SERIES E. DIARIES BURNS PAPERS. Vols. XXX-LXII. Diaries of John Burns, including (46328-46331) four 'appointment diaries'; 1888-1920. Thirty three volumes.
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Diaries and Memoranda: J. Burns, M.P.: 1888-1928, n.d.
KNIGHTLEY MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. V, VI. Letters addressed to Lady Knightley, together with a few to her mother, Lady Bowater, from Queen Victoria and members of her family, etc.; 1862 - 1908, n.d.
C, D. Two miniatures of putti (?) celebrating the names of Christ and the Virgin. In each the monogram (IHS and MAR respectively) within an aureole is flanked by musicians seated on clouds, with a group of dancing figures below. In the latter miniature the figures are apparently female. Stylistically related to Add. MS. 54246 (see The Eric George Millar Bequest, Brit. Mus. Quart., xxxiii, 1-2, 1968, pl. xvi). Approx. 128 x 93 mm. and 125 x 90 mm., laid down on cartridge paper. Early 17th cent.
HARINGTON PAPERS. Vols. I, II. Prose collections, circ. 1544-1581, assembled probably by John Harington of Stepney (d. 1582). These manuscripts, which are labelled on the spines 'Prose No. I' and 'Prose No. II' respectively, are companion-volumes to Harington 'Poetry I', now Egerton MS. 2711, and 'Poetry II', now in the library at Arundel Castle: see Ruth Hughey, The Arundel Harington Manuscript of Tudor Poetry, Columbus, Ohio, 1960, pp. 38, 39, 63-67. See also Add. MSS. 28635, 28636 and 365...
OSBORNE PAPERS. Vols. I, II. Letters from Baroness Burdett- Coutts to C. C. Osborne. 1887-1906, n.d.
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Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts; formerly Burdett; philanthropist: Correspondence of, etc., 1839-1922, n.d., collected by C. C. Osborne for her biography: 1906-1935, n.d.