English miscellany of religious tracts, letters and historical papers
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Contents: f. 1r: Two notes in English about ‘Instructions for Mr Thomas Bodley sent into the United Provinces in January 1594’; and ‘July 1595’. ff. 2r-4v: An English religious treatise entitled ‘A Tretise conteyning motions touching Mercie and Unitie Sent by a few of those whoe are falslie a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 18th century
Robert Cooke, A Baronage of England from the Conquest
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Contents: ff. 8r-44r: Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms (1567-1592/3), A Baronage of England from the Conquest; up to the 14th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1572 [English]. ff. 44v-46r: A continuation of the Baronage of England for King James VI and I [Latin]. The manuscript ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Impeachment of the Earl of Clarendon and other political tracts
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Composite volume of political tracts in several hands. Parliamentary debates and other papers on the impeachment of the Earl of Clarendon, the deposition of King James II and the accession of William of Orange, etc. f. 1v: Contents list. ff. 2-8r: Articles of High Treason and other heinous mis...
Bible (without the Psalms), including the Interpretation of Hebrew Names
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Contents: ff. 1r-427r: Bible (without the Psalms); certain sections divided according to letters from a-g and arabic figures written in the margin. ff. 434r-469r: Interpretation of Hebrew Names, ending: 'Expliciunt interpretationes fac ad exemplanum domini .R. card.' f. 469v: Erased texts, i...
Augustine, De Genesi ad litteram and extracts from other texts
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Contents: f. 1: Augustine, Excerpt from the Retractationes; f. 1-126: Augustine, De Genesi ad litteram; ff. 126-127: Augustine, De Situ orbis Jerusalem. ff. 1 and 128 are medieval parchment flyleaves which once served as paste-downs. Decoration: Full-page title page in red and green lines,...
A universal chronicle; artist's sketches; Gregorio Dati, La Sfera
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Contents: ff. 1r-92v: A universal chronicle from the creation of Adam to 1440 (beginning 'Idio fecie Adamo nel festo di della creatione deluniverso'), unfinished and breaking off abruptly at the end; some added entries including one dated 1478. f. 2*: Added inserted slip containing calculati...
Historical writings of Jerome, Isidore of Seville, Bede, and others
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Contents: ff. 1r-26v: Jerome, Liber de viris illustribus (Book of Illustrious Men). ff. 26v-27r: Jerome, Letter 47, to Desiderius. ff. 28r-41r: Gennadius of Massilia, De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). ff. 42r-51r: Isidore of Seville, De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). ff. 5...
Lives of Laurence Chaderton and James Ussher, by William Dillingham
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Life of Laurence Chaderton (1536-1640, first Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, with a life of James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh, by William Dillingham (c 1617–1689). Together with two sermons delivered by William Dillingham, one for the Bachelor of Divinity degree, the other fo...
f. 2* verso: ‘A medecyne for the stomok’, Middle English, late 14th century. ff. 1r–107v: Gautier de Metz, L’image du monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans). f. 108r–v: Pen trials, 15th century, including the opening section of a charter. Decoration: 1 large miniature in colours, gold, and s...