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17th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2016 Collections and/or Records:

'Arviragus and Philicia'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 11
'Arviragus and Philicia'
Extents: 91 Leaves
Dates: Written perhaps about A.D. 1640

Ashhurst Family Muniments

 Collection
Ashhurst family deeds relating to properties in Buckinghamshire, Lancashire, London and Oxfordshire.
Extents: 62 shelfmarks
Dates: 1630-1790

Ashmole Manuscripts

 Collection
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

Assessment of Wootton Hundred for the support of the Parliamentary forces commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Rolls Oxon. 112
Assessment of Wootton Hundred for the support of the Parliamentary forces commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax, 1647.
Extents: 1 item
Dates: 1647

The Assise of Bread in the Oxford market

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon f. 18
The Assise of Bread in the Oxford market
Extents: 198 Leaves
Dates: Written in 1692-1700 by B. Cooper

An astrological (partly astronomical) treatise on the influences of the moon, sun, planets, etc.

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Gr. misc. f. 2
An astrological (partly astronomical) treatise on the influences of the moon, sun, planets, etc., with some coloured diagrams and tables, written in A.D. 1697.
Extents: 133 Leaves
Dates: written in A.D. 1697

Aubrey Manuscripts

 Collection
Aubrey Manuscripts
Extents: 2.64 Linear metres (24 boxes)
Dates: 15th-18th century

Author's copy of 'Love verses' and 'Miscellanys' and translations, including occasional verse expressing Whig and Low Church sympathies

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 55
Author's copy of 'Love verses' and 'Miscellanys' and translations, including occasional verse expressing Whig and Low Church sympathies, compiled c. 1680-1704
Extents: 37 Leaves
Dates: c. 1680-1704

The Autobiography of sir Thomas Bodley

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Add. A. 186
The Autobiography of sir Thomas Bodley
Extents: 31 Leaves
Dates: Written in or soon after A.D. 1613

Autograph copies of arms and crests in trick, granted by Richard Saint-George

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. f. 33
Autograph copies of arms and crests in trick, granted by Richard Saint-George
Extents: 74 Leaves
Dates: 1605-1616

Autograph letters

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Shelfmark: MS. Autogr. b. 1
Autograph letters
Extents: 67 Leaves
Dates: Written in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries

Autograph letters almost entirely of English librarians

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Autogr. d. 2
Autograph letters almost entirely of English librarians
Extents: 120 Leaves
Dates: Written in 1673-1830

Autograph letters of a few Bodleian or Ashmolean benefactors

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Autogr. c. 5
Autograph letters of a few Bodleian or Ashmolean benefactors
Extents: 15 Leaves
Dates: Written between 1642 and 1806

Autograph manuscript of books 21-3 of the unpublished continuation of Gabriel Richardson's Of the state of Europe (Oxford, 1627)

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 610
Autograph manuscript of books 21-3 of the unpublished continuation of Gabriel Richardson's Of the state of Europe (Oxford, 1627)
Extents: 63 Leaves
Dates: 1627

Autograph scores and parts of instrumental and vocal music by William Lawes

 Collection
William Lawes: scores and parts of instrumental and vocal music in his own hand, 1st half of the 17th cent.
Extents: 6 physical shelfmarks (0.33 linear metres)
Dates: 1st half of the 17th cent.

Autograph works of John Taylor the Water-Poet

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Add. C. 209
Autograph works of John Taylor the Water-Poet, written in 1643-1645.
Extents: 33 Leaves
Dates: written in 1643-1645 by J. Taylor

Autographs and letters, 17th-19th century, collected by William Spence, and continued by George Lawton

 Collection
Autographs and letters, 17th-19th century, collected by William Spence, and continued by George Lawton.
Extents: 0.20 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 17th-19th century

Autographs, letters and portraits collected by Charlotte, Comtesse de Tebay

 Collection
Autographs, letters and portraits collected by Charlotte, Comtesse de Tebay, 16th-18th century, including royal documents of England, France and Prussia.
Extents: 0.55 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates: 16th-18th century

Autographs of politicians who held office in the Treasury, 18th century, and licence of non-residence for John Ramsden

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Autogr. d. 29
Autographs of politicians who held office in the Treasury, 18th century, and licence of non-residence for John Ramsden, 1804.
Extents: 35 Leaves
Dates: 18th century, 1804.

'B. Floridus, Canonicus de Sylvestris a Barbarano, Has alias Sacras Cantiones... In lucem edendas Curavit, Romae 1650', and 'Pars Secunda 1652'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 57
'B. Floridus, Canonicus de Sylvestris a Barbarano, Has alias Sacras Cantiones... In lucem edendas Curavit, Romae 1650', and 'Pars Secunda 1652'.
Extents: 138 Leaves
Dates: Rome 1650, and part II, 1652