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Barlow Papers
GB 0103 BARLOW · 1714-1876 (predominant 1821-1876)

Papers of Henry Clark Barlow, comprising papers relating to his Dante studies, both published and unpublished work, including manuscripts and notes for unfinished essays and lectures, titled manuscript notebooks, titled manuscripts, notes from codices and other sources, printed matter, and papers relating to the festivals of Dante; papers relating to his other studies, including a few items on geology and theology, and many sketches relating to the history of art, to architecture and to topography; personal papers, including Barlow's diaries and journals in which he wrote his observations on the architecture, art, geology, history and people of the places he visited, travel notes, and correspondence devoted almost entirely to Dante matters; acquired papers, including photographs, pictures, books, maps, plans, printed matter and ephemera.

Barlow , Henry Clark , 1806-1876 , writer on Dante
Carswell Drawings
GB 0103 CARSWELL · 1827-1864

Sir Robert Carswell's anatomical drawings, with manuscript notes describing the cases illustrated, 1827-1838, and a catalogue, dated 1864.

Carswell , Sir , Robert , 1793-1857 , Knight , physician and pathologist
GB 0103 MS GERM 1 · 13th century, 1471, 16th century

Manuscript volume, dated 1471: Sammelhandschrift, a collection of miscellaneous texts, comprising
(1) Calendar for the year 1471 (German), followed by instructions for use and chapters on the zodiac, the seven planets, the four 'complexions', blood-letting, etc, with plain and coloured ink illustrations (some incomplete) (ff 1v-92v);
(2) Aristotelis Brief Am Kunig Alexander (letter purported to have been written by Aristotle to King Alexander, offering advice on his health, in prose and in verse, in fact part of one of Aristotle's suppositious works, the Secreta Secretorum) (ff 93r-106v);
(3) Calendar for 1439, 1458, 1477 and 1496 (Latin), accompanied by astronomical chapters, with tables and instructions for use (ff 109v-130r);
(4) Elucidarus (a summary of Christian theology by Honorius Augustodunensis, in the form of a dialogue) (ff 131r-159r);
(5) Epistel Des Juden Samuel (epistle of the Jew Samuel) (ff 160r-186v).
The content of the two calendars, (1) and (3), is nearly identical.
Folios 107r-109r, 130v, 159v and 187r-187v are blank.
Signed by the scribe, Nicholas Pfaldorffer (f 106v).The guards in the centre of each quire consist of strips cut from a 13th-century manuscript. Folio 188r has a 16th-century house charm, consisting of words taken from the Antiphon of St Agatha.

Pfaldorffer , Nicholas , fl 1471 , of Ingoldstat, Bavaria , scribe
GB 0103 MS ADD 112 · 1914-1966

Correspondence between D M S Watson and others; memorabilia; sketches and drawings; photographs; and newspaper cuttings.

Watson , David Meredith Seares , 1886-1973 , palaeontologist
GB 0103 MS ADD 36 · 1821

Original sketches and surveys of Sicilian buildings, with dimensions.

Donaldson , Thomas Leverton , 1795-1885 , architect Jenkins , William , fl 1821
Edwards Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 182 · 1871-1874

Six letters to Miss Cave and one drawing. Some are undated.

Edwards , Amelia Ann Blanford , 1831-1892 , novelist and Egyptologist
Flaxman Manuscripts
GB 0103 MS FLAXMAN · 1788

Manuscript items of John Flaxman, comprising his journal, kept by him in Naples in 1788, consisting of manuscript text and drawings; and a commonplace book containing manuscript notes on sculpture and art and some pencil and ink sketches.

Flaxman , John , 1755-1826 , sculptor and draughtsman
Freebairn Sketches
GB 0103 MS ADD 225 · Created 1791

Pencil sketches of views in Rome.

Freebairn , Robert , 1765-1808 , landscape painter
Grant Lists
GB 0103 MS ADD 59 · 1850

Two lists of specimens, instruments, utensils, drawings, etc, illustrative of comparative anatomy and zoology. Both dated 12 January 1850.

Grant , Robert Edmond , 1793-1874 , Professor of Comparative Anatomy
History of Ancient Armour
GB 0103 MS ADD 215 · Late 18th century-early 19th century

Manuscript history of ancient armour with illustrations.

