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Abstract This study collection comprises eighteen written works that were created between the second century C.E. and 1792. These items were collected by Hutchins Library for use as educational resources in the Special Collections and Archives department. They were described as a unit in 2024 to enhance discovery and use. One codex and seven book leaves have been digitized. Researchers may view these images by accessing the individual records and activiating the recto (front) and verso (back)...

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The collection of second through eighteenth century manuscripts gathers Hutchins Library's oldest hand-written resources into a study collection. Document formats include a papyrus fragment, two codices, a Torah scroll, book leaves, letters and legal documents. Some items are boxed; others are shelved in the Special Collections. This material may be of special interest to persons studying languages, paleography, calligraphy, book arts, book history, religion and world history.

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Partial codex on vellum. Possibly Italian. Possibly 13th century (or 14th century?). Noted on the envelope: "Sermons, perhaps related to dedication of the Church of St. Michael." (Writing may be that of Dr. Christensen.) Texts and dates to be confirmed through future study.

Scope and Contents Latin text with one blue and two red decorated initial letters. Musical notation: six 4-line staves in red ink with black neumes on recto and verso. Text and dates to be confirmed through future study. View rectoView...

Scope and Contents Small manuscript leaf. Latin. Initials decorated in blue and red. Text, region of origin, and date to be determined. View rectoView verso Digitization funded by CLIR through the Peripheral Manuscripts project,...

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1611 document signed by Marie de' Medicis

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Large legal document on vellum with partial wax seal on ribbon. English in origin.

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Manuscript and print items:
Gilbert Burnet letter to the Duke of Lauderdale, 1673 October 15
Document: "Burnet's Character by Mr Lesly who personally knew him"
Several newspaper (?) clippings. Two date from 1723.

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Large legal document on vellum in English and Latin with calligaphic decoration.

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Two items:
1. Louis XIV letter to "Mon Cousin" 1692 January 7.
2. Louis XIV chart, edited 1717