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401. Add MS 6028

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'HISTORIA AUGUSTA': an Italian humanist manuscript, probably from Rome, of the 'Historia Augusta', lives of Roman emperors traditionally assigned to six different authors of the late third to early fourth centuries A.D.; mid 15th cent. Latin. Origin: Italy. The text is incomplete, ending in the life of Probus, ch. xix, 'effronduit misi deinde per omnes additus' (f. 180v): the scribe has added a colophon, with the word 'finis' at the foot of the page. The text was first printed in 1475. For a...
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: 'Historia Augusta': initials and borders: 15th cent. Rome; Emperors: 'Historia Augusta': 15th cent: Lat. includes: f. 1 Heraldry: Sacrati family; of Ferrara: Arms of the Sacrati family of Ferrara: 15th cent: Painted.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

402. Add MS 6031

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Title:
History of the Townships of Cheshire, stated to have been compiled by Dr. Williamson
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A folio volume (180 folios), in which are collections, alphabetically arranged, for the History of the Townships of Cheshire, stated to have been compiled by Dr. Williamson, a physician of Chester (in 1701), from the Manuscripts of Randal Holmes and others. It is often cited by Lysons in his ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1701
Extent:
1 volume (180 folios)

403. Add MS 6032

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Title:
Collections towards a Hiatory of Cheshire, made by John Woodnoth esquire
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A large folio (141 folios), containing collections towards a History of Cheshire, made by John Woodnoth esquire of Shavington, in the 17th Century, being copies of various original documents, abstracts of charters, etc. viz. 1. Warrant from King Charles I to Thomas Cowper esquire, Mayor of Che...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (141 folios)

404. Add MS 6036

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THE BLACK BOOK OF WINCHESTER: record book of the City of Winchester, temp. Henry IV - 1551. Partly Latin and French. Origin: England. The material chiefly consists of records of decisions at Common Council, together with copies of other documents concerning the customs and privileges of the City, the earliest being dated 1265. The contents are generally in chronological order, but copies of documents earlier than the main text are included where relevant, and later material is frequently ins...
Scope & Content:
City of Winchester: 'Black Book' of: temp. Hen. IV -1551: Partly Lat. and Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
[1399]-1551
Extent:
1 item

405. Add MS 6037

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Title:
Transcripts of abstracts of 2 Monastic Cartularies
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A thin folio volume (73 folios and 47 folios) containing, in a neat modern hand, transcripts of the two following valuable abstracts of Monastic Cartularies: 1. ‘Ex Registro per amplo et perauti quo Cartarum in Ecclesiæ X ti C ntuar in ejusdem Ecclesiæ Thesaurarua reservato, unde sequential ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (120 folios)

406. Add MS 6038

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Title:
The Commonplace Book of Sir Julius Cæsar
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A thick folio volume (609 folios), being the Commonplace Book of Sir Julius Cæsar, in his own hand (chiefly in Latin), alphabetically arranged, and finished 12 December 1629. The contents are principally of an ethical and theological description. Prefixed is the Printed Title and ‘Præfatio a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (609 folios)

407. Add MS 6040

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SOUTHWARK CHARTULARY: fragments from a chartulary of the Augustinian Priory of St Mary Overy, Southwark; 13th-14th cent. Latin. Origin: England. See Davis, Cartularies, no. 908. For another register of this house, see Cotton MS. Faustina A.VIII. The fragments were taken from some childrens' drum heads by Thomas Martin of Palgrave (d.1771): the drums were made in Exeter (f. 5v). See also memoranda by Henry Ellis, 1814 (f. 1). Presented by William Bray, Esq., antiquary, 12 Feb. 1814. Vellum ...
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Chartularies: London; Southwark. St Mary Overy Priory: Cartulary of St Mary Overy Priory: 13th-14th cent: Lat: Fragm. includes: ff. 2-3v Mitcham, Surrey: Grants in, to St Mary Overy Priory, Southwark: 13th cent: Lat. f. 4v Jewels and Plate: Inventories: John de Burnham: Inventory of plate, etc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-14th century
Extent:
1 item

408. Add MS 6042

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CLAUDIAN: poems of Claudius Claudianus (fl. 400 A.D.); mid - late 13th cent. Latin. Origin: France? All the items appear in Claudii Claudiani Carmina, ed. J. Koch (1893), which uses Egerton MS. 2627 as a main source. For a modern edition see that of J. B. Hall (Teubner, 1985). See also J. B. Hall's article in L. D. Reynolds, ed., A Survey of the Latin Classics (1983), pp. 143-145. Loss of text between ff. 112v-113, 113v-114, as follows: Deprecatio ad Hadrianum, after line 31, f. 112v;- Phoen...
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings FRENCH: Penwork initials, possibly French: mid-late 13th cent. Poetry LATIN: Claudius Claudianus: Claudian: poems: mid-late 13th cent: Lat. includes: f. 114v John Maylerd: Name written: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century-Late 13th century
Extent:
1 item

409. Add MS 6044

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Title:
Collections for a history of Jesus College, Oxford
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A small quarto volume (112 folios), containing collections for a history of Jesus College, Oxford, with a copy of the statutes, etc.viz. 1. Particulars relative to the benefactors of the college, and the donations or bequests made by them. These are, Queen Elizabeth, the Foundress. (folio 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1785-1813
Extent:
1 volume (112 folios)

410. Add MS 6045

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'SMARAGDUS': 'Diadema Monachorum'; 812-816. Latin. Origin: Mosan? Smaragdus, Abbot of St Mihiel on the Meuse, diocese of Verdun, fl. 805-827. Preface beg. 'Hunc modicum operis nostri libellum' (f. 2). Text beg. 'Hoc est remedium eius qui vitiorum temptamentis exestuat' (f. 5v). There is a table of chapters between the Preface and Chapter I (ff. 2v-5v). After the explicit (f. 125), is written 'Probatio incausti'. Printed in Migne, PL, cii (1851), 594-690. For a modern discussion of the life...
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Theology LATIN: Smaragdus, Abbot of St Mihiel on the Meuse: Smaragdus, 'Diadema Monachorum': 9th cent: Lat. includes: f. 85 Art. Illuminations and Drawings: Border design: [9th-10th cent.?]: Pencil. f. 125v Art. Illuminations and Drawings: Saint Hudolfus,; Archbishop of Trier: Sketch of Saint ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
0812-0816
Extent:
1 item

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