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5471. Add MS 73541

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GEORGE HERBERT: 'Musae Responsoriae', with other poems, mostly in Latin; circa 1618-1620. Copies. The main item in this collection is the series of forty epigrams (ff. 6-18v) that Herbert wrote in reply to a poem composed by the Scots presbyterian Andrew Melville as a protest against the hostile reception given by the English Universities to the Millenary Petition of 1604. The Sapphic ode 'Pro supplici Euangeliorum Ministrorum in Anglia . . . Anti tami-Cami-Categoria', a text of which is pre...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 2nd Baron Houghton; formerly Milnes; Marquess of Crewe: Bookplate: after 1911. Bindings ENGLISH: Francis Bedford, bookbinder, of London: Binding by: before 1845. Poetry LATIN: George Herbert, poet: Andrew Melville, alias Melvill...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1618-1620
Extent:
1 item

5472. Add MS 73542

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JOHN RUSSELL (d. 1687): Epigrammatum Libri VI; circa 1625. Latin. Autograph fair copy, with revisions and corrections. Russell, a Laudian who served as Rector of Chingford from 1634 until his death, with one break during the Interregnum, published an elegy in English on Gustavus Adolphus at Cambridge in 1632. The present work comprises seven hundred and three epigrams numbered in separate sequences within each Book. Two (Bks. I, 53, and III, 85: ff. 8v, 39) are addressed to the Fellows of Ma...
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Poetry LATIN: John Russell, Rector of Chingford: Epigrammatum Libri VI: circa 1625: Latin: Autograph fair copy, with revisions. includes: f. 2 Poetry LATIN: Matthew Stoneham, the elder; Vicar of St. Stephen's, Norwich: Commendatory verses on Epigrammatum Libri VI of J. Russell: circa 1625: L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1625
Extent:
1 item

5473. Add MS 73544

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'TANACEI LIBELLUS ELEGIACUS AD JUSTUM': Love-elegies, etc., in Latin; n.d., circa mid-late 17th cent. Copy. Imperfect. The work, which is probably of Italian origin, consists mainly of a sequence of four elegies composed after the manner of Ovid, celebrating the love of 'Tanaceus' for a young man to whom he gives the pseudonym 'Chelintus' (f. 4v). These are preceded by an exchange of poems in which the writer confides his passion to his friend 'Justus', who counsels him to give way to his de...
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Poetry LATIN: 'Tanaceus', Pseudonym: 'Chelintus', Pseudonym: Chelintiades Elegiae on `Chelintus' by `Tanaceus': circa mid-late 17th cent.: Latin: Copies. includes: ff. 2-5v Poetry LATIN: 'Tanaceus', Pseudonym: 'Justus', Pseudonym: Exchange of verses between `Tanaceus' and `Justus': circa mid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5474. Add MS 73545

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'SYLVANI MARISCHALCHI AMORES'; n.d., circa 3rd quarter of 18th cent. Latin. The attribution of this collection of love poems, etc., survives on the spine of the binding only, and is of uncertain origin. The collection may be the work of the French writer Pierre Silvan Maréchal (b.1750-d.1803), author of the 'Bibliotheque des amans, odes erotiques . . .', 1777. It opens with a series (ff. 2-8v) of eleven pieces, several of them addressed to women bearing the pseudonyms of Cythara and Lycoris,...
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Poetry LATIN: Sylvain Maréchal, French writer: Love-elegies by and collected by `Sylvanus Marischalchus': circa 1770-1777: Latin and French: Apparently autograph. includes: ff. 9, 9v Poetry FRENCH: Sylvain Maréchal, French writer: Villanelle by Sylvain Maréchal: circa 1770-1777: French: Auto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

5475. Add MS 73546-73769

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Barrington Papers. 73546-73769. Correspondence and papers of William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, (b.1717, d.1793), statesman; 1701-1882, n.d. The papers cover Barrington's official career, most particularly as M.P. for Plymouth (1754-1778), Secretary at War (21 Nov. 1755-21 March 1761 & 19 July 1765-16 Dec. 1778) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (21 March 1761-8 May 1762). Barrington also acted as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty (1746-1754), Master of the Great Ward...
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George III of England: William Wildman Barrington-Shute, 2nd Viscount Barrington: Correspondence and papers, together with papers of other members of his family: [1327]-1934, n.d.: Partly French. Latin. English.: Partly printed and typewritten.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1701-1882
Extent:
225 items

5476. Add MS 74098 A-D

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James Hilton Chronograms. Chronograms collected and transcribed by James Hilton, F.S.A., with his notes, and letters from Walter Begley (in Add. 74098 C); late 19th century. Mostly Latin. Partly printed. For other Hilton chronograms see Add. 52608 A, Add. 54196, Add. 65193, Add. 68939-68941, and Add. 71688. Transferred from Collection Development, Feb. 1998. Bound notebooks, various sizes.
Scope & Content:
James Hilton, FSA: Chronograms: Chronograms collected and transcribed by James Hilton: late 19th cent.: Partly Lat: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:

4 items

5477. Add MS 74209

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BURNHAM NORTON, CO. NORFOLK: Terrier of the manor of Polsted Hall; n.d., circa but before 1538. Draft. The document, which is headed 'Burnham postedhall [?Boron]', incorporates occasional interpolations and underlinings. Some entries (ff. 1, 7v) are accompanied by marginal references to 'ffo. 19. a'-'20. a' and 'ffo. 45. a' of an unidentified source. The upper limit is set by its mention (e.g. ff. 4v, 5) of lands belonging to the Priory of Walsingham that was dissolved in Aug. 1538. By a rev...
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County of Norfolk: Burnham Norton, Norfolk: Terrier of manor of Polsted Hall: circa but before 1535: Latin: Draft.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1538
Extent:
1 item

5478. Add MS 74231

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MATTHIAS LYNEN: Album amicorum, etc.; 1618-1669. Partly Greek, Latin, Hebrew, French, Italian, German and Dutch. The album proper (ff. 16-52, 119-214v, passim) belongs almost entirely to the period between Sept. 1618 and May 1624, while the compiler was a student at Heidelberg and other universities in Germany and Switzerland. The sole exception is the final entry (f. 214v), which is dated 1638. Interspersed throughout the volume are miscellaneous notes and extracts, partly from printed sour...
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Cologne, Germany: Art. Illuminations and Drawings GERMAN: Figures of citizens, etc., in album amicorum of M. Lynen: 1618-1624. Genealogies: Notes of births and deaths in Cullen, Wessell, Hochepied and Beck families: 1649-1669: Partly French and Dutch. Heidelberg, Germany: Art. Illuminations an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1618-1669
Extent:
1 item

5479. Add MS 74233 A

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Title:
Cutting from a Missal
Scope & Content:
This is a single cutting from a leaf originally part of a large missal (as yet untraced). On the recto, the cutting comprises a very large historiated initial 'D' in gold and colours, within a frame border on a blue background. The initial combines architectual and foliate forms. To the left, t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:

1 leaf

5480. Add MS 74233 B

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Add MS 74233 B
Title:
Cutting from an Antiphoner
Scope & Content:
This is a single cutting from f. 146 of Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Codice Corale MS 1. This large manuscript - the seventh part of a twelve volume antiphoner - contains an antiphoner for the Proper Time (Easter to Trinity Sunday), with a section of antiphons for the Common of Sain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1396-1442
Extent:

1 leaf

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