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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 18855/1

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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

3. 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)

4. 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

5. Add Or 3

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Add Or 3
Title:
Village life in Kashmir. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80)
Scope & Content:
Village life in Kashmir. By Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1760. Purchased 13 April 1954. Inscribed on border in Persian: ‘majlis-i kashmir, ‘amal-i mir kalan’ (A Kashmiri assembly, the work of Mir Kalan). Gouache with a little gold; on an album page with yellow and apricot borders, the outer bo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 8

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Add Or 8
Title:
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati riding in a moonlit landscape near Mandu
Scope & Content:
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased June 1954. Inscribed on slip of paper pasted to border in Urdu: ‘baz bahadur u rupmati, 36’ (Baz Bahadur and Rupmati, 36). Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and red borders and gold rules, from the same album as Add.Or.4-7 e...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 29
Title:
Durga Puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
Scope & Content:
Durga Puja. Male dancers and musicians performing before an image of the goddess Durga installed inside a house. On the left a group of three men seated on painted stools, one smoking a hookah. By Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1809. Water-colour; 11 by 8.5 ins. Purchased 14 N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1809
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 331

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 331
Title:
Taj Mahal, Agra, with trees on either side.
Scope & Content:
The Taj Mahal, Agra, with trees on either side. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1830. Inscribed on back: ‘The Taj Mahal at Agra. S. View Taj.’ Water-colour; 4.5 by 6.25 ins. Narrow ruled Indian ink border between double black rules. Purchased August 1955.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 340

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Add Or 340
Title:
Taj Mahal, Agra, from the river.
Scope & Content:
The Taj Mahal, Agra, from the river showing the mausoleum, mosque and assembly hall. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1820-30. Inscribed on original mount: ‘The Taj Mahal by an Indian artist, about 1828. The drawing belonged to the late Colonel James Arden Crommelin R.E. of Darjeeling’ (1801-93);...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 341

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 341
Title:
Mausoleum of Akbar, Sikandra
Scope & Content:
Mausoleum of Akbar, Sikandra. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1820-30. Water-colour; 7.5 by 9 ins. Narrow Indian ink border and rule. Presented by Miss Estelle Blyth, 26 November 1942. Note: From the same group of papers as Add.Or.340. This drawing was probably also collected by Colonel Cromm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

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