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1. Add MS 4857-4900

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Add MS 4857-4900
Title:
BANKS COLLECTION
Scope & Content:
Collections, mostly in Icelandic and relating to Iceland, presented by Sir Joseph Banks, 1767-1781. Banks visited Iceland in 1772 and brought back a collection of printed books and MSS. which he presented to the British Museum on 3 December 1772. The MSS. may be identified from a 'Catalogue of B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, and Low German
Date Range:
[1160-1799]
Extent:
44 items

2. Add MS 4897

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Add MS 4897
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Scope & Content:
BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XLI (ff. 271). Medical treatises, receipts, etc., mostly by writers of the 14th century, transcribed by several hands, probably in the Netherlands, mainly in 1494-1496. Latin and Low German. The principal items are:- (1) A short treatise in four parts on the plague by J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Low German
Date Range:
1460-1499
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 22873

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Add MS 22873
Title:
CRONYCK van Cleve, 1000-1450; by Gerit van der Schüyren [Gerhardus ab Horreo], secretary to John [ I. "le Belliqueux"], Duke of Cleves and Count von der. Mark, to whom the work is dedicated. Low-German. At f. 64 b is reference to the year 1478, about which time the chronicle was written. Paper; XVth cent. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Gerhit van der Schüyren, Secretary to John I, Duke of Cleves: Chronicle of Cleves: 1478.: Low German. Cleves, Germany: Cronyck van Cleve, by G. van der Schüyren: 1478.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Low German
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item