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1. Add MS 5220

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 5220
Title:
‘Drawings of animals, monsters, skeletons, etc.’ from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane, by different hands
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The pages are not numbered. The drawings are listed as numbered items in pencil (1928). Folio number refers to the digital foliation. [f. 1] 1. Drawings of fish; pen, ink and wash; signed bottom right ‘HG fecit’; Insc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (42 drawings)

2. Burney MS 236

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 236
Title:
Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae; Aelius Donatus, Ars grammatica; treatises on rhetoric and grammar.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of texts about grammar, as well as several anonymous texts and verses on theological topics added towards the end. The main text is the Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar) by Priscian (fl. 500), followed by a part of the Ars grammatica (The Art...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

3. Or 12997

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12997
Title:
[Cülusname] - [جلوسنامه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a cülusname or letter from Sultan Süleyman II (reigned 1687-91 CE) to James II, 'King of England, Scotland and Ireland', dated Saturday, 2 Muharrem 1099 AH (Thursday, 8 November 1687 CE) announcing the Sultan's accession and promising that the Ottoman government would mainta...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1099
Extent:
1 text, 1 f

4. Photo 1066(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1066(17)
Title:
Carte-de-visite portrait of Samuel Bourne. Photographer: Cox and Company (Nottingham), Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of the photographer Samuel Bourne (1834-1912), taken after his return to England. [Albumen print, 58x90mm]. Subjects = photographers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1246/2(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1246/2(26)
Title:
Polysiphonia fibrata [Botanical Specimen]. Photographer(s):Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800-1877)
Scope & Content:
Specimen of red alga found in the coast of the British Isles. Photographic engraving; corners trimmed. Inscription in pencil beneath print: 'Polysiphonia fibrata'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-53
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1246/2(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1246/2(63)
Title:
[The First of May 1851 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
View of a painting that depicts a mother (Queen Victoria) holding a child (Prince Arthur) with a man (Duke of Wellington) is presenting a jewel casket. A man (Prince Albert) is in the background. Albumen print Inscription in pencil beneath print: 'The Queen'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1246/2(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1246/2(75)
Title:
Delesseria alata [Marine Specimen]. Photographer(s):Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800-1877)
Scope & Content:
Specimen of red marine species. Photographic engraving. Inscription in pencil beneath print: 'Delesseria alata'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-53
Extent:
1 item