Correspondence of Sir Hudson Lowe (d. 1844) with the inhabitants of the Ionian Islands
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Memorials, official reports, judicidal papers, etc. The following are among the principal contents: 1. Memorial of Giuseppe Pelegrino, f. 2. 2. Memorial of several young men, for the return of Professor Wassan, f. 4. 3. Memorial from mariners of the Isle of Cephalonia; with original sign...
This volume contains the Primera Partida (First Part) of the Siete Partidas of King Alfonso X of Castile, Leon and Galicia (r. 1252-1284), a law code in seven parts, each divided into titles and then into laws. It is the most comprehensive of three major law codes compiled by him. This manuscr...
Book of Hours (The 'Stuart de Rothesay Hours'), use of Rome
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The manuscript is a Book of Hours, use of Rome, including: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 14r-90r: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 92r-118r: Seven Penitential Psalms, with Litany. ff. 120r-164v: Office of the Dead. ff. 166r-171v: Hours of the Cross. Decoration: 5 miniatures in colours (ff. 13v, 91...