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  • Paradise lost : a poem in ten books

    Alternative Title
    Milton's paradise lost
    Subject
    Paradise lost (Milton, John), Iambic pentameter, Theology, Poetry, Blank verse, Christian fiction, Christianity, History of Biblical events, Eden, Religion, Adam (Biblical figure), Eve (Biblical figure), Fall of man, and Bible. Genesis
    Creator
    Milton, John, 1608-1674
    Contributor
    Simmons, Samuel, approximately 1773-1819
    Publisher
    London : Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder at the Angel in Little Brittain
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1669
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: PR3560 1669
    Extent
    356 pages ; 19 x 13.5 cm
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Bound in brown leather with marbled boards; spine is ruled and lettered in gilt., Has bookplate: Henry Frederick Smith, Darlington., Has inscriptions: Presented by Henry Frederick Smith, Darlington, to his valued friend Thomas Thompson, 1822 ; F.P. Thompson with her...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Early Printed Books
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    signatures (names), manicules, poetry, inscriptions, books, epic poems, bookplates, and marginalia (annotations)
    Date Digitized
    2025-07
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/15; 295;bent5; camera height 600) 600 DPI TIFF by PD. Metadata by LD and KD.

  • Sandon Manor Document, 1669

    Alternative Title
    Maneru(m) de Sandon / cum Suffnall (et) Cromer
    Subject
    Land tenure, Property, Manuscripts, Manors, Landowners, Estate planning, Inheritance and succession, and Land titles
    Language
    lat and eng
    Date created
    April 22, 1669
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.2
    Extent
    1 sheet ; 34 x 30 mm
    Geographic Coverage
    England
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    A single sheet of parchment folded into eighths, with writing in black ink all on one side with details written on the verso of one fold (intended as a label when the sheet is folded up). and Writing is in a late secretary hand.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    records (documents), manuscripts (documents), and inventories
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2019-070, Item: 5
    Fonds Title
    Early Modern Manuscripts collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC599
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-3.phpSpecial Collections Fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/early-modern-manuscripts-collection
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 263; bent5 tone; height 700) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Clavis Bibliorum : the key of the Bible, unlocking the richest treasury of the Holy Scriptures ... : wherein the Scripture-songs dispersed here and there in the Old and New Testament, are metrically translated out of the Hebrew ... : whereunto are added the metrical version of the whole book of Hymns or Praises, viz. the Book of Psalmes

    Alternative Title
    Key of the Bible, Bible. Psalms. English. Roberts. 1675, and Book of hymnes or praises, viz, the Book of Psalms
    Subject
    Bible, Bible. Psalms, Sacred vocal music--Scores, Psalms (Music), and Sacred vocal music
    Creator
    Roberts, Francis, 1609-1675
    Publisher
    Printed by J.R. for Peter Parker
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1675
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Call Number: BS490 R64 1675
    Extent
    1 book (631 pages) ; 31 cm
    Edition
    4th ed.
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London
    Coordinates
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Printed Music
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    books, bound sheet music, music books, and scores (documents for music)
    Date Digitized
    2015-09-30
    Technical Note
    600 dpi tiffs; TTI Betterlight scanner. Scanning, editing performed by CDeWolfe. No colour correction; Metadata by G. Fowler and MT.

  • Indenture, 1676

    Subject
    Commerce, Law, and Deeds
    Creator
    Freeman, Edward, Freeman, Susanna, and Cowarn, Morgan
    Language
    lat and eng
    Date created
    December 21, 1676
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.1
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents), legal documents, and indentures
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-1.php
    Date Digitized
    2022-01-17
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI (1/20; 246; bent5 tone; camera height 1000) at 600 DPI Tiff by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Doctoral diploma granted to Franciscus Dionysius Van der Hagheby by the University of Rome, 1682

    Alternative Title
    Doctoral Diploma, University of Rome and Franciscus Dionysius Van der Haghe : Doctoral diploma granted by the University of Rome 1682.
    Subject
    Diplomas, Education, Università di Roma, Universities and colleges, History, and Manuscripts
    Creator
    Van der Haghe, Franciscus Dionysius
    Contributor
    Università di Roma
    Language
    lat
    Date created
    April 11, 1682
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: LF3733 D4V35 1682 and Shelf Mark: Doc.Lat.5
    Extent
    1 sheet ; parchment ; 44 x 61 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    Italy and Italy--Rome
    Coordinates
    41.89193, 12.51133 and 42.83333, 12.83333
    Chronological Coverage
    16XX
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    "One sheet, written in an elegant italic script in thirty long lines, framed on three sides with a gold rule, headings and names in gold capitals, one six-line gold initial, stamp in the lower margin with the initials “S. B.” and motto “Elevat Et Illustrat,” folded,...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Purchased from Les Enluminures, Ltd.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    diplomas and manuscripts (documents)
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.phpFrom Les Enluminures website: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/DocLat5_full.pdf
    Date Digitized
    2020-02-13
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI by PD (1/20; 263; copy4 stops; camera height 700). 600 dpi TIFF. Item stored folded, unfolded and scanned under glass. Metadata by KD.

