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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 29504
Title:: Genealogical roll chronicle of kings of England and Scotland and the dukes of Normandy
Scope & Content:: Contents: A genealogical chronicle with commentary in Latin of the kings of England from 'Aethelstan', described as the father of Aethelbert and Egbert, to Edward II (r. 1307-1327), with added continuations to the coronation of Henry VI (r. 1422-1461). Face of the roll: Membranes 1-4: A gen...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 14th century to 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 roll

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 29729
Title:: John Stowe, collection of verse by Lydgate and others
Scope & Content:: Collection of poems by John Lydgate (c. 1370–1449/50?), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis, and others. Chiefly in the hand of John Stowe (1524/5–1605), historian. Copied from a lost manuscript by John Shirley (c. 1366–1456), author, translator and scribe (see Brusendorff, The Chaucer Tradition, 1...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1558
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 29803
Title:: Cadenza by Beethoven, Canzonetta by Rossini, and Nocturne by Johann Nepomuk Kafka
Scope & Content:: ff. 1-2b. Cadenza [by Beethoven] to the rondo in Mozart's pianoforte concerto in D minor [No. 466 in Köchel's Catalogue]. Autograph. Followed by Breitkopf und Härtel's printed edition of the same. f. 5. 'Mi lagnerò tacendo della mia sorte': Canzonetta, apparently no. 10 of a series by Rossini,...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German and Italian
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 29869
Title:: Account by Sir John Berkeley, afterward Lord Berkeley of Stratton, of his attendance on Charles I, his role in the negotiations with the New Model Army, and the King's escape to the Isle of Wight, 1647
Scope & Content:: An account by Sir John Berkeley, later 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (bap. 1607, d. 1678) of his role attending on Charles I in 1647. The account includes the negotiations between Charles I and the New Model Army, the King's escape from Hampton Court to the Isle of Wight, his negotiations there...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1651-1699
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 30079
Title:: Genealogical roll chronicle of the kings of England to Henry III
Scope & Content:: Contents: A genealogical chronicle with a commentary in Latin. This is one of the earliest surviving genealogical rolls of its kind, probably produced between 1265 and the death of Henry III in 1272, with a continuation added before 1307. The Latin commentary is related to John of Wallingford'...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1265-1272
Extent:: 1 roll

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 30246
Title:: Selected vocal pieces, in score, by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini. Autograph.
Scope & Content:: ff. 1-6b. 'Dall' Oriente'; for treble, 2 tenors, and a bass, with pianoforte accompaniment, in score, by Rossini. Autograph. 1823. Dedicated to the Countess Sant' Antonio. ff. 7-1 3b. Song ['Il pianto delle Muse in morte di Lord Byron,' 1824], for a tenor voice, with a sextet (? Muses) and 3-pa...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 1st half of 19th century
Extent:: 1 volume (27 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 30509
Title:: Biblical and genealogical roll chronicle from Creation to Eleazar and Judas Maccabeas
Scope & Content:: Contents: Peter of Poitiers, Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi, a biblical chronicle in roll form consisting of a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries (imperfect at the end). The genealogical descent of Christ from Adam and Eve is depicted in the central line,...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 15th century
Extent:: 1 roll

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 30512
Title:: Collection of religious, historical and legendary material in Irish
Scope & Content:: A collection of theological texts in verse and prose. A detailed description of this manuscript is provided by O'Grady and Flower, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts, ii, pp. 470-505. Contents: ff. 1a recto-1f verso: Inserted, modern paper leaves. An imperfect list of contents in English by Eugene...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Irish
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 30520 B
Title:: Two leaves of an English choral-book, having at the head of three of the chants the names of Ludford, Le Roy [? Guillaume le Roy], and T[homas] Ashwell
Scope & Content:: Description from Augustus Hughes-Hughes, Catalogue of Manuscript Music: Two leaves — the first greatly mutilated — from an English choral book, containing originally Masses in 4 parts, of which 2 (? treble and 1st tenor) appear to have been written on the left-hand page, and the others (? 2nd ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 31853
Title:: John Norden's chorographical description of the shires
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–31r: ‘A Chorographicall discription of the seuerall Shires and Islands of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Sussex, Hamshire, Weighte, Garnesey and Jarsey, performed by the traueyle and uiew of John Norden, 1595.’ This manuscript was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I (f. 2r). Only the last page (f...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1595
Extent:: 1 volume

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