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Commonplace book, c. 1700
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.09.59
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many manuscripts acquired by the University Library before the middle of the nineteenth century either originated as or were made up into bound volumes, and were classified alongside printed material. Most carry what is known as a 'two-letter' reference, running (for western manuscripts) from Dd.1.1 through to Oo.7.60. They comprise mainly medieval and early modern manuscripts. This catalogue is based on entries for western post-medieval manuscripts in the 5-volume Catalogue of the...
Dates:
c. 1700
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Notebook of Edmund Castell, Mid to late seventeenth century
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.11.39
Scope and Contents
The notes are miscellaneous, chiefly Ethiopian, and occasionally Arabic or Hebrew with English renderings; part is also in cipher. Some of the leaves had previously contained anecdotes, etc., from classical and other sources, which remain legible under Castell's notes. See also MSS Dd.06.04, Dd.06.63 and Dd.12.15.
Dates:
Mid to late seventeenth century
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
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Notebooks, 1623 - 1635
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.02.16-MS Dd.02.20
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous notes, rhymes, poems, cabalistic formulae and other miscellanea, all by the same author.
Dates:
1623 - 1635
Conditions Governing Access:
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Notes on Genesis, 1640s
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.05.56
Scope and Contents
Notes on the first two portions of the book of Genesis, extracted from Rabbinical sources (Abarbanel, Jarchi, etc.). ff. 1-50 are in a different handwriting to the latter part; on f. 51 b is written, in the second hand, ‘1646, March 20’, and on f. 100 b, ‘March 27, 1647’. f. 1 b contains references to several passages in the book of Exodus. ff. 2a-50 contain notes on the first 12 chapters of Genesis, the heading being ‘Nomen authoris ...’, beginning ‘According to the opinion of hamiddrash...
Dates:
1640s
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library