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Manuscript Poems

c.1894 - c.1917

Manuscript drafts of the following published poems: ‘A Villanelle’, ‘The Lark Sang Yesterday’, ‘The Waking of Spring’, ‘To Walt Whitman’, ‘May’, ‘A la lune’ [To Cynthia], ‘At...

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Manuscript Notes

c.1940

Manuscript notes on Christ Church Canterbury MS Y.8.28 [E. 18]. Item catalogued July 2017.

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George Cruikshank Manuscript

Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)

c. 1850

A single manuscript page with notes on 'The Artisans - or Improved Dwellings', illustrated with pen and ink sketches.

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Octave Mirbeau Manuscript

Mirbeau, Octave (1848-1917)

1892

A manuscript [4pp] in French, of 'The Memoirs of M. Frederic Febvre, Vice-Dean of the Comedie-Française'.

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Thomas Gray Manuscripts

Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

11 Apr 1763 - 1845

Includes a printed copy of Gray's 'Luna est habitabilis' signed by the author; a page from a journal with manuscript notes by Gray on natural history and the weather [11-17 Apr 1763]. A contemporary ...

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New Malton Manuscript

7 Jan 1641

Manuscript relating to the seizure of arms held by recusants in the neighbourhood of New Malton. Addressed to John Agar of Stockton, Thomas Wayte of Haxbie, Richard Harland of Sutton, and signed by Th...

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Elegy Manuscript and Letter

Raine, Craig (1944-)

18 Oct 1982

Autograph manuscript and typescript copy of Craig Raine's 'Elegy' [later entitled 'The Widower' and published in the 'London Review of Books ' on 7 May 1981], with an explanatory letter from Raine to ...

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Mercurius Anglicanus with manuscript notes

Parker, George (1654-1743)

1694

Printed volume of George Parker's 'Mercurius Anglicanus or the English Mercury' which is preceded, interleaved and followed by many leaves of early manuscript notes [author unknown]. Includes notes on...

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Manuscript Grammar of Icelandic, In Latin

c.1780

Inscribed (f.l. recto): "Viro revendo Dno Croftio..Hanc Johannis Magnaei Grammaticam Lingiae Iclandicae anecdotam d.d.d. Grimus Johnson Thorkelin Islandus" The author of this manuscript has not been...

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General Manuscripts, Special Collections

1661-1975

Includes letters, notebooks and research papers, circulars and transcripts. Files may move to more appropriate collection as contextual details are uncovered.

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Manuscript and printed documents relating to the Jesuit province of Paraguay.

c. 1626-1634

The largest manuscript item (115 pp.) is a copy of the Cartas Anuas or annual reports of the Jesuit province of Paraguay for the years 1626 and 1627, describing the early Jesuit Missions in Paraguay, ...

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Manuscript of 'Tertullian's doctrine of sin and the power of absolution in "de pudicitia"'

Langstadt, Erich (1910-1989)

c.1953

Includes drafts of the book 'Tertullian's doctrine of sin and the power of absolution in "de pudicitia"' by Erich Langstadt published by Akademie-Verlag c.1957. Some papers include manuscript annotat...

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