  • Orpheus Britannicus : a collection of all the choicest songs for one, two, and three voices

    Alternative Title
    Vocal music. Selections and Collection of all the choicest songs for one, two, and three voices
    Subject
    Vocal music--Scores, Scores, and Vocal music
    Creator
    Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
    Publisher
    Printed by W. Pearson for Henry Playford, at his shop in the Temple-Change, Fleet-Street
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1698 to 1702
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Call Number: M1497 P9 O7 1698
    Extent
    1 score (2 volumes)
    Geographic Coverage
    England
    Coordinates
    54, -2
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Printed Music
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    bound sheet music, music books, scores (documents for music), and books
    Date Digitized
    2015-09-17
    Technical Note
    600 dpi tiffs; TTI Betterlight scanner; Metadata by G. Fowler and MT.

  • Essays upon several moral subjects : in two parts

    Subject
    Ethics and Conduct of life
    Creator
    Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726
    Publisher
    Printed for Richard Sare at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn, M DCC III
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1703
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: BJ1561 C5 1703
    Extent
    1 book (2 volumes) ; 20 cm
    Edition
    5th ed.
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London
    Coordinates
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Printed Music
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    books
    Date Digitized
    2017-03-22
    Technical Note
    600 dpi tiffs; Metadata by G. Fowler and MT.

  • Copy of original Grant from Corporation of Preston

    Subject
    Abbatt, Robert, Business enterprises, Dilworth, Mary, 1828-1901, Abbatt, Jonathan, 1829-1905, Business, and Deeds
    Contributor
    Kellet, Thomas and Abbatt, Robert
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1729 to 1750
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    1 volume (23 pages) ; 33 x 35.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    England--Garstang, England--Lancashire, England--Ribchester, and England--Preston (Lancashire)
    Coordinates
    53.81361, -2.53244 and 53.83333, -2.5
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Abbatt Family Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    legal documents, copies (documents), indentures, business records, contracts, books, and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2011-039, File: OS
    Fonds Title
    Abbatt family fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC463
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/abbatt-family-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2021-02-22
    Technical Note
    Scanned on TTI/Betterlight (600DPI; 1/15; 256; bent5 tone; camera height 900) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Georgius Secundus, Dei Gratia Magnae Britanniae, Franciae et Hiberniae Rex

    Alternative Title
    George II legal instrument manuscript, circa 1730.
    Subject
    Land titles, Land tenure--Law and legislation, History, Land tenure, Legal instruments, and Early works
    Creator
    George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
    Contributor
    Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754, Andrew, Sarah, and History of Tom Jones (Fielding, Henry)
    Language
    lat
    Date created
    approximately 1730
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    1 leaf (manuscript on vellum(?)) : engraving ; 66 x 90 cm.
    Geographic Coverage
    Great Britain and England--Lyme Regis
    Coordinates
    54, -2 and 50.72654, -2.93477
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Early Printed Books Collection
    Provenance
    Prof. Emeritus John Tucker.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    legal documents, legal instruments, and manuscripts (documents)
    Date Digitized
    2016-06-09
    Technical Note
    600 dpi JPEG. Metadata by JTP and KD.

  • Life and Genuine Character of the Rev. Dr. S---t written by himself

    Alternative Title
    Verses on the death of Dr. Swift.
    Subject
    Politics and government and Parody
    Creator
    Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
    Publisher
    London: Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick Lane, and fold by the Bookfellers, 1733
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1733
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: PR1171 Z5 1733
    Extent
    19 pages ; 34 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    Great Britain
    Coordinates
    54.75844, -2.69531
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Dedication to Pope, signed: L.M.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    From the Print Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    pamphlets and poems
    Date Digitized
    2021-09-16
    Technical Note
    Scanned on OptickBook Plustek A300 at 600DPI Tiff (PD). Metadata by KD.