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Ashmole Manuscripts

Among Ashmole's papers are: Papers of Dr Simon Forman (1552-1611) Medical and astrological papers of Dr Richard Napier (1559-1634), Theodoricus Gravius and John Dee (1527-1608) Collections - chiefly astrological - of John Booker (1603-1667) and William Lilly (1602-1681) Ashmole's collection is also strong in heraldry and local…
Extents: 714 shelfmarks
Dates: 11th-17th century
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Collection of Latin and Greek verse and prose written by an English Jesuit

Collection of Latin and Greek verse and prose written by an English Jesuit, perhaps in Belgium, early 17th century.
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. e. 95
Extents: 69 Leaves
Dates: early 17th century
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Commonplace book containing contemporary Spanish prose and verse and classical Latin extracts

The commonplace book comprises four discernible sections. The commonplacing sections are in two sections, either side of Psalle et Sile. Poems by Miguel Ladrón and Fulvio Testi are incorporated into Eva y Ave, beginning on fols. 31r and 49v respectively. This description follows the original foliation as it appears in the manuscript. The foliation underwent changes at the hand of the author himself, and shows evidence that he reordered…
Shelfmark: MS. Spanish e. 9
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: Early 18th cent.
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Commonplace book of Thomas Hughes of Trinity College, Oxford

Commonplace book of Thomas Hughes of Trinity College, Oxford.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3615
Extents: 205 Leaves
Dates: c.1660-1680
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'The Creacion of the worlde, with Noyes flude: wryten by William Jordan. the xiith of August. 1611'

'The Creacion of the worlde, with Noyes flude: wryten by William Jordan. the xiith of August. 1611'
Shelfmark: MS. Bodl. 219
Extents: 74 Leaves
Dates: Written in A.D. 1611 by W. Jordan
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Dedication Copy of the ode by John Milton Ad Joannem Rousium Oxoniensis Academiae Bibliothecarium

Dedication Copy of the ode by John Milton Ad Joannem Rousium Oxoniensis Academiae Bibliothecarium.
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. d. 77
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: 23 Jan. 1646/7
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Forty-two short poems in English and Latin

Forty-two short poems in English and Latin, written in about 1680-1690.
Shelfmark: MS. Add. B. 106
Extents: 80 Leaves
Dates: written in about 1680-1690
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[John Donne] 'Meditation upon a Good Friday, ryding from London towards Exceter, westward' n.d. Manuscript copy of the poem in the hand of Nathaniel Rich, probably written c.1613-c.1617, with letter, draft letter, and antiquarian note in Rich's hand, all undated [c.1613-c.1625]

[John Donne] 'Meditation upon a Good Friday, ryding from London towards Exceter, westward' n.d. Manuscript copy of the poem in the hand of Nathaniel Rich, probably written c.1613-c.1617, with letter, draft letter, and antiquarian note in Rich's hand, all undated.
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 231
Extents: 6 Leaves
Dates: c.1613-c.1625
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Latin exercises, poems, and letters collected by an Oxford man

Latin exercises, poems, and letters collected by an Oxford man
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. e. 32
Extents: 178 Leaves
Dates: Written in about 1630-1640 in Oxford
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Letter from George Charles Moore Smith to Percy Simpson, relating to his work on the 17th century poet, Thomas Randolph

Letter from George Charles Moore Smith to Percy Simpson, relating to his work on the 17th century poet, Thomas Randolph, 1928.
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 179, fols. 26-29
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates: 1928
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Manuscripts by Thomas Traherne

Four manuscripts by Thomas Traherne (1637-1674).
Extents: 0.25 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: 17th century
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Microfilm of Thomas Traherne, Poems of felicity (BM, MS. Burney 392)

Microfilm of Thomas Traherne, Poems of felicity, 17th century (BM, MS. Burney 392)
Shelfmark: MS. Film 462
Extents: 1 item
Dates: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
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Notebook containing Latin prose and verse and English verse, in two or more different hands

Notebook containing Latin prose and verse and English verse, in two or more different hands
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3381
Extents: 100 Leaves
Dates: 17th cent.
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Papers of Sir Willoughby Aston, including satirical verse, news-letters and correspondence

Papers of Sir Willoughby Aston, including satirical verse, news-letters and correspondence
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7019
Extents: 42 Leaves
Dates: late 17th cent.
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Poems by Gerrard Cater celebrating the recapture of Namur by King William III (1695), in a fragment of his printed pamphlet 'On the Crowing Cock and Lyon Couchant' completed in manuscript

Poems by Gerrard Cater celebrating the recapture of Namur by King William III (1695), in a fragment of his printed pamphlet 'On the Crowing Cock and Lyon Couchant' completed in manuscript
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 4005
Extents: 6 Leaves
Dates: 1695 or after
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'The Sacred Warr...', a poem chiefly on the Crusades

'The Sacred Warr...', a poem chiefly on the Crusades, written in 1606-1610 by R. Barret.
Shelfmark: MS. Add. C. 281
Extents: 1222 pages
Dates: written in 1606-1610 by R. Barret
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Verse letter by John Donne, 1611-1612, published, with a facsimile, by Dame Helen Gardner, John Donne's holograph of 'A letter to the Lady Carey and Mrs. Essex Riche' (London, 1972)

Verse letter by John Donne, 1611-12, published, with a facsimile, by Dame Helen Gardner, John Donne's holograph of 'A letter to the Lady Carey and Mrs. Essex Riche' (London, 1972).
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 197
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates: 1611-1612, 1972
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Volume of poems by Michael Drayton

Volume of poems by Michael Drayton
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3027
Extents: 17 Leaves
Dates: 1650
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Volume of sermons and verse

Volume of sermons and verse
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3028
Extents: 66 Leaves
Dates: early 17th cent.

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Indexed names
Donne | John | 1573-1631 | Dean of St Paul's, poet 2
Ashmole | Elias | 1617-1692 | Antiquary and Astrologer 1
Aston | Willoughby | Sir | 1640-1702 | 2nd Baronet of Aston 1
Barret | Robert | fl 1586-1607 | soldier and author 1
Booker | John | 1603-1667 | Astrologer 1
Cater | Gerrard | fl 1662-1702 | poet 1
Dee | John | 1527-1608 | Mathematician and Astrologer 1
Drayton | Michael | 1563-1631 | poet 1
Forman | Simon | 1552-1611 | Astrologer 1
Gardner | Dame | Helen Louise | 1908-1986 | literary scholar 1
Gravius | Theodoricus | fl 1630-1641 | Astrologer 1
Hughes | Thomas | b ? 1655 1
Lilly | William | 1602-1681 | Astrologer 1
Milton | John | 1608-1674 | Poet 1
Napier | Richard | 1559-1634 | Astrologer 1
Order of the Garter 1
Randolph | Thomas | 1605-1635 | poet 1
Rich | Nathaniel | Sir | c1585-1636 | Knight | Merchant Adventurer MP 1
Simpson | Percy | 1865-1962 | Shakespearean scholar 1
Smith | George Charles Moore | 1858-1940 | Professor of English 1