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Peter N. Heydon Collection of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning Furniture, undated

Extent:

8 items

Abstract:

Includes a few artifacts of British poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and Robert Browning (1812-1889).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Bruce C. Willsie Collection of British Sigillography, 0100-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:

126 boxes

Abstract:

An open collection of examples of British sigillography (matrices, royal charters with seals, seal impressions, and related material), collected by Bruce C. Willsie, Class of 1986.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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John Hinsdale Scheide Collection, 1007-1875 (inclusive) 1200-1650 (bulk)

Extent:

253 boxes and 229 items

Abstract:

Consists of 7,935 Western European documents and other manuscript materials collected by William T. Scheide (1847-1907) and his son, American businessman John Hinsdale Scheide (Princeton Class of 1896).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Byzantine Seals Collection, 1034-1300 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 1.5 linear feet

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Consists of six Byzantine lead seals: 1) anonymous, 13th century (middle-second half), 24-syllable metrical seal; 2) Niketas, proedros and doux of Antioch, 1034 A.D; 3) Thoros I Roupenids, 13th century (first third), 24-syllable metrical seal; 4) John, metropolitan of Sardis, 11th century; 5) bust of St. Nicholas, 11th (mid) - 12th (early) century, 24-syllable metrical seal; 6) John, logariastes of the Tropaiophoros (St. George of Mangana), 11th century (last third).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Chalfant Robinson Collection, 1198-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:

3 boxes and 4.75 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists mainly of original manuscripts, photostats, and transcripts of German, French, and Italian Medieval and Renaissance legal documents, including papal bulls, passports, wills, deeds, petitions, wax seals, and manor rolls collected by Chalfant Robinson.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Gaines Post Photostat Collection of 13th-Century European Manuscripts, 1210-1290 (inclusive)

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4 boxes and 3.5 linear feet

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Consists of photostats of various 13th-century European manuscripts compiled by Gaines Post, a professor of history at Princeton (1964-1970). Most of the works are commentaries in Latin on Aristotle's Ethics and treatises on law and philosophy.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Princeton Collection of Syriac Manuscripts, 1239-1900 (inclusive) 1600s-1700s (bulk)

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7 volumes and 1.5 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of an open collection of manuscripts written in the Syriac alphabet.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature, 1280s-1958 (inclusive) 1800s-1930s (bulk)

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51 boxes, 229 items, and 13 volumes

Abstract:

The Robert H. Taylor Collection consists of over 4,000 3,300 manuscripts illustrating in their wide range the scope of English literature from the fourteenth century to the 1940s. This finding aid focuses on the modern manuscripts, both bound and unbound, in the collection, which is designated "RTC01" within the Manuscripts Division of the Special Collections Department of the Princeton University Library.

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Junius Spencer Morgan Collection of Seals, circa 1294-1824 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 1.4 linear feet

Abstract:

Contains seven Royal and Papal seals spanning the 13th to the 19th century and including Louis XVIII of France, Pope Leo X, and Pope Boniface VIII.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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New Series of Islamic Manuscripts, 1300-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:

2400 items and 195 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of approximately 5000 texts in 2194 volumes.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]