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  • 17th Century Latin Document with Large Seal

    Subject
    James I, King of England, 1566-1625, Manuscripts, Seventeenth century, and Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
    Creator
    Contributor
    Location
    Language
    lat
    Date created
    1600s
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Doc.Lat.6
    Extent
    1 sheet ; 38.5 x 50 mm
    Geographic Coverage
    England
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Written in a court hand., Large, red wax seal is intact and hangs from the document, approx 10 cm diameter., One large piece of parchment, with writing in black ink on one side., and A large, initial /E/ for "Elizabeth" was planned but never added in, resulting...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    seals (marks), manuscripts (documents), and legal documents
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2019-070, Item: 3
    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-lat-6.phpSpecial Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection
    Date Digitized
    2020-02
    Technical Note
    Files 001 & 002 front and back under glass with sealFiles 003 & 004 back and front under glass without seal (flatter, to minimize wrinkles)Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 263; bent5 tone; height 700) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Hebrew language and grammar

    Subject
    Hebrew language and Hebrew language--Grammar
    Creator
    Contributor
    Location
    Language
    gre, heb, and lat
    Date created
    approximately 1600 to approximately 1700
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Lat.4 and Call Number: PJ4563 H43
    Extent
    10 leaves (five paper bifolia); 13-17 cm; manuscript on paper, fragmentary
    Geographic Coverage
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Manuscript fragment on paper. Worn, stained and damaged in keeping with presumed former use as stiffeners in the wrapper of a bound book.--bookseller's description. Main text Latin with significant use of text in Hebrew and minor use in Greek.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Purchased by Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin from Thomas A. Bredehoft of Chancery Hill Books (Morgantown, West Virginia) May 2015. Purchased from Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin, 2015.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents)
    Fonds Title
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC070
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized
    2018-08-27
    Technical Note
    Scanned using OpticBook 3600 scanner @ 600dpi; 24-bit uncompressed TIFF by JFrederick. Metadata by KD.

  • James I, Document

    Subject
    Manuscripts, Medieval and Court records
    Contributor
    James I, King of England, 1566-1625
    Language
    lat
    Date created
    1600s
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Doc.Lat.2
    Extent
    1 page; with seal
    Geographic Coverage
    England
    Coordinates
    52.16045, -0.70312
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    seals (marks) and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier
    1993-022
    Fonds Title
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC070
    Is Referenced By
    Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collectionSpecial Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized
    2012-02-23
    Technical Note
    Metadata by KD.

  • Pro rege infirmo

    Alternative Title
    Book of hours : a decorated prayer book
    Subject
    Catholic Church, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Prayers and devotions, Fidelis, of Sigmaringen, Saint, 1577-1622, Manuscripts, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic, Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Sacred music, Joseph, of Leonessa, Saint, 1556-1612, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Devotional literature, Felix, of Cantalice, Saint, 1515-1587, Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270, Books of hours, and Christian saints
    Creator
    Contributor
    Location
    Language
    fre and lat
    Date created
    1600s
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Lat.10 and Call Number: BX2080 P76 1610
    Extent
    27 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations, music ; 26 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    France
    Coordinates
    46, 2
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    In near-contemporary leather and paper binding. Coat of arms affixed to front board depicts a knight's helmet above a green-painted shield, presenting a rooster resting atop a castle flanked by two lions and three fleur-de-lis, all in yellow on a red field. Spine...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Purchased from Hindman on the Medieval Manuscripts Fund.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents), leather bindings (bookbindings), scores (documents for music), illuminated manuscripts, decorated initials, religious texts, and books of hours
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ms-lat-10.php
    Date Digitized
    2023-03-10
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI 600 DPI TIFF (1/20; 263; copy4 tone; camera height 1200) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Indenture, 1629

    Subject
    Women, Land tenure, Manuscripts, and Landowners
    Creator
    Contributor
    Location
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    August 20, 1629
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.3
    Extent
    1 sheet ; 35 x 45 mm
    Geographic Coverage
    England--Lostwithiel and England
    Coordinates
    50.41217, -4.67521
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Writing is in a late Elizabethan secretary hand with a distinctly flowing, messy quality, likely the result of an overloaded pen., Main text in black ink on one side with various notes written on verso., A single sheet of paper, folded into eighths., and Lower right...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    signatures (names), legal documents, manuscripts (documents), seals (marks), and indentures
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2019-070, Item: 4
    Fonds Title
    Early Modern Manuscripts collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC599
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collectionSpecial Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-3.php
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 263; bent5 tone; height 700) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Shakespeare's Second folio, 1632

