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51. Add MS 5228

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Title:
Sketches and notes by Albrecht Dürer
Scope & Content:
A volume of sketches and notes by Albrecht Dürer, comprising mainly studies of the human figure and proportions, with some geometric and architectural perspective drawings included at the end (ff. 191v-219v). The two flyleaves at the beginning of the manuscript contain a detailed typewritten t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High
Date Range:
Late 15th century-Early 16th century
Extent:

230 paper leaves, mounted on guards

52. Add MS 5229

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Title:
Sketches and notes by Albrecht Dürer
Scope & Content:
A volume of sketches and notes by Albrecht Dürer, comprising mainly geometric, architectural and mechanical drawings, and some sketches of human figures. The second flyleaf at the beginning of the manuscript contains a handwritten table of contents.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High
Date Range:
Late 15th century-Early 16th century
Extent:
188 paper leaves, mounted on guards

53. Add MS 5230

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Title:
Sketches and notes by Albrecht Dürer
Scope & Content:
A volume of sketches and notes by Albrecht Dürer, comprising mainly studies of the human figure and proportions. The second flyleaf at the beginning of the manuscript contains a handwritten table of contents.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High
Date Range:
Late 15th century-Early 16th century
Extent:
Paper codex

54. Add MS 5231

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Title:
Sketches and notes by Albrecht Dürer
Scope & Content:
A volume of sketches and notes by Albrecht Dürer, comprising mainly studies of the human figure and proportions, and geometric drawings.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High
Date Range:
Late 15th century-Early 16th century
Extent:
172 paper leaves, mounted on guards

55. Add MS 5242

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Title:
Polyglot Bible
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Coptic, French, Geez, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Latin, Persian, Spanish, and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1665
Extent:
20 folios

56. 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)

57. Add MS 5259

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Title:
Drawings and notes on human and animal anatomy
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains anatomical images and representations of pathological conditions affecting the human body. Some of the inscriptions on these drawings feature historic language. Where these inscriptions have been transcribed, they are enclosed in inverted commas. Drawings and manuscript...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (231 items)

58. 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)

59. Add MS 5289

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Title:
‘Miscellaneous Drawings of various Plants, Flowers, and Fruits in Indian-Ink, and colours, by different hands’, from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings of plants by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The first 99 drawings in this album are those of Philippine plants sent by the Jesuit Georg Joseph Kamel (1661-1706) to James Petiver (1665-1718), many of which were used as the basis for the engravings in Pet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

60. 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

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