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11. Add MS 22561

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PROCEEDINGS in the Court of Chivalry, on an Appeal of High Treason, by Donald Mackay, lst Lord Reay, against David Ramsey; 1631, 1632. Incomplete. See Howel's "State Trials," Vol. III. pp. 483-520. The headings are: 1. "The Bill of Donald Lord Reay against David Ramsey, Esq.," f. 1. 2. "The Aw...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

12. Add MS 22556

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?Geoffrey the Grammarian, Promptorium parvulorum
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The manuscript contains an imperfect copy of the Promptorium parvulorum, a fifteenth-century English-Latin dictionary. Several other manuscript copies survive: British Library, Harley MS 221, Harley MS 2274 (fragment) and Add MS 37789 (with the Medulla grammaticae); Cambridge, Emmanuel College,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
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Parchment codex

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ORIGINAL LETTERS from E. Hercules, a mercantile agent, to the Rev. Joseph Spence, written from Bombay, Bushire, Shiraz, and Calcutta; 10 Dec. 1763-30 Sept. 1767. Included are journals and drawings, in Indian ink, of Persepolis, which was visited by the, writer in company with Carsten Niebuhr. Pa...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1763-30 Sep 1767
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1 item

14. Add MS 22564

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"A DISCOURSE of Newfoundland: containing a briefe relation of that countrie and the commodities thereof, together with the advantages and benefitts which will arise to his Majestie and his kingdomes, by setling an orderlie plantation there, and with what easie meanes and verie little charge the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1620
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1 item

15. Add MS 22562

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Vitae Patrum et Verbis Seniorum, written by Ava Trici and Gheeza Ysenoud
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This manuscript contains a copy of the Vitae Patrum et Verbis Seniorum (Lives and Sayings of the Fathers), an encyclopaedic work comprised of hagiographical writings on the Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers of early Christianity. According to the manuscript's colophon (f. 158v), this copy of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1449
Extent:
1 volume

16. Add MS 22553

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GRAMMATICAL treatises, vocabularies, etc. Lat. and Ital., viz.: 1. "Expositio orationis dominice," f. 2. 2. Interpretation of the mystery of the mass, headed, "Richardus." Lat. f. 5. 3. Note of the election of "Discretus loci sancte Marie Montis oliueti apud Castrum Arquatum" [Castell Arquat...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item

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STATUTES of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, with decrees of the Grand Masters down to Juan de Homedes [1536-1553]. Span. Preceding the statutes is an order in Latin for their translation into the vernacular, issued by the Chapter held at Rhodes under the presidency of the Gran...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1550
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 22549

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ORIGINAL letters, addressed to Edmond Malone, on the subject of the monument to Dr. Johnson, to be erected in St. Paul's Cathedral, and the inscription written for it by Dr. Parr; 1791-1795. The writers are: 1. [Sir] Jos[eph] Banks [Bart.]; Soho Square, 27 Mar. 1791. Holograph. f. 1. 2. [Dr.] ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1791-1795
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1 item

19. Add MS 22563

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COPIES of Royal and other letters; 1553-1610; including a letter from the Privy Council in the name of Lady Jane Grey, and letters from Queen Elizabeth, Lord Burleigh, the Earl of Leicester, Lord Talbot, Sir Francis Bacon, Anthony Babbington, Lady Arabella Stuart, and Sir William Seymour. At the...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item