Add MS 58372

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; 13th cent.-1954.

Paper and vellum; ff. 112. British Library arrangement.

A. Letter from Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, afterwards Dean of Westminster, to Sir William Edward Parry, arctic explorer, concerning the religious condition of Oxford colleges at a time of religious conflict, and in the light of Parry's plans for his son (Edward Parry, afterwards Bishop suffragan of Dover); 2 Jan. 1846. Presented by Miss Ann Parry, of London S.W.1, 21 Dec. 1974.

ff. 1-4. 180 x 114mm.

B. Letter from Anne Lyte, widow of Henry Francis Lyte, hymn-writer, to Sir William Edward Parry, arctic explorer, concerning her husband's death; 12 Feb. 1848. Presented by Miss Ann Parry, of London S.W.1, 21 Dec. 1974.

ff. 5-6. 178 x 111mm.

C. Letter from Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, to Edward Parry, Bishop suffragan of Dover, inviting Parry to preach at his old college chapel; 26 Jan. 1874. Presented by Miss Ann Parry, of London S.W.1, 21 Dec. 1974.

ff. 7-8. 177 x 113mm.

D. Two letters from the Rev. Thomas Hartwell Horne, biblical scholar and senior assistant in the British Museum Department of Printed Books, to the Rev. George Cornelius Gorham, the first referring to the prolonged dispute surrounding the latter's institution into the vicarage of Brampford Speke, near Exeter; 10 Jan. 1852, 23 May 1854. For other papers relating to the 'Gorham judgement', see Add. 44452, 44566, 44738, 44740, 44796, passim. Purchased from J. J. Bell, Esq., 7 March 1975.

ff. 9-10. 203 x 124mm., 201 x 126mm.

E. Letter from E. M. Forster to Douglas Barrett, of the British Museum Department of Oriental Antiquities, concerning the provenance of the 'Goa Stone', once owned by Marianne Thornton, Forster's great-aunt, and donated to the British Museum by Forster's cousin; 28 May 1954. On headed paper of King's College, Cambridge. Bequeathed by Mrs Douglas Barrett, of Drayton Parslow, near Bletchley, co. Bucks, Feb. 1975.

f. 11. 229 x 178mm.

F. Petition of John S[c?]ott, of Lochmaben, to Algernon Percy, Baron Prudhoe, afterwards 4th Duke of Northumberland; 23 Jan. 1837. Presented by F. N. Beaufort-Palmer, of Hove, co. Suss., 20 Feb. 1975.

ff. 12-13. 233 x 194mm.

G. Arnold Bennett: article entitled 'Those Naughty Novels'; 8 March 1929. Autograph. The article was written for the Evening Standard and rebuts an attack by Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Home Secretary, on 'indecent literature'. The article does not, however, appear to have been published. Purchased from Maggs Bros., cat. 965, no. 13, 24 July 1975.

ff. 14-17. 226 x 175mm.

H. Three letters from D. H. Lawrence to S. S. Koteliansky, regarding Lawrence's relationship with his publishers; 10 Oct. 1919, n.d., 3 March [1924?]. Together with a postcard sent from Mexico, on the reverse of a photograph of Lawrence with friends, to John Middleton Murry; 21 April 1923. Presented by Mrs Catherine Stoye, of Oxford, 8 April 1975.

ff. 18-21. Various sizes.

I. Letter from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to his publisher, Joseph Cottle, relating to the second edition of his Poems on Various Subjects (1797), and including proposed alterations to his 'Ode on the departing year', first published in 1796; circa 1797. Formerly the property of The Mildmay-White Family Trust. Purchased at the Trust's sale at Christie's, 2 April 1975, lot 36.

ff. 22-23. 248 x 195mm.

