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1241. Add MS 4958-4977

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Add MS 4958-4977
Title:
STUART COLLECTION
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts formerly belonging to Sir Simeon Stuart, 3rd Bart., of Hartley Mauduit, co. Southt. (d. 1779), sold at the sale of his library in 1777 and purchased by the Museum from a book seller in 1778 (cf. John Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, viii, 1814, p. 645). Paper, except where otherwise sta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1500-1714]
Extent:
20 items

1242. Add MS 4965

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Add MS 4965
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Scope & Content:
STUART COLLECTION. Vol. VIII (ff. 97). Collection of arms and historical memoranda, etc., formerly belonging to John Wodenoth or Woodnoth (d. 1634), antiquary, of Shavington Hall, co. Chest; 1596- circa 1634. Latin and English. Partly in the autograph of Wodenoth, who probably acquired the MS. i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1596-c 1634
Extent:
1 item

1243. Add MS 4971

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Scope & Content:
STUART COLLECTION. Vol. XIV (ff. 137). Collection of arms, etc., made by Richard Wallis; late 17th cent. Autograph. The arms, which include records of grants, funeral achievements, etc., are painted and in trick, the latest dated example being 1699 (f. 92b). A large number are arms borne by Lond...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1244. Add MS 4992

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Add MS 4992
Title:
Hebrew-Latin dictionary
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Latin
Date Range:
1600-1699
Extent:
55 folios (fols. 228r-174v - this section is going from right to left)

1245. Add MS 5018

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Add MS 5018
Title:
Watercolours of plants of Japan, with their name in Japanese and Dutch, followed by a description in Dutch
Scope & Content:
84 watercolours of plants from Japan with their name inscribed in Japanese and in Dutch, or Latin (ff. 1-82). The drawings are followed by a description of the plants handwritten in Dutch (ff. 83-157). Exceptions are the text on f. 148 and f. 155, where there are notes on the plants handwritten ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, German, Japanese, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (159 items)

1246. Add MS 5019

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Add MS 5019
Title:
Charts by Joan Martines of Messina
Scope & Content:
Seven charts drawn in ink and watercolours, heightened in gold, made by Joanes Martines, a chart maker from Messina, possibly intended as a presentation piece. Each map is drawn on parchment on a double page opening. The first map is signed and dated: 'Joan martines en messina Añy 1582'. Several...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

1 volume (9 folios)

1247. Add MS 5023

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Add MS 5023
Title:
Miscellaneous drawings of the human body, ships and geometrical figures
Scope & Content:
15 loose drawings, 11 of which are stored together in one folder, catalogued as Add MS 5023. Items 1, 2, 6 and 14 from Add MS 5023 are rolls and are stored separately and catalogued as Add MS 5023/1, Add MS 5023/2, Add MS 5023/6 and Add MS 5023/14. The drawings in this folder all differ in siz...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 folder (11 drawings)

1248. Add MS 5023/6

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Title:
Drawing of fossil remains found on the Blattenberg Hill, made by Johan Jakob Scheuchzer
Scope & Content:
Drawing in Indian ink of fossil remains found on the Blattenberg Hill, near Zurich (Switzerland), made by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, M.D., and dedicated to Sir Hans Sloane. A title for the drawing is inscribed in Latin: "Monumentum vere diluvianum figuris quas heic delineatas vides ultra planam ta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 box (1 roll)

1249. Add MS 5023/14

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Add MS 5023/14
Title:
Coat of arms of the Seed family
Scope & Content:
Coat of arms of the Seed family with an account of the armorial bearings in English and Latin
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 box (1 roll)

1250. Add MS 5025

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Add MS 5025
Title:
Alchemical rolls (The Ripley Scrolls)
Scope & Content:
This is one of the twenty-one so-called Ripley Scrolls, a scroll that contains alchemical illustrations and a series of poems of the ‘Verses upon the Elixer’ that was produced for English owners from the fifteenth until the seventeenth centuries. The Ripley Scroll takes its name name from George...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
Four paper rolls, framed in four parts

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