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Name Ames, Joseph, bibliographer

1. Add MS 8166

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GILBERT CRISPIN: collection of works primarily of Gilbert Crispin, Abbot of Westminster (d. 1118); mid-late 12th cent. Latin. Origin: England. See Cat. Romances, ii, pp. 352-354; G. R. Evans, 'Gilbert Crispin, Abbot of Westminster: the forming of a monastic scholar', Studia Monastica, xxii (1980), pp. 63-81. Marginals in main hand of text: one marginal in a contemporary cursive (f. 4). Owned probably by Joseph Ames, antiquary (d. 1759), see signature f. 42v. Ames may have written the inscrip...
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Theology LATIN: Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster: Works of Gilbert Crispin: 12th cent: Lat. includes: f. 3 Logic: Table of syllogistic forms: 12th cent: Lat. f. 3v Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Decorated initial: 12th cent. ff. 3-3v Dictionaries: Interpretation of names: 12th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-Late 12th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 62534

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STATUTES OF THE REALM, ETC.: a collection of legal and historical tracts probably compiled in London; early 14th cent, with later additions. Latin and French. With extensive rubrication and some decorated and illuminated initials, and including (f. 155v) full-page pen sketches of St George and the dragon, and (f. 297v) the Crucifixion, late 15th cent., the former signed by 'Thomas Exylby of Dyffyth, Gentylman'. Other owners include Sir John Doddridge, judge (1555-1628) (f. 13), Edward Henden...
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Law OF ENGLAND: Statutes of the realm and other legal tracts: early 14th cent: Lat. and Fr. includes: f. 180 Maps and Plans: Heslerton, East Riding of Yorkshire: Thomas Nycholas, of Bridlington: Sketch map by [T. Nycholas?] of Heslerton: early 16th cent: Lat.ff. 241v-274 London, Parishes. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 63648

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Add MS 63648
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SIR PETER THOMPSON (1698-1770), F.R.S., M.P.: commonplace book; circa 1725-1763, with some blank leaves (ff. 35v-96) containing newspaper cuttings of 1860s. Partly printed. Partly Latin and French. The contents comprise antiquarian items, including pedigrees, epitaphs, extracts and copies of treatises, letters, newspaper articles, etc., together with verse and prose on current political, satirical and religious, particularly dissenting, topics. At ff. 19-29 is a copy, 23 June 1734, of 'An Es...
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Commonplaces: Poetry ENGLISH: Sir Peter Thompson, MP: Political Tracts: Genealogies: George II of England: Printed Matter: Nonconformists: Commonplace book of Sir Peter Thompson: circa 1725-1860s: Partly Lat. and Fr: Partly printed. includes: f. 2 Joseph Ames, bibliographer: Robert West, of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1725-1763
Extent:
1 item