British Library Journal (volume 7, number 1, spring 1981)
British Library Journal (volume 7, number 1, spring 1981)
British Library Journal (volume 7, number 1, spring 1981)
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Item type:Journal article, An early thirteenth-century Low Countries booklist(1981-04)Watson, Andrew G.IN British Library MS. Harley 2720, a copy of the Thebaid of Statius, at the bottom right hand corner of fol. 85v, the last page of the text, is a list of twenty-four or twenty-five titles of books or shorter works and four items associated with writing (wax, a seal, etc.). To identify the items referred to is for the most part not difficult, and although one cannot be completely certain about its origin it is probable that it comes from the Liege area of east Belgium. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, A reappraisal of the Bedford Hours(1981-04)Backhouse, JanetALREADY well known to bibliophiles at the time of its purchase in February 1852, the Bedford Hours has ever since been justifiably regarded as one of the star attractions of the national collection. Some of its illustrations, especially the lively miniatures of Noah's Ark, have become famous through frequent reproduction in popular art and history books and on greetings cards. Individual pages are often included in more serious studies of late medieval illumination because this manuscript, together with the Duke of Bedford's Breviary in Paris, has given a name - the Bedford Master - to one of the leading book painters, otherwise anonymous, of the early fifteenth century. It therefore comes as something of a shock to find that only once, as long ago as 1794, has the Bedford Hours been the subject of a full-scale published description and that discussions devoted specifically to it are equally rare.4 7 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, The Olga Hirsch collection of decorated papers(1981-04)Foot, Mirjam M.In 1962 Mrs. Olga Hirsch, the widow of Paul Hirsch the celebrated music collector, bequeathed to the British Library her collection of decorated papers, consisting of over 3,500 sheets of paper and about 130 books in paper wrappers or with decorated endpapers, as well as her eminently useful small reference library on paper making and paper decorating.16 5 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, Paul Hirsch and his music library(1981-04)King, Alec HyattON 16 July 1946 the lovely garden of 10 Adams Road, Cambridge, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hirsch, was the scene of a party given for the seventieth birthday of Edward Dent, who had been Professor of Music in the University from 1926 to 1941. It was a happy and memorable occasion; for the guests had come from far beyond Cambridge, not only to honour the most distinguished English musicologist of that day, but also to join their hosts in tacitly expressing to him their gratitude for his inestimable service in helping to secure the Paul Hirsch Music Library for the nation. This garden party marked the final stage in the history of the library - a history which had begun nearly half a century before, in Frankfurt am Main.2 2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, The Dropmore Papers (ADD. MSS. 58855-59494)(1981-04)Smith, Robert A. H.WILLIAM WYNDHAM, Baron Grenville (1759-1834), Prime Minister from 1806 to 1807 and earlier, from 1791 to 1801, Foreign Secretary under Pitt the Younger, left on his death over 300 portfolios of letters and papers and over 150 letter- and précis-books, the fruits of a public career of some fifty years. The Dropmore Papers, named after Grenville's country home, were acquired by the Department of Manuscripts in 1970. The arrangement of this large collection had been started, apparently at various times, during Grenville's lifetime but remained uncompleted at his death and thereafter. A few historians had used the papers when they were in the possession of the Fortescue family, but they were generally known only through the ten-volume Historical Manuscripts Commission Report (1892-1927), almost entirely the work of one man, Walter Fitzpatrick. The collection contains political and diplomatic papers, family, private, and estate material, general and semi-official papers and correspondence, and miscellaneous documents acquired by Grenville, or by others of his family, dating from 1625 to 1864.2 2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, Recent acquisitions: Department of Printed Books: Acquisitions 1975-1980: English Books 1501-1800(1981-04)2 2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
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Item type:Journal article, Some notes on seventeenth-century continental hospitals(1981-04)Alsop, J. D.SIR HANS SLOANE (1660-1753), the eminent Stuart and Georgian physician, was an avid collector of historical manuscripts, particularly those relating to all branches of medicine and the allied sciences. His collection, an original nucleus of the British Museum, remains one of the most important archives for research into the medical history of early modern Europe. Even the voluminous documents devoted to unrelated subjects often contain some information of relevance for the history of medicine. It is the intention of this article to draw attention to, and describe some of, these obscure items concerning the nature of continental hospitals in the seventeenth century which are hidden in otherwise non-medical works. The sources for this information are five manuscript diaries of European travels kept by Englishmen between 1610 and 1687. Four of the documents, for the years 1610, 1626, 1655-8, and 1687, are anonymous. Another was kept by the physician Joseph Colston on his way to the University of Padua in 1641 to study medicine. An additional diary, written by the Catholic divine Richard Lassels (d. 1688) as his account of Lady Catherine Whetenalls journey to Italy in 1650, contains a few references to Italian hospitals and has been included to complement the descriptions in the Sloane Manuscripts. The journals were composed during grand tours and principally concerned France and Italy, with one description of Malta. In all, observations on nine hospitals in five European cities were recorded.1 3