Place: Peterborough, England - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3667
Title:: Easter Table (imperfect); A letter from Dionysius Exiguus to Bonifatius on the date of Easter; Apuleian spheres and scientific diagrams; including Byrthferth of Ramsey’s diagram; T-O world map; Abbo of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Spherae
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains part of a computus, probably compiled by Byrhtferth of Ramsey (b. c.970, d. c.1020) in the late 10th century. This copy was made at Peterborough Abbey in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century. A fragment of the same manuscript is now Cotton MS Tiberius C I, ff. 2-17 (see K...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: P.P.1931.k, 1(199)
Title:: Peterborough Cathedral. Photographer: Fenton, Roger
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Stereoscopic view of the cathedral, with a group posed on the lawn in the foreground; with text description, pp. 199-204. Published in part no. 14, August 1859.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1859
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Seal CXLVIII.129
Title:
Scope & Content:: Peterborough. City of Peterborough: Probate registry seal for: 19th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 3836
Title:
Scope & Content:: Francis Thynne, Lancaster Herald (1602-1608): Epitaphia sive monumenta sepulchrorum tam Anglicè et Latinè quam Gallicè conseripta: 1589-1601. includes: f. 6 Sir Edward Carne, DCL; diplomatist: Epitaph on his tomb in Rome: 1561.: Lat. f. 6 Sir John Mandeville: Copy by F. Thynne of his epitaph i...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1589-1601
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 57
Title:: Scutum Bede, a collection of Latin treatises, including a Libellus de nominibus naturalium rerum
Scope & Content:: This manuscript consists of a compilation of Latin moral, grammatical and historical treatises in prose and verses including interlinear and marginal glosses, probably collected by Geoffrey of Ufford (fl. c. 1154) and entitled 'Scutum Bede Collectivus Gaufridi de Ufford' (f. 1r); this appears to...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old, French, Old, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1154
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 141
Title:: Warrants, official and private letters from the reigns of Henry IV to James VI and I
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–86v: Original papers, warrants, official and private letters, from the reigns of Henry IV to James I and VI. The volume includes several letters from abbots of monasteries before the Dissolution, the reports to the Privy Council of Commissioners appointed to take account of Church goods i...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: between 1399-1625
Extent:: 1 volume

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