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Add MS 17083
- Record Id:
- 032-002094879
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- 032-002094879
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000044.0x0001d3
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100172855235.0x000001
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- Add MS 17083
- Title:
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Friendship album of Sir Thomas Cuming of Scotland
- Scope & Content:
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Friendship album or ‘Stammbuch’ of Sir Thomas Cuming of Scotland, during his time at the University of Heidelberg. Containing autographs and coloured arms, collected principally at Basle, Heidelberg, Leiden, London, Prague and Vienna, in the years 1612-1623.
ff. 1r-2v Copy of letters from Frederick V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, recommending Sir Thomas Cuming to the Buchan family of Austria. No date. Latin.
ff. 3v-4r Autograph of Frederick V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine. 1614. With coloured arms.
ff. 4v-5r Autograph of Prince Charles of England, 1613. With a portrait and coloured arms.
ff. 5v-6r Autograph of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, 1614. With coloured arms.
ff. 7v-8r Autograph of George William, Margrave and Elector of Brandenburg, 1614. With coloured arms.
f. 9r Autograph of Henri de la Tremouille, 3rd Duke of Thuars, 1614.
f. 10r Autograph of Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg, 1615.
f. 10v Autograph of George Frederic, Margrave of Baden, 1616.
f. 11r Autograph of Christian I, Prince of Anhalt, 1615.
f. 12r Autograph of Christian the younger, son of Christian I, Prince of Anhalt, 1614.
f. 13r Autograph of Wolfgang William of Neuberg, Duke of Bavaria, 1616. With coloured arms.
f. 14r Autograph of William Hesse, Landgrave of Cassell, 1616. With coloured arms.
f. 15r Autograph of Philip Hesse, Landgrave of Cassel, 1616.
f. 16r Autograph of Frederic Achilles, Duke of Würtemberg, 1616.
f. 17r Autograph of George Ausras, 1615.
ff. 18v-19r Autographs of Johannes Rudolphus Comes à Puchaim, Baro à Gellerstorff, and Otto Fridericus, Comes à Puchaimb, Baro à Gellerstorf, 1615. With coloured arms.
ff. 20r Autograph of Jacob, Count Hanau, 1633.
f. 21v Autographs of Johannes, Count of Nassau-Siegen, and George, Count of Nassau Dillenburg, 1615.
f. 22r Autograph of Johannes Mauritius, of Nassau-Siegen, 1616. With coloured arms.
f. 23r Autograph of Georg Christoff, Herr zu Lichtenstein, 1615.
f. 24v Autograph of Georg der Junger, son of George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, 1615.
f. 25r Autograph of Albert, son of George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburgh, 1615.
f. 26r Autograph of Jan de Kettler, Baron of Monjoye, 1614.
f. 26r Autograph of Wolff Adam, Herr von Pucham, 1615.
f. 27r Autograph of Bernhardt, Herr von Puechaimb, 1615.
f. 28r Autograph of Baleminus, Herr von Wirth, 1615. With coloured arms.
f. 29r Autograph of Philip à Leefdael, 1614.
f. 30r Autograph of one D. Hackfont, no date.
ff. 30v-31r Autograph of Henricus à Boshoff, 1614. With coloured arms.
ff. 31v-32r Autograph of Henricus vander Capellen, 1613. With coloured arms.
f. 33r Autograph of Alexander vander Capellen, no date.
f. 34r Autograph of Gerbarus à Capelle, 1614.
ff. 35v-36r Autograph of Paul von Arnhem, 1613. With coloured arms.
f. 37r Autograph of Thiman von Lintele von der Mars-Obrister, 1616.
ff. 37v-38r Autograph of Bernhardt von Lintele, 1614. With coloured arms.
f. 39r Autograph of Armonde de Leefdael, 1614.
ff. 39v-42r Autographs of five noblemen, 1615-1616.
f. 43r Autograph of John Ramsay, Viscount Haddington, 1613.
f. 43v-44r Autograph of Robert Coutts, 1613. With coloured arms.
f. 45r Arms of the Schulenbourg family.
