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Archive File

Journal de anno XXXIII & XXXIV regni regis Caroli Secundi

1682-1683

Contains the royal household accounts for 1682-1683

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Archive Collection

LETTERS AND PAPERS COLLECTED BY RALPH THORESBY

17th century-18th century

Labelled "Ralph Thoresby's correspondence volume 14"

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Calendar: May (fol. 5r)
Archive Piece

Calendar: May (fol. 5r)

[ca. 142-?]

The double-compartment miniature has a falconer, and the zodiacal sign of Gemini with the twins behind a coat of arms in red (gules). The scenes in the historiated border are: a king kneeling by a cro...

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Miscellany notebook, mainly containing summaries of Greek and Latin works by Aristotle, Cicero, Homer, and Hesiod, compiled by William Birch, with notes in English by Anthony Higgin

Birch, William

c.1550-1607

Contains miscellaneous notes, mainly summaries in Latin of works of Aristotle, Cicero, Homer, and Hesiod, as follows: (1) ff.1-27: Ex Ethicis lib.1, cap.1 (- to lib.3); (2) ff.28-9: Verba similia, nom...

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Elimelech and Naomi (fol. 96v)
Archive Piece

Elimelech and Naomi (fol. 96v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'I' encloses the scene of Elimelech and Naomi in prayer.

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George Crabbe correspondence and papers

1726-1816

Additional items listed Sep 2017: 'Letter and Watercolour' [BC MS 19c Crabbe/6].

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Leeds University Library Handlist of 'Bronteana'

19th - 20th century

A collection of pamphlets and offprints on Brontë subjects.

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Archive Collection

Juliette Drouet Letters to Victor Hugo

1833-1903

Letters from Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo. 440 letters, partially covering the years 1833 - 1851. Also included are two letters (1903 - 1906) relating to the collection whilst in the care of John El...

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George Borrow, literary manuscripts with related material

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)

c.1840-1913

Brotherton Collection items: Autograph manuscripts of two folktales, one beginning "Sigurd son of Volsun", the other entitled "The pisgey and midwife"; autograph manuscripts of four poems, "Grasach Ab...

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The Disguise. A Comedy. In five acts.

Early 19th century

The original manuscript, probably autograph, of an unpublished early 19th century comedy. The identity of the author is unknown. The play features characters such as Lord Montrose, Sir Charles Lu...

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William Morris, alterations and corrections to The Story of Olaf the Holy, the son of Harald, translated from Icelandic by Eiríkr Magnússon, with over 150 lines of English poetry added by Morris

1891

Also known as: Olafs saga helga. English. Comprises the original autograph manuscript of Eiríkr Magnússon's English translation of the Icelandic (Old Norse) Saga 'The Story of Olaf the Holy' with t...

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'Fairy Tales in Verse from Grimm' manuscript volume

Ellis, Frederick Startridge (1830-1901)

08 Oct 1894

Unpublished volume of poetry by Frederick Startridge Ellis, who was primarily known as William Morris's bookseller. This manuscript is primarily fair copy with occasional additions and revisions, al...

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