1. TRACTATUS "de mensurabili musica," f. 3. 2. Tractatus "de discantu et contranota;" preceded by an English version of the first part, f. 9. Paper; XVth cent. Small Quarto. Presented by the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker.
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Music: De mensurabili musicâ, et de discantu et contranota: 15th cent.
Household book of Henry VII for the years 1499-1505
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A household book for the court of Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), recording the royal receipts and disbursements for the years 1499-1505, partially written by John Heron (b. 1470, d. 1522), Treasurer of the Chamber, sometimes personally signed by the King. Contents: ff. 2r-7r: Payments, ‘Payment...
Household book of Henry VIII for the years 1509-1518
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A household book for the court of Henry VIII (b. 1491, d. 1547), including lists of monthly loans, revenues, bonds, obligations, taxes, rents and for the years 1509-1518 written by John Heron (b. 1470, d. 1522), Treasurer of the Chamber, signed by the King on almost every page. Contents: ff. 4...
Edmund Spenser, A view of the present state of Ireland
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‘A view of the present state of Ireland discoursed by way of a dialogue between Eudoxus and Irenaeus’. A contemporary scribal copy, which originally belonged to Sir Arthur Chichester, Lord-Deputy of Ireland, 1604–1613 (signature on f. 1r). First published in Sir James Ware (ed.) The Historie of...
Contents: ff. 1v-2r: added ownership inscriptions. ff. 3r-13v: Order for Candlemas, beginning, ‘Ordo in purificatione sancte marie virginis ad benedicendos cereos’. ff. 13v-15v: Order for Ash Wednesday, beginning, ‘Feria quarta in capite Ieiunij. Benedictio cinerum’. ff. 16r-40r: Order for...
John Gower, Confessio amantis, with four minor poems by Geoffrey Chaucer
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This manuscript contains an imperfect copy of the Confessio amantis, a Middle English poem by John Gower (b. c. 1330, d. 1408), together with four minor poems by Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). Contents: ff. 1r-137v: John Gower, Confessio amantis, written in Middle English with Lati...
Procession of King Henry VIII to Parliament, 4 February 1512
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‘The parliament houlden att Westminster the fourth of February the third yeare of our Soveraigne Lord Kinge Henry the eigth’ [1512]. Parchment roll in colour representing the procession of the King and the lords spiritual and temporal on their way to Parliament; with names and arms. The figure...
A copy of a Pahlavi glossary with transliteration into Avestan and Pazand and explanation in Persian. Contents: f. 1v: Seven introductory verses in Persian in muqtarab metre; f. 2r-3r. Comparative table of the Pahlavi, Avestan and Persian alphabets; ff. 3v-39r: Glossary in 24 chapters arranged...
Volume one of a seven-volume Qur'an commissioned by Rukn al-Dīn Baybars, later Sultan Baybars II
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Contains first seventh (سبع) of Qur’ān, and commissioning certificate/colophon. Illuminators for the seven volumes include: Aydughdī ibn 'Abd Allāh al-Badrī; Muḥammad ibn Mubādir (signature in vol. 1); Abu Bakr, known as Ṣandal ( signature in vols 3 and 5). The entire seven volumes of the Bayb...
Volume two of a seven-volume Qur'an commissioned by Rukn al-Dīn Baybars, later Sultan Baybars II
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Contains second seventh (سبع) of Qur’ān, and commissioning certificate/colophon. Illuminators for the seven volumes include: Aydughdī ibn 'Abd Allāh al-Badrī; Muḥammad ibn Mubādir (signature in vol. 1); Abu Bakr, known as Ṣandal ( signature in vols 3 and 5). The entire seven volumes of the Bay...