f. 46r Autograph of Peter Blackburn, Bishop of Aberdeen, 1612.
f. 47r Autograph of Venceslaus William, Baron Rauper, 1616.
ff. 47v-48r Autograph of Wenceslaus Budowecz, 1617. With coloured arms.
ff. 48v-49r Autograph of Hanna Herr von Puechaim, Herr zu Hom und Wiltperg, and Ferdinandus Theodoricus, Baro à Puechaim, 1615. With coloured arms.
f. 49v Autographs of William Tross, one Hofflung, Dirtriul Herr von Puchaimb, and Brisart Herr von Puchaimb, 1615.
f. 50r Autograph of Wilhelm Herr von Lißaig, 1615.
ff. 50v-51v Autographs of ten noblemen, 1615-1616.
f. 52r Autograph of Maximilian von Landau, 1615.
f. 52v Autograph of Adamus Budowecz, Baro à Budowa, 1616.
f. 53v Autograph of Sebastianus Beckius, 1616.
f. 54r Autograph of Johan Jacob Gryaens, 1616.
f. 55r Autograph of Georgius Welisem, 1615.
f. 55v Autograph of Georg Christoff von Lunthumberg, 1615.
ff. 56r-57v Autographs of three noblemen, 1615.
f. 58r Autograph of James Cumming of Alteir, 1612.
f. 59r Autograph of Tobias Matthew, Bishop of Durham, no date.
f. 59v Autograph of John King, Bishop of London, no date.
f. 60r Autograph of Joachim de Grüentall, 1616.
f. 61r Autograph of Thomas Murray, no date.
f. 62v Coloured arms of an unnamed nobleman.
f. 63r Autograph of Gregorius Schönfelt, 1615.
f. 64r Autograph of Rudolph Hospinianus, Schoolmaster and Provost of the Canons College at Zurich, 1616.
f. 65r Autograph of Dionysius Gothofredus, 1615.
f. 66r Autograph of Ernestus a Borstell, 1616.
f. 67r Autograph of Alexander Douglas, Bishop of Moray, 1612.
f. 67v Autograph of David Lindsay, Bishop of Ross, and Andrew Lamb, Bishop of Brechin, no date.
ff. 68r-70r Autographs of three noblemen, 1615-1616.
f. 71r Autograph of H. de Veno, 1612.
f. 72r Autograph of Malcolmus Perthensis ecclesiae, no date.
f. 73v Autograph of Sebastianus Tengnagel, 1615.
f. 74r Autograph of Janus Gruterus, 1614.
f. 75r Autograph of Scipio Gentilis, 1615.
f. 76r Autograph of Petrus Brederodius, 1614.
f. 77r Autograph of one Pareus, 1614.
f. 78r Autograph of Johannes Piscator, Herbornæ, 1615.
f. 78v Autograph of Johannes Buxtorfius, 1616.
f. 79r Autograph and portrait of M. Ludovicus Lucius, Professor of Logic in Basle, 1616.
f. 79v Autograph of Marcus Rutimejer, 1616.
f. 80r Autograph of Hermannus Lignaridus, 1616.
f. 80v Autograph of Immanuel Leonder, 1616.
f. 81r Autograph of A. Ramsæus, 1613.
f. 81v Autograph of Casparus Waserus, 1616.
f. 82r Autograph of Arussius Scoto-Britannus, 1619.
f. 83r Autograph of James Montague, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and of Winchester, no date.
f. 84r Autograph of Balthasar Menthenis, 1515.
f. 85r Autograph of Johann Goeddiensis, 1615.
f. 86r Autograph of Raphaël Eglimus Sconius, 1615.
f. 87r Autographs of Robert Abbot, Regius Professor of Theology, Oxford, and William Goodwin, Dean of Christ Church College, Oxford. No date.
f. 87v Autograph of W. Ingram, 1612.
f. 88r Autograph of Joannes Georg and Matthias Hafeure, 1615.
f. 88v Autograph of Thomas Lansius, 1616.
f. 89r Autograph of Thomas Levinstone, 1615.
