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
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.
10 leaves (five paper bifolia); 13-17 cm; manuscript on paper, fragmentary
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.
Historia regni Henrici Septimi, Angliae Regis, Fragment and Franc. Baconi de Verulamio Historia regni Henrici Septimi, Angliae Regis : opus vere politicum, Fragment
musical notation, manuscripts (documents), sheet music, and fragments (object portions)
Date Digitized:
2025-03-05
Technical Note:
Scanned using Canon EOS 90D with EF17-40MM lens on copy stand under 5000K/1600 lumens LED light [72 PPI JPG; 1/125 sec, f/5.6, ISO 250, no flash] by PD. Metadata by KD.
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
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
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
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.
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...
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.
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.