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GB 0103 MS GERM 14 · Early 15th century

Manuscript volume, early 15th century, 'Das Büchlein vom schauenden und vom wirkenden Leben', bearing on the inside front cover 'Homiliensammlung, 14 Jh', but the contents comprise not merely a collection of homilies, but a complete text discussing the active and contemplative life, as exemplified by Martha and Mary, and include quotations from the New Testament and other religious texts. The original manuscript of the treatise, of which this is apparently a later and hastily written copy, was apparently written in Paris (f 2v), possibly by a disciple of Meister Eckhart, since it includes a number of quotations from him. A parchment book-guard in the centre of quires 1 and 2 bears Latin text in a 13th-century hand.

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Rees Papers
GB 0103 REES · c1920-1970

Papers of the writer Sir Richard Rees, c1920-1970 and undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts for Rees' published and unpublished work include material for an unpublished book of essays; a typescript of his unpublished novel; unpublished shorter pieces, including lectures on literary and cultural subjects, among them George Orwell and Simone Weil.

Miscellaneous personal papers and writings, 1926-1960s, include notes on dreams; travel notes on the USA, 1929; a Russian diary, 1935; papers relating to the Spanish Civil War; typescript papers of the International Commission for War Refugees, 1941-1944, and other correspondence and papers on its work; papers relating to Rees' service in World War Two; correspondence concerning Rees' membership of the committee of the Pilgrim Trust; papers relating to sales of Rees' books; printed papers, comprising various articles and book reviews relating to Rees' interests.

Correspondence, c1920-1970, comprises items to Rees and carbon copies or drafts of his letters, the correspondents including prominent literary and other public figures, for example David Astor, Vanessa Bell, Joseph Conrad, Victor Gollancz, Frieda Lawrence, Iris Murdoch, Sonia Orwell, Sir Herbert Read, Hugh Trevor-Roper, A L Rowse, John Sparrow, Stephen Spender, R H Tawney, and many others, and including letters relating to George Orwell, J Middleton Murry, R H Tawney, and Simone Weil; correspondence with his literary agents A D Peters and with publishers, on his publications and broadcasts; letters to the press; personal papers, including c100 letters from Rees to his mother, c1938-c1942, other family letters, and snapshots; correspondence with J Middleton Murry and his wife, 1936-1937, relating to personal matters leading to Rees' resignation from the Adelphi, and other papers relating to the Adelphi, 1935-1936.

Other material includes a notebook including typescript reviews and letters to editors; memoranda of agreements with publishers for books, articles, etc, 1954-1969; press cuttings on various political, literary, artistic, and other subjects, including reviews of some works by Rees; typescript diary of a visit to Italy, 1959.

Rees' papers on George Orwell, 1949-1963, relating to his role as literary executor include correspondence and papers, some relating to Orwell's death, adopted son Richard, and proposed posthumous publications, and including material relating to his wife Sonia; papers on the George Orwell Archive Trust; typescript transcripts of poems Orwell contributed to the Adelphi, 1933-1936; two book reviews by Orwell, 1943-1944.

Rees' papers on Simone Weil largely comprise translations, typescripts and proofs for Rees' publications on Weil. There are also some writings by Weil; a photograph of her, 1942; letters to Rees from Weil's mother and brother, André, and other correspondence on Weil, 1958-1970; press cuttings on Rees' publications on Weil.

Rees' papers on R H Tawney, relating to his role as literary executor, include correspondence and papers of Tawney; Rees' correspondence on Tawney, largely dating from 1960-1970; correspondence and papers relating to the sale of Tawney's belongings and his will, with other personal documents relating to Tawney and his wife; correspondence relating to the disposal of Tawney's collection of books on economic history, 1952. The correspondents include a number of prominent literary and other public figures.

The later deposit comprises a typescript on Orwell and a typescript and corrected proofs on Murry.

Rees , Sir , Richard (Lodowick Edward Montagu) , 1900-1970 , 2nd Baronet , author
GB 0103 DELMONTE · 1846

Two certificates, 1846, of subscriptions for shares of the Real Del Monte Mining Company [Mexico?].

