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291. Add MS 78428 B

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B. Amulet of kid skin with silk ribbons, worn as a prophylactic against the plague; second half of 17th cent.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2nd half of 17th century
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1 item

292. Add MS 78428 C

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C. Seal of John Evelyn, with ebony (?) handle. Motto `Junxit Amor’ and two Evelyn griffins on joined shields engraved. English (?), circa mid. 17th cent. Attached to card, with an impression in red wax, labelled by William John Evelyn, 19th cent.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19th century
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1 item

293. Add MS 78428 D

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D. Seal of John Evelyn, agate, mounted in gold, partly enamelled. With the griffin of the Evelyn crest and the motto `Omnia explorate, meliora retinete’. English. Mid to late 17th cent. With an impression in red wax on card, labelled by William John Evelyn, 19th cent.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19th century
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1 item

294. Add MS 78428 E

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E. Seal of Sir John Evelyn of Godstone (1590-1664), engraved glass (?), mounted in bronze (?). Evelyn crest. English. First half 17th cent. Attached to card, with an inscription by William John Evelyn.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

295. Add MS 78428 F

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F. Seal of George Evelyn of Nutfield (1641-1699). Mounted in metal. Monogram, intertwined G.E. Second half 17th cent. Attached to card, labelled by William John Evelyn.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

296. Add MS 78429

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXII. Gloves of doe-skin, the cuffs embroidered with a design of flowers and leaves in gold and silver thread, coloured silks and spangles, and with a fringe of gold thread; 17th cent. These are mentioned by Evelyn (as ‘rich gold fringed gloves’) in an inventory of the co...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

297. Add MS 78430

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXIII. `Instructions Oeconomique': a domestic conduct manual in 23 chapters, including some verse, written by Evelyn for his wife shortly after their marriage; 1648. Including some Latin quotations, and one chapter, `De l’humilité du lit nuptial’, in French. Calligraphi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1648
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1 item

298. Add MS 78431

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXIV. 1. Letters to Mary Evelyn from her father, Sir Richard Browne; 1665-1666. Further letters, 1658 and 1652-1660, are in Add. MS 15857, f. 147, Add. MS 34702, ff. 55-186 passim, and listed in Colbeck, Radford & Co., The Ingatherer, no. 18 (Sept. 1931), item 21. Le...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1648-1696
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1 item

299. Add MS 78432

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXV. Correspondence of Mary Evelyn with her son, John Evelyn junior, 1675-1697 (of which the first two letters are retained copies by Mary Evelyn), letters to her from his wife, Martha (Spencer), 1689-1704, their daughter Elizabeth (afterwards wife of Simon Harcourt), 1695...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1675-1708
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1 item

300. Add MS 78433

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXVI. 1. Letters to Mary Evelyn from her eldest daughter Mary; 1684. Including a copy by John Evelyn senior of the second letter. 2. Letters to Mary Evelyn from her youngest daughter Susan and her husband William Draper; 1689-1707.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1684-1707
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1 item