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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22412
Title:: Volume seven of a seven-volume Qur'an commissioned by Rukn al-Dīn Baybars, later Sultan Baybars II
Scope & Content:: Contains the final seventh (سبع) of Qur’ān, and commissioning certificate/colophon. Illuminators for the seven volumes include: Aydughdī ibn 'Abd Allāh al-Badrī; Muḥammad ibn Mubādir (signature in vol. 1); Abu Bakr, known as Ṣandal ( signature in vols 3 and 5). The entire seven volumes of the ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 704-05
Extent:: Codex; ff.166

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22711
Title:: Nangsu Chanthakhat ph 2
Scope & Content:: Part 2 of the story of Chanthakhat (Pannasa Jataka) in verse form.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Lao
Date Range:: 1780-1859
Extent:: 28 leaves

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22712
Title:: Nangsūʾ Chanthakhāt lem 1
Scope & Content:: Part 1 of the story of Chanthakhat (Pannasa Jataka) in verse form.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Lao
Date Range:: 1780-1850
Extent:: 58 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22749
Title:: St Basil of Caesarea, Divine Liturgy, imperfect
Scope & Content:: St Basil of Caesarea, Divine Liturgy, imperfect, inc. λατρ(εύ)ειν σοι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν, expl. Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἐπὶ τῇ μεταλήψει τῶν (ἁγίων, ἀχράντων).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 12th century
Extent:: 1 roll

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22924
Title:: Household accounts of Queen Elizabeth I, Michaelmas 1590-Michaelmas 1592
Scope & Content:: Household accounts of Queen Elizabeth I, Michaelmas Term, 1590-Michaelmas Term, 1592. The accounts containing payments made to members of the royal establishment, judges, pensioners and others, with the signatures of the recipients or their attorneys in the margin. Their range included musicians...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1590-1830
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22937
Title:: Guillaume de Diguleville, Les Trois Pèlerinages
Scope & Content:: Les Trois Pèlerinages, three poems composed in 1330-1358 by Guillaume de Diguleville (or Guillermus de Deguilevilla, Degulleville, Deguileville), a monk of Chaalis in Valois. ff. 1r-74v: Pèlerinage de Vie Humaine, prologue and four books containing the first recension of the text, an allegory ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle
Date Range:: c 1450
Extent:: A parchment codex, 191 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22975
Title:: Chapter book of the Convent of San Pablo in Manila
Scope & Content:: "LIBRO de Consultas," or Chapter-book of the Convent of St. Paul at Manila; 10 Aug. 1751-14 Dec. 1761; with autograph signatures of Pedro Espineyra, Provincial, Juan Facundo Meseguer and Pedro Velasco, Priors, and others. Span. Paper. Folio. Manila, the Philippine Islands: Chapter-book of the C...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: 10 Aug 1751-14 Dec 1761
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23002
Title:: Collection of scientific treatises, including Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Treatise on the Astrolabe'
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a collection of scientific treatises, including the 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', an instructional manual written by Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). The manuscript's contents closely resemble another 15th-century treatise collection (now Egerton MS 2622). Conte...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23198
Title:: Treatise on Geometry and Masonry
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains an anonymous treatise in Middle English prose recounting the history of geometry, which it equates with masonry, through the Bible down to King Æthelstan, ending with nine articles and nine points setting out regulations for masons. It is considered one of the oldest sur...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23240
Title:: Letters (originals and copies) of Elizabeth I to James VI of Scotland, 1582–1596
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–151v: A volume of letters from Elizabeth I to James VI of Scotland, 1582–1596. Mostly autograph, with later copies. Also included are letters from James VI to Elizabeth, and a letter from Anne of Denmark to Elizabeth. ff. 1r–2v: Original letter from Elizabeth to James, 18 October 1582, W...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Late 16th century-17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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