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1. Add MS 10109

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Add MS 10109
Title:
Account book of payments made by James Nedam, 1542–1543
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–213v: Account book of the payments made by James Nedam, Surveyor General of the Works to King Henry VIII, in the years 1542–1543. It includes payments for the following: ff. 2r–9v: the new office for the King’s Surveyors in the Fish Yard; ff. 10r–49r: the new office for the King’s Surve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1542-1543
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 50483K

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Add MS 50483K
Title:
Aldhelm of Sherborne, De virginitate (prose)
Scope & Content:
This leaf once belonged to one of the earliest known copies of the prose version of De virginitate (On Virginity), a treatise on virginity addressed to the nuns of the double monastery at Barking, written by Aldhelm (b. c. 639, d. 709), Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey and Bishop of Sherborne. This fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Add MS 71687

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Add MS 71687
Title:
Aldhelm of Sherborne, De virginitate (prose), with added glosses in Old English
Scope & Content:
This bifolium once belonged to one of the earliest known surviving copies of the prose version of the De virginitate (On Virginity), a treatise on virginity addressed to the nuns of the double monastery at Barking, written by Aldhelm (b. c. 639, d. 709), Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey and Bishop of S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
1 bifolium

4. Arundel MS 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 16
Title:
Osbern of Canterbury, Vita Sancti Dunstani
Scope & Content:
Osbern, precentor of Christ Church, Canterbury, composed this version of the Vita Sancti Dunstani (Life of St Dunstan) between c.1089 and c.1093. This is thought to be the earliest of some twenty manuscripts of the text, and it may have been the original Christ Church copy (Alexander, Romanesque...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1090-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Cotton MS Otho A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho A VIII
Title:
Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Uita sancte Mildrethe and Translatio sancte Mildrethe; Old English Life of St Machutus
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Otho A VIII was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731, leaving only 34 surviving leaves, which were subsequently bound out of their original order. An additional leaf from the manuscript (containing part of the Old English Life of St Machutus) is now bound separately as Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

6. Stowe MS 146

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Stowe MS 146
Title:
Royal orders and warrants, 1512-1515
Scope & Content:
Collection of original orders and warrants, chiefly by King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey, the King’s Almoner. Dating from between 1512 and 1515. Principally addressed to John Daunce, Treasurer for War. Concerning payments to English and foreign merchants for victualling the army in Spain, the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1512-1515
Extent:
1 volume

7. Talbot Photo 1(54)

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Talbot Photo 1(54)
Title:
[Water Meadows and Canterbury Cathedral.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A view looking though a wooden fence to the city of Canterbury with the cathedral on the skyline and partially reflected in a pond. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 1(55)

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Talbot Photo 1(55)
Title:
[St Martin's Church, Canterbury.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A view of the approach to the church with its belfry, which is partially in shadow. Trimmed negative with top left corner missing.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 1(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(56)
Title:
[St Martin's Church, Canterbury.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography An oblique view of the church with the belfry partially hidden behind a tree. Trimmed negative with clipped top left corner.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 2(222)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(222)
Title:
[West Gate Towers, Canterbury.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'Canterbury(?)' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along St Peter's Street towards the twin towers and gateway. Chemistry float-applied on paper 228 x 189 mm. [Schaaf 917.]
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item