f. 89v Autograph of Georgius Schubertus, 1615.
f. 90r Autograph of Hermannus Vuheins, 1615.
f. 91r Autograph of Christoph Vogt, 1616.
ff. 92r-93r Autographs of two noblemen, 1615-1616.
f. 94r Autograph of Simon Toelman, 1616.
f. 95r Autograph of Caspar Sharmin in Arad, 1615.
f. 96v Autograph of Joannes Cuming, 1612.
f. 97r Autograph of Balthadar a Wolde, 1616.
f. 98r Autograph of Petrus Andreas Blansdorff, 1616.
f. 99r Autograph of Henninck a Wolde, 1616.
f. 100r Autograph of Johan a Wolde, 1616.
f. 100v Autograph of Peter Fliege, 1616.
f. 101r Autograph of Johannes Eberhardus a Schonburg, 1614. With coloured arms.
f. 101v Autograph of Jos. Jacobus Breibingerus, 1616.
f. 102r Autograph of Stephanus Fabitius, 1616.
f. 102v Autograph of Johannes vonn Biranum, 1616.
f. 103r Autograph of Joannes a Münster, 1614.
f. 104r Autograph of Alexander Cuminius, no date.
f. 105r Autograph of Valentine Carey, Master of Christ’s College and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, no date.
f. 105v Autograph of John Richardson, Regius Professor of Theology, 1613.
f. 106r Autograph of Joannes Lavinius, no date.
f. 107r Autograph of William Butler, doctor, 1613.
f. 108r Autograph of John Davenant, Professor of Theology, no date.
f. 109r Autograph of Andrew Downes, Regius Professor of Greek, 1613.
f. 109v Autograph of Andrew Willet, 1613.
f. 110r Autograph of Thomas Singleton, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, no date.
f. 111r Autograph of Thomas Erpenius, 1614.
f. 112r Autograph of Johannes Salmuts, 1615.
f. 113r Autograph of Sibrandus Lubbertus, 1612.
f. 114r Autograph of Sigismundus Geisler, no date.
f. 115r Autograph of Franciscus Gomanus, 1613.
f. 116r Autograph of Henricus Autenii, 1612.
f. 117r Autograph of Thomas Lake, no date.
f. 117v Autograph of John Hall, of Doncaster, 1612.
f. 118r Autograph of Everardus Bronchorst, 1613.
f. 119r Autograph of Batavus, pastor of Lugduni, 1614.
f. 120r Autograph of Paulus de Leonardis Agrippinas, 1614.
f. 120v Autograph of Johan Jacobus Huldricus, 1616.
f. 121r Autograph of Johannes Bisterfeldius, 1615.
f. 122r Autograph of Guiliemis Stephani, 1614.
f. 123r Autograph of Davis Inidesius, no date.
f. 124r Autograph of Jodocus Hocingius, 1611.
f. 125v Autograph of Abraham Sculletus, 1612.
f. 126r Autograph of Patrick Gordon, 1613.
f. 127r Autograph of Johannes Carno, 1612.
f. 128r Autograph of Georgius Armand, 1612.
f. 129r Autograph of Rudolphus Artoperus, 1612.
f. 130r Autograph of Bartholomaeus Coppen, 1615.
f. 131r Autograph of Bernardus Maximillian, 1616.
f. 132r Autograph of Jacobus ad Portam Bernas, 1616.
f. 133r Autograph of Jo. Wernis, no date.
f. 134r Autograph of Robertus Hovaeus, 1612.
f. 135r Autograph of Johannes Polyander, Dutch ambassador to England, 1612.
f. 136r Autograph of William Pemberton, 1613.
f. 136v Autograph of Gabriel Cusinus Genevensis, 1616.
f. 137r Autograph of Henricus Alling, 1615.
f. 137v Autograph of Rudolphis Gorlenius Senior, no date.
f. 138r Autograph of Jo. Jacobus Harmany Herber, 1615.
f. 139r Autograph of M. Conradus Deckher, 1615.
f. 140r Autograph of Joan Huldricus Ruterus, 1616.
