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1. Add MS 5232

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Title:
Maps, drawings and notes collected by Engelbert Kaempfer and relating to his travels
Scope & Content:
Maps and drawings of views, antiquities and plants relating to Engelbert Kaempfer's (1651-1716) travels through Russia, the Persian Empire and Japan. Kaempfer was a German doctor, naturalist and physician who travelled to the Persian Empire as part of a Swedish embassy and was subsequently appoi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (243 items)

2. Add MS 8245

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PRAYER BOOK; late 17th or early 18th cent. Russian Church Slavonic. Prayers, mostly by St. Ephraim, the Syrian, ‘for those who wish to take up arms against the self-will which originates in their passions and pleasures’. The headings are: ‘Lamentation for Tuesday evening’ (f. 2); ‘Lamentation for Wednesday evening’ (f. 25v); ‘Lamentation for Thursday evening’ (f. 37v); ‘Lamentation for Friday evening’ (f. 49); ‘Lamentation for Saturday evening’ (f. 60); ‘For the same day and the same hour’ (...
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Bindings: Blind-tooled, dark brown leather, with gilt saltires: late 17th or early 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (N.L./6/A): bef. 1817. Prayers and Devotions: Liturgies CHURCH SLAVONIC: Manuscripts SLAVONIC: Saint Ephraim,; the Syrian: Praye...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Russian, and Slavic languages
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 11710

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Title:
緬甸譯語上 缅甸译语上 Miandian yi yu shang [On Burmese Linguistics]
Scope & Content:
Vocabularies: Vocabulary in Burmese and Chinese. Vocabulary in Burmese and Chinese; with a few explanatory notes in Russian. Burmese-Chinese dictionary on various diverse topics including astronomy, geography, flora and fauna. Each word has 3 categories; the first in Burmese, the second in Ch...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Russian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (46 folios)

4. Add MS 15715

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Title:
HAGIOLOGY, or Legends of Saints and Miracles, in a Slavonic dialect, containing:- Lives of the holy fathers Josephat and Barlaam, f. 2;-Visions of the Abbot Cosmos, f. 44;-Visions of the monk John, extracted from a work called the " Great Mirror," f. 72;-Life of the holy Macarius of Egypt, f. 96;-Narrative of the miracle of a star, which appeared to a shepherd's daughter, f. 106;-Birth and education of St. Onuphrius, f. 119;-Sufferings of the holy martyr Harlampius, bishop of Magnesia, f. ...
Scope & Content:
Saints: Hagiology in Russian.: Russian. includes: f. 44 Cosmos, Abbot: Visions in Russian.: Russian. f. 72 John, Monk: Visions in: Russian. f. 96 Saint Macarius,; of Egypt: Life in Russian. f. 119 Saint Onuphrius: Birth and Education in Russian.: Russian. f. 132 Harlampius, Bishop of Magnesia,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 18104

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Title:
Vocabularium Sinico-Mantschuico-Ruthenum, juxta ordinem rerum compositum ab Alexei Leontieff, anno 1773, cum interpretatione Germanica Gerhardi Martens . . . . Author: Leontīev, Aleksi͡eĭ, -1786
Scope & Content:
Dictionary compiled by Aleksi͡eĭ Leontīev in 1773, based on a Chinese-Manchu classified vocabulary. Manchu and Chinese entries above, and Russian entries below. After folio 41, it is interleaved with a German transliteration, by Gerhard Mertens in 1782) on pale blue paper. Language. Dictionari...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, German, Latin, Manchu, and Russian
Date Range:
1773?
Extent:
1 volume (145 folios)

6. Add MS 18277

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Add MS 18277
Title:
Catalogue of the library of Professor Jernej Bartol Kopitar (1780-1844)
Scope & Content:
Catalogue of books in various languages. A note in a different hand at the top of f. 1 reads "Subsidia remotiora".
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, Latin, Polish, and Russian
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
38 folios

