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21. Add Ch 75578

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Title:
Foundation charter of Lacock Abbey, granted by Ela, countess of Salisbury
Scope & Content:
Grant by Ela of Salisbury (b. in or after 1190, d. 1261), countess of Salisbury, for God and for the soul of William Longspée (b. in or before 1167, d. 1226) her husband, and all their ancestors, and for William Longspée (b. c. 1212, d. 1250), her eldest son, and all her other free tenants and h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1227 and 1231
Extent:
1 leaf

22. Add Ch 75724

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Title:
Foundation charter of Bordesley Abbey by Empress Matilda
Scope & Content:
Empress Matilda (b. c. 1102, d. 1167), daughter of Henry I, King of England (r. 1100-1135), founds the Cistercian abbey of Bordesley and grants it lands and rights. Witnessed by Robert, Earl of Gloucester (b. before 1100, d. 1147); Waleran, Count of Meulan (b. 1104, d. 1166); Milo, Earl of Here...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1141 and 1142
Extent:
1 leaf

23. Add Ch 76067

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Title:
Grant by Isabella de Boville to Sir William de Ulchot and Elizabeth, her daughter, of a mill in Glosthorpe
Scope & Content:
Grant by Isabella de Boville, widow, to Sir William de Ulchot, knight, and Elizabeth, her daughter, of a mill in Glosthorpe (Norfolk) called the Londmilne. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, 'molendinum in Glosthorp / vocatur londmilne'. Affixed with an imperfect seal, lozenge, red, with a figu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1230-1240
Extent:
1 leaf

24. Add Ch 77735

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Title:
Inspeximus by Henry III of a grant of Aethelred the Unready to Wherwell Abbey
Scope & Content:
Inspection and confirmation by King Henry III of England (r. 1216-1272) of a charter of King Aethelred the Unready (r. 978-1016) for Abbess Heanflaed and Wherwell Abbey (Hampshire), issued before 23 April 1002; given at Westminster, 26 October 1260. The preamble states that the original is now...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1260
Extent:
1 leaf

25. Add Ch 77738

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Title:
Marriage contract between Prince Edward of England and Philippa of Hainault
Scope & Content:
Marriage contract between Prince Edward of England (the future King Edward III, r. 1327-1377), and Philippa of Hainault (b. c. 1314, d. 1369), daughter of Count William of Hainault (b. c. 1286, d. 1337) and Joan of Valois (b. c. 1294, d. 1352). The contract was issued two years prior to the off...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1326
Extent:
1 leaf

26. Add MS 5220

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Title:
‘Drawings of animals, monsters, skeletons, etc.’ from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane, by different hands
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The pages are not numbered. The drawings are listed as numbered items in pencil (1928). Folio number refers to the digital foliation. [f. 1] 1. Drawings of fish; pen, ink and wash; signed bottom right ‘HG fecit’; Insc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (42 drawings)

27. Add MS 5262

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Title:
Drawings of shells, crustaceans and fish by Everard Kick, George Jago and others
Scope & Content:
176 drawings executed in a variety of techniques, some of which are signed and dated. The drawings are executed on paper or parchment and pasted down on the folios of the manuscript. Summary description of contents: 1-7. Ink and grey wash studies of various types of fish with their name and a b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (176 items)

28. Add MS 5272

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Title:
Drawings of amphibians and reptiles by Eleazar Albin and others
Scope & Content:
Drawings of reptiles and amphibians executed in a variety of techniques, primarily watercolour, pencil, ink and chalk. The only exceptions are items 21 and 60, which are etchings. Various drawings bear inscriptions in English, some of which are abbreviated cross-references to James Petiver's Gaz...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 items)

29. Add MS 5304

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Title:
Chinese drawings of plants, with their Chinese names
Scope & Content:
In 6 parts, bound in traditional Chinese reading order, from right to left. Part 1: 96 drawings. Part 2: 103 drawings. Part 3: 102 drawings. Part 4: 101 drawings. Part 5: 101 drawings. Part 6: 97 drawings. Public Domain in most countries other than the UK. Digitised with support from the Oak S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

30. Add MS 5931

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Title:
Two medical texts
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was produced in Egypt as confirmed by the use in the colophon (f. 184v, lines 7-8, transcribed below) of the Coptic date alongside the hijrī year. The copy was completed on 28 Hatūr 1393 (of the Coptic era)/28 Ramaḍān 1087/4 December 1676. A small note below the colophon gives the...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
28 Ramaḍān 1087
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+185+iv

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