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1. Add MS 34217

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Add MS 34217
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TRANSCRIPTS Of political papers, letters, treatises and poems, chiefly relating to the times of James I. and Charles l., with a few original papers. Several of the documents relate to Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, in his connection with co. Northampton, 1616-1663. The principal content...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 44411

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Add MS 44411
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Vol. CCCXXVI (ff. 274). 12 June- Dec. 1866. includes: ff. 1, 88, 119 James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff 1874: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1839-1885.ff. 2, 131, 255 Cyrus West Field, projector of the Atlantic cable: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1862-1886.ff. 3, 113, 121, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
12 Jun 1866-Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Harley MS 3097

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Harley MS 3097
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St Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; Vita Sancti Nicholai Myrrensis; Folcard of Saint-Bertin, Vita Sancti Botulphi; Vitae Tancredi, Torhtredi and Tovae; De Translatione Sanctorum Qui in Thornensi Monasterio Requiescunt; Felix of Crowland, Vita Sancti Guthlaci; St Ambrose of Milan, Sermo de Observantia Episcoporum; Ambrose, De Misteriis; Ambrose, De Sacramentis; De Helia et Jejunio; Prologue to the Vita Sancti Nicholai Myrrensis; Miracles of St Nicholas
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a commentary on the Book of Daniel by St Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 419/420), followed by saints’ lives and sermons. It includes various materials related to the Benedictine abbey of Thorney: lives of St Botolph, abbot of Thorney Abbey and three saints at Thorney who were mar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century - 1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

4. Harley MS 3667

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Harley MS 3667
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Easter Table (imperfect); A letter from Dionysius Exiguus to Bonifatius on the date of Easter; Apuleian spheres and scientific diagrams; including Byrthferth of Ramsey’s diagram; T-O world map; Abbo of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Spherae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains part of a computus, probably compiled by Byrhtferth of Ramsey (b. c.970, d. c.1020) in the late 10th century. This copy was made at Peterborough Abbey in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century. A fragment of the same manuscript is now Cotton MS Tiberius C I, ff. 2-17 (see K...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

5. Sloane MS 3836

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Sloane MS 3836
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Francis Thynne, Lancaster Herald (1602-1608): Epitaphia sive monumenta sepulchrorum tam Anglicè et Latinè quam Gallicè conseripta: 1589-1601. includes: f. 6 Sir Edward Carne, DCL; diplomatist: Epitaph on his tomb in Rome: 1561.: Lat. f. 6 Sir John Mandeville: Copy by F. Thynne of his epitaph i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1589-1601
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 57

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Stowe MS 57
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Scutum Bede, a collection of Latin treatises, including a Libellus de nominibus naturalium rerum
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This manuscript consists of a compilation of Latin moral, grammatical and historical treatises in prose and verses including interlinear and marginal glosses, probably collected by Geoffrey of Ufford (fl. c. 1154) and entitled 'Scutum Bede Collectivus Gaufridi de Ufford' (f. 1r); this appears to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, Old, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1154
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1 volume