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Rare Manuscripts Catalog
The Medieval Manuscripts of Carolina Rediviva: C Collection from the
University of Uppsala Library, Sweden
c.1375 - c.1530
OmniSys World Literature Collections (OWL)
This rich collection, largely consisting of medieval material, constitutes two thirds of the complete C Collection and
includes 512 volumes. A large portion of the volumes in the collection come from the monastic library at Vadstena,
which was built in 1384 and rapidly developed into the largest and most influential monastery in Sweden. The period
from c.1375-c.1530 is remarkable for the artistic and literary activities of the Bridgettine nuns at Vadstena. Several
nuns were assiduous scribes, developing a characteristic handwriting with a broad pen and vigorous perpendicular
strokes. Although generally their manuscripts were unadorned, occasional manuscripts were decorated with collage
miniatures in a style showing English influence.
These manuscripts contain a wealth of information concerning the medieval history of Sweden, with a great deal of
material on St. Birgitta and her order. The collection also includes a similar group of manuscripts from the monastery
of the Franciscan priory in Stockholm. Other material in the collection consists of booty from Germany and Poland
captured during the Thirty Years‘ War. Of this material, the manuscripts from the Episcopal Library in Frauenberg
are probably the most important, with some of them beautifully illuminated. Although religion is a major theme of
this collection, the material included is diverse in scope, including medicine, astronomy, law, philosophy and history.
Practically all of the classical writers known and studied in the Middle Ages, from Aristotle to Virgil, are represented,
as are most Medieval Latin writers of stature.
Sweden; In Swedish, German, Danish, Dutch and English; Various Languages
242 reels 35mm
Newton, Sir Isaac. Sir Isaac Newton: Manuscripts and Papers
The complete collections from Cambridge University Library, King‘s College Library, Cambridge and the Jewish
National and University Library with other important holdings in Great Britain, Europe and the United States.
Newton‘s intellectual life was by any standard unimaginably rich. His collected manuscripts and papers are a
resource of inestimable value to scholars in many disciplines including historians of science and technology, of
philosophy and of religion. Sir Isaac Newton: Manuscripts and Papers brings together on microfilm the most
comprehensive possible collection of Newton‘s writings offering access to a body of mostly unpublished and often
fragile and inaccessible manuscripts which has been gathered into a single collection for the first time. The range of
material is vast and extends from the notebooks kept by Newton as he read and experimented, drafts of many
published and unpublished writings, including successive versions of the Principia, through to notes hastily
scribbled on scraps of paper. In the manuscripts and papers is to be found the whole man. They include
commonplace books; working notes and drafts of his mathematical discoveries, his work in optics and dynamics and
his chemical experiments (including alchemy); shipbuilding blueprints; educational projects; ecclesiastical calendars;
historical theology; interpretations of mythology; world geography; economic treatises; records of the Royal Mint;
chronological and historical studies of ancient Kingdoms; commentaries on Daniel and the Apocalyse; and medical
treatises and potions. Scholars can now explore, in one resource, every aspect of Newtonian achievement, both
scientific and otherwise.
Includes printed guide
Cambridge, England
43 reels 35mm
State Papers and Tracts Relating to England and France *
1400 - 1500
From the collection of Chief Justice Coke.
Holkham 683
1 reel 35mm
49 Availability subject to change
Titles with an asterisk * may require additional delivery time