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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialWill of Juana Colón y Toledo, Catalog Record Only Includes references to the disputed title of Duque de Veraga y Marquesado de Jamaica, and to funds held in Panama. Written in Madrid.- Contributor: Colón Y Toledo, Juana - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1591
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialDesen boeck is begonst ter eeren Gods verheuen ende den edelen riddere Sinte Sebastiaen, alsmen xve. vijffenseuentich heeft geschreuen inde maent van Decembre voldae[n] was den seluen, nict om const maer door …
Caption, leaf 7a: Statutyten ordinatien ende onderhoudinghe vander nyeuwer geecd. Gulden vande[n] Iongen hantboge deser stadt van Antwerpen inden jaxe uijftienhondert twee ende vyftich gestatueert ter eexcen Gods ende den edelen Riddere ender martelaer Sinte Sebastien | Anno 1575 Privilegie en actens boeck raekende de Gilde binnen Antwerpen ende in t'besonder de gene vanden Jongen Handboge vernieuwt anno 1783 | Title from dealer: Privilegieboek van den Jongen Handboge van Antwerp = Privilege-book of the Young Handbow of Antwerp Catalog Record Only The Jongen Handboge, founded approximately 1485 by Janne van Ymmerseele, was one of four archery guilds in Antwerp. Manuscript of the statutes, ordinances, privileges, and other documents for the Jongen Handboge van Antwerp (Young Handbow of Antwerp, also known as the St. Sebastian's Archers Guild or the Guild of St. Sebastian). Title from recto of second vellum leaf, labeled "B" in modern pencil. Main…- Contributor: Verrast, Hans - Rubbens, Severinus - Jongen Handboge (Antwerp, Belgium)
- Date: 1575
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to [Pedro Moya de Contreras], archbishop of Mexico and to the vicar-general and the oldest canon or dignitary- Contributor: The King [Philip II of Spain]
- Date: 1583-09-03
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHugh Lenox Scott papers, 1582-1981 Army officer and public official. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, memoirs, drafts of writings, speeches, reports, notes, biographical and genealogical material, account books, financial papers, lists, printed material, maps, photographs, drawings, prints, and others papers relating to Scott's career in the United States Army from 1876 to his retirement following World War I, his service as a member of the State Highway Commission for New Jersey…
- Contributor: Scott, Hugh Lenox
- Date: 1582
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal cedula to Juan de Zumárraga, confirmed bishop-elect of Mexico- Contributor: The Queen [Isabel, Wife of Charles I of Spain]
- Date: 1531-01-25
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb al-Ifṣāḥ ʻan aḥādīth al-nikāḥ
كتاب الإفصاح عن احاديث النكاح / | Ifṣāḥ ʻan aḥādīth al-nikāḥ li-Ibn Ḥajar al-Haythamī, wa-al-Īḍāḥ wa-al-bayān li-mā jāʼa fī laylat al-niṣf min Shaʻbān la-hu ayḍan Treatise on ḥadīth relating to marriage.- Contributor: Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress) - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām - Ibn Ḥajar Al-Haythamī, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad
- Date: 1550
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialBenjamin Holt Ticknor papers, 1595-1935 Editor and publisher. Chiefly correspondence of American and British authors whose works were published by the Boston firms of Ticknor and Company and James R. Osgood and Company, with most of the letters addressed to Ticknor or to his daughter, Caroline Ticknor.
- Contributor: Ticknor, Benjamin Holt
- Date: 1595
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialLaylah and Majnun meet in school A calligraphic page in Persian from Nizami's (d. 614/1218) third book, part of his Quintet (Khamsah), the tale of: "Laylah and Majnun meet in school." Persian Romeo and Juliet tale. (Trans. R. Gelpke, "The Story of Layla and Majnun" [Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1966], p. 18). Dimensions of Written Surface: 9.9 (w) x 15.3 (h) cm The layout of the page and nasta'liq script are…- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialRisālah laṭīfah fī rasm al-munḥarifāt ʻalá al-ḥīṭān
رسالة لطيفة في رسم المنحرفات على الحيطان / | Jadāwil fī rasm al-munḥarifāt ʻalá al-ḥīṭān bi-ṭarīq ḥasan lam asbaq ilayh The challenge of calculating the positions and movements of celestial bodies for the purpose of preparing astronomical tables helped to stimulate the development of very sophisticated mathematical tools at least as far back as the Middle Ages. The link between mathematics and astronomy was so strong that important authors in the field of astronomy were often distinguished mathematicians and vice versa. This was the…- Contributor: Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress) - Sibṭ Al-Māridīnī, Badr Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām
- Date: 15??
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3D ObjectWorld Map, in two hemispheres, engraved or struck on silver, and bearing the track of Drake's 1577-1580 circumnavigation of the earth
Drake silver map | Silver map Another example of the Drake Silver Map or Silver Medal, a piece commemorating Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the earth, and in itself a treasure of the art and science of cartography.- Contributor: Mercator, Michael - Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1589
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Summary of funeral expenses for Domingue de Gourgue- Contributor: [Pierre Locgrate]
- Date: 1582-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialQur'anic verses Qur'anic verses (18-28) of the 72nd chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Jinn (the Spirits), written in the Naskh script from Shiraz, Iran, Safavid era, 16th cent. Dimensions of Written Surface: 13 (w) x 22.2 (h) cm Keep in remembrance the name of your God / And devote yourself to Him wholeheartedly. / He is the Lord of the East and the West. / There…- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Viceregal order- Contributor: Luis De Velasco [the Younger, Viceroy of New Spain]
- Date: 1591-09-03
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