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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Anonymous | 3 |
| Young, Edward (1683-1765) | 3 |
| "The Masters of His Majesty'S Ships Formidable, Triumph and Centaur" | 1 |
| Anderson, Robert | 1 |
| Anderson, Robert (1750-1830) | 1 |
| Augustine Saint, Bishop of Hippo | 1 |
| Ballantyne Press | 1 |
| Baron Brotherton | 1 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton | 1 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 1 |
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The centaur; The bacchante
Guérin, Maurice de (1810-1839); Guérin, Maurice de (1810-1839); Moore, T Sturge (1870-1944); Ballantyne Press; Vale Press
1899
"Woodcuts... by T. S. Moore; printed at The Ballantyne Press".
Title: The centaures disturb the mariage of Pyrithous
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 16-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 76
Contents: On the battle with and eventual defeat of the centaurs at the marriage between Pirithous and Hippodame; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, XII
Title: Ocyrhoe the centaures daughter turned into a mare
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 16-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 76
Contents: On Ocyrhoe's transformation into a mare for revealing the secrets of fate; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, II
The centaur not fabulous : In five letters to a friend, on the life in vogue
Young, Edward (1683-1765); Millar, Andrew (1707-1768); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Dodsley, James (1724-1797)
1755
Printed by Samuel Richardson. N1-2, R1-2, and U1 are cancels; N2, R2 unsigned. Title vignette; head-pieces; initials. Errata on t.p. verso. With separate half-titles for each letter. Signatu...
Der nicht fabelhafte Centaur : in sechs Briefen an einen Freund über das im Schwange gehende Leben
Young, Edward (1683-1765)
1755
A translation of: The centaur not fabulous.
Sender: Collingwood, Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron, 1750-1810
Recipient: "The masters of his Majesty's ships Formidable, Triumph and Centaur"
Letters: 1
Date(s): 25 Mar 1801
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 2 Collingwood
Note: With a printed portrait. The material was formerly bound into a volume containing also atranscript of the letter, which is now shelved in a separate author/alphabetical sequence following the main sequence of Miscellaneous Letters. The bound volume also contains a typescript biography of Collingwood which is different from that found in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Denomination: denarius
Date(s): 139 BCE
Issuer/creator: Marcus Aurelius Cotta
Place: Rome
Material: silver
Title: The death of Nessus
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 16-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 76
Contents: On the death of the centaur Nessus, killed by Hercules for attempting to steal his wife; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, IX
Calendar: November (fol. 12r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Sagittarius (the archer), in the form of a centaur. The border is decorated with a robin, strawberries, speedwells, thistles and acanthus leaves.
Calendar: November (fol. 11r)
[ca. 1490]
The main miniature depicts two men with sticks, one of them knocking acorns out of an oak-tree for pigs to feed on. The border miniature has Sagittarius (the archer) in the form of a centaur.
Letter from Cuthbert Collingwood, with related material.
Collingwood, Cuthbert
1801-1846
Comprises 1 autograph letter from Lord Collingwood to 'The Masters of His Majesty's ships Formidable, Triumph, and Centaur', dated 25 March 1801 (with a transcript), and 1 portrait of Collingwood engr...
The works of Edward Young, L.L.D., in three volumes : to which is prefixed, The life of the author (v.1-3)
Young, Edward (1683-1765); Anderson, Robert (1750-1830)
1796
Contents: Vol.1.--The author's life. Poem on the last day, in three books. The force of religion, or vanquished love, in two books. Love of fame, the universal passion, in seven characteristical satir...