A guide to the autograph letters, manuscripts, original charters, and royal, baronial, and ecclesiastical seals exhibited in the Department of manuscripts and in the King's library.

Edited by Sir E. M. Thompson, keeper of mss.

“Confessionários or Manuals of Confession: Missionary tools and their colonial uses – The case study of Goa

Existem referências aos manuais de bem confessar que os Jesuitas utilizaram na Índia desde os inícios da sua actividade missionária, mas até agora não se tinha publicado nenhum para os séculos XVI-XVII. Encontrei alguns na British Library em Londres em 1994, e estão aqui analisados, dando a conhecer como a nova religião ajudava a criar cidadãos responsáveis do império colonial e a cumprir as suas leis. Para além de ajudar-nos a compreender o vocabulário e o estilo da língua vernácula destes tempos, alguém que evitasse pagar impostos ao Estado ou manipulasse os livros de contas da aldeia encorria em pecados a confessar.

A história da malária em Portugal na transição do século XIX para o século XX e a contribuição da Escola de Medicina Tropical de Lisboa (1902-1935)

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em História, Filosofia e Património da Ciência e da Tecnologia

Cultura i Societat en la guerra del Francès

Des de que començà aquest projecte, el grup de recerca ha intentat aprofundir el coneixement de la Catalunya de la Guerra del Francès (1808 -1814) a partir d’una òptica britànica. El grup pretenia així desenvolupar la relació que es va establir entre els catalans i els britànics al llarg de tota la guerra, des dels primers contactes permesos per la presència de la flota britànica en la costa catalana fins a la intervenció de forces britàniques en territori català. D’aquesta manera, i primerament, el grup inicià la consulta de les bases de dades i catàlegs catalans i britànics per a completar el nostre llistat de referències arxivístiques i bibliogràfiques. El segon pas van ésser les tres estades d’investigació que entre el 2006 i el 2007 es van fer a Anglaterra, principalment a Londres. La investigació es realitzà a la British Library, al Institute of Historical Research of the School of Advanced Studies de la University of London, al National Maritime Museum i als National Archives of the United Kingdom. A continuació, el grup analitzà la informació recollida de la lectura de fonts primàries i bibliogràfiques en aquests centres de recerca. Finalment, el grup creu que la intensa relació que es va establir entre les dues parts, reflecteix la importància que les autoritats britàniques van donar a Catalunya, i que el seu aïllament amb el centre polític del bàndol patriota va permetre que desenvolupés les seves pròpies dinàmiques i cronologies, encara que s’integraven en el desenvolupament general de la guerra.

Apocrypha Hiberniae. I. Evangelia infantiae

In 1927 M. R. James published Latin Infancy Gospels, identified by him in two related but not identical manuscripts (one the British Library Arundel 404; the other from Hereford), together with a parallel text from the Irish manuscript known as the Leabhar Breac. Later researches brought to light more manuscripts of this Latin work, and also of the Irish text. James recognized that his apocryphal Latin Infancy text was compiled from a combination of the Protevangelium of James and a hitherto unknown text which he named "The Source". Recent research has identified a full Latin translation of the Protevangelium of James. A hitherto unrecognized Irish Infancy Narrative has also been identified in the Dublin manuscript known as the Liber Flavus Fergusiorum. A deep study of this related tradition was called for. This has been carried out over the past ten years by an Irish team in conjunction with Professor Daniel Kaestli and AELAC. The fruits of this labour are published in these two volumes. Volume 13 has a general introduction with a historical sketch of New Testament apocrypha in Ireland and a history of research on the subject. This is followed by a comparison of the Infancy Narratives in the Leabhar Breac and the Liber Flavus Fergusiorum. There are special introductions to these Infancy texts, followed by critical editions of the Irish texts, accompanied by English translations and rich annotation. Next there is similar treatment of the Irish versified Narrative (from ca. 700) of the Childhood Deeds of Jesus (commonly known as the Infancy Narrative (or Gospel) of Thomas. There is then (in volume 14, but with continuous pagination) the edition and translation of an Irish thirteenth-century poem with elements from Infancy Narratives, and both Latin and Irish texts on the wonders at Christ's birth, accompanied by translations and notes. The edition of the Irish material is followed by a critical edition of the full Arundel and Hereford forms of the Infancy Narrative (here referred to as the "J Compilation"), together with a detailed study of all the questions relating to this work. The volume concludes with a critical edition (by Rita Beyers) of the Latin text of the Protevangelium of James, accompanied by a detailed study of the work.. The work contains a detailed study of the Latin translations of the Protevangelium of James and the transmission of this work in the West. The "J Compilation" (a combination of the Protevangelium and texts of Pseudo-Matthew) can be traced back in manuscript transmission to ca. 800,and must have originated some time earlier. Behind it stands an earlier "I ("I" for Irish) Compilation" without influence from Pseudo-Matthew, the form found in the Irish witnesses. It is argued that M. R. James's "Source" may be of Judaeo-Christian origin and may really be the Gospel of the Nazoreans. Among the indexes there is a list of all the Irish words found in the texts. This edition of the Irish and related Latin texts is a major contribution to the study of the apocryphal Infancy Narratives. It should also be of particular interest to Celtic scholars, to students of Irish ecclesiastical learning, and in general to all medievalists.

