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17th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2012 Collections and/or Records:

Collection

Furney Manuscripts

Manuscripts collected by Rev. Richard Furney, relating to Gloucestershire, 17th-18th century.
Extents: 0.66 Linear metres (6 boxes)
Dates: 17th-18th century
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G. B. Bassani: Organ part only (figured bass) of 12 sonatas, published as Op. 5, Sinfonie a due, e trè instromenti, con il basso continuo per l'organo ... (Bologna, 1683)

Figured bass part for organ of 12 sonatas, published as Op. 5, Sinfonie a due, e trè instromenti, con il basso continuo per l'organo ... (Bologna, 1683), copied in late 17th or early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c.372
Extents: 16 Leaves
Dates: late 17th-early 18th cent.
Single Item

G. Gibbesius, 'Dithyrambus', with pen-and-ink decoration, addressed to William Laud

G. Gibbesius, 'Dithyrambus', with pen-and-ink decoration, addressed to William Laud, 1633.
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. e. 102
Extents: 18 pages
Dates: 1633
Collection

'A Game at Chesse' and 'Old Theatrical costumes'

'A Game at Chesse' and 'Old Theatrical costumes', 17th-18th century.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 17th-18th century
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Genealogical chart in the form of a tree, from Alpin of Scotland and Egbert of England to James I, and from Danish and German princes of the 11th century to Queen Anne of Denmark

Genealogical chart in the form of a tree, from Alpin of Scotland and Egbert of England to James i, and from Danish and German princes of the 11th century to queen Anne of Denmark, written and illuminated in A.D. 1604 by M. Colman.
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. a. 1 (R)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: written and illuminated in A.D. 1604 by M. Colman
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Genealogical notes on the Davey family of Dorchester, Oxfordshire, 1566-1973, compiled by R.C. Davey

Genealogical notes on the Davey family of Dorchester, Oxfordshire, 1566-1973, compiled by R.C. Davey
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. c. 656, fols. 56-65
Extents: 15 Leaves
Dates: 1979
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Genealogical notes on the families of Knevet, Hatton, Stapleton, Hyde and Poole

Genealogical notes on the families of Knevet, Hatton, Stapleton, Hyde and Poole
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. f. 62
Extents: 44 Leaves
Dates: Late 17th century
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'A genealogical tree of the royal family of Scotland and the name of Stewart from the year 858 to the year 1771 ...'

'A genealogical tree of the royal family of Scotland and the name of Stewart from the year 858 to the year 1771 ...'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. b. 118 (R)
Extents: 1 roll
Dates: Written about A.D. 1771
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'The genealogie, life and death of ... Robert [Greville], Lord Brooke' by Thomas Spencer

'The genealogie, life and death of ... Robert [Greville], Lord Brooke' by Thomas Spencer, 1644
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. e. 240
Extents: 100 pages
Dates: 1644
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'A General Account of all disbursements or expences since the 25th of December A.D. 1692'

'A General Account of all disbursements or expences since the 25th of December A.D. 1692'
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon c. 157
Extents: 127 Leaves
Dates: Written in 1706 (?)-1709 at Bladon
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General armory of English families

General armory of English families, late 17th century, with 18th-century additions.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. gen. c. 74
Extents: 244 Leaves
Dates: late 17th-18th century
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'Geographiæ descriptio,' a popular Latin description of Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and Western Asia

'Geographiæ descriptio,' a popular Latin description of Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and Western Asia, written in the second half of the 17th century on the Continent.
Shelfmark: MS. Add. A. 98
Extents: 66 Leaves
Dates: written in the second half of the 17th century on the Continent
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George Lockwood, ‘A New Yeares Gifte of comfortable Notes, collected from St. Peters cureinge of the Cripple …’, sent to Sir Edward Barret and his wife

George Lockwood, ‘A New Yeares Gifte of comfortable Notes, collected from St. Peters cureinge of the Cripple …’
Shelfmark: MS. Don e. 126
Extents: 44 Leaves
Dates: n.d. [17th century]
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German poem on alchemy, in the form of an autobiography

German poem on alchemy, in the form of an autobiography, written in the 17th century.
Shelfmark: MS. Add. A. 287
Extents: 151 Leaves
Dates: written in the 17th century
Collection

German proverbs in the handwriting of Martin Luther and relating documents

German proverbs in the handwriting of Martin Luther and relating documents, chiefly written in the first half of the 16th century by M. Luther.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 16th-19th century
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: 1st book of motets for 4 voices (Rome, 1563)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/5-1594): 1st book of motets for 4 voices (Rome, 1563), scored up by Giovanni Maria Casini and copied by Cosimo Scuffi, late 17th or early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 287
Extents: 346 pages
Dates: late 17th or early 18th-cent.
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'A Golf Song' by Arthur Vincent Weston

'A Golf Song' by Arthur Vincent Weston
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. c. 11
Extents: 23 Leaves
Dates: Written in 1911 by A. V. Weston
Collection

Gough Collection

Richard Gough Collection
Extents: 96.03 Linear metres (873 boxes)
Dates: 12th-19th century
Collection

Gower Manuscripts

Five manuscripts relating to the history of Cheshire.
Extents: 5 shelfmarks
Dates: 17th-18th cent.
Single Item

Gradual made for the Benedictine Abbey of St. Vitus at Theres in the diocese of Würzburg

Gradual made for the Benedictine abbey of St. Vitus at Theres in the diocese of Würzburg, early 17th century.
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. liturg. c. 10
Extents: 351 Leaves
Dates: early 17th century