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1. Add MS 39177

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Add MS 39177
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS treatises, viz.: 1. The "Academ Roial" of Edmund Bolton. Holograph. Other versions of this work are in Harley MSS. 6103 and 6143. A full account of this MS., which seems to be the latest, and to be, the actual copy prepared for King Charles I (but presented after 1630, if at all, see addition on f. 2b) is given by Joseph Hunter in Archaeologia, xxxii (1847), pp. 132-149 (see especially p. 134, footnote b). The proposed device and arms of the academy are painted in the margins o...
Scope & Content:
Charles I of England: E. Bolton's Academ Roial addressed to: circ. 1630. Joseph Hunter, FRS, FSA, Assistant Keeper of Public Records: Bookplate of arms: 19th cent. includes: f. 1 George Bird Burrell, of Thetford: Bookplates: 19th cent. f. 1 b Edmund Bolton: Academ Roial: 17th cent.: Autogr. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 48976

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Add MS 48976
Title:
The Rous Roll
Scope & Content:
The Rous Roll. An illustrated armorial roll-chronicle by John Rous (d. 1491), chantry priest of Guy''s Cliffe, in the county of Warwick , commemorating the benefactors of the town of Warwick and celebrating the deeds of holders of the Warwick earldom. Inscription on the dorse, ''This rol was la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1483
Extent:

Parchment roll

3. Add MS 64868 A-L

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Add MS 64868 A-L
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 103. British Library arrangement.
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Johannes Brahms, composer: Anna Franz, née Wittgenstein; pupil of J Brahms: Postcard to A. Franz from Johannes Brahms: 1895: Germ.f. 2 Reverend Thomas Child, Swedenborgian minister: Letter to Mrs L. Prentis from Rev. Thomas Child: 1889: Signed.ff. 2-14v Mrs Louisa Prentis, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1603-1952]
Extent:
12 items