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421. Add MS 33740

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Title:
Papers relating to the Spanish Armada, 1588
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f. 1r: modern contents page. f. 2r: Letter from the Privy Council to the Lord Admiral Howard, informing him that 'a good number of the best and choysest shotte of the trayned bandes' of Kent 'should be forthwith sent to the sea side . . . . to double man the shippes', 21 July 1588, Richmond. Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1588-1 Aug 1588
Extent:
1 volume

422. Add MS 33769

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Title:
John Norden, 'An Exact Description of Essex'
Scope & Content:
Autograph presentation copy with manuscript map of Essex (f. 3), by John Norden, cartographer (c. 1547-1625). With a dedicatory address to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601), whose arms and quarterings are emblazoned on f. 4. Presented by John Norden ‘in the interims of the fittes of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1594
Extent:

1 volume

423. Add MS 33790

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Title:
Antonio Francesco Doni, La Lumiera (autograph manuscript)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an autograph copy of La Lumiera, an Italian poem in fifty eight-line stanzas, written by Antonio Francesco Doni (b. 1513, d. 1574). The poem is a lament that mourns the ultimate fate of man and his failings in the world. It is preceded in the manuscript by a short letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1567
Extent:
1 volume

424. Add MS 34063

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Title:
George Gascoigne and Francis Kinwelmersh, ‘Jocasta’
Scope & Content:
Scribal presentation copy of the Inns of Court drama Jocasta, a tragedy in blank verse attributed to George Gascoigne (1534/5?–1577), author and soldier, and Francis Kinwelmersh [Kinwelmershe, Kindlemarsh], (bap. 1538), poet. First performed during the Gray’s Inn Christmas to Lent revels in 156...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1566
Extent:
1 volume

425. Add MS 34064

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Title:
Verse miscellany, 1596-1653
Scope & Content:
Miscellany of verse by Nicholas Breton, Sir Walter Ralegh, Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser and other anonymous writers. In several hands, principally transcribed from Brittons Bowre of Delights (1591), The Arbor of Amorous Devises (1597), and The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (1593). With ano...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1596-1653
Extent:
1 volume

426. Add MS 34070

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Title:
'Lamentabatur Jacob' by Cristobal Morales of Seville, and a setting of ‘Incipit Lamentatio Hieremiæ’ by Thomas Tallis
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-3. 'Lamentabatur Jacob‘; for 5 voices, in score, described as ‘The Lamentations of Jacob. Sung in the Popes Chapel on the 4 Sunday in Lent. D. Cristoforo Moralis, Sivigliano {by Cristobal Morales of Seville}. From an ancient manuscript formerly in Dr Pepusch's Library.’ A compressed score ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1839
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

427. Add MS 34182

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Title:
An oratorio, a chorus, and a composition for pianoforte, by Franz Liszt
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-105. 'Christus': Oratorio in three parts, for solo voices (Christus, Mary Magdalene, etc.), and choruses of from 4 to 10 voices (Disciples, Women of Jerusalem, etc.), with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes (piccolo, etc.), oboes, clarinets, horns (English, etc.), trumpets, trombones...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1863-1877
Extent:
1 volume

428. Add MS 34275

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Title:
Catalogue of the library of King James VI of Scotland, 1573-1583
Scope & Content:
Lists of books belonging to the library of King James VI of Scotland, c. 1573-1583. In the hand of Peter Young, (1544–1628), royal tutor and diplomat. With autograph notes and exercises by King James VI on the flyleaves. ff. 1v-2v: Notes by Peter Young, including classical extracts and commonpl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1573-c 1583
Extent:
1 volume

429. Add MS 34304

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Title:
MEDICAL MISCELLANY, in German, preceded (f. 1) by a subjectindex to artt. 1-4 :- 1. A miscellaneous collection of medical recipes, charms (including one at f. 18 b for detecting theft), and instructions for the preservation of health. f. 4. 2. "E'tzenie weder mancherhande suicht der vrauwen ind vingemaich." f. 72. 3. Diagnosis from the urine. f. 75. 4. Recipes, chiefly medical (but including two for preventing dogs from barking). f. 77. 5. Glossary of the Latin and German names of ...
Scope & Content:
Recipes: Medical,: 15th cent.; circ. 1655 - 1680. Medicine: Medical miscellany: 15th cent.: Germ. includes: ff. 16 b-18 b Charms: Medical and other charms: 15th cent.: Germ. f. 75 Urine: Diagnosis from: 15th cent.: Germ. f. 78 Botany: Latin names of herbs, with German equivalents: 15th cent. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

430. Add MS 34320

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Title:
Household book of Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Household book of Queen Elizabeth I, with additional material relating to the royal household during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I. ff. 1r-1v, 154r-154v Binding material: portions of two leaves from a 14th-century parchment manuscript, containing theological matter. f. 2r Note...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14th century-1603
Extent:
1 volume

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