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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15512, f 25
Title:: Sketch of an axe
Scope & Content:: Pencil sketch of a long axe, with measurements. Danish text inscribed in ink below the drawing. Study for the drawing on the following folio, Add MS 15512, f. 27. Originally numbered as drawing number 26
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15512, f 26
Title:: 'Ancient weapon preserved in the cathedral of Scalholt', drawing by John Cleveley
Scope & Content:: Drawing of a long axe. With a linear scale. Signed: 'Jno. Cleveley Junr. Delint. 1772'. Title inscribed in pencil below the drawing.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1772
Extent:: 1 drawing

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 21597 G
Title:
Scope & Content:: G. Danish chart of part of the north coast of Iceland. Iceland: Chart of N. coast: 17th cent.: Danish.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Danish
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 24972
Title:: 1. THORGRIMS Saga Pruda ok Viglundar Væna; in 18 chapters, of which the first three are mutilated. Printed at Hò1ar in 1756 in the "Noekrer. . . .Sögu-Thættr" of Björn Marcusson, pp. 15- 33. f. 2. 2. Jökuls Tháttr Buasonar; in 5 chapters. At the end is the siqnature of Dadi Nielsson. Printed in " Nockrer. . .Sögu-Thættr," pp. 182-187, and at Copenhagen in 1847 in Iblendinga Sögur," ii. pp. 461-476. f. 20. 3. Bjarnar Saga Hìtdælakappa; in 26 chapters. Printed at Copenhagen in "Nordiske Ol...
Scope & Content:: Sagas Icelandic: Collections of,: 18th,19th centt. Icelandic Literature: Collection of Sagas: 18th-19th centt. includes: f. 25 Dati Nielsson: Signature. f. 237 Iceland: Historical notes and obituaries: 1807-1818.: Icelandic.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Icelandic
Date Range:: Early 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 31048
Title:: " A Tour in Iceland in the year 1818; to which is added an account of every thing relating to the Commerce of that Island, and the restrictions laid on British trade by the Danish Government." At the end, f. 85, is an account of " The Origin of Jansenism "; and, at f. 90, a note on Cronberg castle, in Denmark, and on stateprisoners detained there. Paper; ff. 92. xixth century. Small Quarto.
Scope & Content:: Voyages and Travels: Tour in Iceland in 1818. Iceland: Tour in; with account of its commerce: 1818. includes: f. 85 Jansenism: Account of its origin: 19th cent. f. 90 Cronberg, Denmark: Note on the castle and state prisoners there: 19th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 34729
Title:
Scope & Content:: WEST PAPERS. Vol. III. (ff. 365). Historical documents, extracts from records, naval and parliamentary papers, etc., many original; 1065-1759. Among them are:- 1. "Homagium Malcolmi [ Malcolm III. Canmore] Regis Scocie et Edwardi filii ejus primogeniti factum Edwardo Confessori Regi Anglie pro...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:: 1065-1759
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 34813
Title:: MISCELLANEOUS autograph letters, etc.; 1612-1894. A. Letters addressed chiefly, if not entirely, to Father Arnold Jerome Matthews by (1) William Bernard Ullathorne, R.C. Bishop of Birmingham, on the Benedictine order; Birmingham, 19 June, 1873. f. 1;-(2) Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, on the Apostolical Succession; Westminster, 6 Nov. 1875. f. 3; -(3) Francis Close, Dean of Carlisle, on the same subject; Carlisle, 6 Nov. 1875. f. 5;-(4) Rev. Basil E. Popove, Chaplain to the Rus...
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 William Bernard Ullathorne, Roman Catholic Bishop of Birmingham: Letter to Rev. A. J. Matthews: 1873. f. 3 Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster: Letter to Rev. A. J. Matthews: 1875. f. 5 Francis Close, Dean of Carlisle: Letter to Rev. A. J. Matthews: 1875. f. 7 Basil E- Po...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Catalan, English, Icelandic, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1612-1894
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38265
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. LXXVI (ff. 406). Mar.- 17 Apr. 1817. includes: f. 1 Richard Wodeson Carter: Letter to the 2nd Earl of Liverpool: 1817. f. 6 John Crichton-Stuart, Viscount Mountjoy; 6th Earl of Dumfries 1803, 2nd Marquis of Bute 1814: Correspondence with the 2nd Earl of Liverpool: 1817-1820. ff. 8, 228 Ro...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: Mar 1817-17 Apr 1817
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38266
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. LXXVII (ff. 349). 18 Apr.-19 May, 1817. includes: f. 1 Hon Basil Cochrane: Memorandum: 1817. f. 2 Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury: Correspondence with the 2nd Earl of Liverpool: 1817-1820. f. 3 Silas Neville, of Norwich: Letters to the 2nd Earl of Liverpool: 1817, 1818....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 18 Apr 1817-19 May 1817
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38356
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. CLXVII (ff. 288). 1800 (undated)-1808. includes: f. 1 Frederick William III of Prussia: Commercial treaty with U.S.A.: 1800.: Extract. ff. 1-4 British America, and United States: Commercial treaty with Prussia: 1800.: Extract. ff. 5, 95 Island of Trinidad: Papers rel. to commercial advant...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1800-1808
Extent:: 1 item

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