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1. Add MS 12531/4

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Add MS 12531/4
Title:
Former bindings from the Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (the 'Portuguese Genealogy')
Scope & Content:
Three former bindings: BM/BL in-house in blue leather with blind tooling outside. Gold-tooling inside fits with velvet. Each binding contained f. 3; f. 8 and f. 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1530-1534
Extent:

Three former bindings, now kept separately, for folios 3; 8 and 1.

2. Add MS 12531/5

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Add MS 12531/5
Title:
Former bindings from the Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (the 'Portuguese Genealogy')
Scope & Content:
Three former bindings: BM/BL in-house in blue leather with blind tooling outside. Gold-tooling inside fits with velvet. Each binding contained separately ff. 5; f. 7 and f. 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1530-1534
Extent:

Three former bindings, now kept separately, for ff. 5; 7 and 2.

3. Add MS 12531/6

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Add MS 12531/6
Title:
Former bindings from the Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (the 'Portuguese Genealogy')
Scope & Content:
Three former bindings: BM/BL in-house in blue leather with blind tooling outside. Gold-tooling inside fits with velvet. Each binding contained f.. 4; f. 6 and f. II.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1530-1534
Extent:

Three former bindings, now kept separately, for folios 4; 6 and II.

4. Add MS 12531/7

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Add MS 12531/7
Title:
Former bindings from the Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (the 'Portuguese Genealogy')
Scope & Content:
Three former bindings: BM/BL in-house in blue leather with blind tooling outside. Gold-tooling inside fits with velvet. Each binding contained f. 9 A. B; f. 5* and f. 10.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1530-1534
Extent:

Three former bindings, now kept separately, for folios 9 A. B; 5* and 10.

5. 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

6. 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

7. Add MS 24189

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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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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