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251. Add MS 19401

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Title:
Letters to sovereigns of Scotland, volume 1, 1525-1603
Scope & Content:
The first volume of a collection of letters sent to sovereigns of Scotland, between 1525 and 1603. Including letters by King Henry VIII of England, Queen Elizabeth I of England, and Sir John Maitland, Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Lord Chancellor of Scotland. f. 1r Printed title-page: ‘Origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1525-1603
Extent:
1 volume.

252. Add MS 19413

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Title:
Arabic texts with Javanese glosses
Scope & Content:
Eight Arabic texts with Javanese glosses. The Arabic texts are fully described in Catalogus, 1838-71. vol. ii, no. DCCCLXXI. They are Islamic religious works and commentaries, some anonymous, others by ‘Abd al-Karĩm ibn Ibrāhīm, Abu al-Layth Muhammad ibn Abī Naṣr ibn Ibrahim as-Samarkandī, Aḥr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Javanese
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item; 383 folios

253. Add MS 19553

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Title:
Isocrates Ad Nicolem de regno; Lucian, De calumnia
Scope & Content:
Contents: Works by Isocrates and Lucian translated by Johannes Boerius or Giovanni Battista Boerio (b., c. 1450, d. before 1530), astrologist and physician to Henry VII, for Prince Henry, the future Henry VIII: his dedication on f. 1r, 'Illustrissimo Principi Henrico Serenissimi Regis Anglorun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1505
Extent:

Parchment codex

254. Add MS 19660

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Title:
THE PSALMS, with the Canticles, etc., as in the last manuscript. Ethiopic. Vellum; XVIth cent. Duodecimo. [Add. 19,660.]
Scope & Content:
Liturgies Æthiopic: Psalms, etc.: Æthiopic.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

255. Add MS 19725

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Title:
A collection of anonymous sermons; Martyrology and Kalendar; Pseudo-Bede, computistical extracts; Regulæ et Instructiones Sacerdotum; Gennadius of Marseille, De Ecclesiasticis Dogmatibus; Capitula Parisiensia; Liber de Gestis Sanctorum Patrum Miracula
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of pastoral texts compiled in the late 9th century. Contents: ff. 2r-4v: Unidentified sermons, beginning 'Cum igitur fere in omnibus paginis'. ff. 5r-30r: Martyrology (imperfect) and Kalendar, extracted from Usuard (d. 877), beginning 'celebraret in media...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

256. Add MS 19758

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Title:
A TREATISE of music, "By Thomas Rauenscroft, Bacheler of Musick, and one of ye children of Poules." Paper; xviith cent. Small Quarto.
Scope & Content:
Thomas Ravenscroft, composer and editor: Treatise on music: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

257. Add MS 19896

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Title:
Apocalypse Picture Book; Apocalypse (Revelation) with a preface by St Jerome and commentary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-24v: Apocalypse Picture Book. Apocalypse (Revelation) with a preface of St Jerome and commentary: f. 25r: Prologus: Rubric: 'Incipit argumentum Apocalipsis Iohannis'. Beginning: 'Apocalipsis Iohannis tot habet sacramentum quot verba'. f. 25r-: Preface of St Jerome: Rubric:'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 32 folios.

258. Add MS 19961

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Title:
Cassiodorus-Epiphanius, Historia Ecclesiastica Tripartita
Scope & Content:
This manuscript originates from the second half of the 9th century (Bischoff, Katalog (2004), p. 99; Zangemeister, ‘Bericht’ (1876), p. 44). It may have been produced in the Southern Netherlands (Bischoff, Katalog (2004), p. 99; Ganz, ‘Review’) or France (Jacob, Die handschriftliche Überlieferun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 9th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

259. Add MS 21072

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Title:
Census of St Mary Magdalene’s Abbey, Cologne
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a census of lands granted and leased to St Mary Magdalene’s Abbey, Cologne, a house of sisters of the Penitential Order of Mary Magdalene, an order established for former sex-workers. The entries are arranged by parish, each listing the property’s grantor, its extent, an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

260. Add MS 21164

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Title:
Lexicon Tironianum
Scope & Content:
This 10th-century French manuscript contains a lexicon of Tironian notes: a shorthand attributed to Tiro (b. 94, d. 4 BC), slave of Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC), that consisted of 4000 signs in its medieval variant. The lexicon is preceded by a description on the shorthand by Isidore of Seville (b....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10th century
Extent:

1 volume

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