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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1423/1/17
Title:: تاريخ نابوليون بونابرته / للمعلم نقولا الترك الديراني، المتوفى سنة 1828 رحمه الله.
Scope & Content:: Description of the campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Akka (Palestine), and the confrontation and battles against Mamluks and Al-Jazzar in Akka. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1800
Extent:: 266 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2868
Title:: GLOSSARY of the Northumbrian dialect, compiled by James Raine, Canon and Chancellor of York, apparently begun in 1854 (f. 1) and continued down to bis death in 1896; containing an alphabetical list of words used in the North of England, extracted from Registers of Wills, Ecclesiastical Proceedings of York and Durham, Court-Rolls, Depositions, and other manuscript and printed sources, with illustrative quotations. Some of the entries under A are embodied in a glossary printed by the Surtees S...
Scope & Content:: James Raine, junior; Canon and Chancellor of York: Glossary of the Northumbr'ma dialect: circ. 1895. Northumbria: Glossary of the Northumbrian dialect, by J. Raine: circ. 1855-1895. includes: f. 580 James Raine, junior; Canon and Chancellor of York: Letter to Canon W. Greenwell: 1889.ff. 58...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1854-1896
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2900
Title:: Constantinus Africanus, Viaticum; various medical tracts
Scope & Content:: This volume contains the Viaticum (Provision for a Journey) by Constantine the African (b. c. 1020- d. 1098/9). This is a Latin adaptation of a standard medical manual in Arabic, entitled Kitab Zad al-musafir wa-qut al-hadir (Provision for the Traveller and the Nourishment of the Settled), by Ib...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2901
Title:: Collectio Francofortana with glosses
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains an anonymous collection of papal decretals known as Collectio Francofortana (The Frankfurt Collection) with marginal glosses. This is one of the only four surviving copies of the Collectio Francofortana. The manuscript was produced either in France or England, but it was...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3055
Title:: Suetonius, De vita Caesarum; Ausonius, Caesares
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars) by the Roman historian Suetonius (b.c. 69 , d. c. 122) and the poem Caesares (Emperors) by Ausonius (b. c. 310, d. c. 395). Contents: f. 1v: Epitaphs in couplets dedicated to Julius Caesar, to the Roman emperor Nero, to a ‘certain ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 234
Title:: Gospel of John, with marginal and interlinear Glossa Ordinaria
Scope & Content:: This 12th-century French manuscript contains the Gospel of John with commentary by Church Fathers and medieval authorities (Glossa Ordinaria) added to its margins and between the text's lines. ff. 1r–56r: The Gospel of John, with marginal and interlinear Glossa Ordinaria, imperfect at the begin...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Late 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 296
Title:: A collection of original letters and transcripts, concerning Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Russia and Morocco
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A discourse in French, concerning the enterprise that could be arranged for Don Antonio (b. 1531, d. 1595), a claimant for the Portuguese throne, for the recovery of his kingdom, and the effect and usefulness of this for the Netherlands and England. ff. 3r-4v: An origina...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 402
Title:: Twelve collections (Distinctiones) of excerpts from Church Fathers and other authorities
Scope & Content:: This 12th-century manuscript contains twelve collections of excerpts from, or attributed to: the Church Fathers St Ambrose (b. c. 340, d. 397), St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), St John Chrysostom (b. c. 349, d. 407), St Augustine (b. 354, d. 430), St Gregory the Great (b. c. 540, d. 604), and St Isid...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 504
Title:: Sermons by various authors including Geoffrey Babio du Louroux
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 13r-20v: Various sermons (13r-19v) and verses (ff. 20r-20v). ff. 21r-163v: Sermons by various authors including Geoffrey Babio du Louroux. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 1r-3v: Various notes in 14th/15th-century hands. ff. 4r-4v: 'De 12 signis solis' in a 15th-ce...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 507
Title:: A Bible followed by Interpretatio Nominorum Hebreorum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3r-476v: A Bible with numbered chapters. ff. 477r-519r: Interpretatio Nominorum Hebreorum (Interpretation of Hebrew Names). ff. 519v-520v: Theological notes based on Hugh of Saint-Victor. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 1v, 2r, 521r-526r: Notes and lists of bible ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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