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1. Add MS 4724

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Title:
Orationes, or declamations, in Latin and Greek by King Edward VI, 1548–1552
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r–222v: Autograph manuscript of King Edward VI's declamations. The declamation 'Non sumus sponte mali' (ff. 66r–67v) is in a different hand and evidently by a different writer, as the king refutes his arguments in the declamation beginning at f. 112r. The dots in the margin of f. 66v, for...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
1548-1552
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 5016

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Title:
Forme of Cury
Scope & Content:
Forme of Cury, a treatise on cookery by the chief cook of Richard II’s household, composed c.1390. Opens with an introductory paragraph: ‘[Thys?] forme of cury was compiled of the chef Maister Cokes of kyng Richard the Se[cu]nde kyng of [En]glond aftir the Conquest. the which was acounted þe be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1420s
Extent:

Parchment roll

3. Add MS 5140

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Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales; John Lydgate, Siege of Thebes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r–359v: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, written in two different hands on alternate sheets of parchment and paper. The arms on the lower margin of f. 2r (three Cornish choughs sable, limbed and beaked gules, impaled with those of the See of Canterbury) are those attribute...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1485-c 1500
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 5141

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Title:
Portrait and Life of Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises a single leaf, which seems to have once belonged to a larger volume. The recto features a full-length portrait of the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, holding a penner and a rosary, alongside his arms (Party per pale argent and Gules a bend counter-changed), an English da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 5209

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Title:
Thomas Maynarde, Account of a voyage of Sir Francis Drake
Scope & Content:
Account of the 1595 voyage to Puerto Rico made by Sir Francis Drake (1540–1596), pirate, sea captain, and explorer. Written by Thomas Maynarde. f. 1r: Title page, ‘Sir Fr: Drake his Voyage. 1595. By Tho: Maynarde’. ff. 2r-37r: Account of the 1595 voyage, beginning ‘It appears by the attempts a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 5266

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Title:
Drawings of birds with inscriptions in Hans Sloane's and Thomas Browne's hand
Scope & Content:
Drawings of birds executed in a variety of techniques and by different draughtsmen. The only exceptions are items 82, 91 and 93, which are prints of birds. The drawings are executed on paper and pasted onto the folios of the manuscript. Many drawings bear inscriptions in Hans Sloane's and / or S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (164 items)

7. Add MS 5408

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Title:
Queen Elizabeth I's funeral procession
Scope & Content:
Original pen and ink drawing of Elizabeth I's funeral procession, 1603. It is attributed to William Camden, Clarenceaux herald: although he may not have been the artist, the hand recording the names of the figures resembles his. It includes the chariot drawn by four horses on which stood Eliza...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 5463

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Title:
The Four Gospels (the 'Codex Beneventanus')
Scope & Content:
The name 'Codex Beneventanus' has long been attached to this manuscript, mainly because of the connection to that region in the colophon of the scribe, Lupus. There are also marginal annotations (ff. 5v, 88v, 222r, 229r), as well as liturgical notes (marking the pericopes for the masses) in lead...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
739-760
Extent:
A parchment codex

9. Add MS 5476

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Title:
The original Register of the Minutes of the Privy Council, 10 May 1545-13 June 1547
Scope & Content:
The original copy of the Register of the Minutes of the Privy Council, from 10 May 1545 to 13 June 1547. The entries from 10 May 1545-26 Jan 1547 (ff. 3r-320r) cover the end of Henry VIII's reign, and partially cover a period missing from the sequence of Privy Council Registers in the National A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1545-13 Jun 1547
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 5750

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Title:
Warrants, receipts and other papers relating to the expenses of the royal household
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Lord Steward and Lord Chamberlain of the Household, Master of the Horse Pavilions, Tents, and Toyles. f. 2r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Lord Steward's Department and Cofferer of the Household. f. 3r: Receipt of £5,843 11s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1544-1711
Extent:
1 volume

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