7. Add MS 20191

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Title:
ORIGINAL letters addressed to Colonel Lowe, serving in the Ionian Islands, Sweden, and Germany, Jan. 1811-Dec. 1813; with his own drafts. The writers are: Airey, Major-Gen. George, ff. 169, 171, 173, 185. Anino, Nicolo. Ital. f. 230. Barzoni, Vittorio (copy of plan for liberation of Venice), f. 153. Bathurst, Henry, 3rd Earl of, ff. 332, 334. Berger, Lieut.-Col. A. von, ff. 204, 296. Borre, . French. f. 367. Brisbane, Capt. James, R.N., f. 28. Bunbury, Lieut.-Col. Henry Edward, ff. 200, 203,...
Scope & Content:
Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Papers and correspondence when commanding in the Ionian Isles: 1810-1816. Jean de St. Laurent, Comte; Captain in the Corsican Rangers: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1804-1814.: Eng. and Fr.: Orig. and Copies. Sir Charles Willi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
Jan 1811-Dec 1813
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 21408

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Title:
LETTER from Alexis Michaelovitch, Emperor of Russia, to Charles II. of England, in reference to the services of Generals Thomas Daly and William Drummond; Feb. 1665. Russian. Paper, embellished with ornamental devices in gold. On the back is a fine impression of the great seal in wax. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Russia, Empire of. Alexis Michaelovitch: Letter to Charles II.: 1665.: Russ. Charles II of England: Letter to, from the Czar of Russia: 1665.: Russ. William Drummond, Scotch General in the Russian Army, 1st Viscount Strathallan: Letter of the Czar on his services: 1665.: Russ. Sir Thomas Daly...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Russian
Date Range:
Feb 1665
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 21528

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Title:
AUTOGRAPHS of eminent men of the Low Countries, etc., 1425- 1825: 1. Jehan de Douvrin, maistre dostel of the Duchess of Burgundy; dat. 4 Feb. [14]85. Fr. f. 1. 2. Jaques de Luxembourg, Seigneur de Fiennes; 24 Oct. 1516. Fr. f. 3. 3. The Imperial Council in Upper Alsace to the Council of Freiburg; dat. 24 June [15]15, f. 5. 4. The Freiherr zu Waltpurg, Statthalter of Wirtemberg, to Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria; Stuttgart, 12, 16 June [15]23. Ger. ff. 6, 8. 5. Charles [d'Egmont], D...
Scope & Content:
Netherlands, United Provinces: Autographs of eminent men: 1425-1826. includes: f. 1 Jehan de Douvrin, Maistre d'ostel of the Duchess of Burgundy: Acquittance: 1485.: Fr. f. 3 Jacques de Luxembourg, Seigneur de Fiennes; Governor of Flanders: Receipt: 1516.: Fr. f. 5 Upper Alsace, Germany: Lette...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1425-1825
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 21529

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Title:
ROYAL autographs of Sweden, Denmark, and Russia; 1562- 1808, viz.: 1. Eric XIV., King of Sweden; Stockholm, 4 id. Nov. 1562. Lat. f. 2. 2. John III., King of Sweden; Stockholm, 5 June, 1581. Swed.; with seal. f. 4. 3. Sigismund III., King of Poland and Sweden, to Henry IV. of France; Warsaw, 27 Feb. 1609. Lat. f. 7. 4. Gustavus Adolphus II., King of Sweden; 25 Sept. 1627, f. 9. 5. The President and Assessors of the College of Merchants in Sweden. Signed by K[nut] Kurck, I[srael] Lage...
Scope & Content:
Kingdom of Denmark: Royal autographs: 1602-1794. includes: f. 2 Eric XIV of Sweden: Letter to English merchants: 1562.: Lat. f. 4 John III of Sweden: Grant to -: 1581.: Swed. f. 7 Henry IV of France: Letter to, from Sigismund III. of Poland and Sweden: 1609.: Lat. f. 7 Sigismund III of Poland:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, Russian, and Swedish
Date Range:
1562-[1808]
Extent:
1 item