The Irish Infancy Narratives and their Relationship with Latin Sources

(Résumé de l'ouvrage) In 1927 M. R. James published Latin Infancy Gospels, identified by him in two related but not identical manuscripts (one the British Library Arundel 404; the other from Hereford), together with a parallel text from the Irish manuscript known as the Leabhar Breac. Later researches brought to light more manuscripts of this Latin work, and also of the Irish text. James recognized that his apocryphal Latin Infancy text was compiled from a combination of the Protevangelium of James and a hitherto unknown text which he named "The Source". Recent research has identified a full Latin translation of the Protevangelium of James. A hitherto unrecognized Irish Infancy Narrative has also been identified in the Dublin manuscript known as the Liber Flavus Fergusiorum. A deep study of this related tradition was called for. This has been carried out over the past ten years by an Irish team in conjunction with Professor Daniel Kaestli and AELAC. The fruits of this labour are published in these two volumes. Volume 13 has a general introduction with a historical sketch of New Testament apocrypha in Ireland and a history of research on the subject. This is followed by a comparison of the Infancy Narratives in the Leabhar Breac and the Liber Flavus Fergusiorum. There are special introductions to these Infancy texts, followed by critical editions of the Irish texts, accompanied by English translations and rich annotation. Next there is similar treatment of the Irish versified Narrative (from ca. 700) of the Childhood Deeds of Jesus (commonly known as the Infancy Narrative (or Gospel) of Thomas. There is then (in volume 14, but with continuous pagination) the edition and translation of an Irish thirteenth-century poem with elements from Infancy Narratives, and both Latin and Irish texts on the wonders at Christ's birth, accompanied by translations and notes. The edition of the Irish material is followed by a critical edition of the full Arundel and Hereford forms of the Infancy Narrative (here referred to as the "J Compilation"), together with a detailed study of all the questions relating to this work. The volume concludes with a critical edition (by Rita Beyers) of the Latin text of the Protevangelium of James, accompanied by a detailed study of the work.. The work contains a detailed study of the Latin translations of the Protevangelium of James and the transmission of this work in the West. The "J Compilation" (a combination of the Protevangelium and texts of Pseudo-Matthew) can be traced back in manuscript transmission to ca. 800,and must have originated some time earlier. Behind it stands an earlier "I ("I" for Irish) Compilation" without influence from Pseudo-Matthew, the form found in the Irish witnesses. It is argued that M. R. James's "Source" may be of Judaeo-Christian origin and may really be the Gospel of the Nazoreans. Among the indexes there is a list of all the Irish words found in the texts. This edition of the Irish and related Latin texts is a major contribution to the study of the apocryphal Infancy Narratives. It should also be of particular interest to Celtic scholars, to students of Irish ecclesiastical learning, and in general to all medievalists.

