The autobiography of a pocket handkerchief: handwritten manuscript

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  Autobiography of a pocket-handkerchief

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  Constitutiones provinciales : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-173v. [William Lyndwood]. Provinciale. Incipit: Ignorancia sacerdotum et infra Ne quis per ignoranciam se excuset qui sciat articulos fidei. Explicit: omni censura ecclesiastica fore canonice compellendos. Expliciunt consitutiones provinciales. Latin. Here without commentary. On ff. 167-172, the table of contents, in three columns, that on the left with the subject matter, that in the middle with the opening word(s) of the constitution, and that on the right with the author. On f. 173v, an added five-line note, semi-legible, mentioning "habundancia temporalium", "effectus belli", and ending "finis belli".

  mssHM 55668

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  Psalter : [manuscript]

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  f. 1 blank; ff. 1v-196v. [Psalter]. Latin. Loss of one leaf after f. 27 (Ps. 26, 1-8) and after f. 41 (Ps. 36, 26-40). On ff. 177v-195v, canticle and Quicumque vult; on ff. 195v-196v, litany, ending defectively; included are Livin among the martyrs; Bavo, Macarius, Landoald, Wandregisil, Gudwal, Donatianus, Basilius as the first 7 of 18 confessors; Amalberga, Gertrude, Bridget, Pharaildis and Adelgundis among the virgins.

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  Book of Hours, use of Châlons-sur-Marne : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-77v. [Book of Hours]: f. i r-v [added 16th c.]: Prayer to the Virgin; ff. 1-6v: Calendar in French; ff. 7-8v, 10-11: Pericopes of the Gospels (and on f. 11r-v, continuation of the responsorial prayer from f. i verso); ff. 13-14v: Obsecro te; ff. 40, 39, 41-43, 23, 12, 20-22, 27, 15, one leaf missing, 30, 25-26, 34, one leaf missing, 9, 16, two leaves missing, 19, one leaf missing, 35-36, one leaf missing, 37-38, one leaf missing; 24, two leaves missing, 29: Hours of the Virgin, apparently use of Châlons-sur-Marne; ff. 44-54v: Penitential psalms and litany; f. 54r-v: prayer added, 16th c., in the same hand as on f. i r-v: [M]ediatrix ..., [A]uxiliatrix ..., [R]eparatrix ...; ff. 31-32, 17-18, 33, 28, 55-71v: Office of the Dead, use of Châlons-sur-Marne; ff. 72-77v: Prayers in Latin and French to the Virgin with a woman as suppliant; f. 77r-v: completion of prayer from f. 54v: [I]lluminatrix ..., [A]lleluiatrix ...

  mssHM 1265

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  Lectern Bible leaf from Ezekiel 47:19-48:7 : [manuscript]

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  f. 1 verso. Bible. Ezekiel. Fragment. Latin. The recto not visible as the leaf is currently framed. On the verso: Ezekiel 47:19-48:7:"//[Tha]mar usque ad aquas ... ad plagam maris iuda una //".

  mssHM 70391

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  Leaf from Captain Cook's journal May 3-6, 1770, containing the account of the discovery and naming of Botany Bay : manuscript ; engraved portraits, views and miniature

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  A bound volume with the journal leaf tipped in; also with engravings of portraits by William Hodges, John Webber and Nathaniel Dance of James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks and Botany Bay, proofs of engravings of the Copley Medal and a Nathaniel Hone miniature of Cook, on metal, and enameled. The volume is bound in a full red levant morocco with the title on the front cover: "The Only Surviving Leaf of Captain Cook's Journal Containing the Entries Relating to the Discovery and Naming of Botany Bay May 4th 5th & 6th 1770." Please note: In the passage referring to the naming of the bay, the words "Sting Ray Bay" have been deleted, and "Botanist Bay" written in.

  mssHM 965