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Plan of a Montreal settlement

Plan of a Montreal settlement

Manuscript plan identified as the the first settlement at Montreal, 1642, possibly on an inlet. Drawn in brown ink on laid paper. Includes buildings such as a chapel and magazine, as well as cannons and a place for small fishing boats ("chalouppe").

Edward Murphy Irish Manuscripts Collection

  • CA RBD MSG 88
  • Collection
  • between approximately 1650 and 1812

The collection consists of four early Irish manuscripts assembled by the Montreal collector Edward Murphy as part of his private library. The manuscripts include a copy of The Midnight Court (Cúirt an mheán oíche) by Brian Merriman, the Life of St. Patrick by John Chambers, Tri Biorghaoithe an Bhais (Three shafts of death) by Geoffrey Keating, and a fragment of an Irish vocabulary (Nuadhfoclóir bogcruaideach).

Tri biorghaoithe an bháis

Tri biorghaoithe an bháis

Manuscript of Geoffrey Keating's devotional work Tri biorghaoithe an bháis (Three shafts of death) in Irish, copied around 1650. Wanting pages 1-15. The manuscript is written on laid paper with watermarks (see for example pages 138-139). The leaves are bound in two pieces of leather with leather thongs, no spine.

Keating, Geoffrey, 1570?-1644?

Niccolo dell'Antella collection

  • CA RBD MSG 347
  • Fonds
  • between approximately 1650 and 1717

The collection comprises letters likely from Niccolo dell'Antella to Cardinal Cammillo Guidi. Contains six hand-delivered memos ("per sua mano"), via a third party, addressed to "Dotto Mon.(Signor) Cav(aliere) Camillo Guidi," which likely accompanied other documents. Likely attribution to Rocco (Niccolò) dell'Antella.

Dell'Antella, Niccolo

French Huguenots Collection

  • CA RBD MSG 33
  • Collection
  • approximately 1660

Contains manuscript compilation relating to French Huguenots: "Recueil des actes de tous les Sinodes Nationnaux... au Royaume de France, 1559-1660." Includes an additional leaf dated 1711 at the end signed Etienne Merichaux.

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