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11. Add MS 4158

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1657-1660
Scope & Content:
The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1660
Extent:
1 volume

12. Add MS 4159

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
Scope & Content:
Many of the documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

13. Add MS 4166

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Title:
Letters of John Thurloe. Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, 1655-1657; other state papers and cipher-keys from the 1650s; letter of Anne Thurloe, widow of John Thurloe, 1668
Scope & Content:
The bulk of this collection is made up of two main series. There are forty letters from John Thurloe, Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, between June 1655 and July 1657. There are about thirty cipher-codes which were evidently in Thurloe's office ('abo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1655-1668
Extent:
1 volume

14. Add MS 4167

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Title:
Chronological index compiled by the antiquary Thomas Birch of the first sixty-one volumes of the main series of the papers and letters of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1658
Scope & Content:
This volume largely contains the chronological index compiled by the antiquary Thomas Birch of the first sixty-one volumes of the main series of the papers and letters of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1658. These volumes cover the period from October 1638 (a powerful letter from Oliver ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1655-1668
Extent:
1 volume

15. Add MS 4827

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Title:
Roll of New Year's Gifts given and received by Queen Elizabeth I at Hampton Court, 1 January 1576
Scope & Content:
Roll of New Year's Gifts given and received by Queen Elizabeth I at Hampton Court, 1 January, 18 Elizabeth I [1576]. The recto contains a list of donors, grouped in order of precedence, with a description of the gifts made by each and a note as to their disposal, the total of money received be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1576
Extent:

1 item

16. Add MS 5111/1

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Title:
The Golden Canon Tables (TM 7151)
Scope & Content:
The Canon Tables formed part of Add MS 5111 as ff. 10-11 of the same manuscript but are now housed in a separate volume. f. 10r Eusebius: Letter to Carpinianus on the Use of Biblical Canons (CPG 3465), only the end of the text is preserved. f. 10v. Canon Tables with fragment of Canon 1 ff. 11...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th-7th century
Extent:

2 folios

17. Add MS 5111/2

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Title:
Portrait of the Evangelist Matthew
Scope & Content:
Portrait of the Evangelist Matthew. Originally Add MS 5111, f. 12. Housed in a separate volume.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
1 folio

18. Add MS 5112/1

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Title:
Portrait of St Luke the Evangelist
Scope & Content:
Portrait of St Luke the Evangelist. Originally Add MS 5112, f. 3. Housed in a separate volume.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
1 folio

19. Add MS 5112/2

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Title:
Portrait of St John the Evangelist
Scope & Content:
Portrait of St John the Evangelist. Originally Add MS 5112, f. 134. Housed in a separate volume.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
1 folio

20. Add MS 5415 A

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Title:
The Queen Mary Atlas
Scope & Content:
This portolan or atlas consists of three tables and nine large ornamented maps, executed by the Portuguese cartographer Diogo Homem (b. 1521, d. 1576) between 1555 and 1559. The manuscript is thought to have been made for King Philip II of Spain (r. 1556–98), possibly as a gift from Queen Mary I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1555-1559
Extent:

1 volume

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