Collection items

Manuscript, Image, Illustration Created date: 1557–1603

This early 17th-century manuscript contains unique coloured drawings of the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, who...

Friendship album, Book, Quarto, Manuscript, Illustration, Image Created date: 1595–1637

These are illustrations from the friendship album of the student Gervasius Fabricius zu Klesheim of Salzburg, and others...

Book, Folio, Musical score, Engraving, Illustration, Image

This beautifully illustrated treatise on dance was produced by the Italian dance-master Cesare Negri (c. 1536–1604), als...

Manuscript, Letter Created date: 1602

These two remarkable letters were hand-written by John Donne (1572–1631) in a desperate attempt to save himself from th...

Manuscript, Book, Duodecimo, Commonplace book Created date: 17th century

This handwritten collection of poems and prose contains William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 2, as well as works by other Elizab...

Map, View, Engraving, Illustration, Image

This image shows a bird’s-eye view of the city of Verona, in what is now Northern Italy. It illustrates some of the hist...

Manuscript, Drawing, Illustration, Image Created date: 17th century

This handwritten volume, known as the Newcastle Manuscript, is an anthology of verse and prose made for Sir William Cave...

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