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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89718
Title:: Miniature book entitled 'Fipsy and the Corona Crisis' created by Axel Scheffler
Scope & Content:: A miniature book entitled Fipsy and the Corona Crisis created by Axel Scheffler as part of the Discovering Children's Books project run by the British Library.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2020
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89719
Title:: Miniature book entitled 'A Guide to Fantastical Plants' created by Arlo Marshall Storr
Scope & Content:: A miniature book entitled A Guide to Fantastical Plants created by Arlo Marshall Storr as part of the Discovering Children's Books project run by the British Library and partners.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2020
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89721
Title:: Diaries and journals of the Reverend Arthur Copeman and Sir William Boord
Scope & Content:: Six volumes belonging to members of the Copeman and Boord families, recording daily life, trips abroad, family recipes and an inventory of possessions. This collection contains three diaries belonging to the Reverend Canon Arthur Charles Copeman (1824-1896) recording the early stages of his care...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1856-1902
Extent:: 6 folders

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89721/1
Title:: Diary of the Reverend Arthur Copeman
Scope & Content:: Handwritten diary of the Reverend Canon Arthur Charles Copeman, recording the events of his daily life, including a number of handwritten transcripts of letters he wrote or received. The volume begins on 23 Jan 1856 when he was senior curate of the parish of St Peter's, Wisbech in Cambridgeshire...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1856-1857
Extent:: 1 folder

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89721/2
Title:: Diary of the Reverend Arthur Copeman
Scope & Content:: Handwritten diary of the Reverend Canon Arthur Charles Copeman, recording his daily life. Several long press cuttings are pasted into the start of this volume, recording a meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in May 1858. The handwritten diary begins with the installation of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1857-1865
Extent:: 1 folder

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89721/3
Title:: Journal of the Reverend Arthur Copeman of a walking tour of Brittany, France
Scope & Content:: Handwritten journal of a walking tour in Brittany, France, belonging to the Reverend Canon Arthur Charles Copeman. Journal begins on 15 Aug 1864, travelling from Ely station to London with Frederic M Metcalfe, probably the brother of his second wife. They travelled the next day to Southampton an...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1864
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89721/4
Title:: Sir William Boord's journal of a tour of New Zealand
Scope & Content:: A typed journal of a "camp and coach" tour of New Zealand undertaken by Sir William Arthur Boord mostly through the South Island, but also including some further travel in the North Island. The journal is decorated with several ink sketches, mostly transferred from the original diary, and 29 sma...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1891-1892
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89721/5
Title:: Ethel Boord's recipe book
Scope & Content:: A volume of lined paper bound in brown leather, embossed with the words Recipes and Ethel, containing handwritten recipes. This volume probably belonged to Ethel Margaret Copeman (née Boord), daughter-in-law of the Reverend Canon Arthur Charles Copeman. This volume includes a letter from Jack t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1899
Extent:: 1 folder

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89721/6
Title:: Household inventory compiled by Ethel Boord
Scope & Content:: A volume of lined paper bound in black leather embossed with the words Inventory and Ethel. This volume contains an inventory of the possessions of Ethel Margaret Boord and her husband, Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman. Many of the items are identified as gifts by the inclusion of the names of the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1899-1902
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89722
Title:: Correspondence relating to the purchase of the Codex Sinaiticus
Scope & Content:: Correspondence donated to the British Library by dealer, Maggs Brothers Limited, concerning the purchase of the Codex Sinaiticus in 1933 from the Soviet Goverment. The letters and copies of letters within this folder are generally between Maggs Brothers and their clients, Sir Frederick Kenyon, fo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1933-2016
Extent:: 1 folder

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