Journal of an officer on the ships Woolwich and Defiance
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Journal of a tour on HMS Woolwich and HMS Defiance, 18 April 1677 to 15 June 1679, with particulars relating to Tangier and fighting between the Algerines and the English.
The acts and decrees of the Council of Basel (1431-1449)
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Contents: ff. 1r-92v: Acta Concilii Basiliensis: the acts and decrees of the Council of Basel (1431-1449); ending with a document that is dated to 1448, followed by a note by Michael Galteri, canon from Bayeux, who served in the Council from 1435 to 1443 and authenticated its decree collections...
Copies of inscriptions on tombstones in the city of Bath
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Contents: ff. 1r-19r: Copies of inscriptions on tombstones in the city of Bath of citizens who died in the 1720s and 1730s; the latest year of death is 1738.
Account book of John Longe, the Earl of Pembroke’s steward
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Account book of John Longe, steward of the Earl of Pembroke, c 1575-1601. With additions to 1613 in a different hand. Includes mathematical sketches at ff. 162-164 and f. 184v.
General survey of the Post Office 1685, by T. Gardiner
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T. Gardiner’s general survey of the Post Office, 1685, presented by the author to James, Duke of York. Includes route diagrams. Inscribed by Lord Oxford: ‘This Book did belong to King James, I had it from Coll. Grahame’.
ff. 2r–84r: Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica. Abbreviated text, α-recension, omitting most non-historical content. Decoration: Numerous marginal drawings in brown ink of animals, birds, fish, people, hybrid creatures, and a dog chasing a rabbit (f. 11v). 2 puzzle initials in red and brown...
This 12th-century manuscripts contains a Psalter with Glossa Ordinaria. Its style of decoration (Channel style) indicates that it was produced in England or France. Contents: ff. 1v-227r: The Book of Psalms with Glossa Ordinaria. ff. 227r-238r: Canticles of Isaiah, Hezekiah, Anna, Moses (E...
f. 1r–v: Contemporary table of contents. ff. 2r–237v: Register of extents, rentals, etc., mainly for the reigns of Edward II and Richard II (detailed list of contents in the Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, i, 506–07, following the medieval foliation). ff. 238v–239r: John of Legnano, As...