Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, illuminated, containing the "Arma Christi" poem and other prayers, in Dutch, including prayers ascribed to Popes Sixtus IV and Alexander VI. The prayers are preceded by a rubric instructing readers to k...
Description:
In Dutch.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Netherlands
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Passion, Dutch, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Indulgences, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Religious life and customs
Carte des XVII. provinces ou de l'Allemagne inferievre, dresseé suivant la projection stereographique, et appüyée par les mesures faites de Mess. Cassini, Snellius et Mouschenbrok, par Mr. Tob. Majer de la Societé geographique, et publiée par les Heritiers de Homann, l'An 1748
Description:
BEIN 1975 Folio 31: Sheet measures 53.3 x 61 cm. No. 11 of 42 maps bound together.
Publisher:
Cura et Studio Homannianorum Heredum
Subject (Geographic):
Benelux countries, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
Illuminated manuscript on parchment of a book of hours, use of Sarum, incomplete. May have been produced for a Scottish patron. Contains 1) Prayers in Latin and Middle Scots, f1r-5v; 2) Hours of the Virgin, use of Sarum, with Hours of the Cross and of...
Manuscript, in undentified hand, containing an overview of the terms and conditions for the creation of a merchant trading company by the mayor and vroedschappen of the city of Woerden in the Netherlands. Signing up for the company is announced on Oct...
Description:
In Dutch.
Subject (Geographic):
Woerden (Netherlands), Europe, and Netherlands
Subject (Topic):
Colonial companies, Commercial crimes, Speculation, and Economic conditions
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of historical observations and political analysis of developments in Anglo-Dutch relations from the reign of Queen Mary Tudor into the reign of Charles I. Written from a pro-Catholic and pro-Spanish poi...
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Sir William Monson (1569-1643) began his naval career as a privateer, served in the English fleet sent against the Armada, and sailed with the Earl of Essex on the expedition to Cadiz. In 1604 he was named Admiral of the Narrow Seas by James I. A cove...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Netherlands
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, Monson, William, Sir, 1569-1643., and William I, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584.
Subject (Topic):
Public opinion, Fisheries, Economic aspects, Foreign relations, and History
BEIN 1983 Folio 19: Imperfect: hole along folds, with some loss of text. Sheet measures 39.5 x 52 cm. Reinforced along edges with paper. No. 52 of 92 maps bound together.