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21. Add MS 5243

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Title:
"Regum Daniae effigies ex Aulaeis Croneburgicis maxima ex parte depictae". An album of drawings of Danish kings.
Scope & Content:
Pen and ink drawings of Danish Kings, starting with King Dan. I and concluding with King Christian IV. The volume formerly belonged to Olaus Wormius, whose autograph ('sum Olai Wormii') it bears on f. 1. The drawings are executed directly on the folios of the manuscript, mostly on both recto and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (62 folios)

22. Add MS 5244

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Title:
John Dunstall, manuscript version of his manual "The Art of Delineation, or Drawing. In 6 Books"
Scope & Content:
This is the only known surviving version in manuscript form of the unpublished treatise "The art of delineation, or drawing", written and illustrated by John Dunstall, schoolmaster at Blackfriars in London, active as printmaker and art teacher between 1653 and 1693. The manuscript includes a com...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (113 folios)

23. Add MS 5245

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Title:
“Cabala Mineralis Rabbi Simeon Ben Cantara”. Watercolour drawings of alchemical figures and experiments
Scope & Content:
Watercolour drawings of some alchemical figures and chemical reactions with descriptions inscribed in Latin and in English.The drawings and inscriptions have been made directly onto the folios of the albums. On the verso of f.1 there is an inscription in Latin: 'Cabala mineralis Rabbi Simeon Ben ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
late 17th century - early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (30 folios)

24. Add MS 5246

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Title:
"A short History of Human Prodigious and Monstrous Births, of Dwarfs, Sleepers, Giants, Strong men, Hermaphrodites, Numerous Births, and Extream old age". Medical observations collected by James Paris Du Plessis, and others
Scope & Content:
Please note this manuscript contains anatomical images and descriptions of the human body that include terminology nowadays regarded as outdated. Where inscriptions on the manuscripts have been transcribed, the excerpt of text is indicated between inverted commas. The manuscript contains a seri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
late 17th century - early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (166 folios)

25. Add MS 5247

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Title:
Standards, flags and arms of the companies of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex's army
Scope & Content:
Watercolour drawings of the flags and arms of the companies of Robert Devereux (1591-1646), 3rd Earl of Essex's Parliamentary army, as well as of the Scottish and Irish forces, from the time of the English Civil War and the resulting Commonwealth. The drawings are executed directly on the folios ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (164 folios)

26. Add MS 5251

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Title:
A book of drawings made by William Courten, begun in 1673
Scope & Content:
A book of drawings by the hand of William Courten (1652-1702), all in red chalk, begun in January 1673. Only five folios from the album are filled with drawings, mostly landscapes. Where the same drawing is repeated twice on the same folio, the drawing at the top of the page is by Jan van der Vaa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (5 items)

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Title:
Watercolours, textile appliques and silk embroideries collected by Engelbert Kaempfer in Japan
Scope & Content:
Japanese watercolours, Chinese silk embroideries and Japanese textile appliques collected by Dr Engelbert Kaempfer during his sojourn in Japan (1690-92) whilst in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as medical officer. The drawings and multi-media works pasted on paper were former...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Japanese
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

10 boxes (91 items)

28. Add MS 5253

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Title:
'Collections of Costumes of various nations, Chiefly Indian; Chinese Buildings, &c.', from the Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, by different hands
Scope & Content:
Drawings of inhabitants of several parts of the world from a variety of sources. Drawings 1-2, 8-11, 14-17, 23-25 and 28-29 are associated with the traveller and artist, John White (fl. 1577-1593). Hans Sloane commissioned watercolour copies from an album now in the British Museum Prints &...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (78 drawings)

29. Add MS 5255

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Title:
Costume album with Persian and Turkish Officers of State with their wives and other women
Scope & Content:
109 drawings, the vast majority watercolours depicting costumes of mostly Persian and Turkish officers of state. Some of the drawings bear the name of the depicted figure handwritten in pen in Italian. There are red-bordered strip labels pasted below most of the drawings, handwritten in English....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century - 18th century
Extent:

1 volume (109 drawings)

30. Add MS 5256

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Title:
Costume album of the people of Transylvania
Scope & Content:
Watercolour drawings depicting costumes of different people of Transylvania, mostly from regions part of present-day Hungary and Romania. There are drawings of Grecian, Egyptian, Turkish and Croatian costumes. All drawings are executed on paper and pasted onto the folios of the album. Most of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century - 18th century
Extent:

1 volume (84 drawings)