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Name Ellis, Henry, Knight, Principal Librarian, British Museum, 1777-1869

1. Add MS 6060

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BEAUVALE CHARTULARY: chartulary of the Carthusian Priory of Beauvale, co. Nott.; 1486, with later additions. Latin and French. Origin: England. Compiled down to 1486 at the instance of Nicholas Wartre, Prior, see colophon, f. 122v. The latest dated item in the main hands of the chartulary is a fine of Michaelmas 1478 (f. 63v). The MS. was used by Robert Thoroton in his Antiquities of Nottinghamshire (1677), see Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire, ed. J. Throsby, ii (1797), pp. 242-246, ...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Brown leather: circa 1486. Greasley, Nottinghamshire: Chartulary of Beauvale Priory in: 1486: Lat. and Fr. Nicholas Wartre, Prior of Beauvale: Chartulary of Beauvale Priory compiled at the instance of: 1486. Chartularies: Beauvale Priory: Chartulary of Beauvale Priory: 1486:...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1486
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1 item

2. Add MS 6335

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AACHEN CORONATION ORDER: Imperial Coronation Order from the Cathedral at Aachen; circa 1200, with an addition, early 14th cent. Latin. Origin: North? Germany. See: H. Keussen, 'Aquensia in der Handschriften-Sammlung des Britischen Museums zu London', Zeitschrift des Aachener Geschichtsvereins, xx (1898), p. 284; Holtzmann, iii (1952), p. 102. A description of the MS. by Henry Ellis, then Keeper of Manuscripts, written circa 1819, is appended, ff. 32-40. A 15th cent. marginal, f. 18, states...
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Liturgies LATIN: Coronations: Aachen; Cathedral: Imperial coronation order from Aachen Cathedral: circa 1200-early 14th cent: Lat. includes: f. 1v Jean-Baptiste Maugérard, French government commissary for science and art: Memorandum by: 1803-1804: Fr: Signed. ff. 2v-3 Music: Response and versi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1200-Early 14th century
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1 item

3. Add MS 7096

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BURY ST EDMUNDS REGISTER: volume ii of the register book of William Curteys, Abbot of Bury 1429-1446; circa 1445-1446. Latin. Origin: England. Fair copy, made from an original draft. Index to ff. 71-217 made in the time of Abbot John Bohun (1453-1469), ff. 217-221. For the first volume of Curteys's register, still in its original binding, see Add. 14848. The contents of the present MS. are listed in Monasticon, iii, pp. 129-130. For a modern description see R. M. Thomson, The Archives of the...
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Chartularies: Bury St Edmunds Abbey; Suffolk: William Curteys, Abbot of Bury St Edmunds: Register Book of Abbot Curteys of Bury St Edmunds, vol. ii: circa 1445-1446: Lat. includes: ff. 1-3v Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letters to C. Ord: 1819. f. 4v Cox Macro, DD: ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1429-1446
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 24544

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Vol. I. xixth cent. Manners and Customs: Brand's "Popular Antiquities," revised by H. Ellis and J. Hunter: 19th cent. Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Revision of J. Brand's "Observations on Popular Antiquities": 1813.: Printed. John Brand: Notes by J. Hunter to H. El...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 24545

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Vol. II. xixth cent. Manners and Customs: Brand's "Popular Antiquities," revised by H. Ellis and J. Hunter: 19th cent. Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Revision of J. Brand's "Observations on Popular Antiquities": 1813.: Printed. John Brand: Notes by J. Hunter to H. E...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 24868

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Vol. V. includes: f. 1 J- Edleston: Letter to J. Hunter: 1849. ff. 2, 3 Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere; formerly Leveson-Gower: Letters to J. Hunter: 1846. f. 4 Charles Elam: Letter to J. Hunter: n.d. f. 6 Reverend H- F- Ellamby: Letter to J. Hunter: 1857. f. 8 Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Pri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1860
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 28510

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Vol. II. 1860. includes: f. 1 John Eadie, DD: Biographical notice of: 1860. f. 2 Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy (1850-1865): Letter to R. Griffin and Co.: 1860. ff. 4, 6 Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, K C B: Autobiographical notice, with letter: 1860. f. 9 Augustus E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 29300 I

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I. "Copy of the Report, made through the medium of Mr. Planta, to the Trustees of the British Museum, on the receipt of the [Lansdowne] MSS. from Shelburne house," by Sir Henry Ellis, Keeper of the MSS.; 16 Sept. 1807, f. 33. Presented by Rev. A. F. A. Woodford. includes: f. 33 Sir Henry Ellis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[16th century-19th century]
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 32166

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CORRESPONDENCE and papers relating to the statue of Sir Joseph Banks, executed by Francis Chantrey, and placed in the hall of the British Museum; comprising letters of subscribers and others, and the minutes, accounts, and other papers of the committee of management, 1821-1822. With a few papers of later date. Paper; ff. 171. Folio. Bequeathed by General Sir Edward Sabine, K. C. B.
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Joseph Sabine, FRS: Correspondence and papers relative to statue of Sir J. Banks: 1821. Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Correspondence and papers relating to his statue: 1821-1833. Sir Everard Home, 1st Baronet; surgeon: Letter to him respecting the statue of Sir J. Banks: 1821. includes: f....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 32441

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vol. III., ff. 483, 1826-1858. includes: ff. 1, 25, 53 Adolphe Théophile Brongniart: Letters to R. Brown: 1824, 1826, 1828.: Fr. f. 6 Samuel Nicolaus Casström, KPS; Councillor of Commerce at Stockholm: Letters to R. Brown: 1821-1826. f. 7 William Elford Leach, MD, Assistant Keeper of Natural H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1826-1858
Extent:
1 item