Real Del Monte Mining Company
Ramsay Papers
GB 0103 RAMSAY · 1806-1961

The collection contains correspondence and papers of Sir William Ramsay and of Morris W Travers. The bound volumes contain letters to Ramsay, chronologically arranged by Travers, and copies of related printed papers. The remaining Ramsay papers are grouped according to their contents: laboratory notebooks, lecture notes, miscellaneous papers and published works. Professor Travers grouped Ramsay's published scientific papers into ten 'volumes'. Travers's own papers are divided into two main sections: firstly papers relating to his work on Ramsay, including various papers having some bearing on Ramsay's work and material concerning his arrangement of the Ramsay papers; and secondly papers relating to Travers' own career, including papers on awards and distrinctions, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material.

Ramsay , Sir , William , 1852-1916 , Knight , chemist Travers , Morris William , 1872-1961 , chemist
Ramsay Letters
GB 0103 MS ADD 229 · 1899-1914

Photocopies of letters to Emil Fischer.

Ramsay , Sir , William , 1852-1916 , Knight , chemist
Rabanus Maurus Commentaries
GB 0103 MS LAT 7 · 13th century

Manuscript volume, 13th century: In Mattheum (commentaries on the Gospel of St Matthew by Rabanus Maurus).

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Quirk Papers
GB 0103 QUIRK · [1950-1989]

Papers of Randolph Quirk, [1950-1989] including on English teaching abroad and related examinations; Survey of English Usage test cards; research papers; correspondence including with former students, publishers and correspondence relating to Vice-Chancellorship; minutes of the Sub Committee in English; press cuttings; testimonials, 1980s; publications and related notes and correspondence; lecture and seminar notes; typescripts of lectures, broadcasts and speeches; accounts; papers relating to the Ford Foundation; papers relating to students; papers relating to University College London English department staff and institutional papers of University College London and the English Department.

Quirk , Charles Randolph , b 1920 , Baron Quirk , British linguist
Prichard Lecture
GB 0103 MS ADD 258 · Created 1915

Typescript copy of lecture, given at the Ruhleben camp in Germany, on Greek and Byzantine art.

Prichard , Matthew S , fl 1915
GB 0103 MS GERM 4 · 15th century-16th century, 1676

Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), 15th century-16th century. There are sketches at the base of some of the folios representing views of a landscape, probably in Germany, and two sketches of the Madonna, one of them dated 1676.

Unknown
GB 0103 MS GERM 23 · 1534-1663

Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), dated 1534, 1538 and 1539, with later additions, some dated 1656 and 1663.

Unknown
GB 0103 MS GERM 26 · 1466

Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), 1466, including visitation of the sick, administration of the Last Sacrament, and burial of the dead.

Unknown
Prayer Book (Dutch, c1521)
GB 0103 MS GERM 25 · c1521

Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), c1521, including prayers to the Virgin (one in verse) and to St Catherine. Preceded by a calendar, including tables for the Golden Number and a table of signs of the zodiac.

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Powell Lecture Notes
GB 0103 MS ADD 295 · Created c1925-c1964

The collection consists of lecture notes taken when Powell was a student at Oxford, and notes for his own course of lectures at University College London.

Powell , Raphael , 1904-1965 , Professor of Roman Law
Pollard Notebooks
GB 0103 MS ADD 80 · Created c1887-1913

Notebooks of lecture notes on history.

Pollard , Albert Frederick , 1869-1948 , historian
Polidori Letter
GB 0103 MS ITALIAN 1 · 1841

Manuscript, dated 1841, comprising a rough draft copy of a letter of G Polidori, in his own hand, to Viscount de Chateaubriand, announcing the despatch of Polidori's translation of Milton's Paradise Lost, followed by Polidori's copy of Chateaubriand's reply. Bound with an offprint, Louis Brandin's 'Lettres Inédités de Gaetano Polidori et de Chateaubriand', Modern Language Review, vol xi, no 2, Apr 1916.

Polidori , Gaetano , 1764-1853 , Italian scholar
Poggio Manuscript
GB 0103 MS LAT 13 · 15th century

Manuscript volume, 15th century, containing Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini's 'Facetiae', a collection of humorous tales, mostly anti-clerical in content.

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Plumbers' Company Charter
GB 0103 MS ADD 208 · Created 1611

Charter of the Plumbers' Company in London. Manuscript copy.

