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11. Stowe MS 1050

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Stowe MS 1050
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"THOMAE ASTLEI Excerpta ex Collectaneis Thomæ Madox, Arm., in Museo Britannico repositis ": notes by Astle from Madox's collections (Add. MSS. 4484-4572), relating to manorial rights, royal prerogative, inrollments of records, and other historical and legal antiquities. At the end is a note on t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

12. Stowe MS 1022

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Stowe MS 1022
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"AN ESSAY on the ruins of Poesti, or Posidonia, with drawings taken on the spott, A.D. 1773"; by Sir William Young, Bart. The essay is the same as that in No. 791 above, and is preceded by the same dedication, in Latin elegiacs, to Lord Braybrooke. It is followed (ff. 15-26) by a letter to the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1773
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1 item

13. Stowe MS 1061

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Stowe MS 1061
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FACSIMILES, executed by hand, of ancient writing and illuminations from manuscripts in the British Museum, Bodleian, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Lambeth, and other Libraries, apparently collected by Thomas Astle. Amongst them are a few single leaves, vellum, of original manuscripts, inclu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
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Paper volume with parchment insertions

14. Stowe MS 1020

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Stowe MS 1020
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1. NOTE by Thomas Astle of the collection of casts of antique statues, etc., in Italy made by the Abbate Fossatti; 23 July, 1774. f. 1. 2. Letter from Gavin Hamilton to -, on discoveries of statues, etc., at Gabio; Rome, 18 June, [l792]. f. 2. 3. "Ancient Marbles found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

15. Stowe MS 1019

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Stowe MS 1019
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ACCOUNT by Gavin Hamilton in two letters to Charles Townley of the statues, busts, etc., found by him in excavations at Hadrian's Villa [Tivoli], Monte Cagnolo, Ostia, and other places round Rome, 1769-1779; with a catalogue of the objects found, and the names of their possessors. At the end (f....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1769-1779
Extent:
1 item

16. Stowe MS 1053

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Stowe MS 1053
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C0MMONPLACE-BOOK Of Philip Morant (ob. 1770), Rector of St. Mary's, Colchester, and author of the History of Essex, consisting of extracts and notes on the following, among other, subjects:-(1) Anglo-Saxon Parliaments. f. 2;-(2) Homage and tenures. ff. 38, 40;-(3) The Nature and Attributes of Go...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

17. Stowe MS 1059

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Stowe MS 1059
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ARCHAISMUS GRAPHICUS: an introduction to Palaeography by [Sir] Henry Spelman, written for the use of his sons in 1606. lt contains notes in Latin on the history of letters, and on MSS. and the means to determine their age, together with a glossary, which occupies nearly the whole volume, of abbr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1606
Extent:
1 item

18. Stowe MS 1048

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Stowe MS 1048
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COMMONPLACE-BOOK of miscellaneous historical, topographical, and antiquarian notes, in various hands, including:-(1) "Observations of Warwickshire," Berkshire, and Derbyshire. ff 1, C, 13;-(2) "Observations" out of (a) Will. Martin's History and Lives of the Kings of England, 1616. f. 14;-(b) Ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

19. Stowe MS 1045

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Stowe MS 1045
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1. COLLECTIONS by Francis Tate, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries [temp. Eliz.], with reference to various subjects proposed for discussion at the meetings of the Society, 1590-1600. The subjects include the antiquity, etymology, etc., of the various titles of honour in England, of cities,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

20. Stowe MS 1026

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Stowe MS 1026
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"ECTYPA VARIA ad Historiam Britannicam illustrandam olim insculpta studio et curâ Antiquarii Fidelissimi et Indefessi Thomæ, Hearne, A.M. Oxoniensis," 1737. The printed volume, with MS. notes in two hands, the descriptions of the Plates being in the hand of Richard Farmer, D.D., Master of Emmanu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1737
Extent:
1 item