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131. Add MS 19402

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Title:
Letters to sovereigns of Scotland, volume 2, 1603-1624
Scope & Content:
The second volume of a collection of letters sent to sovereigns of Scotland, between 1603 and 1624. Including letters by: Princess Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia; Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales; Prince Charles; Sir Francis Bacon; and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. f. i Printed title-page:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1603-1624
Extent:
1 volume.

132. Add MS 21082

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Title:
Notes and papers of Henry Dodwell (b. 1641, d. 1711).
Scope & Content:
f. 1: Two notes by Henry Dodwell about the letter corpus in the manuscript. f. 1v: blank f. 2: Table of content f. 2v: blank ff. 3-59v: Latin correspondence of William Lloyd, bishop of St Asaph (later Worcester) (b. 1627, d. 1717) with Antoine Pagi (b.1624, d. 1699) on Roman consular chronol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:

1 volume

133. Add MS 22924

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Title:
Household accounts of Queen Elizabeth I, Michaelmas 1590-Michaelmas 1592
Scope & Content:
Household accounts of Queen Elizabeth I, Michaelmas Term, 1590-Michaelmas Term, 1592. The accounts containing payments made to members of the royal establishment, judges, pensioners and others, with the signatures of the recipients or their attorneys in the margin. Their range included musicians...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1590-1830
Extent:
1 volume

134. Add MS 22937

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Title:
Guillaume de Diguleville, Les Trois Pèlerinages
Scope & Content:
Les Trois Pèlerinages, three poems composed in 1330-1358 by Guillaume de Diguleville (or Guillermus de Deguilevilla, Degulleville, Deguileville), a monk of Chaalis in Valois. ff. 1r-74v: Pèlerinage de Vie Humaine, prologue and four books containing the first recension of the text, an allegory ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:

A parchment codex, 191 folios

135. Add MS 22975

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Title:
Chapter book of the Convent of San Pablo in Manila
Scope & Content:
"LIBRO de Consultas," or Chapter-book of the Convent of St. Paul at Manila; 10 Aug. 1751-14 Dec. 1761; with autograph signatures of Pedro Espineyra, Provincial, Juan Facundo Meseguer and Pedro Velasco, Priors, and others. Span. Paper. Folio. Manila, the Philippine Islands: Chapter-book of the C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
10 Aug 1751-14 Dec 1761
Extent:
1 item

136. Add MS 23002

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Title:
Collection of scientific treatises, including Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Treatise on the Astrolabe'
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of scientific treatises, including the 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', an instructional manual written by Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). The manuscript's contents closely resemble another 15th-century treatise collection (now Egerton MS 2622). Conte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

137. Add MS 23240

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Title:
Letters (originals and copies) of Elizabeth I to James VI of Scotland, 1582–1596
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–151v: A volume of letters from Elizabeth I to James VI of Scotland, 1582–1596. Mostly autograph, with later copies. Also included are letters from James VI to Elizabeth, and a letter from Anne of Denmark to Elizabeth. ff. 1r–2v: Original letter from Elizabeth to James, 18 October 1582, W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

138. Add MS 23241

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Title:
Letters of James VI of Scotland, and others
Scope & Content:
Original letters of James VI of Scotland, and others, 1567-1595. ff. 1r-4v Proclamation of Mary, Queen of Scots. With a seal. Borthwick Castle, 11 June 1567. With a copy. ff. 5r-6v Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. No date [May 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1567-1595
Extent:
1 volume

139. Add MS 24195

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Title:
Letters and poems written by King James I and VI
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–84v: A volume of King James I and VI's poems and sonnets, corrected by his own hand, entitled (f. 2r) 'All the kings short poesis that ar not printed'. Tables of contents, with corrections and additions, are entered at both the beginning and end of the volume. The general title, tables of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

140. Add MS 24202

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Title:
A Middle English theological anthology with orthodox and reformist writings
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains theological texts in Middle English that were copied in the decades just before or after the year 1400. On the one hand, the collection contains orthodox treatises, such as selections from the late 14th-century Lay Folk’s Catechism by John of Gaytryge ['Gaysteke' or 'Cat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1380-c 1425
Extent:
1 volume

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