Unknown
Kotter Mystical Manuscript
GB 0103 MS GERM 32 · [1620s]

Manuscript volume [1620s]: Christoph Kotter's 'Mystisches Manuskript', comprising declarations of mystical experiences made before the civic and ecclesiastical authorities of the town of Sprottau. With 20 pen drawings of visions in the text.

Unknown
Lankester Lectures, notes
GB 0103 MS ADD 95 · c1889-c1890

Manuscript notes and sketches on a course of lectures on zoology given by Sir Edwin Lankester (1847-1929).

Harris , H J , fl 1886-1892 , student of science
Leopold I Grant
GB 0103 MS DIPLOM 2 · 17th century

Grant by Leopold I to Friderich Caspar and Johann C Herman of Neuhoff, 17th century.

Unknown
Lindley Lectures, notes
GB 0103 MS ADD 50 · Created 1830

Notes on a course of lectures on botany, delivered by John Lindley, Professor of Botany at London University. The notes were taken by Thomas Howitt, with pencil sketches in the text. Six pages of notes are of a later period, probably not by Howitt.

Howitt , Thomas , fl 1830
GB 0103 MS ADD 44 · Created 19th Century

Minute book of the Metropolitan Red Lion Club, with letters from members and some verses, menus and sketches. Press cuttings give resumés of the Club's activities and its connection with the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Metropolitan Red Lion Club , discussion club
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
Thane (Sir George) Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 282 · 1860-1944

Papers and correspondence, 1860-1944 and undated, of and relating to Sir George Dancer Thane, largely concerning his career, comprising papers on lectures, 1879-1918, including drafts and newspaper reports of his introductory address at the opening of the Medical School at University College London, 1879, and various lectures on anatomy, 1899-1918; notes, 1872-[1911], 1923-1929, on various subjects including dissection, racial characteristics, and other aspects of anatomy, and a list of books to the Anatomical Library of University College London; ten scrapbooks of anatomical drawings, 1867-1913, and undated loose anatomical drawings and medical photographs; other medical papers, 1878-[1926] and undated, including scrapbooks of medical press cuttings, 1878-1914, dates and subjects of dissection classes, 1885-1900, printed papers of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1887-1897, announcements of lectures, including some by Francis Galton, 1873-1912, papers on University reform in London, 1919, and miscellaneous others; correspondence, 1880-1930 and undated, from over 110 correspondents; personalia and ephemera, 1860-1930 and undated, including certificates, invitations and programmes, papers concerning honours including Thane's knighthood, papers relating to his death, and genealogical notes relating to the Thanes and others, and also papers concerning Lady Thane, 1884-1944; photographs, 1883-1920 and undated, including eleven photographs of Thane, 1883-1920, an undated photograph of Lady Thane, an album of photographs of their honeymoon, 1884, and a photograph of the dissecting room of University College London [1918]; box of bones and fossils.

Thane , Sir , George Dancer , 1850-1930 , Knight , Professor of Anatomy
Thorvaldsen Drawings
GB 0103 MS ADD 77 · 19th century

Two volumes of drawings by Thorvaldsen and one volume of notes by J M Thiele.

Thorvaldsen , Bertel , d 1844 , Danish sculptor Thiele , J M
Tundal Manuscript
GB 0103 MS LAT 8 · 15th century

Manuscript volume, 15th century: De raptu anime Tundali et visione. Pasted to the inside front cover is a full-page colour illustration of Tundal presenting his manuscript to Pope Eugenius, inscribed: Tondali Visione Eugenio Papae Oblata. Folio 1r bears a fragment of another text, in the same hand, as this manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript.

Unknown
William Townsend Papers
GB 0103 TOWNSEND · 1919-1973

Townsend's journals. Also correspondence, personal files, postcards, art photographs, press cuttings, newspapers, typescripts of poems and articles, and general professional papers concerning colleges and exhibitions in Canada and the UK.

Townsend , William , 1909-1973 , Professor of Fine Art
Yates Papers (MS ADD 71)
GB 0103 MS ADD 71 · 1835-1853

Volume containing manuscript notes, correspondence, sketches of archaeological material, and pressed foliage, and a copy of 'On Phoenician Inscriptions' from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Yates , James , 1789-1871 , Unitarian minister and scholar