    Alternative Title
    Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. Published according to the try Originall Copies. The Second Impression.
    Subject
    Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
    Creator
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
    Contributor
    Droeshout, Martin, 1601-, Milton, John, 1608-1674, and Cotes, Thomas, -1641
    Publisher
    London, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard. 1632.
    Location
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1632
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    1 volume (419 pages)
    Edition
    Second edition and Second impression
    Geographic Coverage
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Includes an engraved title page portrait of the author signed: Martin Droeshout, sculpsit, London.Contemporary clippings describing auctions selling the first Shakespeare folio among other details and a card with "Shakespeare The Rare Second Folio, 1632"...
    Physical Repository
    British Columbia. Legislative Library
    Collection
    Early Printed Books
    Provenance
    From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized
    2017-02-27/2017-03-13
    Transcript
    Contents _archival-image-number/title/(printed page number):_005 title page with portrait_006 dedication_007 To The Great Variety of Readers_014 Contents / Tempest (1)_024 Two Gentlemen of Verona (20)_033 Merry Wives of Windsor (39) _044 Measure for Measure (61)_056...
    Technical Note
    Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 27 Feb - 13 Mar. 600 dpi TIFFS. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.69 (adjusted to 12.95) @ 450 camera height. Cropped to 12x...

  • The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors, as also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse

    Alternative Title
    The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and...
    Subject
    History, Early works, Social conditions, Cities and towns, Antiquities, Historic buildings, Architecture, Travel, Manners and customs, and Buildings
    Creator
    Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Stow, John, 1525?-1605
    Contributor
    Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Bourne, Nicholas, -1660
    Publisher
    London : Printed by Elizabeth Purslowe, and are to be sold by Nicholas Bourne, at his shop at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange, 1633.
    Location
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1633
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: DA680 S87 1633
    Extent
    8 unnumbered pages, 939 [that is 943], 29 unnumbered pages : coats of arms; 35 cm (folio)
    Edition
    [Fourth]
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London
    Coordinates
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Chronological Coverage
    16xx/17xx
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    The words "survey" and "London" in the title are xylographic; Leaf A1v bears the arms of London; Paging irregular; no. 527-534 repeated, no. 653-654 and 771-772 omitted; Text and register appear continuous despite pagination; Variant of title page...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Early Printed Books Collection
    Provenance
    Gift of Janelle Jenstad (2014).
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    books
    Is Referenced By
    Indexed in: ESTC, S117597; STC (2nd ed.), 23345
    Date Digitized
    2013-05-03/2013-05-14
    Technical Note
    600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Plustek by SC and KM. Metadata by JTP and KD.

  • Early modern French legal document (1634)

    Subject
    Law
    Creator
    Contributor
    Location
    Language
    fre
    Date created
    1634?
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    1 leaf ; 22 x 48 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Double sided.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    documents (object genre), manuscripts (documents), legal documents, and autographs (manuscripts)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2023-028
    Fonds Title
    17th Century Document collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC688
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/17th-century-document-collection-2
    Date Digitized
    2024-08
    Technical Note
    600 DPI TIF, scanned on Betterlight TTI by PD/LG. Metadata by KD. RBMS CVRMC used in keyword field.

  • Early modern French legal document (1662)

    Subject
    Law
    Creator
    Contributor
    Location
    Language
    fre
    Date created
    June 10, 1662?
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    2 leaves ; 28 x 23 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Document is torn/damaged. Paper attached to document with string.
    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), documents (object genre), legal documents, and autographs (manuscripts)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2023-029
    Fonds Title
    17th Century French Document collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC689
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/17th-century-french-document-collection
    Date Digitized
    2024-08
    Technical Note
    600 DPI TIF, scanned on Betterlight TTI by PD/LG. Metadata by KD. RBMS CVRMC used in keyword field.

  • Indenture, 1664

    Subject
    Dowry, Deeds, Marriage, Family records, Families, and Land tenure
    Creator
    Contributor
    Location
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    August 18, 1664
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Ind.Eng.2
    Extent
    1 leaf ; 25 x 46 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    England--South Kirkby and England--West Yorkshire
    Coordinates
    53.7, -1.58333 and 53.59383, -1.31914
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Single sheet parchment, two seal tags with extant seal wrappers (but no seals). Two tags bear traces of small, red-wax seals, but seals are missing. Parchment seal covers (scraps with traces of writing on interior) remain. Secretary hand. Signature of John Machon on...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Special donation from Roger Bishop, 2011.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    indentures, legal documents, manuscripts (documents), and signatures (names)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2011-045
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ind-eng-2.php
    Date Digitized
    2022-08-16
    Transcript
    Description and transcription by Ken Streutker in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts, University of Victoria, Department of English, August 2016, available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/ind-eng-2.pdf
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI - 1/15; 283; bent5; camera 800 - 600DPI tiff archival scans by PD. Metadata by KD.