A register of the transactions of the Privy Council of Scotland (1678-1682)
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This item was transferred to the General Register House, Edinburgh, on 23 July 1910. According to the Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, III (1812), p. 224, it is 'A Register of the Transactions of the Privy Council of Scotland, from the 11 of Sep. 1678 to Aug. 1 1682. A paper book; fairly...
Contents: ff. 2r-106v: Book of Hours for the use of Rome. Decoration: 24 small miniatures forming partial borders, in colours and gold, for the calendar (ff. 2r-7v). 14 full-page miniatures in architectural frames, in colours and gold (ff. 8r, 13r, 16r, 30r, 39r, 42r, 45r, 48r, 51r, 55r, 66r, ...
This manuscript was recorded missing in 1808. The contents according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'This Number appears to be wanting. it was a volume of collections like the three following [Harley MSS 5339, 5360 and 5361 are 17th-century theological manuscripts]. T...
This manuscript was recorded missing since before 1825. The contents of both Harley MSS 5975 and 5976 according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'A Collection of Wooden Printes, French, Italian, German, some Capital Letters, Title pages, and other Ornaments, with many m...
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Escutcheons in brown ink (12 per page); all are empty except for those on f. 1r, which feature coats of arms with crests drawn in pencil, and without family names. f. 7r: A coat of arms in brown ink. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. [8]recto: A list (pencil...
Estimate of the debt of the navy on 30 September 1704
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This manuscript was recorded missing since before 1825. The contents according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'Estimate of the Debt of the Navy, as it stood, 30 Sept, 1704'.
This manuscript was recorded missing since before 1825. The contents according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'Index to the Public Accounts, &c.'
Choral song no. 2 for SATB from Abt’s Fünf Chor Gesänge, op. 152. Signed: ‘Franz Abt. Braunschweig, 16/7/61.’ Written in ink on a single sheet with 8 pre-printed staves, blue decorative floral borders and caption at the bottom middle reading: ‘Aus dem Album von Carl Gurckhaus’. Single leaf from ...
Published by John E. West in ‘Old English Organ Music’, no. 24, as no. 2 of ‘Two Pieces’ by Attwood, with the title ‘Cathedral Fugue’. Dated 7 July 1826.