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Reference (shelfmark):: BLWA 5
Title:: Replica bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631). Artist(s): Roubiliac, Louis Francois (1702-1762), after
Scope & Content:: Replica portrait bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631) by Louis-François Roubiliac, slightly to left, wearing a doublet, cloak and large ruff, attached to a rectangular painted stone socle of waisted form. Replica given by the Trustees of the British Museum. Replica made by Leo Stevens...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1993
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: BLWA 6
Title:: Replica bust of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). Artist(s): Damer, Anne Seymour (1749-1828), after
Scope & Content:: Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), Scientist, President of the Royal Society and Trustee of the British Museum, he bequeathed his library and natural history collections to the Museum. Joseph Banks was a prominent botanist, who served as President of the Royal Society, and advised on the development ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: BLWA 7
Title:: Replica bust of the Right Honourable Thomas Grenville (1755-1846). Artist(s): Comolli, G.B. (1775-1830), after
Scope & Content:: Thomas Grenville was a politician, diplomat and bibliophile from an elite landowning family. As a younger son, he did not succeed to the family estates and most of his income came from public service. Grenville was the First Lord of the Admiralty within the government led by his younger brothe...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: BLWA 8
Title:: Bust of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753). Artist(s): Rysbrack, Michael (1693-1770), after
Scope & Content:: Hans Sloane was born in Ulster,Northern Ireland, and trained as a physician. An avid collector from an early age, he acquired over 200,000 plant and animal specimens, 71,000 objects, and over 50,000 books, manuscripts, prints and drawings. These later became the foundation collection of the Brit...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 18
Title:: Four Gospels and Hebrews (Gregory-Aland 480; Scrivener evan. 568; von Soden δ 462), adapted for liturgical use, imperfect, followed by Synaxarion and Menologion
Scope & Content:: Four Gospels and Hebrews (Gregory-Aland 480; Scrivener evan. 568; von Soden δ 462), adapted for liturgical use, imperfect, followed by Synaxarion and Menologion.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 4 Jun 1366
Extent:: 222 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 21
Title:: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 484; Scrivener evan. 571; von Soden ε 322), adapted for liturgical use
Scope & Content:: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 484; Scrivener evan. 571; von Soden ε 322), adapted for liturgical use.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 1291-1292
Extent:: 261 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 22
Title:: Gospel Lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 184; Scrivener evst. 259)
Scope & Content:: Gospel Lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 184; Scrivener evst. 259).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 27 Jan 1319
Extent:: 248 folios

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