J. Fragment (bifolium) of a theological work from Italy, probably Tuscany; late 14th or early 15th cent. (script and language). Italian. The two leaves are not consecutive: the first complete section on the recto of the first leaf (f. 24) beg. 'La seconda cosa sie malvagia paura difar grande penitença' and the final section on the verso (f. 24v) beg. 'La sexta battaglia che molto [a?] forte e contra malvagi'; the first section on the recto of the second leaf (f. 25) beg. 'Lo secundo ramo e rivestire cipoveri ignudi' and the final section on the verso (f. 25v) beg. 'Lo quinto ramo sie albergare [i?] viandanti'. Pen flourished initials, alternating in blue and red: three line (f. 24), and two line with rubrication (f. 25). Formerly the vellum cover of a printed book, Decreta et constitutiones synodales Piscionensis (Pistorii, 1628) (British Library shelfmark 1609/936). Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, 3 June 1975.

Vellum; ff. 24-25. 263 x 195mm. Two columns of 39 lines, written space 183 x 140mm. Script is a Gothic rotunda italiana. Some text lost.

K. 'Dives and Lazarus' by Ralph Vaughan Williams, arranged for voice and piano; circa 1942. Autograph. Presented by Miss Engel Lund, of Reykjavik, for whom the arrangement was made, 3 July 1975.

ff. 26-27. 313 x 236mm.

L. Single leaf from the Hours of the Cross, Vespers and Compline, from a French Book of Hours; 3rd quarter of 15th cent. Latin. Formerly the property of Folio Fine Art Ltd., stock no. MS 3045. Presented by Miss Marjorie Ball, of Radlett, co. Hertf., 28 Feb. 1975.

Vellum; ff. 28-29. Old foliation: f. 61. 156 x 116mm. Ruled (red ink), one column of 12 lines, written space 86 x 56mm. Script is a textualis semi-quadrata. Major and minor initials, decorated in gold, blue and red, with vine leaf spray and gilded leaves. Line-fillers and rubrication.

M. Single leaf from the abbreviated Psalter of St Jerome, presumably from a Book of Hours, Sarum Use, from north France or south Netherlands; late 15th cent. Latin. Formerly the property of Folio Fine Art Ltd., stock no. MS 4290. Presented by Miss Marjorie Ball, of Radlett, co. Hertf., 28 Feb. 1975.

Vellum; ff. 30-31. 93 x 134mm. Ruled (red ink), one column of 23 lines, written space 89 x 52mm. Script is a Bâtarde. Pen flourished initials, black and gold alternating with red and blue.

N. Single leaf from a miniature north French Bible, comprising Leviticus xxvi.21 to Numbers i.5; 13th cent. Latin. Formerly the property of Folio Fine Art Ltd., stock no. 4348. Presented by Miss Marjorie Ball, of Radlett, co. Hertf., 28 Feb. 1975.

Vellum; ff. 32-33. 149 x 85mm. Ruled (lead-point), two columns of 46 lines, written space 100 x 60mm. Script is a very small Gothic textualis rotunda. The beginning of Numbers is marked by a gold, silver, blue and pink zoomorphic initial, whilst Leviticus xxvii is marked by a pen flourished initial in blue and red. Rubrication and some later annotation.

O. Certified contemporary copy of a bond whereby William Kipps of Kemsing assured to Stephen Theobald, Esq., his title to the land or meadow called 'Russhetts' in Kemsing, co. Kent; 26 April 1619. Certified by Edward Michell, a professional scrivener. Previously the property of Folio Fine Art Ltd., stock no. MS 4066. Presented by Miss Marjorie Ball, of Radlett, co. Hertf., 28 Feb. 1975.

ff. 34-37. 320 x 210mm.

P. Six letters from Richard Cobden, M.P., to Duncan McLaren, politician, Sir Culling Eardley, Capt. Cowper Phipps Coles, and Mrs – Schuster; 1843-1864. Two of the letters to McLaren contain references to Cobden's activities as a leader of the Anti Corn Law League. Presented by the London office of the Public Archives of Canada, 6 May 1975.

ff. 38-49. Various sizes.

Q. Letter from Dom Manoel of Bragança, formerly King Manoel II of Portugal, to Henry Thomas, knt. 1946, Principal Keeper of the British Museum Department of Printed Books, regarding Dom Manoel's library and his intentions to publish a catalogue of his early printed books; 28 Oct. 1926. English. See Portuguezes, 1489-1600, da Bibliotheca de Sua Majestade Fidelissima (London, 1929-1935). Presented by Charles Thomas, Esq., brother of the recipient, through the Friends of the National Libraries, 25 July 1975.

ff. 50-52. 178 x 134mm.

