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1421. Stowe MS 776

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 776
Title:
Cartulary of the estates of John de Vaux and his daughter and co-heiress Petronilla de Narford
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a cartulary, containing copies of charters and deeds in Latin, relating to the estates of the English nobleman Sir John de Vaux, alias Vallibus (b. c. 1220, d. 1287), in Norfolk and Suffolk, and particularly the inheritance of his daughter and coheiress Pernel, also known as P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1422. Stowe MS 956

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 956
Title:
John Croke, Psalms in English verse
Scope & Content:
A girdle-book containing a collection of thirteen Psalms, translated into English verse and apparently written by the legal official John Croke (b. 1489, d. 1554) in his own hand. Another copy of the text, without the hymn ‘Veni Creator’ but including Psalm 31, is now Add MS 30981, which is al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1540
Extent:
1 volume

1423. Stowe MS 1065

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1065
Title:
Physician's folding almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: A physician's portable almanac consisting of: ff. 1r-4v: Calendar, with tables of cycles calculated from 1482 to 1520; f. 5r-v: Indictiones, Festa Mobilia, Tabula planetarum; f. 5v: Tabula lunæ, and Homo Signorum (the influence of the signs of the Zodiac on man); f. 6r: Homo ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1482
Extent:

6 parchment folios, each folded into eight parts

1424. Stowe MS 1066

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1066
Title:
Calendar and almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A set of religious devotions in English, written by Edward Seymour (b. c. 1500, d. 1552), duke of Somerset, from the Tower of London, on the day before his execution, 22 January 1522. f. 2r-v: Table of contents. f. 3r-v: Calendar. ff. 4r-31v: An almanac, containing a ser...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1540-1550
Extent:
1 volume

1425. Stowe MS 1067

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1067
Title:
Bestiary
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of the 'First Family' of bestiaries, with a text derived from the Physiologus with additions from Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636)'s Etymologies (Etymologies) (see McCulloch, Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries (1962) p. 31; Payne, Medieval Beasts (1990) p. 12). ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

1426. WD354

Reference (shelfmark):
WD354
Title:
The Mary Anne at anchor off Portsmouth sketched from Binstead (Isle of Wight). July 1827. Artist(s): James, John Thomas (1786-1828)
Scope & Content:
The ‘Mary Anne’ at anchor off Portsmouth sketched from Binstead (Isle of Wight). July 1827. Inscribed on mount and on back in ink: ‘Binstead, Isle of Wight, July 1827. Mary Anne at anchor off Portsmouth.’ Pen-and-ink and wash; 5.25 by 8 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 Item

1427. WD1282

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1282
Title:
An English landscape, 24 July 1845. Artist(s): Prinsep, Edward Augustus (1828-1900)
Scope & Content:
An English landscape, 24 July 1845. Inscribed on front in ink: (illegible), ‘July 24, '45.’ Water-colour and pen-and-ink; 9 by 14 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 Item

1428. WD1419

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1419
Title:
View of Kenilworth Castle (England). Artist(s): Trapaud, Elisha (1750-1828)
Scope & Content:
View of Kenilworth Castle (England). c.1807. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Kenilworth Castle.’ Pencil and wash; 13 by 19.75 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1807
Extent:
1 Item

1429. WD2768

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2768
Title:
Scene with shipping off Gravesend (England). Artist(s): Parish, Charles Samuel Pollock (1822-1897)
Scope & Content:
Scene with shipping off Gravesend (England). 1845. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘C.P. Ship ... 1845. Gravesend’. Pencil; 6 by 8 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 Item

1430. WD3675

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3675
Title:
River banks, England. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)
Scope & Content:
River banks, England. Inscribed: ‘Percy Brown’. Water-colour; 30.4 by 38.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1909-1929
Extent:
1 Item

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