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1. Add MS 5229

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Title:
Sketches and notes by Albrecht Dürer
Scope & Content:
A volume of sketches and notes by Albrecht Dürer, comprising mainly geometric, architectural and mechanical drawings, and some sketches of human figures. The second flyleaf at the beginning of the manuscript contains a handwritten table of contents.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High
Date Range:
Late 15th century-Early 16th century
Extent:
188 paper leaves, mounted on guards

2. Add MS 52290

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Title:
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: String quartet no. 2, in A minor; 1944. Autograph parts. Dedicated to Jean Stewart, the violist. See references to 'Jean's 4tet' on f. 5 and passim. The last movement, 'Epilogue', bears the cancelled heading on f. 6b, 'St Joan greets St Jean', revised to 'Greetings from Joan to Jean', a reference to the theme which is taken from music for an uncompleted film about Joan of Arc. First performed by the Menges String Quartet, which included Jean Stewart, at the National G...
Scope & Content:
Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: String quartet no.2,: 1944: Autogr. includes: ff. 34-38b Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: First viola part of Double String Trio,: 1938: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52291

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Title:
MASS IN C, for four soloists and SATB chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for full orchestra including clarinets; early 19th cent. Full score. Copy, in a German hand. Published in England in vocal score with organ accompaniment. See notes to engraver on ff. 6b, 30, and page castings and corrections, passim. Presented by K. S. Taylor, Esq. Paper; ff. ii+77. Oblong quarto. Early XIX cent.
Scope & Content:
Music: Mass in C,: early 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52292

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Title:
HISTORY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM by Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1888-1909; 19th-20th cent. Autograph draft, (ff. 5-157) partially revised. Followed (ff. 158-327) by autograph notes, letters to Maunde Thompson, extracts from Trustees' Minutes and printed material, interleaved (ff. 90, 106-108, 112, 126, 127) with additions made, with a view to publication, by Sir Frederic George Kenyon, Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum ...
Scope & Content:
Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, GCB; Director of the British Museum: History of British Museum,: 19th-20th cent: Autogr. draft. British Museum: History, etc., by Sir E. M. Thompson: 19th-20th cent: Draft: Autogr. includes: f. 2 Sir Frederic George Kenyon, GBE; Director, British Museum: Letter t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52293

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Title:
'A SURVEY OF WOODSTOCK [in Athy, co. Kildare] one of the Mannors of the Right Honourable [James FitzGerald] the [20th] Earl [and 1st Marquess] of Kildare [1st Duke of Leinster]', by John Rocque (d. 1762); 1755-1757. Comprises eight coloured plans. (1) A general plan of the manor; 1756. Each townland is distinguished by the use of different colours. f. 1;- (2) Woodstock; 1757. f. 2;- (3) Coleroe; 1755. f. 3;- (4) Goullyduff; 1755. f. 4;- (5) Killcoo; 1756. f. 5;- (6) Killcrow; [1756?]. f....
Scope & Content:
Athy, Kildare: Survey of Woodstock Manor in,: 1755-1757. Manors and Manorial Documents: Survey of Woodstock Manor,: 1755-1757. Maps and Plans: Survey of Woodstock Manor, co. Kildare,: 1755-1757. James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare; 1st Duke of Leinster: Survey of his manor of Woodstock,: 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1755-1757
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52294

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Scope & Content:
SCOTT PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 158). Correspondence of Scott and his family with the Royal Family, foreign royalty and nobility, and their officials; 1879-1918, n.d. Partly French and German. 1. ff. 1-74b. Correspondence with Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, P.C., G.C.B., Private Secretary t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1878-1918
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52294-52310

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Title:
SCOTT PAPERS Papers of Sir Charles Stewart Scott, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., diplomatist (b. 1838, d. 1924). After serving in junior posts in Europe and America, he was appointed Secretary to the Embassy and Chargé d'Affaires at Berlin in 1883. He was later Envoy Extraordinary to the Swiss Confederation 1888, Plenipotentiary to the Samoan Conference 1889 and at the Labour Conference at Berlin 1890; he served finally as Envoy Extraordinary at Copenhagen 1892-8 and Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1898-190...
Scope & Content:
Sir Charles Stewart Scott, GCB; diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1858-[circa 1924], n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
after 1854-c 1924
Extent:
17 items

8. Add MS 52295

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Scope & Content:
SCOTT PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 214). 1. ff. 1-33b. Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby; 1866-1878. 2. ff. 34-78b, 98-108b, 132-214b. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; 1878-1887, n.d. 3. ff. 79-97b. Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville; 1883-1885...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866-1887
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52295-52297

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Title:
SCOTT PAPERS. Vols. II-IV. Correspondence of Scott with Foreign Secretaries; 1866-1904, n.d. Scott's letters are frequently drafts, sometimes heavily corrected. The correspondence includes draft despatches, cyphers, and memoranda, some with annotations by other hands. Partly typewritten and imperfect.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866-1904
Extent:
3 items

10. Add MS 52296

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Add MS 52296
Title:
Scope & Content:
SCOTT PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 179). 1. ff. 1-23b. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; 1888-1890. See also 52295 above and 52297, 52303, 52304 below. 2. ff. 24-134b. Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery; 1893-1894. See also 52295 above. 3. ff. 135-179. J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1894
Extent:
1 item