Latin Infancy Gospels: The J Compilation. Introduction and Edition

(Résumé de l'ouvrage) In 1927 M. R. James published Latin Infancy Gospels, identified by him in two related but not identical manuscripts (one the British Library Arundel 404; the other from Hereford), together with a parallel text from the Irish manuscript known as the Leabhar Breac. Later researches brought to light more manuscripts of this Latin work, and also of the Irish text. James recognized that his apocryphal Latin Infancy text was compiled from a combination of the Protevangelium of James and a hitherto unknown text which he named "The Source". Recent research has identified a full Latin translation of the Protevangelium of James. A hitherto unrecognized Irish Infancy Narrative has also been identified in the Dublin manuscript known as the Liber Flavus Fergusiorum. A deep study of this related tradition was called for. This has been carried out over the past ten years by an Irish team in conjunction with Professor Daniel Kaestli and AELAC. The fruits of this labour are published in these two volumes. Volume 13 has a general introduction with a historical sketch of New Testament apocrypha in Ireland and a history of research on the subject. This is followed by a comparison of the Infancy Narratives in the Leabhar Breac and the Liber Flavus Fergusiorum. There are special introductions to these Infancy texts, followed by critical editions of the Irish texts, accompanied by English translations and rich annotation. Next there is similar treatment of the Irish versified Narrative (from ca. 700) of the Childhood Deeds of Jesus (commonly known as the Infancy Narrative (or Gospel) of Thomas. There is then (in volume 14, but with continuous pagination) the edition and translation of an Irish thirteenth-century poem with elements from Infancy Narratives, and both Latin and Irish texts on the wonders at Christ's birth, accompanied by translations and notes. The edition of the Irish material is followed by a critical edition of the full Arundel and Hereford forms of the Infancy Narrative (here referred to as the "J Compilation"), together with a detailed study of all the questions relating to this work. The volume concludes with a critical edition (by Rita Beyers) of the Latin text of the Protevangelium of James, accompanied by a detailed study of the work.. The work contains a detailed study of the Latin translations of the Protevangelium of James and the transmission of this work in the West. The "J Compilation" (a combination of the Protevangelium and texts of Pseudo-Matthew) can be traced back in manuscript transmission to ca. 800,and must have originated some time earlier. Behind it stands an earlier "I ("I" for Irish) Compilation" without influence from Pseudo-Matthew, the form found in the Irish witnesses. It is argued that M. R. James's "Source" may be of Judaeo-Christian origin and may really be the Gospel of the Nazoreans. Among the indexes there is a list of all the Irish words found in the texts. This edition of the Irish and related Latin texts is a major contribution to the study of the apocryphal Infancy Narratives. It should also be of particular interest to Celtic scholars, to students of Irish ecclesiastical learning, and in general to all medievalists.

Canvi tecnològic i desenvolupament econòmic durant la segona revolució industrial: la transferència tecnològica del sector tèxtil entre Anglaterra i Catalunya

Projecte de recerca elaborat a partir d’una estada a la University of Sussex, Gran Bretanya, entre març i juliol del 2008. L’estada ha estat centrada en obtenir fonts documentals primàries, per avançar en el projecte d’investigació sobre la transferència de tecnologia entre Catalunya i Anglaterra durant la Segona Revolució Industrial. Això ha estat possible gràcies a la consulta de les patents britàniques (Business & Intellectual Property Centre at the British Library). Així mateix, l’obtenció dels recursos documentals especialitzats de diverses biblioteques de referència situades al campus de la University of Sussex (Keith Pavitt Libray (SPRU), Library of Sussex, British Library of Development Studies) i a Ruddignton Framework Knitters’ Library a Nottingham han estat fonamentals, tal i com es pot veure en la relació detallada que es presenta.

Noves perspectives en l'accés al document original

Els serveis d'obtenció de documents i préstec interbibliotecari constitueixen una peça clau dins de les biblioteques modernes. Moltes de les noves tecnologies han estat decisivas en la dinamització dels seus processes i en la reducció del temps de resposta. El correu electronic ha estat una de les principals innovacions tant pel que fa a la tramesa de les comandes com a la informació que es dona als seus usuaris. En el present article s'analitzen els diferents mitjans de localització de documents des deis tradicionals catálegs en paper o CD-ROM, fins a l'accés en línia. Es descriuen també les diferents possibilitats de recuperació d'aquests documents, en especial totes aquelles noves com la transferencia de fitxers o la descarrega en línia així com els servéis de valr afegit com ara la distribució electrónica de sumaris. Finalment es realitza una petita descripció i comparado dels principals subministradors actuals, entre ells la British Library, INIST, UNCOVER, EBSCODOC, OCLC, KNAW, UMI, ISI, etc.

