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1411. Add MS 5222/13

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Add MS 5222/13
Title:
Chart of the Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar by Thomas Bowrey
Scope & Content:
Chart mounted on roll of the Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar with the coastal region of Tenasserim [Taninthayi], by Thomas Bowrey, dated 1682. An inscription in Bowrey's hand in the bottom right margin of the chart: 'Made by me Tho. Bowreij in Madapollam Dec.ber the 1st 1682'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1682
Extent:
1 box (1 roll)

1412. Add MS 5222/14-17

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5222/14-17
Title:
Nautical charts and maps drawn by Thomas Bowrey
Scope & Content:
Four maps and charts mounted on rolls. Summary description of contents: 14. Pen and ink chart of the islands of Amoy [Xiamen] and Quimoy [Chin-men Tao island, Taiwan], off the coast of China. Signed 'Made by Tho. Bowreij in fort St. George 1686'. Dimensions: 790 x 520 mm. 15. Pen and ink chart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 box (4 rolls)

1413. Add MS 5232

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Add MS 5232
Title:
Maps, drawings and notes collected by Engelbert Kaempfer and relating to his travels
Scope & Content:
Maps and drawings of views, antiquities and plants relating to Engelbert Kaempfer's (1651-1716) travels through Russia, the Persian Empire and Japan. Kaempfer was a German doctor, naturalist and physician who travelled to the Persian Empire as part of a Swedish embassy and was subsequently appoi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (243 items)

1414. Add MS 5233

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Add MS 5233
Title:
Drawings, notes and letters collected by Dr Edward Browne during his travels across Europe
Scope & Content:
Sketches, notes and letters collected and / or made by Dr Edward Browne during his travels across Europe (1664-65 and 1668-69) and later assembled by his father, Dr Thomas Browne. The drawings and inscriptions are made on paper and pasted on the folios of the albums. Several items bear an additi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 volume (89 items)

1415. Add MS 5234

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5234
Title:
Drawings by Gerard Hofstede van Essen, Dr Edward Browne and others
Scope & Content:
This album contains many drawings with inscriptions that include outdated terms. Where these inscriptions have been transcribed, the text is always in between inverted commas. This is an album of drawings executed by G. Hofstede van Essen, Edward Browne and other draughtsmen. These are primaril...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

1 volume (105 items)

1416. Add MS 5238

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5238
Title:
Miscellaneous figure drawings and architectural drawings by Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke and others
Scope & Content:
Architectural and figure drawings by various draughtsmen. Among them are architectural drawings by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke relating to the design of the Monument to the Great Fire of London. The drawings are executed on paper and pasted on the folios of the album. Summary description o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

1 volume (94 items)

1417. Add MS 5240

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5240
Title:
A treatise in French about horse tack, with drawings
Scope & Content:
A treatise about horse tack, with manuscript text in French providing instruction about the appropriate manner of equipping a horse. In between the pages of text are watercolour drawings of horses and of bridles, stirrups and bits. Drawings and text are executed directly onto the pages of the ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1659
Extent:
1 volume (56 folios)

1418. Add MS 5240-5241

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5240-5241
Title:
"Cavesson Francois ou Traicté de l’ambouchure des chevaux". A treatise about horse tack accompanied by drawings of bridles and bits
Scope & Content:
The volume contains two separate manuscripts that have been bound together: Add MS 5240 and Add MS 5241.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1659
Extent:

1 volume (158 folios)

1419. Add MS 5241

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5241
Title:
Drawings of horse bridles and bits
Scope & Content:
Watercolours and pen and ink drawings of horse bridles and bits, executed directly onto the pages of the manuscript. The drawings seem to be a continuation of the drawings and text in Add MS 5240, with which Add MS 5241 is bound.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)

1420. Add MS 5243

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5243
Title:
"Regum Daniae effigies ex Aulaeis Croneburgicis maxima ex parte depictae". An album of drawings of Danish kings.
Scope & Content:
Pen and ink drawings of Danish Kings, starting with King Dan. I and concluding with King Christian IV. The volume formerly belonged to Olaus Wormius, whose autograph ('sum Olai Wormii') it bears on f. 1. The drawings are executed directly on the folios of the manuscript, mostly on both recto and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (62 folios)

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