Cursive bookhand. Bound in original limp vellum. and Manuscript, on paper, in cursive bookhand, produced in England during the fourth quarter of the sixteenth century.
Description:
Binding: original limp vellum, cut away except for spine., Ex libris John Plimly. Ex libris John Jones. Bequest of James M. Osborn, 1976., Inscription on f. 53r of John Jones of Bala, 1815: "John Jones Bala Meirionydd Sydd yn gwneuthur rhodd o hwn Lyfr gell Ysgoldy Iesu Chwefror 10fed 1815 wedi ei gael gerllaw y Bala gan hen offeiriad.", Inscription on f. 56v: "John Plimly his Booke.", Inscription on f. 57r: "Mary Mall, 1660.", and On 57r: ""Mary Mall ... her book ... 1660
Subject (Name):
Jones, John,--of Bala--1815--Ownership, Mall, Mary--Ownership, and Plimly, John--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--16th century and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Arnaldus, de Villanova, d. 1311 Carpenter, Richard, d. 1670? Ripley, George, d. 1490?
Published / Created:
circa 1570
Call Number:
Mellon MS 41
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper roll of George Ripley (?), Alchemy, in English verse, with additional verses attributed to Richard Carpenter. With Arnold of Villanova, Visio mystica, anonymously translated into English.
Alternative Title:
Ripley scroll
Description:
One roll with multiple illustrated sheets. and Paper rotulus consisting originally of thirteen folio sheets and half-sheets of differing lengths glued together, averaging 540 mm. in width (lateral margins and broad bordering line in black ink partly trimmed away), slightly defective with small losses at beginning and end; now cut into thirteen sections measuring about 435 x 540 each, except for the last which measures 625 x 540.
George Aust papers concerning the Secret Service, 1794-1800
Container / Volume:
Folder 2
Image Count:
19
Abstract:
This collection, with its painstaking accounts and administrative receipts, shows the daily complexities of managing a secret service.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --History --George III, 1760-1820
Subject (Name):
Aust, George, 1749-1829, Great Britain. Foreign Office --Officials and employees, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Thomas Coutts & Co, and Wickham, William, 1761-1840
Subject (Topic):
Ciphers, Cryptography --Great Britain, and Intelligence service --Great Britain
George Aust papers concerning the Secret Service, 1794-1800
Container / Volume:
Folder 4
Image Count:
10
Abstract:
This collection, with its painstaking accounts and administrative receipts, shows the daily complexities of managing a secret service.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --History --George III, 1760-1820
Subject (Name):
Aust, George, 1749-1829, Great Britain. Foreign Office --Officials and employees, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Thomas Coutts & Co, and Wickham, William, 1761-1840
Subject (Topic):
Ciphers, Cryptography --Great Britain, and Intelligence service --Great Britain
George Aust papers concerning the Secret Service, 1794-1800
Container / Volume:
Folder 5
Image Count:
3
Abstract:
This collection, with its painstaking accounts and administrative receipts, shows the daily complexities of managing a secret service.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --History --George III, 1760-1820
Subject (Name):
Aust, George, 1749-1829, Great Britain. Foreign Office --Officials and employees, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Thomas Coutts & Co, and Wickham, William, 1761-1840
Subject (Topic):
Ciphers, Cryptography --Great Britain, and Intelligence service --Great Britain
George Aust papers concerning the Secret Service, 1794-1800
Container / Volume:
Folder 3
Image Count:
6
Abstract:
This collection, with its painstaking accounts and administrative receipts, shows the daily complexities of managing a secret service.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --History --George III, 1760-1820
Subject (Name):
Aust, George, 1749-1829, Great Britain. Foreign Office --Officials and employees, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Thomas Coutts & Co, and Wickham, William, 1761-1840
Subject (Topic):
Ciphers, Cryptography --Great Britain, and Intelligence service --Great Britain