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1401. Arundel MS 542/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 542/1
Title:
Detached binding formerly attached to Arundel MS 542
Scope & Content:
Detached binding of brown leather, formerly used to bind Arundel MS 542.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

1 detached binding

1402. BLWA 5

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 5
Title:
Replica bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631). Artist(s): Roubiliac, Louis Francois (1702-1762), after
Scope & Content:
Replica portrait bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631) by Louis-François Roubiliac, slightly to left, wearing a doublet, cloak and large ruff, attached to a rectangular painted stone socle of waisted form. Replica given by the Trustees of the British Museum. Replica made by Leo Stevens...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1993
Extent:
1 Item

1403. BLWA 6

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 6
Title:
Replica bust of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). Artist(s): Damer, Anne Seymour (1749-1828), after
Scope & Content:
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), Scientist, President of the Royal Society and Trustee of the British Museum, he bequeathed his library and natural history collections to the Museum. Joseph Banks was a prominent botanist, who served as President of the Royal Society, and advised on the development ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 Item

1404. BLWA 7

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 7
Title:
Replica bust of the Right Honourable Thomas Grenville (1755-1846). Artist(s): Comolli, G.B. (1775-1830), after
Scope & Content:
Thomas Grenville was a politician, diplomat and bibliophile from an elite landowning family. As a younger son, he did not succeed to the family estates and most of his income came from public service. Grenville was the First Lord of the Admiralty within the government led by his younger brothe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

1405. BLWA 8

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 8
Title:
Bust of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753). Artist(s): Rysbrack, Michael (1693-1770), after
Scope & Content:
Hans Sloane was born in Ulster,Northern Ireland, and trained as a physician. An avid collector from an early age, he acquired over 200,000 plant and animal specimens, 71,000 objects, and over 50,000 books, manuscripts, prints and drawings. These later became the foundation collection of the Brit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 Item

1406. Cotton MS Augustus I i 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 4
Title:
Drawing of a gallery intended to be built for King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

1407. Cotton MS Domitian A IX, f 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A IX, f 10
Title:
Runic alphabet
Scope & Content:
This parchment slip contains a line of runic letters, labelled 'alphabetu[m] Norwargicu[m]' in green ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A IX

1408. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 1
Title:
Leaf of a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
f. 1v: Procession to Calvary miniature, attributed to the Master of the Harvard Hannibal (a Parisian artist active in the early 15th century named after Cambridge (MA), Harvard College Library, Houghton Library, MS Richardson 32), with a gold frame and foliate borders.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1415-1420
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.

1409. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 28
Title:
Leaf of a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
f. 28r: A crucifixion miniature, attributed to the Master of the Harvard Hannibal (a Parisian artist active in the early 15th century named after Cambridge (MA), Harvard College Library, Houghton Library, MS Richardson 32), with a gold frame and foliate borders.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1415-1420
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.

1410. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 103

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 103
Title:
Leaf of a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
f. 103v: Miniature of the deposition and entombment of Christ, attributed to the Master of the Harvard Hannibal (a Parisian artist active in the early 15th century named after Cambridge (MA), Harvard College Library, Houghton Library, MS Richardson 32), with a gold frame and foliate borders.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1415-1420
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.

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