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3312. Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Title:
- Stowe Manuscripts
- Scope & Content:
- Manuscripts collected by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d 1839) at Stowe House, Bucks. c 1000-c 1800. 1085 manuscripts
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic, Dutch, English, English, Old, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Modern, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Scots, Spanish, and Welsh
- Date Range:
- c 1000-c 1800
- Extent:
- 1085 items
3313. Stowe Or 21
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe Or 21
- Title:
- [Ottoman land transfer document]
- Scope & Content:
- This scroll contains a nişan-i şerif transferring the timar (military fief) Szent Tamás in the district of Temesvár, from Kâtip Ali, on his resignation, to his son Mehmet. It is addressed to Yusuf, Beylerbey of Temesvár. The document contains a lavishly decorated tuğra of Sultan Murad IV in go...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin and Turkish, Ottoman
- Date Range:
- 1037
- Extent:
- 1 text, 2 ff
3314. Tyson MS
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Tyson MS
- Title:
- Tyson Collection
- Scope & Content:
- Music manuscripts of the musicologist and collector Alan Walker Tyson (b.1926, d.2000): 1732 – circa 1970, n.d. The collection also includes printed music and books, which are catalogued separately. For a description of the collection, see O. W. Neighbour, ‘The Tyson Collection’, The British Lib...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1732-c 1970
- Extent:
- 25 items
3315. Wolley Charters
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Wolley Charters
- Title:
- Charters collected by Adam Wolley
- Scope & Content:
- The Wolley charters range in date from the beginning of the thirteenth to the first half of the eighteenth centuries, but the majority date from the mid thirteenth to the late fourteenth centuries. They are mostly concerned with land transfers. In addition, there are some wills and marriage sett...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- [1200-1750]
- Extent:
- 1039 charters
3316. Yates Thompson MS 1-59
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Yates Thompson MS 1-59
- Title:
- Yates Thompson Manuscripts
- Scope & Content:
- Illuminated manuscripts collected by Henry Yates Thompson (b. 1838, d. 1928).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Middle, French, French, Old, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, and Russian
- Date Range:
- 12th century-17th century
- Extent:
- 59 items
3317. Zweig MS 1-218
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Zweig MS 1-218
- Title:
- Stefan Zweig Collection: Music, literary and historical manuscripts
- Scope & Content:
- Comprising items collected by Stefan Zweig and by his immediate heirs, with a number presented to Zweig by the writers. All manuscripts are autograph unless otherwise stated. A number of the music manuscripts from the collection were formerly placed on loan in the British Library, the Mozart man...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish
- Date Range:
- 1538-1936
- Extent:
- 205 items
3318. Add MS 89788
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89788
- Title:
- Trilingual dictionary, Psalter, and Hebrew grammar
- Scope & Content:
- A composite volume containing four discrete parts bound together at Ramsey Abbey in the 13th century. The most notable contents are a Hebrew-Latin-Middle French dictionary (part 2), a Hebrew Psalter with a Latin gloss (part 3), and a Hebrew-Latin grammar (part 4). The dictionary is unique, draws ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle, French, Old, Hebrew, and Latin
- Date Range:
- middle of the 13th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
3319. Add MS 89789
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89789
- Title:
- The Red Book of Bath
- Scope & Content:
- The Red Book of Bath (Latin ‘Liber Rubeus Bathoniae’) is an administrative compilation made for the town’s officials. Its texts relate to the regulation of trade and commerce, to law and justice, and to the history of Bath. The manuscript is named after the colour of its medieval binding, which w...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1412-1430
- Extent:
- 1 volume
3320. Add MS 89790
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89790
- Title:
- Richard Rolle’s ‘The Form of Living’ and related works
- Scope & Content:
- A collection of devotional texts in Hiberno-English, made for a noblewoman living in the region of Dublin. This manuscript is important for containing the works of Richard Rolle of Hampole (d. 1349), in a version dedicated uniquely to his disciple Margaret of Kirkby (d. 1391x1394). It also contai...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
