Add MS 5233

Sketches, notes and letters collected and / or made by Dr Edward Browne during his travels across Europe (1664-65 and 1668-69) and later assembled by his father, Dr Thomas Browne. The drawings and inscriptions are made on paper and pasted on the folios of the albums. Several items bear an additional drawing or inscription on the verso. Summary description of contents:

1-2 .Watercolour of ‘Clissura or Monte Argentaro’ [Monte Argentario, Tuscany] with a description in English inscribed by Edward Browne.

4. Black chalk sketch of a man in profile on blue paper. Another drawing in chalk on the verso, similar to a sketch for an anamorphosis.

5. Pen in brown ink drawing of an egg with a bird within it. Another drawing in pen and ink on the verso, of a reclining female nude.

6. ‘Perfecte afbeeldinge van ‘t wonderlycke schip gemaakt tot Rotterdam. 1653’ ( translation: 'Perfect representation of the wonderful ship made in Rotterdam.1653'). Etching signed 'A.I. delineavit', published in Amsterdam by Frederick de Widt. Six lines of description printed in Dutch below the print. Another impression thereof is in the Rijksmuseum (RP-P-OB-77.481).

9. Pen and brown ink drawing of a fortification.

10. Queries concerning the Lake of Zircknitz in Carniola [lake Cerknica, Carniola, Slovenia], sent from the Society at Paris; with Dr Edward Browne’s answers.

12. Pencil drawing a townscape, accompanied by a description by Thomas Browne.

13. Pen and ink drawings of a citadel and fortifications with inscriptions in English by Edward Browne.

16. Pen and brown ink drawing of the plan of the Bath of Velibey, at Buda [Budapest], with a description by Edward Browne.

17. Ink and wash drawing with a bird’s eye view on the Fortification of 'Newheuse', thus inscribed by Edward Browne.

18. Pen and ink plan of the city of Baden, in Austria, with its baths.

19. Pen and ink and grey wash drawing of the city of St. Martinsberg, with an inscription by Edward Browne.

20. Ink and grey wash view of the City of Strigonium [Esztergom] in Hungary.

21. Pencil drawing of the townscape of Posonium [Pressburg, Slovakia], with a description inscribed by Thomas Browne.

22. Pen and ink drawings of the parhelia, or mocksuns, seen at Cassovia [Košický, Slovakia], in 1668 and 1669, made by Edward Browne.

23-24. Pen and ink views of the cities of ‘Vicegrade’ [Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina] and of ‘Dotis, Tata or Theodata’ [Tata, Hungary], inscribed by Edward Browne.

25-30. Drawings of male and female heads in black and white chalk on blue paper.

33. Pen and ink and watercolours of the parhelia or mocksuns seen at Cassovia [Košický, Slovakia] in 1668, with a description in English and Latin. This is a copy drawing made by Edward Browne's sister, Elizabeth Lyttelton, accompanied by notes written by Thomas Browne.

35. Black chalk drawing of ships on brown paper.

36. Black chalk drawing of man’s head, possibly a study for an anamorphosis. Another drawing, a pencil sketch of two figures, is on the verso.

37. Pen and ink sketch of part of the Bridge inscribed as of ‘Essek or Mursa, in Hungary’, with a description by Edward Browne.

38. Black chalk drawing of a Roman urn on brown paper.

39-40. Plan of the Emperor’s Garden at 'Newgebau' near Vienna [likely Neugebäude Palace], with a description by Thomas Browne.

42. Pen and ink sketch of 'The platform at Newgebau' [likely Neugebäude Palace] with inscription by Edward Browne.

43. Pen and ink drawings of various weapons, with a description by Edward Browne.

44. Pen and ink drawing of a gold medal seen in the Emperor’s Treasury in Vienna in 1669, with a description by Edward Browne.

45, 47. Two small etchings, both impressions of the same print published in Vienna, with German letterpress text of a prayer to the Virgin Mary. Between the two columns of text is an etching of a monument to the Virgin Mary.

46. A small etching of a male figure in profile facing left signed 'Mary Pieters hembt'. Another impression of this etching is in the Rijksmuseum (RP-P-1981-135).

48-49. Ink and wash drawings of medals of Solyman the Magnificent, Lewis King of Hungary, and John Huss, followed by a description in Thomas Browne’s hand.

50. Pen and ink and red chalk drawing of a medal of Matthias, King of Hungary.

51. Plan of the fortifications of Palmanova, in Fruili Venezia Giulia (Italy) with a description by Thomas Browne.

52. Ink and wash drawing of a medal of the Emperor Leopold.

55. Letterpress text in Italian with a list of the relics that can be seen in the Cathedral of St Ciriaco in Ancona, titled ‘Nota delle reliquie insigne oltre molt’ altre e corpi santi, quali sono nella Chiesa Cathedrale di San Ciriaco della Città d’Ancona’.

57. Ink and wash drawing of a medal of Pope Alexander VII.

58. Portrait of a man in profile facing right, made in pencil.

59. Pen and ink sketch of the elevation of the Mosque of Hagia Sophia at Istanbul.

60. Sketch of ‘the inner part of a Turkish Chan or Caravansera’, with a description by Edward Browne.

62. Transcription in Edward Browne’s hand of the epitaph in Italian commemorating Roldano, pet dog of Giovanni Andrea Doria.

66. Red chalk drawing of a bridge, the Pont du Gard, in Languedoc (France).

67. Pencil drawing of a view of the city in Thessaly (Greece), with a description by Thomas Browne.

68. Pen and ink sketch of the same bridge as on item 66, with a description by Thomas Browne.

71. Pen an ink drawing of ‘The Jerusalem Marke, taken from the Armes of ye Lord Maidston’, thus inscribed by Edward Browne.

72. Pen and ink drawing of ‘the platform of Tunbridge Wells’, signed 'C. M. 1664'.

73-74. Pen and ink drawing of a melting furnace, accompanied by a description by Edward Browne.

75. Text of a letter from Edward Browne concerning the Mines in Hungary, dated Vienna, 20 April 1669, copied by his father Thomas Browne.

77. Draft letter from Edward Browne, about the Transylvanian salts, in reply to some queries from the Royal Society.

81-82. Watercolour of a Rock at Schemnitz (Hungary), with notes in Thomas Browne’s hand.

88. Pen drawing of the elevation of a house ‘at Freistat in Hungary’, inscribed by Edward Browne.

89-90. Manuscript list of ‘cities and considerable places which I have seen’ written in Thomas Browne’s hand, possibly referring to his son's travels.