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501. Add MS 12112

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AUTOGRAPH LETTER from John Dryden to Charles Montagu, (afterwards Earl of Halifax,) relative to some of his poems [dat. Oct. 16993;.- Autograph Letter from Matthew Prior [when secretary to the embassy at the Hague] to William Blathwayt, Secretary at War, on the state of France, as reported by Va...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1694-Oct 1699
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1 item

502. Add MS 12113

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AUTOGRAPHS.-Three Letters from Alexander Pope to William Bowyer, the first without date, the others dat. Feb.-Nov. 1743 ;-Notes and receipts respecting Pope's translation of the Iliad, dat. 1714, 1715 ;- Letter from William [Warburton, Bishop of ] Gloucester to John Nourse, dat. Prior Park, 25...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1714-1765
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1 item

503. Add MS 12114

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AUTOGRAPHS.-Letter of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, to Mrs. Dormore [Dormer], dat. I 0 Feb. 1 7 . . ;-Two letters from John Wilkes to -, relative to his residence in the Isle of Wight, dat. 7 May and 4 June, 1788;-Letter from the Pensionary [Antony] Heinsius to [Sir Robert Southwell?], dat. Hag...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1697-18th century
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1 item

504. Add MS 12115

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AUTOGRAPHS.-Letter from Robert Burns to [James] Johnson, of Edinburgh, proprietor of the " Scots Musical Museum," dat. Ellisland, 28-, [1788 ?];-Song in Sir Walter Scott's handwriting, intitled " the Palmer," written for Haydn's Collection of Scottish Airs, Edinb. 1806;-Letter from Sir Walter Sc...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1722-after 1814
Extent:
1 item

505. Add MS 12116

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AUTOGRAPHS OF ACTORS, POETS, etc., viz. : Letter from David Garrick to his brother George, dat. 25 Aug. [l753 ?]-Note from Samuel Foote to David Garrick, without date;-Letter from Christopher Anstey to James Dodsley, relative to his Latin translation of Gay's Fables, dat. Bath, 22 Jan. 1778 ;-Se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1753?-1816
Extent:
1 item

506. Add MS 12117 A

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Greek Inscription
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Eight lines of Greek in capital letters, beginning ΕΠΙ ΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΗΣΙΝ ΒΟΥΛΗΝ. Unknown text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8th century-13th century
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One lead plate of rectangular shape, now patinated with rich brown oxide, and roughly indented on the edges, the result either of injury or decay; with eight lines of Greek in capital letters; writing on one side only.

507. Add MS 12117 B

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Record of the Capture of Ravenna
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Purporting to be a record of the capture of the city of Ravenna from the Lombards by Paul, Exarch of Ravenna, with the aid of theVenetians and Bolognese, in the year 724. The inscription forms an actual portion of the Chronicon Venetum, but it is unclear whether the chronicler quotes from this t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
724
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Latin inscription upon a lamina of lead, in shape and rudely rectangular; consisting of seventeen lines in capital letters. Originally inscribed upon a lamina of lead hammered to a very thing leaf, and from its appearance in 1872, not as pure as the others of the series. At the time, it was remarked that it was very much oxidized by the action of the air, and glued to a piece of card for security.

508. Add MS 12117 C

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Letter of Pope Gregory III to Bologna
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Letter of Pope Gregory III to the city of Bologna, desiring them to cooperate with the Exarch to restore the city of Ravenna (captured by the Lombards) to its former state of allegiance. Dated, Rome, iii. Id. Mar. DCCXXXVIII.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
738
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A Latin inscription upon a plate of lead, hammered very thin, but in fair preservation, covered with a fine patina; fourteen lines: two horizontal lines, a slight gap, then 11 lines, followed by a slight gap and the final line.

509. Add MS 12117 D

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Title:
Recovery of Pavia by Charlemagne
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A recording of the recovery of Pavia from the Lombards by Charlemagne in the year 774. It is stated that this record was originally written in Latin, by Orso Hipato da Heraclia, and was caused to be translated by Marin Dandulo, Procurator of St. Mark at Venice, in 1202.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1202
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Thin plate of hammered lead of rectangular shape. The edge is mutilated on the left side, and the centre of the lower edge is split; bearing an Italian inscription consisting of thirty-one lines in capital letters (particularly angular character).

510. Add MS 12117 E

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Title:
Proclamation of Charlemagne on Assumption of Western Empire
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A decree of the Emperor Charlemagne on his assumption of the Western Empire; he assumes new titles, fixes boundaries, and elaborates on the status of several areas. Dated Bologna, xiv Kal. Oct. DCCCI (18 September 801).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
801
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A very thin leaf of hammered lead, rectangular in shape, now much cracked and oxidized. Bearing a Latin inscription consisting of thirteen lines in capital letters. Two horizontal lines followed by a small gap, followed by 9 lines with a small gap before the final two lines with the monograph of Charlemagne at its conclusion.

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