R. Four letters to Lt.-Gen. Sir John Grenfell Maxwell, Commander-in-chief of the British Army in Ireland, regarding the Easter rising; 1916. Presented by The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Bucknill, and reserved from public use until 1975.

ff. 53-60. Various sizes.

1. ff. 53-54. Letter from Ivor Churchill Guest, 2nd Baron and afterwards 1st Viscount Wimborne, Viceroy of Ireland, concerning his opposition to Maxwell's policy of executing the rebels; 8 May 1916.

2. ff. 55-60. Three letters from the Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, advising Maxwell on court martial proceedings; 12-13 May 1916.

S. Jacques-Emile Blanche: article entitled 'Sur Old England'; 1914-1915. Autograph and typewritten drafts. French. Presented by Yvon Bizardet, of Nogent-sur-Marne, 3 Sept. 1975.

ff. 61-72. 271 x 216mm., 272 x 206mm.

T. Letter from William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, to John Gladwin, Esq., of Mansfield, co. Nott., concerning the Gloucestershire elections of January 1781; 13 Jan. 1781. With seal of the Duke of Portland. Purchased from Henry Bristow, Ltd., 21 Oct. 1975.

ff. 73-74. 237 x 190mm.

U. Letter from Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles James Napier, in Nice, to Lt. Beresford of the 17th Foot, praising the latter's work in the cholera hospitals of India in 1846; 23 Jan. 1848. Purchased from Mrs P. Baring, 21 Oct. 1975.

ff. 75-76. 258 x 207mm.

V. Admission card for the funeral of Dr David Livingstone at Westminster Abbey, with the seal of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster; 18 April 1874. Printed. Presented by Miss Dorothy A. Kendall Pearson, from the collection of the late E. Kendall Pearson, 4 Nov. 1975.

f. 77. 88 x 126mm.

W. Letter of Dorothy Eugenie Brett, artist, concerning her life in New Mexico; 12 Dec. 1932. Typewritten and signed. Purchased from Henry Bristow, Ltd., 10 Nov. 1975.

ff. 78-79. 268 x 202mm.

X. Two letters from the Rev. Thomas Hartwell Horne, biblical scholar and senior assistant in the British Museum Department of Printed Books, to Mr – Baldwin, and to Mr J. Rorteres; 10 July 1819, 6 July 1861. The first refers to Horne's views on the North American Indians, and the second to the American National Preacher. To the second letter have been added two newspaper cuttings, of an engraved portrait of Horne, and of an obituary of Horne from the London Standard; [27 March?] 1862, 29 Jan. 1862. Purchased from William P. Wreden, of Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.

ff. 80-85. 186 x 113mm., 182 x 115mm.

Y. Nine letters from Maj. Charles Vallancey of the Engineers in Ireland, antiquary, to George Townshend, 4th Viscount, and afterwards 1st Marquis, Townshend of Raynham, lord-lieutenant of Ireland, concerning the former's survey of Ireland, and other military and governmental matters; 20 April 1770-2 Oct. 1772. Together with 'A List of French Pensions upon the Civil List [in Ireland] as they stand now', copied by William Lowndes (?); n.d. Purchased at Sotheby's, 17 Dec. 1975, lot 768.

ff. 86-110. Various sizes.

Z. Algernon Charles Swinburne: autograph fair copy, written in pencil, of an apparently unpublished poem of twelve lines entitled 'To –', beg. 'And is it thus? Yet so it should have been'; circa 1865. With autograph pencil notes on the verso, comprising conundrums in six lines of verse, four of which Swinburne has unriddled in the margin. Together with a second copy of the verse and notes in another later hand on writing paper headed 'Ashburnham Place, Battle, Sussex'. Purchased at Sotheby's, 4 Dec. 1975, lot 510.

ff. 111-112. 178 x 115mm.