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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Certaine Collections of the right Hon. Elizabeth late Countess of Huntingdon for her own private use
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Official, semi-official, and personal papers of six generations of the Egerton family, particularly those accumulated by Sir Thomas Egerton, 1540?-1617, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount of Brackley, Solicitor-General (1581-1592), Attorney-General (1592-1594), Lord Keeper (1596-1603), and Lord Chancellor (1603-1617); Sir John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, 1579-1649, President of the Council of Wales (1631-1649); John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, 1622-1686, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (1660-1686); John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, 1646-1701, President of the Board of Trade (1696-1699), First Lord of Admiralty (1699-1701), Speaker of the House of Lords (1697 and 1700); John Scrope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater, 1681-1745, a Whig courtier under Anne and George I, and Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, 1736-1803. Approximately 13,000 pieces.
EL 6871 (35/B/8)
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Signed receipts from tradesmen, laborers, etc. for personal and estate expenditures by or on behalf of the 7th Earl.
mssHM 48045
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An unsigned contemporary copy; the Epistle is a verse paraphrase of William Law's Spirit of Prayer, and the Hymn is copied into the final two pages in a different hand. These pages were removed from a book, possibly a commonplace book; a small amount of the spine remains but is flaky and fragile.
mssHM 82767
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Manuscripts
ff. 1-229v. [Book of hours]: [f. 1, blank], f. 1v, almanac for 1513-1530. ff. 2-13v, calendar with standard entries in red and major feasts signified by blue or gold. ff. 14-19v, pericopes of the Gospels. ff. 20-54v, prayers (some in French) for various occasions (many related to the morning) and suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, James the Greater, Christopher, Claude, Anne, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Mary Magdalene. ff. 55-127, Incipiunt hore intemerate dei genitricis marie secundum usum romanum, with suffrages of All Saints, hours of the Cross and of the Holy Spirit worked in [f. 127v blank]. ff. 128-147, prayers (many related to the evening). ff. 147-154v, weekly variations of the psalms at matins for the hours of the Virgin. ff. 155-163v, Advent office for the hours of the Virgin. ff. 164-168v, prayers relating to the names of God and of Christ. f. 169, image, verses and prayer in French on the Memento Mori theme. ff. 170-174v, 10 commandments, 7 sacraments, 7 virtues and vices, 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit, 7 beatitudes, 10 virtues of the Virgin, all in French. ff. 175-193, penitential meditations in French. ff. 193v-194v, images and verses in French, contemplating death. ff. 195-205v, devotional meditations in French. ff. 206-217, narratives in Latin and in French pertaining to prayers of a certain pope, of St. Albert, of Master James of Pavia. ff. 217-221v, the standard three prayers in French to God the Father, two to Christ. ff. 222-224v, devotional readings in French and in Latin about fasting and other virtuous behaviors. [f. 225 blank], ff. 225v-226, image across the opening of Christ carrying the cross with the help of the poor, the ill, the thieves and so forth [f. 226v, blank]. ff. 227-229v with a final note apparently relating the years by Golden Number to agriculture.
mssHM 1088
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The collection consists of Elizabeth Jane Howard's manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and ephemera. The manuscripts cover the entire span of her writing career and include her major novels, as well as articles, essays, plays, short stories, book reviews, and interviews. In some cases there are multiple drafts of a work, enabling a researcher to trace Howard's creative process. The correspondence includes personal letters and letters related to Howard's work. The collection holds over 800 photographs and seven boxes of printed ephemera.
EJH 139.
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Manuscripts
ff. 1-77v. [Book of Hours]: f. i r-v [added 16th c.]: Prayer to the Virgin; ff. 1-6v: Calendar in French; ff. 7-8v, 10-11: Pericopes of the Gospels (and on f. 11r-v, continuation of the responsorial prayer from f. i verso); ff. 13-14v: Obsecro te; ff. 40, 39, 41-43, 23, 12, 20-22, 27, 15, one leaf missing, 30, 25-26, 34, one leaf missing, 9, 16, two leaves missing, 19, one leaf missing, 35-36, one leaf missing, 37-38, one leaf missing; 24, two leaves missing, 29: Hours of the Virgin, apparently use of Châlons-sur-Marne; ff. 44-54v: Penitential psalms and litany; f. 54r-v: prayer added, 16th c., in the same hand as on f. i r-v: [M]ediatrix ..., [A]uxiliatrix ..., [R]eparatrix ...; ff. 31-32, 17-18, 33, 28, 55-71v: Office of the Dead, use of Châlons-sur-Marne; ff. 72-77v: Prayers in Latin and French to the Virgin with a woman as suppliant; f. 77r-v: completion of prayer from f. 54v: [I]lluminatrix ..., [A]lleluiatrix ...
mssHM 1265