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An incomplete manuscript. Contains all of the Qur'an but also contains other prayers. Part of a series, neither the first or last volume. Turkish in origin. Illumination in black, gold, green, and red. There are two pages containing only illumination in the same colours.

Manuscript also contains a prayer not from the Qur'an. Illumination in floral pattern.

Bound manuscript written in the hand of the scribe Fra Bonaventura. Stamped on the front cover: Regola di S. Cosimato. Stamped on the rear cover: Sor. Pavola. Tetii.

Most of the leaves are blank. A bookplate containing an armorial crest and motto, "Deo avers leo vinci tur", is pasted on the inside cover. An earlier examiner of the manuscript tentatively identified it as Newenham of Coolmore, County Cork. Stamped on spine: Poetry.

Musical scores.

The handscroll is an Imperial mandate from the Tongzhi Emperor ( 1856-1875) to the parents of Lu Chuan-Lin (1836-1910), an officer of the court and a Jinshi who passed the highest Imperial examinations. The text which is in Mandarin and Manchu, is written in ink and gold paint upon contiguous panels of blue, fuchsia, gold, cream and purple silk, backed onto sections of laid paper. The edict proclaims a promotion given to a Manchu official. The emperor praises the distinguished service of Lu Chuan-Lin. The scroll is wound around two cedar dowels at both ends, and is tied with multicoloured flat silk ribbon. The scroll is housed in an acid-free box.

Translation of title: Collection of drinking songs in two voices.

This item consists of three manuscripts bound into one volume. Stamped on spine: Recueil de diver pieces.

Translation of Title: Collection of all the acts concerning the dukes and peers of France. The complete origin of the Peerage of England and the Grandee of Spain. Since the year 900 until 1660. First volume.

Fair copy in several unknown hands. Stamped on spine: Origine des ducs et pairs. Tom I.

Translation of Title: Collection of all the acts concerning the dukes and peers of France. The complete origin of the Peerage of England and the Grandee of Spain. Since the year 900 until 1660. Fourth volume.

Fair copy in several unknown hands. Stamped on spine: Origine des ducs et pairs. Tom. IV.

French rent account books. Both mss. contain names of landholders, details of their holdings and the amounts of rent due.

Coeuillor abrégé des censiers ... tant a dompbre que Hay et les appendences et despendences d'icelles pour une annee osteve[?] a la saint Rémy. Annee[?] mvi trente et un. -- 1632. -- Incomplete manuscript, 11 p.

The recipient of the letter, Oscar Wilde, wit and dramatist (1854-1900) was a contemporary of Rodd's at Oxford. In 1881 Rodd published a book of verse, Songs in the South. Wilde had this book republished in the United States in 1882, when he was visiting there, by J.M. Stoddart & Co., of Philadelphia. The title was changed to Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf and Wilde wrote an introduction, "L'Envoi". The letter makes no reference to the book but was written to Wilde in the United States.

The manuscript is titled "Richard Nisbet's Navigation Book". A bookplate bearing his coat of arms and motto (Vis Fortibus Arma) with his initials is affixed to the pastedown of the front board. A smaller binder's mark is affixed in the upper left corner of the front pastedown indicating that the manuscript was bound by T. Hookham of New Bond Street [London]. The front board bears the word "Navigation" embossed in gold. The manuscript contains 177 pages of text with extensive geometric diagrams, some of which have been coloured. A sea chart of the area around the English Channel and Bay of Biscay has been tipped in near the centre of the manuscript.

Translation of title: Limited descriptions of domains, mountains , forests, lakes , rivers , deserts and cities or capital cities , nobles and of all four parts of the earth ; a brief description of the countries of the four parts of the [workable?] earth fatigue / Gio Battista Nicolosi from Paternó in Sicily.

The manuscript is presumably related to Battista's published work, Dell' Hercole e studio geografico (1660).

The letter concerns Graves' view of poetry and the availability of his own poetry, presumably in response to a request from Vallette.

Letter to Louis Katin [?] by Sammy Shields, 27 October 1932.

Additions to Poems on Several Occasions Canterbury: printed by J. Abree, 1740. The early nineteenth century owner of the book (which has been catalogued as a rare book (C2584), apparently had access to the papers of Mrs. Dixon's niece, Mrs. Eliza Bunce. It seems Mrs. Bunce saw this volume through the press and kept the original manuscripts; from these the owner copied a number of unpublished poems, and added some which were printed in the newspaper at later dates, and lines which were found in a copy of the book in the British Museum. Two leaves are bound in the book and do not form part of the page count above.

The book is a fair copy of either notes or an existing book cross indexing scripture references in the Bible. it includes short notes and definitions, including dates covered by the various books and inconsistencies in the text.

Names of individuals in the photograph are listed in ink on the reverse. The names include: C.E. Kelly, 73 Melrose Ave Hamilton, [Mr.] Munro, Capt. H.F.G. Woodbridge 71st Regt Fredericton, N.B., M.T. Graham C.I. 356 Cambria St. Strafford, J.W. Kirckconnell, Lindsay, Ontario, J. Harold Keer, 44th Regt Welland, Ontario, D.W. Clarkson, Stanley, New Bruns., J Edwards RMS, Kingston, Ontario, A.S. [S–Marie] St. 4th FCE, Montreal.

Note: Photograph has torn left corner. Some image loss has taken place.