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Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland
Lenihan, J M A
30 May 1939
[Side 1] Douglas supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words; brief conversation between Douglas and George about recording Wark dialect for posterity. [Side 2] George recites the story of the lit...
Adami de Domerham Historia de rebus gestis Glastoniensibus : E codice ms. perantiquo, in bibliotheca Collegii S. Trinitatis Cantabrigiæ, descripsit primusque in lucem protulit Tho. Hearnius. Qui & (præter alai, in quibus dissertatio de inscriptione perveteri Romana, Cicestriæ nuper reperter,) Guilielmi Malmesburiensis librum de Antiquitate ecclesiæ Glastoniensis, et Edmundi Archeri excerpta aliquammulta satis egregia è registris Wellensibus, præmisit (v.1)
Adam of Domerham (1291); Hearne, Thomas (1678-1735); William of Malmesbury (1090-1143); Archer, Edmund; Trinity College (University of Cambridge)
1727
Head and tail pieces. Vol. 2 has half-title only.
Adami de Domerham Historia de rebus gestis Glastoniensibus : E codice ms. perantiquo, in bibliotheca Collegii S. Trinitatis Cantabrigiæ, descripsit primusque in lucem protulit Tho. Hearnius. Qui & (præter alai, in quibus dissertatio de inscriptione perveteri Romana, Cicestriæ nuper reperter,) Guilielmi Malmesburiensis librum de Antiquitate ecclesiæ Glastoniensis, et Edmundi Archeri excerpta aliquammulta satis egregia è registris Wellensibus, præmisit (v.2)
Adam of Domerham (1291); Hearne, Thomas (1678-1735); William of Malmesbury (1090-1143); Archer, Edmund; Trinity College (University of Cambridge)
1727
Head and tail pieces. Vol. 2 has half-title only.
Le manuel des pecchez
William of Waddington
[ca. 1300-1350]
Includes catchwords at the end of quires. Decoration: 8-line incipit initial 'L' in blue and red, infilled with a leaf decoration in red; 2-line initials in blue, with red ornament, throughout; 1-li...
Allendale Response Book - 1Nb9
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
21/Jul/1955 - 5/Sep/1955
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
05 Jun 1939
[Side 1] William Herdman and Jim discuss village cricket club, recount recent victory against Newton and individual performances despite poor wicket. Jim recalls being hit by ball playing cricket at s...
Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
05 Jun 1939
[Side 1] William Nichol, William Thompson and James talk about work at quarry, mention local names for farm animals incl. 'tup' [= male lamb], 'gimmer' [= young female sheep] and 'steg' [= male goose]...
Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
05 Jun 1939
[Side 1] Brief discussion of new road, description of working conditions in quarry, cutting by hand, working in hot weather. [Side 2] Comparison of working conditions and wages at quarry and on farm (...
Melliflui devotique Doctoris Sancti Bernardi, Abbatis Clarevallensis Cisterciensis ordinis Opus preclarum suos complectens sermones de tempore, de sanctis & super Cantica canticorum aliosque plures eius sermones & sententias nusquam hactenus impressas. Eiusdem insuper epistolas ceteraque universa eius opuscula. Domini quoque Gilleberti, Abbatis de Hoilandia in Anglia prelibati ordinis super cantica sermones. Omnia primam seriem hic in sequenti pagella annotatam collocata. Vigilanter et accurate super vetustissima Clarevallis exemplaria apprime correcta
Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint (1153); Gilbert of Hoyland; William of Saint-Thierry, Abbot of Saint-Thierry (1085-1148?); Clichtove, Josse (1543)
1513
Colophon (leaf [58]): Devoti mellifluique doctoris divi Bernardi primi abbatis Clarevallis seraphica scripta diligenti cura cum architipis bibliothece dicte clarevallis a nonnullis eiusdem domus monac...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Ribchester, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Mar 1954
[Side 1] Bill recalls generosity and popularity of local character and ex-skipper Harry Gavin, tells anecdote about misunderstanding instructions to heave 'ho' or 'how', Bill talks about keeping and s...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
May 1956
[Side 1] Bill talks about cutting and 'pleaching' [= repairing] hedges, lists different bushes and explains hedging techniques, describes farm work incl. working with horses and cattle, ditching, 'tha...
Sender: Elphinstone, George Keith, Viscount Keith
Recipient: William
Letters: 1
Date(s): 1806
Location: BC Egerton Leigh: Military, Naval and Legal Autographs, p.49