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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 6878/13
Title:: Tirado da Censura de Fr. Joaō Ponce de Leaō, das memorias de Margaita de Valois’
Scope & Content:: ‘Tirado da Censura de Fr. Joaō Ponce de Leaō, das memorias de Margaita de Valois’, relative to a Spanish translation of these memoirs by Jacinto de Herrera. ff. 2.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Portuguese
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 item (2 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8709
Title:: TRACT ON THE SUCCESSION TO THE PORTUGUESE CROWN; circa 1578-1580. Portuguese. 17th cent. Copy. A treatise concerning the succession of King Henry of Portugal (1578-80). The son of Manuel I, Henry was educated for the priesthood and created a cardinal in 1545. He acted as regent for King Sebastian, and succeeded to the throne when Sebastian was killed at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir during an expedition against Morocco in 1578. Henry had no heir and so in March 1579 he ordered the Cortes to e...
Scope & Content:: Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: 19th cent. Philip II of Spain: Antonio, Grand Prior of Crato; self-styled King of Portugal: Emanuel Philibert; Duke of Savoy: Henry I of Portugal: Ranuccio Farnese; Duke of Parma: Catherine de Braganza, widow of John, 6th Duke of Braganza: Treatise conc. clai...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Portuguese
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 11681
Title:: TREATISE of the Court of Star-Chamber, compiled by William Hudson, of Gray's Inn, Esq. ; copied out by his son Christopher Hudson, in the year 1634 ;-Cases in Banco Regis, from Trinity term, 4 Jac. I., to Michaelmas term, 5 Jac. I. xvii. cent. Folio. [11,681.]
Scope & Content:: Court of Star Chamber: Treatise on the Court of, by W. Hudson. Portugal: Book of privileges granted to the English, Scotch, and Irish Merchants, in Portugal: confirmed in 1536 and 1584.: Portuguese. Law OF ENGLAND: Cases in Banco Regis, 4, 5 Jac. I. William Hudson: Treatise of the Court of St...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Portuguese
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 11682
Title:: BOOK of Privileges granted to the English, Scotch, and Irish merchants in Portugal, by successive Kings of that country, as confirmed by John III. in 1536, and Philip II. in 1584; in Portuguese. Vellum, xvith cent. Small Quarto. [11,682.]
Scope & Content:: Merchants: Book of privileges granted to the English, Scotch, and Irish merchants in Portugal: in Portuguese.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Portuguese
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 12531
Title:: Leaves from the Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (the 'Portuguese Genealogy')
Scope & Content:: Contents and decoration: 13 detached leaves from a royal genealogy, containing 10 full-page miniatures with historiated borders, 1 large miniature drawn but not painted and 2 borders with space left for additional material. The work was conceived as a long-distance collaboration between Antonio...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Portuguese
Date Range:: 1530-1534
Extent:: 13 folios now detached and mounted separately, kept in 3 boxes, and 4 former bindings.

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 13982
Title:: DESCRIPTION and historical notices of the several provinces of Brazil written in Portuguese, about the year 1798. Folio. [13,982.]
Scope & Content:: Brazil: Description and historical notices of its several provinces: 1793: Portug.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Portuguese
Date Range:: 1798
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 13984-13988
Title:: PAPELES VARIOS de Indias; a collection of Papers, in Spanish, of the xviiith century, relative to the Spanish possessions in America. In 5 Vols. Small Quarto. [13,984-13,988.]
Scope & Content:: South America: Papers relative to the Spanish possessions there: Span.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 13986
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Scope & Content:: VOL. III. History of the discovery of Brazil, and descriptions of the country; in Portuguese, f. 1 ;-" Ynforme del Visitador General de la Nueva España, D. Josef Galbez, sobre los motivos de la expedicion hecha en las provincias internas," 1767, relative to the expulsion of the Jesuits, f. 20;- ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1760-1767
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 14386
Title:: COLLECTION Of Statistical tables of the Portuguese territories in India, 1776-1833; in Portuguese. Oblong Quarto. [14,386.]
Scope & Content:: India: Statistical tables of the Portuguese territories: 1776-1833.: Portug.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Portuguese
Date Range:: 1776-1833
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15167
Title:: Arms of the noble Families of Portugal, with notices of their origin; in alphabetical order, in Portuguese, f. I ;-Arms of the royal houses of Spain and Portugal, in Portuguese verse, f. 203;-" Armas das cidades deste Rejno de Portugal," f. 205 b.;-" Coplas sobre as armas e brazoens da Nobreza deste rejno, e de sua origem, e quintilhas," by Joaõ Rodriguez de Si de Menezes, f. 207;-Arms of the Portuguese nobility, in trick, with the blazon. Written at the beginning of the xviiith century. Sma...
Scope & Content:: Portugal: Arms of the noble families of, with notices of their origin.: Portug. includes: f. 203 Spain; Kings of: Arms of, in Portuguese verse. f. 203 Portugal; Kings of: Arms of: in Portuguese verse. f. 207 Joao Rodriguez de Sá e Menezes: Coplas sobre as armas e brazoens da nobreza deste regno.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Portuguese
Date Range:: Early 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

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