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Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript verses on the slave trade
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)
1792
Manuscript of ‘Sors misera servorum in insulis Indiae occidentalis’ (Ode on The West-Indian Slave Trade) submitted by Coleridge for the Browne Medal for classical composition in his first year at ...
Cosmographia
Pomponius Mela; Solinus, Gaius Julius; Servius, Petrus (1641-); Askew, Anthony (1722-1774); Woodhull, Michael (1816-); Ingram, Mary (1824-); Severne, Amy Samuel (1846-); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor
1475
Manuscript in Latin in Humanistic bookhand on parchment, containing Pomponius Mela 'Cosmographia' [fols. 1-30r], the anonymous 'Descriptio Ligustice regionis', a description of Liguria and Genoa, [fol...
[Greek Gospels]
McLeish, Charles (1949-); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor
10th century
Manuscript in Greek Minuscule on parchment, containing the text of the Gospels, with lectionary divisions in margins. Imperfect: wanting numerous leaves and with some sections of the text supplied lat...
Regiment of Princes
Hoccleve, Thomas (1369-1426); Selden (1420-); Robinson, John (16th century-16th century); Browne, Thomas (16th century-16th century); Gibbs, Frater (16th century-16th century); Pawson, Esther (17th century-17th century); Heber, Richard (1773-1833); Phillips, Sir Thomas (1792-1872); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor
c.1420
Manuscript in Middle English in Anglicana Formata on parchment, copied by the 'Selden Scribe' [ex inf.: Professor Sebastian Sobecki] containing Thomas Hoccleve's ‘Regiment of Princes’. Marginal gl...
Brut Chronicle
Wolhouse, Anthony (1533-1587); Speed, W; Phillips, Sir Thomas (1792-1872); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor
After 1430
Manuscript in Middle English in several Anglicana bookhands on parchment containing the text of the Brut Chronicle (Prose Brut). Contemporary scribal additions in Anglicana bookhand correcting omissio...
[Latin Bible]
Eden, Sir Robert Johnson (1774-1844); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor; Sams, Joseph
13th century
Manuscript in Latin in Gothic bookhand (textura) on parchment, containing the text of the Old and New Testaments. Decoration: Minimal decoration, but occasional fine decorated capitals in red and blue...
A pamflyt compiled of cheese, contayninge the differences, nature, qualities, and goodness, of the same
Fisher, Clement (1539-1619); Bayley, Walter (1529-1593); Willoughby, Edward (16th century-16th century); Stephens, Marly (17th century-17th century)
c.1580
Manuscript in Secretary hand on paper containing 'A pampflyt compiled of cheese'. Decoration: Undecorated; page frames ruled. Collation: [A-P4]. With one initial and two final flyleaves. Each quire is...
DEEDS
17th century-18th century
Deeds relating to Barnsley, Ecclesfield, Greasbrough, Hemsworth, Horton [parish of Bradford], Rawmarsh, Ryhill [parish of Wragby], Thurnscoe and elsewhere 17th-18th century
View of a Dramatic Performance at the Three Theatres
1770-1790
Japanese woodblock print. Japanese title is 'San shibai kabuki kyogen no zu'. From the series 'New Perpsective Pictures' ('Shinpan uki-e'). Depicts the interior of a theatre with a full view of the...
Recipes for cookery and household remedies
16--
Contemporary pagination (irregular) 3-4, 10-11, 19-20, 23-48, 51-68, 69-71, 76-99, 104-109, 112-115, 122-127, 130-143, 148-167, 170-180. Commencing from the other end, modern ink pagination (irregular...
Large notebook 1
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1746-1777
Includes transcripts of an abstract of a letter to a Friend, entries relating to the Piesly family and Friends in Manchester, Nottingham, Derby, Durham, Lancashire and Cheshire.
Large notebook 2
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1762-1777
Includes transcripts of letters to the Monthly Meetings at Marsden and Rochdale in Lancashire.