Miscellaneous manuscripts collection, [ca. 1200-1891]

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Miscellaneous manuscripts collection, [ca. 1200-1891]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155481536

Collection consists mainly of medieval manuscripts: 28 documents on vellum, many of which relate to the Augustinian Brotherhood at Gemunde, ca.1273-1593; and 22 medieval deeds and legal documents in German, French, Latin, and Dutch. Other documents include a sixteenth century rent roll from southern England; a fourteenth century Italian folio and a fifteenth century Latin codex concerning Marcus Tullius Cicero; fragments of Latin manuscripts concerning "Officium Paetae Mariae Virginis in usum Romanum, cum calendario", fifteenth century; HISTORIA SCHOLASTICA by Petrus Comestor, fourteenth century; and PHILOSOPHIA NATURALIS, subtitled "Caput primum: Phisiologiae perpataticae synopsis et Phisica mechanica seu corpuscularia," ca.1680. Also, a letter from William Cullen Bryant to Benjamin Pierce, 1865; letters from John Henry Cardinal Newman, ca.1852-ca.1885; a note signed by Thomas W. Higginson, 1891; a manuscript letter possibly from Thomas Warton to Edmond Malone, dated March 21, 1785; and unpublished lines of verse in the handwriting of Sir Walter Scott, ca.1827.

64 items.

dut,

ger,

lat,

eng,

fre,

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6875861

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq7z0p (person)

John Henry Newman was born in London on February 21, 1801, the eldest of six children. His early education was at the Ealing School, a private boarding school. He entered Trinity College, Oxford, in 1817 and went on to become a fellow of Oriel College in 1822. A profound conversion experience in 1816 animated Newman's spirituality and eventually led to his ordination to the Anglican priesthood in 1825. Newman remained at Oxford, serving as a tutor, and in 1828 became vicar of the University ...

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fs0mxb (person)

William Cullen Bryant (b. November 3, 1794, Cummington, Massachusetts-d. June 12, 1878, New York, New York), American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post....

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb6wr4 (person)

Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb1bsj (person)

Epithet: Roman philosopher, statesman and orator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000145 The maker of the translation is unknown From the guide to the Laelius de amicitia, by Marcus Tullius Cicero, in English translation, ca.1700, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Gilman received his A.B. from Harvard in 1811. From the description of Cicero's treatise on the decline of l...

Augustinians

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x38zbb (corporateBody)

Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nk3cr4 (person)

Edmond Malone, Irish literary scholar and biographer. From the description of Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 727069871 From the guide to the Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Irish-born English scholar, editor, and pioneer in efforts to establish an authentic text and chronology of Shake...

Fordham University

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx6521 (corporateBody)

Fordham University was founded in 1841. From the description of Faculty records, 1841-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155482332 From the description of Administrative records, 1846-1985, 1936-1985 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155482320 ...

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jm27jt (person)

Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford, Melrose, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1818] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747107129 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified to Charles [Sharpe], [1817 or later?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745119219 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [William Slade], 1803 June [3]. (Unknown). W...

Petrus, Comestor, 12th cent.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d79gsg (person)

Pierce, Benjamin, 1809-1880,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tm7nqd (person)

Warton, Thomas, 1728-1790

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g0jrf (person)

Poet laureate. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to an unidentified recipient, 1785 Mar. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659694 Poet laureate, and historian of English poetry. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Winchester, Winton, and Oxford, to Benjamin Forster, 1785 May 20-Dec. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659685 ...