Plumbers' Company
Plowman Papers
GB 0103 PLOWMAN · 1907-1966

Papers, 1907-1966, of Max Plowman and Dorothy Lloyd Plowman, comprising papers of Max Plowman, including correspondence, manuscripts and notebooks including publications, drafts of works, typescripts of plays, poems, articles and addresses, newspaper articles, and diaries; papers of Dorothy Lloyd Plowman, including correspondence, poems, prose, and writings on Max Plowman and on family relationships.

Plowman , Mark (Max) , 1883-1941 , writer Plowman , Dorothy Lloyd , d 1967 , née Sulman , wife of Max Plowman
Platt Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 29 · Created 20th Century

Translations and notes from Hippocrates.

Platt , John Arthur , 1860-1925 , Professor of Greek
Place Correspondence
GB 0103 MS ADD 396 · 1819-1825

Correspondence, 1819-1825, between Francis Place and his daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and William Adams, concerning their travels in South America (including Buenos Aires and Chile).

Place , Francis , 1771-1854 , radical reformer
Petrie Letters
GB 0103 MS ADD 113 · 1921-1924

Correspondence with John Sebelien.

Petrie , Sir , (William Matthew) Flinders , 1853-1942 , Knight , Egyptologist
GB 0103 PERUCORP · 1849-1967

Archives of the Peruvian Corporation, 1849-1967, comprising the surviving records accumulated at the London Office of the Peruvian Corporation. The bulk of the collection is an accumulation of files, most of which are dated after 1930, with a large proportion dating from the last ten years of the Corporation's history. Of more special note is the unusual series of photograph albums, with photographs of railways, scenery, locomotives and rolling stock dating from the early years of the 20th century. It is clear that the Corporation regularly destroyed groups of non-current records, and further papers were destroyed just before the collection reached the Library, so many expected series do not appear (for example, there are very few financial records). Apart from a full series of Annual Reports and some legal documents, there is very little material relating to the Peruvian Bondholders' Committee or to the early days of the Corporation.

Peruvian Corporation
Perry Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 279 · Created 1911-1937

The collection consists of notes, letters, draft articles and research papers. Also included are papers of Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, Professor of Anatomy at University College London 1919-1936, who worked with Perry on Diffusionist theories and together they led the Diffusionist School controversy of the 1920s and 1930s. There are also some papers of W.H.R.Rivers, Fellow of the Royal Society and President of the Royal Anthropological Institute (1864-1922).

Perry , William James , 1887-1949 , anthropologist
Perron Manuscripts
GB 0103 MS ORIENTAL 1 · 1827

Two manuscript volumes, 1827: Melange Arabe. Texte et traduction. Traductions diversées, tirées, ainsi que le texte Oriental, pour la plus part du Journal Asiatique, par M Perron (texts on the East, including works of writers on royal dynasties).

Perron , Nicolas , fl c1825-c1870 , French writer on Islamic culture
Peckham Manuscript
GB 0103 MS LAT 31 · 15th century-16th century

Manuscript volume, 15th or 16th century, containing the 'Perspectiva Communis' of John Peckham, in three parts, beginning 'Inter philosophie consideracionis studia ... '. Bound (perhaps from the first) with two printed works, the Arithmetica of Jordanus Nemorarius, edited by Jacques le Fêvre (Johannes Higman and Wolfgang Hopyl, Paris, 1496), and the Geometria speculatiua of Bradwardine (Paris, 1495).

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Pearson (Karl) Papers
GB 0103 PEARSON · 1840-1972

Papers, 1840-1972, of and relating to Karl Pearson, comprising personal and family papers, 1844-1937 (Ref: 1-45); lectures and lecture notes, 1874-1972 (Ref: 46-84); papers relating to literary and scientific work [1870]-1936 (Ref: 85-229); papers relating to the history of the Department of Applied Statistics, University College London, 1895-1936 (Ref: 230-258); papers relating to the work of the Department of Statistics and of Pearson's colleagues, 1895-1962 (Ref: 267-346); papers relating to the journal Biometrika, 1900-1954 (Ref: 347-570); papers relating to Pearson's The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton, 1840-1931 (Ref: 571-598); papers relating to Pearson's wartime research (1914-1918), 1905-1923 (Ref: 599-612); acquired papers, 1842-1923 (Ref: 613-623); general correspondence [1843-1972] (Ref: 624-933). The collection also includes papers of Walter Frank Raphael Weldon (Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at University College London), 1860-1935 (Ref: 259-266).