Le prime traduzioni in lingua italiana (1727) ed inglese (1729) di: "Histoires ou contes du temps passé. Avec des moralitez" di Charles Perrault : analisi comparata

Ce travail de recherche a visé deux aspects: celui d'identification et d'analyse des textes et celui de parution des deux premières traductions en langue anglaise et italienne des contes. La recherche s'est développée essentiellement tenant compte de trois notions importantes: dialogue, intertextualité et intercultureLa première étape a donc été de repérer la première traduction en langue italienne et anglaise des contes pour une évaluation du texte qui puisse ainsi permettre de commencer le parcours d'analyse comparée. En ce qui concerne celle anglaise il y avait déjà une date certaine, 1729, et le nom du traducteur: Robert Samber; La version anglaise, ayant paru en 1960 dans une édition partielle sous la direction de Jacques Barchilon et Henry Pettit, était plus facile à repérer; en outre la British Library avait dans son catalogue celle originelle et complète de 1729. Repérer la version italienne a pris plus de temps et a été complexe car on ne connaissait que certaines dates, 1754 et 1752, et aucune autre indication. La première des deux s'avérait inexacte, tandis que la deuxième était celle d'une réédition mais ce n'était pas la date de la première traduction italienne. Traduction que l'on estimait ne plus exister, ou bien perdue. Toutefois, au cours des recherches préliminaires j'ai finalement trouvé une édition en italien des contes de 1727: c'est la plus ancienne connue et, peut-être, c'est bien la première traduction italienne et, de toute façon, à considérer comme la première dans une langue européenne. Les chapitres initiaux se développent autour de l'aspect qui concerne le complexe dialogue interculturel qui a eu lieu et qui a mené, à travers une compliquée mosaïque d'intrigues, au changement de perspective d'un genre dans les différentes cultures: de cunto à conte de fées d'un côté et de conte de fée à fiaba et à fairy taie de l'autre. Les chapitres successifs sont consacrés à la présentation du texte des deux traductions et à l'analyse de celui-ci selon la méthode de la comparaison différentielle. La partie qui concerne plus précisément l'analyse du texte des deux traductions vise à mettre en exergue tous les points de divergence de celui français de l'édition Barbin de 1697, qui est repris ici pour les deux traductions comme le texte fondamental de départ, et a représenté d'un côté l'élément pour une évaluation de l'oeuvre du traducteur et de l'autre a fourni les éléments pour comprendre quel a été l'accueil du texte lui-même dans le nouveau contexte culturel cible. Les points de vue littéraire et linguistique ont été privilégiés dans la recherche, par rapport à celui folkloriste et anthropologique.Avec cette étude on a démontré que, dans les contextes linguistiques et culturels anglais et italien visés, il y a une présence des contes de Perrault. Que cette présence se réalise par l'intermédiaire du travail de traduction qui en a modifié et, parfois, changé la perspective et le plan énonciatif du message selon la nécessité dans laquelle se trouvait le traducteur. Et enfin que chacune des deux traductions peut être considérée comme une ré-énonciation sui generts.Etant donné que les textes des deux traductions ne sont pas faciles à repérer, celui italien de 1727 est à considérer comme une véritable découverte éditoriale, leur parution intégrale constitue non seulement un complément indispensable à la recherche mais aussi une contribution pour leur connaissance et leur étude et approfondissement supplémentaires.

Open > Link > GO! Datan avaamisesta kirjastomaailmassa/-lla

Esitys Kirjastoverkkopäivillä 25.10.2012 Helsingissä

Integrating open articles with open data in the life sciences with Europe PubMed Central.

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Recommendations for Preservation Data Policies

Poster at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Envia – a repository for environmental information access and discovery

Poster at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Processus justificationis Johannae de Arco.

Une seule main. La copie a été certifiée par deux notaires, "Dionisius Comitis" et "Franciscus Ferrebouc" qui ont signé au bas de chaque feuillet (180). Ce ms. fait partie d'une série d'expéditions pour lesquelles il existe des mentions de paiement datées de 1458. D'après P. Champion, il s'agit d'une copie authentique abrégée du procès de réhabilitation de Jeanne d'Arc. Deux autres copies sont connues: le ms. lat. 5970 de la BnF, certifié par les mêmes notaires, mais copié par des mains différentes, et le ms. Stowe 84, conservé à la British Library."