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41. Kings MS 395

Reference (shelfmark):
Kings MS 395
Title:
Biblical and Genealogical Chronicle from Creation to King Henry VII of England, continued to Edward VI
Scope & Content:
A genealogical chronicle in codex format, consisting of a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The codex must be turned sideways to follow the succession Contents: ff. 1v-24r: Biblical genealogy: a translation into English of the Latin chronicle attributed to Peter of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
First half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

42. Lansdowne MS 420

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 420
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an illuminated Psalter that was most likely produced in the diocese of London in the 1220s. The manuscript’s style of decoration appears to be influenced by contemporary French Psalters (Morgan, Early Gothic Manuscripts (1982), pp. 86-87). Of special interest are the man...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1220s
Extent:

1 volume

43. Lansdowne MS 441

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 441
Title:
Indenture between Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, concerning the foundation and support for her chantry
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an original indenture between Margaret Beaufort (b. 1443, d. 1509), Countess of Richmond and mother of King Henry VII (r. 1485-1509), and John Islip (b. 1464, d. 1532), Abbot of Westminster Abbey, concerning the foundation and support for her chantry, made on 2 March 150...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2 Mar 1506
Extent:

1 volume

44. Or 14253

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14253
Title:
Catalogus Codicum qui Turcice aut Jaghataice conscripti in Bibliotheca Richiana exstant 1849. Nos. 7830-7939.
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a descriptive catalogue in Latin of the Ottoman and Eastern Turki manuscripts collected by Claudius Rich (1787-1821) now found at British Library shelf marks Add MS 7830-7939. The manuscripts are described in numerical order, one per folio. In most cases, the verso is blan...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai, Latin, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 118 ff

45. P3394

Reference (shelfmark):
P3394
Title:
Sothiou. Artist(s): Saye, Khadija (1992-2017).
Scope & Content:
Panel text that accompanied a loaned copy of this print, which was displayed in the British Library’s exhibition: Khadija Saye: in this space we breathe (3 December 2020 – 8 August 2021): "Saye photographs herself here with branches of the salvadora persica, the tree from which chewing-sticks, u...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2017-2018
Extent:
1 item.

46. P3395

Reference (shelfmark):
P3395
Title:
Tééré. Artist(s): Saye, Khadija (1992-2017).
Scope & Content:
Panel text that accompanied a loaned copy of this print, which was displayed in the British Library’s exhibition: Khadija Saye: in this space we breathe (3 December 2020 – 8 August 2021): "The string of protective amulets Saye uses in this image belonged to her father. Wearing amulets – words fro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2017-2018
Extent:
1 item.

47. P3396

Reference (shelfmark):
P3396
Title:
Andichurai. Artist(s): Saye, Khadija (1992-2017).
Scope & Content:
Panel text that accompanied a loaned copy of this print, which was displayed in the British Library’s exhibition: Khadija Saye: in this space we breathe (3 December 2020 – 8 August 2021): "Saye holds a red clay pot with white decoration, made using techniques specific to the SeneGambia region. Un...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2017-2018
Extent:
1 item.

48. P3397

Reference (shelfmark):
P3397
Title:
Limoŋ. Artist(s): Saye, Khadija (1992-2017).
Scope & Content:
Panel text that accompanied a loaned copy of this print, which was displayed in the British Library’s exhibition: Khadija Saye: in this space we breathe (3 December 2020 – 8 August 2021): "In this surprising and ambiguous image, the artist holds a string of plastic lemons in her mouth. In The Gam...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2017-2018
Extent:
1 item.

49. P3398

Reference (shelfmark):
P3398
Title:
Nak Bejjen. Artist(s): Saye, Khadija (1992-2017).
Scope & Content:
Panel text that accompanied a loaned copy of this print, which was displayed in the British Library’s exhibition: Khadija Saye: in this space we breathe (3 December 2020 – 8 August 2021): "Gambian healers use cows’ horns in rituals to suck impurities from a person’s body. Cows’ horns are also ass...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2017-2018
Extent:
1 item.

50. P3399

Reference (shelfmark):
P3399
Title:
Ragal. Artist(s): Saye, Khadija (1992-2017).
Scope & Content:
Panel text that accompanied a loaned copy of this print, which was displayed in the British Library’s exhibition: Khadija Saye: in this space we breathe (3 December 2020 – 8 August 2021): "Saye wears goats’ horns on her fingers as she shields her face. These objects are used in divination, the pr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2017-2018
Extent:
1 item.

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