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  • Shakespeare's Fourth folio, 1685 [Copy 02]

    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), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), Yorkshire tragedy, King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Thomas, Lord Cromwell (Drama), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Locrine, 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), London prodigal, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Puritan (Middleton, Thomas), Sir John Oldcastle, Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), Pericles (Shakespeare, William), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
    Creator:
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1685
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (approximately 288 pages)
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    This copy contains a list of the principal actors in all the plays and a catalogue of all the comedies, histories, and tragedies contained within this folio.
    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:
    2017-03-28/2017-04-12
    Transcript:
    Contents: [_file page number] _007 Tempest (1) _016 Two Gentlemen of Verona (18) _024 Merry Wives of Windsor (35) _034 Measure for Measure (55) _045 Comedy of Errors (76) _052 Much Ado About Nothing (90) _062 Love's Labour Lost (110) _071 ...
    Technical Note:
    Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 28 Mar - 12 Apr. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 600 dpi TIFF. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.95 @ 500 camera height. Cropped to ...

  • Leaf from a Breviary, Fragment

    Subject:
    Gregorian chants, Music, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Breviaries
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    approximately 1550 to approximately 1600
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.18
    Extent:
    1 leaf ; 440 x 280 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Spain
    Coordinates:
    40, -4
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    On paper. and With musical notation; apparatus and staves in red; musical neumes on four staves; two decorated penwork initials in red and in black and red
    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), scores (documents for music), and fragments (object portions)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1992-045; Item: 10
    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. and Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2012-02-23
    Transcript:
    Transcription and musical interpretation by Alina Blank with musical assistance by Katie Blank, completed as part of course work for an undergraduate Manuscripts Studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (English), available here: https:...
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • 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) rema...
    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/sp...
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI - 1/15; 283; bent5; camera 800 - 600DPI tiff archival scans by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • 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:
    A large, initial /E/ for "Elizabeth" was planned but never added in, resulting in a significant empty block in the top left corner of the text; a small guide-letter is visible.,
    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.php and Special 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. Metadat...

  • 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
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng and lat
    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:
    Writing is in a late secretary hand. and A single sheet of parchment folded into eighths, with writing in black ink all on one side with details written on the...
    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.php and Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/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.

  • 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:
    As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), and Twelfth night (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 impression and Second edition
    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 "...
    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:
    plays (performing arts compositions), folio (book format), fiction (general genre), drama (literary genre), books, and collected works
    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 Measur...
    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 camer...

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

    Alternative Title:
    Collection of all the choicest songs for one, two, and three voices and Vocal music. Selections
    Subject:
    Vocal music, Vocal music--Scores, and Scores
    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:
    Text
    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:
    scores (documents for music), music books, bound sheet music, and books
    Date Digitized:
    2015-09-17
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tiffs; TTI Betterlight scanner; Metadata by G. Fowler and MT.

  • 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 initi...
    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.php and From 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.

  • 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 He...
    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.

  • 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 f...
    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.