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Eighteenth-century manuscript copy of the Miserere for 9 voices in 2 choirs; presumably written in Italy. Title from p. 1. Provenance: Purchased from Reeves, 24 April 1951.
A collection of imprints on Napoleon, Spain and Spanish America. Shelf mark: 070.5098211 IM7
Illuminated resolution of the City Council of the City of Chicago sent to Lilian Steichen at Flat Rock, N.C. as a condolence for the death of her husband, Carl Sandburg. "Resolution unanimously adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Chicago held August 14, 1967. ...
Ms. document. Title and location supplied by cataloger. Date taken from first line of text: "This indenture made the three and twentieth day of ffebruary in the yeare of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and three." Possibly a draft of an indenture; some text amended and contains no signatures or seals. Removed from ...
Ms. document. Date taken from first and second lines of text: "This Indenture made the one and Twentyeth day of Aprill in the ffourteenth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second [...] And in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred sixtye and two". Signed ...
Ms. document. Title supplied by cataloger. Accompanying materials: With 3 seals (red, 1.5-2 cm. diam.) at foot of document flanked by signatures of Edward, Julia and Samuel. Origin: Written in Norwich, England in 1848. Date from first line of text. Location from witness statement in lower left corner which reads: "two of ...
Error in paging: number 247 omitted. Latin manuscript of unknown authorship in "mid-late 17th cent. hand. Possibly author's ms. prepared for printer and later bound. Binding foreign (? Dutch)"--Cf. folded leaf mounted on recto of back cover with notation: "Rough notes from Mr. Kent." Former Shelfmark: X 808.5 IN7 16-- Link to catalog ...
Ms. codex. Caption title. Location and date conjectured by cataloger. Fols. 1 and 513 are blank. Hand-colored illustrations on fols. 57r and 58r. Fol. 299r heavily foxed; text affected. Binding: Contemporary leather over wood boards. Provenance: Purchased 20 Jly 1956 from Hammelmann. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 182.
A collection of documents mostly by Inuzuka Koreshige, naval captain in charge of Jewish refugees in Shanghai from 1939 to 1942. Documents are variously dated from 1937-1957, but most are dated either 1940 or 1941.
Notebook (28 pages) with hand-written locations from the city of Dublin. Also contains clippings with articles relating the United Kingdom government. Also contains what appears to be a galley proof page with a timeline and history of theater performances in Dublin.
Full title: ISBD(G) : International Standard Bibliographic Description (General) : annotated text / prepared for the IFLA Working Group on ISBD (G) by Michael Gorman Gift of Michael Gorman, August 1988. On t.p.: Champaign Illinois. Holograph signed. Some leaves are photocopies of printed text, with ms. notes by M. Gorman. Accompanied by photocopy ...
More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228446067]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228446067[/url] Bookseller's description: A very rare music manuscript, containing a "tonary" explaining the Gregorian tones to which the psalms are sung. It begins with a chart "Literae Dominicales"; this is followed by antiphons and hymns. Then the Gregorian tones are explained: "octo toni regulares", ...
Ms. score. Title supplied by cataloger. Probably copied in various cities (including Rome, Naples, and Venice) ca. 1802. A number of theaters (including Argentina, Valle, Senigaglia, Aliberti, Napoli Teatro la Fenice) are listed at the head of some pieces. Most pieces are dated, the earliest being 1787 and the latest being 1802. Paginated ...
Ms. score. Title supplied by cataloger. Probably copied in various cities (including Rome, Naples, and Venice) ca. 1802. A number of theaters (including Argentina, Valle, Senigaglia, Aliberti, Napoli Teatro la Fenice) are listed at the head of some pieces. Most pieces are dated, the earliest being 1787 and the latest being 1802. Paginated ...
Marvin T. Herrick (1899 - 1966) was a member of the UIUC Department of English whose interests led him to select for the library primarily sixteenth century editions of early Italian drama. The collection was named for him at the time of his death.