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Name Butler, Samuel, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1774-1839

1. Add MS 11828-12117

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Title:
Collection belonging to the late Right Rev. Samuel Butler, D.D., Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
Scope & Content:
Samuel Butler, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry: His collection of Mss.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
7th century-19th century
Extent:
296 items

2. Add MS 11848

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Title:
Gospels
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A Gospel book of Köhler's second group of manuscripts assigned to the abbacy of Fridugisus at Tours (807-834). ff. 1v-4r: Jerome, Epistle to Damasus, title: 'Beato pape damaso hieronimus', incipit: 'Novum opus facere.' ff. 4v-5r: Jerome, 2nd Epistle to Damasus, rubric: 'Incipit argumentum evan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 820-c 830
Extent:

Parchment codex

3. Add MS 11852

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Title:
Pauline Epistles, Epistle to the Laodiceans, Acts, Catholic Epistles, Revelation (the 'Codex Ulmensis')
Scope & Content:
The so-called ‘Codex Ulmensis’ (so-called in reference to its 17th- and 18th-century German owners from Ulm) contains the New Testament (except the Four Gospels) and shows strong evidence of having been made at St Gall Abbey, Switzerland. Its textual recension is specific to manuscripts from the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 12044

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Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-113v: Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, written in Middle English and arranged in five books, imperfect at the end, lacking three leaves before f. 113 (V, ll. 1541-1750) and one leaf after f. 113 (V, ll. 1826-1869); the text beginning, 'The double sorwe of Troylus to tel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 12049

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Title:
Sir John Harington, Collection of poetry and prose
Scope & Content:
Collection of poetry and prose, principally by Sir John Harington (c. 1517–1582), courtier and writer. With a dedication to Prince Henry dated 19 June 1605. ff. 1r-2r: Letter On the provenance of the volume from Henry Foss, book dealer, to Joseph Haslewood (1769–1833), bibliographer and antiqu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1605
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 12093

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AUTOGRAPHS OF ROYAL PERSONAGES of England and Scotland, viz. Warrant to the Keeper of the Wardrobe, signed by Henry VI., no date, on parchment;-Warrant to the Keeper of the Wardrobe, signed by Henry VIII., and countersigned by Wolsey, as Bishop of Lincoln, dat. Eltham, 28 May, 1514, on parchment...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1422]-1838
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 27781

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Title:
LEWERS to George Woodfall, relating to the letters of Junius; 1806-1839. The writers are:- J[ames] Boaden; London, 24 Mar. 1806-24 Jan. 1813. With seals. ff. 5, 73, 77, 91. John Taylor; London, 24 Mar. 1806-4 Mar. 1830, ff. 7, 14, 23, 71, 75, 173. Thomas Wilkie; Salisbury, 3 Apr. 1806. With his letter, signed "Philo-Junis," to the editor of the "Sun;" 27 Mar. 1806. ff. 9, 11. Palmer; London, 10 Apr. 1806-28 Jan. 1822, ff. 12, 18, 29, 61, 65, 69, 96-101, 138, 147, 155, 160-172. J[ohn] M[ason...
Scope & Content:
George Woodfall, Publisher: Letters and papers relating to the Letters of Junius: 1806-1843. Junius: Letters and papers of, and relating to: circ. 1770-1840. includes: f. 1 Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham; Lord Chancellor: Letter from G. Woodfall to the "Morning Chronicle" on: 1839. ff. 5, 73,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1806-1839
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 28653

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Scope & Content:
Vol. I. xviiith cent. William Upcott: Collection of autograph letters,: 18th, 19th centt. includes: f. 4 Thomas Amyot: Letter to K. Spencer: 1822. f. 6 Robert Shank Atcheson: Letter to J. H. Burn: 1823. f. 7 Barrett: Letter to Messrs. Cadell and Davies: 1798. f. 8 William Beckford, senior, of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 33506 A-M

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Title:
33,506. MISCELLANE0US LETTERS and papers:
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Thomas Pelham, Baron Pelham; 2nd Earl of Chichester: Letter to, from J. Milbanke: 1773. f. 1 John Milbanke: Letter from him and Lady Mary, his wife, to T. Pelham: 1773. f. 3 Robert Darcy, Earl of Holdernesse; Secretary of State: Letter to Lord Pelham: 1773. f. 3 Thomas Pelham, 1s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1603-12 May 1841
Extent:
12 items

10. Add MS 34583-34598

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Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Samuel Butler, D.D., Head-master of Shrewsbury School (1798-1836), Archdeacon of Derby (1821), and Bishop of Lichfield (1836-1839); 1764-1839. Sixteen volumes. Paper. Presented by Samuel Butler, Esq., grandson of the Bishop.
Scope & Content:
Samuel Butler, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry: Correspondence and papers: 1764-1839.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1764-1839
Extent:
16 items