DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 29 



Autograph instrumental compositions of Franz Liszt ; 1870, 

 1882. 



Autograph compositions of Robert Schumann and Wilhelm 

 Richard Wagner. 



The additions to the general collections include fifty-nine 

 MSS. which have hitherto belonged to the Department of 

 Printed Books, as part of the Grenville Library, They have 

 now been transferred to the custody of the Keeper of MSS. 

 and catalogued. Among them are : — 



The Victories of the Emperor Charles V. : a series of twelve 

 finely executed miniatures, with descriptive quatrains in 

 Spanish, attributed, but no doubt erroneously, to Giulio 

 Clovio. The subjects, with slight variations, are from designs 

 of M. Van Heemskerck, engraved by S. Coornhert and pub- 

 lished at Antwerp in 1556. 



^sopic Fables : a collection, known as " Anonymus 

 Neveleti," in Latin elegiacs. Vellum. Written in Italy, 14th 

 century ; with a few rude drawings. 



^Esopic Fables : a collection, known as " Ysopet-Brionnet," 

 in Latin elegiacs. Vellum. Written in France, 14th century ; 

 with rough miniatures. 



^sopic Fables ; translated from Greek into Latin by 

 Ermolao Barbaro, of Venice, 1422. Vellum. 



Gesta Romanorum : moralised tales in Latin. Vellum. 

 Late 14th century. 



Lectionary, with memorials of saints, etc., in Latin. 

 Vellum. Written in Italy, 15th century ; with finely illumi- 

 nated borders. On a fiy-leaf are Latin verses, inscribed by 

 John de Giglis, Bishop of Worcester, on presenting the volume 

 to Margaret, Countess of Richmond, mother of Henry VII. 



Collections relating to tournaments, including copies of 

 ordinances for the office of Constable of England, tcnij). 

 Rich. II., and of rules for jousts made in 1466, with illustra- 

 tive drawings in pen and ink. Early I7th century. 



An elegiac Latin poem in praise of Henry VIL, and cele- 

 brating the birth of Arthur, Prince of Wales, in 1486, by 

 Peter Carmelianus, of Brescia, afterwards Latin Secretary and 

 Chaplain to the King. Vellum. With the royal arms, etc;, 

 at the beginning. 



Treatise by Nicholas Harpsfield on the Divorce of Henry 

 VIII. and Katharine of Aragon ; a copy from the original 

 found in the house of Harpsfield's servant. Early 17th 

 century. 



Bull of Pope Julius III., 24 Dec. 1554, with other docu- 

 ments relating to the re-union of England to the Church 

 of Rome. Copies, made in 1555. 



The anonymous tract against Robert Dudley, Earl of 

 Leicester, printed in 1584, and known as " Leicester's Com- 

 monwealth." Late 16th century. 



Papers relating to the Spanish Armada of 1588, including 

 the original resolution of a council of war of the English 

 commanders to pursue the Spanish fleet northward as far as 



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