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Title:
Beşaretname - بشارىنامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a Hurufi tract treating especially the mystical meaning hidden behind the letters of the Qur'an, composed by Refi'i. The author designates himself by his mahlas only, which occurs on ff 27r, 29v, and 34r. He appears to have been a disciple of Seyit İmadüddin Nesimi, a well...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 34 ff

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Scope & Content:
Vol. II (ff. ii+192). 1937-1949.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937-1949
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 59861

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Scope & Content:
Vol. III (ff. xiii+147). 1949-1965.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949-1965
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 59862

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BREVIARY: of Sarum Use, produced in England, in the diocese of Norwich; circa 1450. Latin. See F. Procter and C. Wordsworth, Breviarum ad usum insignis ecclesiae Sarum (1879-1886). The calendar includes an original entry for the dedication of Norwich Cathedral (24 Sept.). Additional calendar entries, for example the translation of St Etheldreda (17 Oct.) and the feast of St Withburga (17 March), indicate subsequent use in the diocese of Ely. A note (f. i verso, 19th cent.?) records this info...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Richard Pynson, printer and book-binder: Blind-stamped binding , by Richard Pynson: circa 1500: Lat. Liturgies LATIN: Diocese of Norwich: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Breviary, of Sarum Use , possibly made in Norwich: circa 1450: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 item

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ST LEO THE GREAT: collection of sermons of St Leo, written by the scribe Angelus and illuminated, probably in Florence; 3rd quarter of 15th cent. Latin. Included are 88 out of the 96 sermons printed in P.L. 54.142-468, together with one further genuine sermon (P.L. 54.517). The collection begins (ff. 1-6v) with a letter from St Leo to Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople (P.L. 54.755) and concludes (ff. 184-186v) with a sermon 'De Absalom'(P.L. 56.1151) sometimes attributed to St Leo, but he...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Florentine tooled brown leather over wooden boards: 3rd quarter of 15th cent. Florence, Italy: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Sermons: Leo I; Pope: Angelus, scribe, of Florence: Collection of sermons of St Leo, copied by Angelus and illuminated in Florence: 3rd quart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of 15th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 59864

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Title:
George Acropolites, Annales (TLG 3141.002), imperfect
Scope & Content:
George Acropolites, Annales (TLG 3141.002), imperfect, expl. (1220A) μετὰ παραδρομήν. Not noted in Heisenberg (1903).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

157 folios

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ROBERT STYWARDE OF ELY (d.1570): illuminated attestation by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms 1557-1567, of Robert Stywarde's genealogy and right to arms; 1558. Latin. Seal missing. The attestation supports Stywarde's claim of descent from the Scottish Royal House of Stewart and right to bear the Stewart arms. A copy with different arms is Add. 15644, ff. 63-68v, which forms part of a collection compiled by Augustine Stywarde, Robert's brother. The present document is discussed in Brit...
Scope & Content:
William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms: Art. Portraits: Illuminated portrait of William Harvey: 1558. Heraldry: William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms: Robert Stywarde, brother of Augustine Stywarde; of Ely: Genealogies: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Attestation of genealogy and ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1558
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 59866

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GEORGE ELIOT'S BLOTTER: folding writing-case containing six columns of writing in George Eliot's hand; 1868-1869. The text comprises mainly an anthology of passages in Greek, Latin, Italian, French, German and English, but also includes a list of projected themes for poems. For a detailed discussion of the contents, together with a transcription and reproduction of the text, see D. Waley, George Eliot's Blotter, A Commonplace-Book (1980). Owned by the Lewes family until purchased of Mr R. K....
Scope & Content:
Commonplace Books: Marian Cross, née Evans; alias 'George Eliot'; novelist: Commonplace blotter by Marian Cross: 1868-1869.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

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TRAVEL JOURNAL of an anonymous Englishman in the Lake District; 1809. Whereas his itinerary on ff. i, iv runs from 1 July to 30 September, the journal describes only the travels of 17 July to 13 August. Included also are descriptions en route of Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, Coventry, Birmingham, Lichfield, Kedleston, Matlock, Chester and Lancaster. A loose inserted leaf (f. ii) is a copy dated 1 Sept. 1869 of an entry in the parish register of Plymouth, Devon, recording the marriage of T...
Scope & Content:
Voyages and Travels: Journal of travels in the Lake District: 1809.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1809
Extent:
1 item

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WILLIAM COWPER: copy of his autobiographical memoir; 1815. The text is substantially that published posthumously in 1816 and reprinted in M. J. Quinlan, 'Memoir of William Cowper: an autobiography', Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 92 (1953), pp. 366-382. Descriptions of five further copies of this version, omitting the present manuscript, are given in J. King and C. Ryskamp, The Letters and Prose Writings of William Cowper (Oxford, 1979-1886), i, pp. xxvi-xxvii. Also descr...
Scope & Content:
William Cowper, poet: Autobiographical memoir by William Cowper: 1815: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 item