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Name Madden, Frederic, Knight, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum, 1801-1873

31. Add MS 46183

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LICINIANUS FRAGMENTS Correspondence and tracts relating to Add. MS. 17212, the unique palimpsest fragments of the annalist Licinianus; 1856-1858. The tracts include (ff. 3-44) the first edition of Licinianus by Karl August Friedrich Pertz, 1857, and (ff. 63-105b) the succeeding edition by the Bonn scholars, 1858, both with pencil notes (ff. 9b-73b passim) by Sir Frederic Madden, Keeper of Manuscripts, correcting assertions of the editors. The correspondence opens (ff. 1-2) with a letter, 10...
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Licinianus: Correspondence and tracts rel. to palimpsest of: 1856-1858. includes: f. 1 Karl August Friedrich Pertz, editor of Licinianus: Letter to T. Ellis: 1856.ff. 9 b-73 b passim Sir Frederic Madden, KH; Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Notes and correspondence rel. to Licinianus...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856-1858
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1 item

32. Add MS 46864 C

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(ff. i+301). Notes by Henry Ellis, K.H. 1833, principally concerning the present numeration of the manuscripts, are at ff. i, 228-300b. includes: ff. i, 228-300b Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Notes on the Lansdowne MSS.: 1812 - [1819?]. ff. 295 b-300 b Sir Frederic ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
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1 item

33. Add MS 46911

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SMITH'S CATALOGUE OF COTTON MSS 'Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Cottonianæ ... 'by Thomas Smith (Oxford, 1696). Printed. Inserted is the following material in the autograph of Humfrey Wanley (whose annotations also appear throughout the Catalogue passim), viz.:-(1) Report on the Cotton Library presented to the Trustees of the Library appointed under the Act 12 and 13 William III, cap. 7 [1701], by Matth[ew] Hutton, John Anstis and Humfrey Wanley, the three persons selected by...
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Humfrey Wanley, antiquary: Report on Cotton Library by (with M. Hutton and J. Anstis),: 1703.: Printed, with autogr. preface, catalogue of charters and other additions. Thomas Smith, d 1710 DD; nonjuror; Cottonian librarian: Catalogue of the Cotton Library: 1696.: Printed with MS. additions (by...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1696-1703
Extent:
1 item

34. Add MS 48340

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Vol. I, 1837-1870. British Museum: Applications, etc., for Reading Room tickets: 1824-1881.: Partly printed. includes: f. 1 British Museum: Reading Room ticket: 1824.: Printed. f. 2 Charles Frederick Barnwell, FRS; FSA: Letter to Sir H. Ellis: 1837. f. 2 Anthony Trollope, novelist: Recommenda...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1837-1870
Extent:
1 item

35. Add MS 50204

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CATALOGUE OF SLOANE MSS. 1-999, with omissions (see f. 161, and notes in red ink, passim), by the Rev. James Bean, Assistant Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum; 1811. Autograph. Preceded (f. 3) by a signed introduction explaining the numbering system. Annotated and corrected, mostly by Sir Frederic Madden, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum, circa 1837-1838. Incorporated from the Departmental Reference Library. Paper; ff. 226. Octavo. 1811; circa 1837-1938.
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Sir Frederic Madden, KH; Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Annotated: circa 1837-1838. Reverend James Bean, Assistant Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Catalogue of Sloane MSS 1-999: 1811. Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Sloane MSS 1-999, compiled by J. Bean: 1811.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1811-1938
Extent:
1 item

36. Add MS 51020

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; aft. 1466-1951, n.d. Paper; ff. 76. Folio. A. Seven letters, and the end of an eighth, from Sir Frederic Madden to John Gough Nichols, the antiquary; 1829-1840, n.d. Presented by R. C. Smith, Esq. ff. 1-13b. B. (1) Four letters of Robert Johnson, Judge of Common Pleas in Ireland, to Dr [Thomas Brooke?] Clarke, rel. to the former's trial for a libel on Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, Viceroy of Ireland; 1805. ff. 14-21b;- (2) Letter from Brownl...
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includes: ff. 1-13b Sir Frederic Madden, KH; Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Letters to J. C. Nichols,: 1829-1840, n.d.ff. 1-13b John Gough Nichols, printer and antiquary: Letters to,: 1829-1840, n.d.ff. 14-21b Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke: Letters rel. to libel on,: 1805.ff. 14-2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1466-1951
Extent:
1 item

37. Add MS 56230

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PETTIGREW LETTERS. Vol. II (ff. 231). L - Y.; 1808-1861. includes: f. 1 George Lackington, bookseller: Letter to T. J. Pettigrew: bef. 1844.f. 3 Edward William Lane, Arabic scholar: Letter to T. J. Pettigrew: 1838.ff. 4-7v John Lee, QC: Letters to T. J. Pettigrew: 1833.ff. 8-13 Samuel ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1861
Extent:
1 item

38. Add MS 57341

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MADDEN PAPERS. Vol. I. 'Private Memoirs; forming a Supplement to Mentis Meae Ratio in Amore . . . F. M. Portsmo. 1821.'; 1821-1822, with additions circa 1862. Partly Latin, French and Italian. This notebook forms part of an account kept by Madden of his courtship in Portsmouth of Mary Hayton, wh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821-1822
Extent:
1 item

39. Add MS 57342

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MADDEN PAPERS. Vol. II. Miscellaneous and family papers; 1834-aft. 1899. Partly printed. These papers, which mostly relate to Madden's estate, were acquired along with the probate copy of his will (Add. Ch. 75755). Paper; ff. 31. Largest size 330 x 203mm. 1. ff. 1-2v. Letter of Madden, marke...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1834-1899
Extent:
1 item

40. Add MS 58080

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SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: 'Extracts and Memoranda in reference to Matthew Paris, the Historian of St. Alban's and his Works'; 1860 (f. 1). The notebook consists chiefly of passages drawn from published work on the life and times of Paris, with Madden's comments, prefaced by a list (f. 2) of the authorities cited. Madden compiled it when preparing his edition of Paris's Historia Anglorum, or Historia Minor, begun in June 1860 and published as no. 44 in the Ro...
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Matthew Paris, monk of St Albans: Sir Frederic Madden, KH; Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Notes and extracts by Sir Frederic Madden rel. to Matthew Paris: circa 1860-1869: Autogr. includes: f. ii Nicholas Esterhazy Stephen Armytage Hamilton, of the département of Manuscripts, British...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860
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1 item