transcribed, the excerpt of text is indicated between inverted commas. The manuscript contains a seri...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- late 17th century - early 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (166 folios)
306. Add MS 5247
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- Title:
- Standards, flags and arms of the companies of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex's army
- Scope & Content:
- Watercolour drawings of the flags and arms of the companies of Robert Devereux (1591-1646), 3rd Earl of Essex's Parliamentary army, as well as of the Scottish and Irish forces, from the time of the English Civil War and the resulting Commonwealth. The drawings are executed directly on the folios ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (164 folios)
307. Add MS 5257
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- Title:
- “Habitus variarum Nationum in Regno Transylvaniae occurrentium utriusque sexus humani patent". Album of costumes from Transylvania, in watercolour
- Scope & Content:
- Watercolours of the costumes of peoples from different regions of the early modern Transylvanian Principality. A description of each figure in costume is inscribed in ink in Latin below most watercolours. The drawings are executed directly onto the folios of the manuscript, both recto and verso.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century - 18th century
- Extent:
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1 volume (76 folios)
308. Add MS 5259
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- Title:
- Drawings and notes on human and animal anatomy
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains anatomical images and representations of pathological conditions affecting the human body. Some of the inscriptions on these drawings feature historic language. Where these inscriptions have been transcribed, they are enclosed in inverted commas. Drawings and manuscript...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 16th century-18th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (231 items)
309. Add MS 5262
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- Title:
- Drawings of shells, crustaceans and fish by Everard Kick, George Jago and others
- Scope & Content:
- 176 drawings executed in a variety of techniques, some of which are signed and dated. The drawings are executed on paper or parchment and pasted down on the folios of the manuscript. Summary description of contents: 1-7. Ink and grey wash studies of various types of fish with their name and a b...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- Early 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (176 items)
310. Add MS 5263
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- Title:
- Drawings of birds by George Edwards, Mark Catesby and others
- Scope & Content:
- Drawings of birds from North America, Jamaica, Suriname, Ambon and other places, all pasted on the folios of the manuscript and numbered progressively. The majority are watercolours by George Edwards, dated between 1737 and 1743. Exceptions are: 'i-iii': 3 pages of letterpress text in English w...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Dutch, English, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century - 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (155 items)