Pearson , Karl , 1857-1936 , mathematician and biologist
Pearson (Egon) Papers
GB 0103 E S PEARSON · 1584-1980

Professional and personal papers and correspondence of Egon Sharpe Pearson, including lecture notes, lecture slides, class papers; statistical research papers; publications and drafts; records relating to the Department of Statistics; papers relating to the journal Biometrika; and papers relating to E S Pearson's collaborative work with Jerzy Neyman, Walter Shewhart, Florence Nightingale David and Herman Otto Hartley. Also includes material used in preparation for a biography of William Sealy Gosset, including correspondence between Gosset and E S Pearson, copies of correspondence between Gosset and Karl Pearson; copies of correspondence between Gosset and R A Fisher; and a draft biography with the working title "All This and Student Too", [published posthumously, edited by Plackett and Barnard, under the title Student: A Statistical Biography of William Sealy Gosset].
Also includes a large collection of personal and family papers, including records relating to the history of the Pearson, Sharpe, Smith, Rogers, Kenrick, Reid and Wharton families dating from the 16th century onwards; personal correspondence of E S Pearson, Karl Pearson, Maria Sharpe Pearson, Sigrid Loetitia Sharpe Pearson, Helga Sharpe Pearson and other family members; family photographs dating from the mid-19th century to mid-20th century; holiday sketches, paintings and diaries; papers relating to Lina Eckenstein; and miscellaneous family memorabilia.
Many of the papers have been annotated by E S Pearson explaining their provenance or elaborating on other points. These annotations were probably made in the late 1970s when he was putting his papers in order. Some notes are addressed specifically to his assistant, Jan Abrahams..

Pearson , Egon Sharpe , 1895-1980 , statistician
Peake Letters
GB 0103 MS ADD 248 · 1943-1959

Manuscript letters from Mervyn Peake to Graham Greene, 1943-1959 and undated.

Peake , Mervyn , 1911-1968 , poet and novelist
Passion of Christ Manuscript
GB 0103 MS GERM 20 · Late 15th century

Manuscript volume, late 15th century: Passio Christi (the Passion of Christ), including a detailed description of the Crucifixion.

Unknown
Parliamentary Texts
GB 0103 MS ANGL 4 · 17th century

Manuscript volume, 17th century: the Manner of Holdinge a Parliament in England in 24 Articles, comprising eight texts on parliamentary history, back to the Anglo-Saxon period, and on procedure, concerning both the House of Lords and the House of Commons and their powers.

Unknown
Palmistry Treatise
GB 0103 MS LAT 30 · 15th century-16th century

Manuscript volume, probably 15th or 16th century, 'Chyromantia et Natura Planetarum', a treatise on palmistry (chiromancy), including 21 colour diagrams of hands and symbols. Bound with a number of later printed works, including Thomas Hill's The Schoole of Skil (T Iudson for W Iaggard, London, 1599).

Unknown
Paget Papers
GB 0103 PAGET · 1908-1964

Papers, 1908-1964, of Sir Richard Arthur Surtees Paget, comprising published works with proofs of 'Human Speech' (1930), 'Babel' (1930) and 'This English' (1935); manuscript and typescript copies of lectures and publications, 1922-1964; working papers, 1922-1948; correspondence, 1922-1950.

Paget , Sir , Richard Arthur Surtees , 1869-1955 , 2nd Baronet , barrister and philologist
Pafford Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 267 · Created 1920-1921

Lecture notes written by Pafford when a student at University College London, on lectures delivered by W.P. Ker, Professor of English Language and Literature. The notes are on form and style in poetry and the 17th century.

Pafford , John Henry Pyle , b 1900 , librarian
GB 0103 MS ADD 68 · 18th century

Ordo Diei et Semita Vitae: Christian devotional manuscript. Written in one hand, a small neat italic with initials in red. Some annotations. There is a calendar at the end with dates from 1673 to 1722.

Unknown
Olden Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 276 · 1927-1940

Papers, 1927-1940, of Rudolf Olden, comprising correspondence, typescripts, notes and newspaper cuttings.