f. 141r Autograph of Christoff Henricus, 1616.
f. 142r Autograph of a nobleman, name cut off, 1612. With coloured arms.
f. 142v Autograph of Hieronymus Hagels, 1616.
f. 143r Autograph of George Gladstanes, Archbishop of St Andrews, no date.
f. 144r Autograph of Augustinus Lollius, 1612.
f. 145r Autograph of Sebastian Benefield, 1613.
f. 145v Autograph of William Crashaw, 1613.
f. 146r Autograph of Patrick Sanders, 1612.
f. 147r Autograph of Thomas Seghetus, 1614.
f. 147v Autograph of Joannes Georgius Grovius Tigurinus, 1616.
f. 148r Autograph of John Prideaux, Rector of Exeter College, Oxford, 1613.
f. 149r Autograph of Daniel Price, date cut off.
f. 149v Autograph of Arnold von Ende, 1616.
f. 150r Autograph of Isaac Casaubon, 1613.
f. 151r Autograph of Johannes Overallus, Decanus, 1613.
f. 152r Autograph of Georg Remus, 1615.
f. 152v Autograph of Michael Picartus, 161[?].
f. 153r Autograph of Emanuel Schrechen, 1514.
f. 153v Autograph of Andr. Dinnerus, no date.
f. 154r Autograph of Pieter Paauw, 1614.
f. 155r Autograph of Daniel Heinsius, 1613.
f. 156r Autograph of Guyelimus Wynen, date cut off.
f. 157r Autograph of Ferm. Schimmelhenninger, 1613.
f. 158r Autograph of Andreae Hunterius, 1611.
f. 158v Autograph of Christianus Becmanus Born Amberge, 1615.
f. 159r Autograph of Patrick Stelbart, 1611.
f. 160r Autograph of Josua van der Tann, 1619.
f. 161r Autograph of Josephus ab Arnhem, 1613.
f. 162r Autograph of Antonius Planius, 1614.
f. 162v Autograph of Jacobus Sandilandius, 1614.
f. 163r Autograph of Conradus Widderhold, 1615.
f. 164r Autograph of Johannus Henricus Herbernae, 1615.
f. 164v Autograph of Joh. Cambaeheurus, Professor of Philosophy, 1616.
f. 165r Autograph of Nicolaus Bannbewer, 1614.
f. 166r Autograph of Andreas Welsius, 1614.
f. 166v Autograph of Wilhelmus Stoever Dillenbergensis Nassau, 1615.
f. 167r Autograph of Martinus Barnerus Leussus, 1614.
f. 167v Autograph of Georgius Rittershusius, 1615.
f. 168r Autograph of Mathius Bertner Herbornae, 1615.
f. 168v Autograph of Borchart Kinskij, no date.
f. 169r-170r Autographs of two noblemen, 1615-1616.
f. 171r Autograph of Johannes Wollebius, 1616.
f. 172r Autograph of Joannes Hallerus, 1615.
ff. 173r-174r Autographs of two noblemen, no date and 1616.
f. 175r Autograph of Henricus Fabricus, 1614.
f. 176r Autograph of Joan Guilielm Abel, no date.
f. 177r Autograph of Valentini Ritteri, 1616.
f. 178r Autograph of L. Lantren, 1616.
f. 179r Autograph of Welther Spaen á Criutzwijck, 1613.
f. 180v Autograph of Joannes Hinsemius, 1616.
f. 181r Autograph of Jeremias Stella Augustang, 1616.
f. 183r Autograph of Abrahamus Carterius, 1616.
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- Western Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
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- Languages:
- English
German
Greek, Ancient
Hebrew - Scripts:
- Greek
Hebrew
Latin - Start Date:
- 1612
- End Date:
- 1623
- Date Range:
- 1612-1623
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Germany, Netherlands, France, England, Austria, Scotland.
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 175 x 90 mm.
Foliation: ff. xii + 182.
Binding: Post-1600 British Library. Original binding removed in 1976.
Script: Secretary, italic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Germany, Netherlands, France, England, Austria, Scotland.
