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1. Add MS 10546/1

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Add MS 10546/1
Title:
Detached binding formerly attached to Add MS 10546 (the 'Moutier-Grandval Bible')
Scope & Content:
Add MS 10546/1 is a portion of the former cover, now kept separately, of black velvet with six copper round plaques (repoussé) showing the Crucifixion, the Lamb of God and the symbols of the Evangelists that was made for Henry Speyr-Passavant, a former owner of the manuscript between 1822 and 183...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1822-1836
Extent:
Detached binding of black velvet and six copper plates

2. Add MS 18850/1

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Add MS 18850/1
Title:
Detached former binding from Add MS 18850 (the 'Bedford Hours')
Scope & Content:
Parts of a 17th-century binding, consisting of a wooden box, 2 red velvet covers with metal clasps and 4 folios. These were formerly attached to Add MS 18850 and are now stored separately.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
Detached parts of former binding

3. Add MS 18855/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 18855/1
Title:
Illuminated calendar leaves
Scope & Content:
Two double-sided leaves from an illuminated calendar by Simon Bening (b. 1483, d. 1561). The leaves were formerly bound at the end of a Book of Hours (Add MS 18855), but they were removed in 1927 and are now kept separately. Two further leaves from the same calendar are in the Victoria and Alber...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1540s-1550s
Extent:
Two parchment leaves

4. Add MS 24189

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 24189
Title:
Illustrations for Sir John Mandeville, Voyage d'outre mer
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains no text, but a series of 28 full-page miniatures (tinted grisaille drawings on green parchment) illustrating the Voyage d'outre mer, attributed to Sir John Mandeville (supposedly fl. c. 1357; see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). The only writing is on a banner he...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1410-c 1420
Extent:
Parchment codex

5. Add MS 24373/1

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Add MS 24373/1
Title:
Detached binding from Add MS 24373
Scope & Content:
Detached binding of brown leather from Add MS 24373 (Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 695; Scrivener evan. 599; von Soden ε 327).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Leather detached binding

6. Add MS 27860/1

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Add MS 27860/1
Title:
Detached binding formerly attached to Add MS 27860
Scope & Content:
Detached binding formerly attached to Add MS 27860 of wooden boards with partially-preserved linen and silk covering. The boards are made of two different woods, and there is evidence of board reuse.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Detached binding

7. Add MS 28821/1

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Add MS 28821/1
Title:
Detached binding formerly attached to Add MS 28821
Scope & Content:
Detached binding formerly attached to Add MS 28821 (Mathematarion in Byzantine music notation), of wooden boards formerly covered with leather. Probably the original binding.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
15th century-17th century
Extent:
Detached binding of wooden boards

8. Add MS 28966

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 28966
Title:
Fugue in C minor, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (K. 546)
Scope & Content:
Fugue in C minor, by Mozart, written originally (1783) for 2 harpsichords; arranged by the composer, in score, for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello. At the top of the page Mozart has had the fugue copied in its original form, himself adding the arrangement below. According to Köchel's thematic ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1788
Extent:

1 volume (11 folios)

9. Add MS 40010/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 40010/1
Title:
Detached former binding from Add MS 40010
Scope & Content:
Detached binding from Add MS 40010, a collection of entries from manorial court records and extracts from manorial rentals of the tenants of the Cistercian monastery of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire during the 14th and early 15th centuries. A parchment binding with a metal clasp fastened ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Middle of the 15th century
Extent:
1 detached binding

10. Add MS 40755/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 40755/1
Title:
Detached binding from Add MS 40755
Scope & Content:
An earlier binding for Add MS 40755, of crimson velvet over millboard with striped linen beneath. Circular yellow metal bosses at the corners and in the centre; one of those on the back cover is missing. Underneath this binding is another of brown leather over pasteboard stamped with Persian des...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Binding formerly attached to Add MS 40755

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