Olden , Rudolf , 1885-1940 , writer on German politics
Offor Volume
GB 0103 MS ADD 61 · 1846

Annotated copy of Offor's The triumph of Henry VIII over the usurpations of the church and the consequences of the royal supremacy with notes, newspaper cuttings and letters that were found in the volume.

Offor , George , 1787-1864 , writer
Nieder's '24 Golden Harps'
GB 0103 MS GERM 19 · 15th century

Manuscript volume, 15th century, containing Johannes Nieder's '24 Golden Harps' (incomplete).

Unknown
Newman Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 170 · Created 1850-1865

Photocopies of correspondence with the Hungarian politician Ferencz Aurelius Pulszky.

Newman , Francis William , 1805-1897 , Professor of Latin
Napier Papers
GB 0103 NAPIER · [1947-1997]

Papers of John Napier including professional correspondence, 1955-1983; biographical material including curriculum vitae and obituaries; typescript drafts of publications by Napier including Natural History of Primates, Primates and Their Adaptations, New World Monkeys and Hands; reviews by Napier; research material and notes on topics including yeti, structure of hands and feet, fingerprints, hands of primates and primates and early man; reviews of publications by Napier; offprints of articles by Napier and others; notebooks; notes for lectures including 'Elephants and other land giants' and photographs of hands, primates and skulls.

Napier , John Russell , 1917-1987 , primatologist and physician
GB 0103 MS GERM 18 · 14th century, 1488

Manuscript volume, dated 1488: Mystische Traktate (mystical treatises). Possibly two originally independent manuscripts bound together. Book-guards consist of strips of parchment bearing text in a 14th century script.

Unknown
Murray Lecture Notes
GB 0103 MS ADD 387 · 1911-1938

Egyptology lecture notes and syllabuses.

Murray , Margaret Alice , 1863-1963 , Egyptologist
Murray Illuminated Address
GB 0103 MS ADD 67 · 1963

Illuminated address written on vellum by Margaret Alexander and presented to Dr Murray to mark her hundredth birthday on 13 July 1963.

Murray , Margaret Alice , 1863-1963 , Egyptologist
Murray Correspondence
GB 0103 MS ADD 155 · 1857-1926

The collection consists of letters to Margaret Murray; letters to other members of the Murray family; letters to unidentified correspondents; letters to others; and signatures only.

Murray , Margaret Alice , 1863-1963 , Egyptologist
Murison Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 15-26 · Created c1897-1923

The collection consists of manuscript papers, translations, working papers and notes of Alexander Falconer Murison.

Murison , Alexander Falconer , 1847-1934 , Professor of Roman Law and Jurisprudence
Morris (John) Papers
GB 0103 MORRIS · [1944-1977]

Correspondence and working papers, 1944-1977 and undated, of John Morris, including notes, proofs, manuscript and typescript drafts, comprising material on Roman sources and history, Christianity, Saxon, Celtic and Arthurian sources and history, including Nennius and Gildas; photographs of Anglo-Saxon archaeology, particularly a site at Mitcham, Surrey; typescript of Morris' Londinium: London in the Roman Empire; correspondence and papers relating to Past and Present including articles submitted to Morris for publication and related correspondence; academic correspondence with correspondents in the UK and abroad; papers and correspondence relating to Morris' visit to India, including academic matters and Indian politics and papers relating to Morris' political interests and activities, particularly the Institute for Workers' Control, including printed material.

Morris , John R , 1913-1977 , historian
Morris (James Ambrose) Poems
GB 0103 MS ADD 109 · Created 1840

'The feast of Venus' and other poems, sonnets, etc.

Morris , James Ambrose , fl 1840-c1870
GB 0103 MS ADD 133 · Created c1853-c1870

Letters to James and Caroline Morris. Some of the letters are from the scholar and author Francis William Newman.

Morris , James Ambrose , fl 1840-c1870 Caroline Morris , fl c1853-c1870
Morley Letters
GB 0103 MS ADD 149 · 1887-1893

Letters of Henry Morley to W J Hiscoke, 1887-1893, concerning the Old Neuwieder, with various enclosures: review of J A Owen's 'Canderlaria'; sonnet 'Brudergemeinde'; review of J A Owen's 'After shipwreck'; sonnet 'Our living dead'; poem 'Dedication to the ninth volume of English writers'.

Morley , Henry , 1822-1894 , author