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Name Hewitt, William Graily, scribe

1. Add MS 40144

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Add MS 40144
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Communion Service, calligraphically written in black, red and gold, by Graily Hewitt and partly illuminated by Allan Francis Vigers, the decoration being left incomplete at the latter's death in August 1921. Seven gatherings of two leaves, only two of which (nos. 1, 5) have been decorated. One page only (f. 2) is fully illuminated in gold and colours, having a border of leaf scrolls with flowers and fruit and large figure initial. Another border (f. 1), with altar, chalice and Agnus Dei with...
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Allan Francis Vigers, d 1921: Illuminated. Liturgies ENGLISH: Communion service calligraphically written by G. Hewitt and decorated by A. F. Vigers.: 1921. Calligraphy: Communion Service written by G. Hewitt: 1921.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 43838

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'HOUSE OF LORDS. IN PIAM MEMORIAM MCMXIV-MCMXIX': a typewritten copy of the text of the Memorial Book in two volumes, thus entitled, calligraphically written by William Graily Hewitt and Ida D. Henstock in 1927 and preserved in the Library of the House of Lords (see First Report by the Select Committee of the House of Lords appointed to consider the Erection of the Peers' War Memorial, 1928, p. 3, and The Times, 22 Dec. 1928, p. 13). The book lists in alphabetical order, with some biographic...
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Peerage: War I\Iemorial Book of the House of Lords: 1927.: Typewritten copy. England; Parliament: War Memorial Book of the House of Lords: 1927.: Typewritten copy. William Graily Hewitt, scribe: Memorial book executed by, jointly with Miss 1. D. Henstock: 1927.: Typewritten copy. Ida Henstock...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 45348

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Vol. XI (ff. 149). 1925-1938, n.d. includes: f. 1 Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, sculptor: Letter to Miss May Morris: 1925.ff. 2, 13 Anna Simons, German calligrapher: Letters to Miss May Morris: 1925, 1927.f. 5 Welbore St Clair Baddeley, of Painswick; author: Letter to Miss M. Morris: 192...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925-1938
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52721

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COCKERELL PAPERS. Vol. XCIX (ff. 224). Hav-Hew. includes: f. 1 Val Havers-Morgan, artist: Letter to S. C. Cockerell: 1911. f. 2 Ethel Havers-Morgan, wife of V Havers-Morgan: Letter to S. C. Cockerell: 1912. ff. 3-8 Dorothy Hawksley, artist: Postcards to S. C. Cockerell: 1905-1922, n.d. ff. 9-1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866-1961
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 54245

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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. XIX. St Antoninus of Florence, 'Interroghatorio', written in Italy, possibly Florence; third quarter of the 15th cent. Italian. One of the Confessionale composed by St Antoninus Forciglioni, Dominican Archbishop of Florence (d.1459; canonized 1523) to whom four confession ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 54257

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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. XXXI. Specimens of calligraphy and gilding by William Graily Hewitt (d.1952); 20th cent. Ibid., pl. XXIV. Most of these leaves were sent, presumably to Millar himself, as Christmas cards. Two decorated initials (f. 1) are by Graily Hewitt's asistant, Ida Henstock. Vellum a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 58281

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Add MS 58281
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WILLIAM GRAILY HEWITT: quill pen used by the scribe and illuminator Graily Hewitt (b.1864, d.1952) found in his workshop after his death; bef. 1952. Boxed with his gold burnisher, Add. 63500. For further items associated with Graily Hewitt, see Add. 54257, 61878-61880, 63496-63500 and Eg. 3783. Presented by David Mure Wacher, Esq., nephew of Graily Hewitt's wife, Lilian Peebles, 18 Oct. 1974. Quill, mounted on a wooden base. 298 x 75 x 45mm.
Scope & Content:
Calligraphy: William Graily Hewitt, scribe: Quill pen owned by William Graily Hewitt: late 19th-20th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1952
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 60753

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 122. British Library arrangement. A. Two letters from Benjamin Disraeli to Major the Hon. C. J. Keith-Falconer, Conservative party organizer, on the subjects of female suffrage and Conservative policy concerning the Press; 26 Nov. 1872, 2 Nov. 1873. Purchased at Sotheby's, 17 Dec. 1979, lots 164, 168. ff. 1-6. 179 x 115mm. B. Two letters from Sir Sydney Cockerell to William Graily Hewitt, the calligrapher; 2 July 1918, 9 June 1925. Present...
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includes: ff. 1-6 Major Charles James Keith-Falconer, son of Anthony, 7th Earl of Kintore: Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield; Prime Minister: Letters to Maj. Charles James Keith-Falconer from Benjamin Disraeli: 1872, 1873.ff. 7-9 Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Director, Fitzwilliam Mus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Latin, Russian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1400-1980
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 61878

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Add MS 61878
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ORDER OF SERVICE: for the wedding of Lilian Maud Peebles and William Graily Hewitt; 29 July 1908 (colophon, f. 1). English. Calligraphically written by Graily Hewitt. Presented by David Mure Wacher, nephew of Graily Hewitt's wife, Lilian. Vellum; ff. 15. 150 x 100mm. Script in black, red and gold, with blue, red and gold major initials (ff. 4v-5). Limp vellum binding with red and yellow silk ties.
Scope & Content:
William Graily Hewitt, scribe: Bindings ENGLISH: Limp vellum binding by William Graily Hewitt: 1908. Liturgies ENGLISH: Calligraphy: William Graily Hewitt, scribe: Lilian Maud Peebles, wife of William Graily Hewitt: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Order of wedding service, calligraphic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1908
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 61879

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Add MS 61879
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WALDEN POND: by David Henry Thoreau, calligraphically written by William Graily Hewitt; London, 1917 (colophon, f. 50v). English. Written for 'Jean', identified by the donor as a pet name for Graily Hewitt's wife, Lilian (?). Presented by David Mure Wacher, nephew of Graily Hewitt's wife, Lilian. Vellum; ff. 50. 142 x 90mm. Some capitals in red, green and gold. Binding of dark green morocco by C. and C. McLeish.
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Bindings ENGLISH: C. and C McLeish; binders: Green morocco binding by C. & C. McLeish: 1917. Calligraphy: William Graily Hewitt, scribe: David Henry Thoreau, author: Walden Pond by David Henry Thoreau, calligraphically written by William Graily Hewitt: 1917.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 item