AVESTA YAZISHNA, one of the sacred books of the ancient Persians. Zend. Paper; written in the year 1105 of Yezdegerd (A.D. 1737). Small Folio. [Add. 18,396.]
Collection of 121 poems and epigrams, with the Paradoxes and Problems of John Donne (1572–1631), poet and Church of England clergyman. Known as the ‘Denbigh MS’. Copied from Trinity College, Cambridge MS R.3.12 (the ‘Puckering MS’). Including a copy of ‘Had she a glass and feared the fire’ (f. 1...
This manuscript contains one an illustrated Bible moralisée. The Bible moralisée functioned as a picture book of the Bible, but also offered the reader biblical interpretation: it presents a large cycle of biblical images and accompanying biblical texts each of which is connected with another im...
THE ACTS of the Apostles and the three Catholic Epistles, according to the Peshito version. Syriac. (Imperfect.) Vellum; VIth or VIIth cent. Quarto. [Add. 18,812.]
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Bible Syriac: Acts of the Apostles and the three Catholic Epistles.
Letters from Charles I to Henry Cary, Viscount Falkland, lord deputy of Ireland
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Seventy-one letters from King Charles I to Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland (c. 1575-1633), lord deputy of Ireland. Sent between 9 April 1628 and 21 July 1629. ff. 1r-2v Letter from King Charles I to Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, lord deputy of Ireland. Concerning the estate of George Cou...