Manuscript, on parchment, in a single secretary hand, of a copy of the will of Sir John Fitzjames. The will opens with an appeal to "the most blessed Mother and virgyn Marie St. Anthony and St. Chr[ist]ofer" for their intercession for his soul; arrangements for funeral and intercessory Masses and for a Month's Mind service and The extremely detailed lists of personal and estate bequests that follow comprise a virtual household inventory of the manor house at Redlynch in Somerset. His widow, Eleanor Draycott, receives liferent of Redlynch and Knoll as well as use of the household furnishings, including the beds, hangings, "carpettes, cusshyons, dysshes, potts, and pannes," as well as tablecloths, jewelry, and various articles of plate. Fitzjames also leaves "my greate book of Statutes in vellum or parchment" to his cousin Nicholas Fitzjames, the nearest male heir and successor to Redlynch; silver cups to various other relatives; and ten shillings for "every mayden of good and honest conversation" in his household
Description:
In English and Latin., With: 3 documents on parchment concerning James Fitzjames. (1) Indenture transferring revenues and fees inherited from Sir John Fitzjames in the county of Somerset, signed and dated 26 June 1568. (2) Indenture concerning the same, signed and dated 26 June 1570. (3) Attestation of probate of a will for a member of the Fitzjames family in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, signed by the Clerk Thomas Argall and issued in the name of Archbishop Cranmer, n.d. (damaged)., and With: volume of manuscript transcripts of three of the documents made for Sir Thomas Phillipps, with genealogical notes on the Fitzjames family.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Draycott, Eleanor., Fitzjames, John, Sir, 1470?-1542?., and Fitzjames family.
Subject (Topic):
Catholics, Decedents' estates, Inheritance and succession, Manors, Material culture, Prayers for the dead, Saints, Cult, and Wills
Manuscript fragment on paper of an unidentified text
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a bâtarde script., Decoration: capitals heightened in red; red initials and chapter marks in the text., and These fragments, which appear to be from the same manuscript, are contained in Zi 3134 (Bartholomaeus de Chaimis, Confessionale), in which they are used as quire guards and front and back pastedowns.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified text, with diagrams showing an array of sins
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a heavily abbreviated gothic bookhand., and These fragments, from the same manuscript, are contained in Zi +4284.5 (Aristotle, Opera), in which they are used as front and back spine guards.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified text
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in an unidentified script., Decoration: blue and red penwork is partially visible at the end of the fragment, possibly representing decoration of an initial., and This fragment is contained in Zi 6309 (Dante, Convivio), in which it is used as a back spine support.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified text
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a late pregothic script., Decoration: alternating red and blue initials., and These fragments, which appear to be from the same manuscript, are contained in Zi 6058 (Francesco Filelfo, Vita di S. Giovanni Battista), in which the fragments are used as front and back end papers and pastedowns.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified text
Description:
In Latin., Script: pregothic minuscule, Decoration: initials and rubrics in red., and This fragment is contained in Zi 6309 (Dante, Convivio), in which it is used as the front spine support.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified text
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a heavily abbreviated bookhand., Decoration: appears to be lined or underlined in ink., and This fragment is contained in Zi 466 (Johannes de Lapide, Resolutiorium dubiorum...), in which it is used as the front pastedown.
Qamūlī, Najm al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1255-1327
Call Number:
Landberg MSS 283
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
125
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Commentary on al-Wasīṭ (manual of Shafiʻi law) of Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī; volumes 9 and 16 only, The beginning of both volumes is missing, and Holograph
Description:
For what appears to be another volume of this set see Landberg MSS 53a., Considerably worm-eaten., Fair naskhī., and Other volumes wanting.
Qamūlī, Najm al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1255-1327
Call Number:
Landberg MSS 283
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
215
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Commentary on al-Wasīṭ (manual of Shafiʻi law) of Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī; volumes 9 and 16 only, The beginning of both volumes is missing, and Holograph
Description:
For what appears to be another volume of this set see Landberg MSS 53a., Considerably worm-eaten., Fair naskhī., and Other volumes wanting.
Qamūlī, Najm al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1255-1327
Call Number:
Landberg MSS 53a
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
702
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Commentary on al-Wasīṭ (manual of Shafiʻi law) of Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī., Beginning and end missing, and Perhaps a holograph (cf. Landberg MSS 283).
Description:
Fair naskhī. and Loose in Islamic binding, in brown, flap and back missing.