Provenance:
Purchased by the British Museum from A. Asher, 13 November 1847 (f. v).
- Publications:
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Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum 1846-1847 (London: British Museum, 1864), pp. 363-65.
Max Rosenheim, ‘The Album Amicorum’, Archaeologica, vol. 61, issue 1 (1910), 251-308.
June Schlueter, The Album Amicorum and the London of Shakespeare’s Time (London: British Library, 2011).
- Exhibitions:
- Friendship Before Facebook: Social Networks in a Pre-Digital Age, The Sir John Ritblat Treasures Gallery, The British Library, London, 26 February 2019 - 12 May 2019
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Abbot, Robert, Bishop of Salisbury, 1559-1618,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115643613
Anhalt, Christian II, the Younger, Prince of, 1599-1656,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000393829442
Anhalt-Bernburg, Christian I, Prince of, 1568-1630
Beckius, Sebastianus, 1583-1654,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000013328225
Benefield, Sebastian, Church of England clergyman and divine, 1568-1630,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054178593
Blackburn, Peter, Bishop of Aberdeen, 1550-1616
Brandenburg-Ansbach, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of, 1583-1625,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000010366111
Brandenburgh, George William, Elector of, 1595-1640,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115992354
Brederode, Pieter Cornelis van, active 1585-1593,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000439946514
Budowecz, Adamus, Freyherr von
Budowecz, Wenceslaus, Freyherr von Budowa, 1551-1621,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000061242397
Butler, William, physician, 1535-1617
Buxtorf, Johannes, Hebraist, 1564-1629,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000007974124X
Carey, Valentine, Bishop of Exeter, d. 1626
Casaubon, Isaac, classical scholar and ecclesiastical historian, 1559-1614,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121340643
Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1600-1649
Crashaw, William, Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist, bap. 1572, d. 1625/6,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000037618024
Cuming, Thomas, of Scotland
Douglas, Alexander, clergyman and Bishop of Moray, d 1623
Erpe, Thomas van, Dutch Orientalist, 1584-1624,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108668548
Frederick V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, King of Bohemia, 1596-1632
Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1573-1638
Gladstanes, George, Archbishop of St. Andrews, 1562-1615
Goodwin, William, Dean of Christ Church College, Oxford, 1555-1620
Gordon, Patrick, signatory of the friendship album of Sir Thomas Cuming, fl 1613
Gruter, Jan, philologist, scholar and librarian, 1560-1627,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109072252
Heinsius, Daniel, Dutch scholar and poet, 1580-1655,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110638452
Hesse, Philip I, Landgrave of, 1504-1567
Hesse-Kassel, William V, Landgrave of, 1602-1637,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000374324174
Hospinianus, Rudolf, schoolmaster, and provost of the Canons College, at Zurich, 1547-1626,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110309253
King, John, Bishop of London, d. 1621,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000063147115
Lamb, Andrew, Bishop of Galloway, 1565-1634
Lindsay, David, Bishop of Ross, 1531-1613
Matthew, Tobias, President of St John's College, Oxford; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford; Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University; afterwards Bishop of Durham and Archbishop of York, 1546-1628,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000119524996
Montagu, James, Bishop of Winchester, 1568-1618,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000084035462
Overall, John, Bishop of Norwich, bap. 1561, d. 1619,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000094263880
Paauw, Pieter, botanist and anatomist, 1564-1617,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000116350353
Polyander van den Kerckhoven, Johannes, 1568-1646,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000077780042
Price, Daniel, Dean of Hereford, 1581-1631,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081093480
Prideaux, John, Bishop of Worcester, 1578-1650,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000006128145X
Schönfeld, Gregor, 1559-1628,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000038638692
Singleton, Thomas, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 1552-1614
Tengnagel, Sebastianus, 1573-1636,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000055378888
Trémoille, Henri de la, 3rd Duke of Thouars, 1598-1674,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000366308959
Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine, of Neuburg, 1578-1653,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000061211179
Württemberg-Neuenstadt, Frederick Achilles, Duke of, 1591-1631,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000010712539