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Pepys Library, the Glossary

The Pepys Library of Magdalene College, Cambridge, is the personal library collected by Samuel Pepys which he bequeathed to the college following his death in 1703.^[1]

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27 relations: Almanac, Anthony Roll, Ballad, Bibliophilia, Bookcase, Choirbook, Cicero, De re publica, Francis Drake, Incunable, Isaac Newton, John Heywood, Ketton stone, Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, Mary Rose, Neoclassical architecture, Pepys Manuscript, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Richard Pynson, Robert Hooke, Samuel Pepys, Sympson the Joiner, The Play of the Weather, William Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde.
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Libraries of the University of Cambridge

Almanac

An almanac (also spelled almanack and almanach) is a regularly published listing of a set of current information about one or multiple subjects.

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Anthony Roll

The Anthony Roll is a written record of ships of the English Tudor navy of the 1540s, named after its creator, Anthony Anthony.

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Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

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Bibliophilia

Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books.

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Bookcase

A bookcase, or bookshelf, is a piece of furniture with horizontal shelves, often in a cabinet, used to store books or other printed materials.

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Choirbook

A choirbook is a large format manuscript used by choirs in churches or cathedrals during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.

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De re publica

De re publica (On the Republic; see below) is a dialogue on Roman politics by Cicero, written in six books between 54 and 51 BC.

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Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake (1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580.

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Incunable

An incunable or incunabulum (plural incunables or incunabula, respectively) is a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed in the earliest stages of printing in Europe, up to the year 1500.

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Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher.

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John Heywood

John Heywood (–) was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs.

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Ketton stone

Ketton stone is a Jurassic oolitic limestone, cream to pale yellow or pink in colour, used as a building stone since the 16th century.

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Library

A library is a collection of books, and possibly other materials and media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions.

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Magdalene College, Cambridge

Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Mary Rose

The Mary Rose was a carrack in the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.

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Pepys Manuscript

The Pepys Manuscript is a late fifteenth-century English choirbook, in the library of Magdalene College, Cambridge, MS Pepys 1236.

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Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (English: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) often referred to as simply the Principia, is a book by Isaac Newton that expounds Newton's laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation.

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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

The Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (sometimes known as Reliques of Ancient Poetry or simply Percy's Reliques) is a collection of ballads and popular songs collected by Bishop Thomas Percy and published in 1765.

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Richard Pynson

Richard Pynson (c. 1449 – c. 1529) was one of the first printers of English books.

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Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke (18 July 16353 March 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect.

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Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator.

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Sympson the Joiner

Thomas Simpson, or Sympson the Joiner (fl. 1660s) was a Master-Joiner at the Deptford Dockyard and the Royal Naval Dockyard at Woolwich in London.

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The Play of the Weather

The Play of the Weather is an English interlude or morality play from the early Tudor period.

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William Caxton

William Caxton was an English merchant, diplomat and writer.

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Wynkyn de Worde

Wynkyn de Worde (died, London) was a printer and publisher in London known for his work with William Caxton, and is recognised as the first to popularise the products of the printing press in England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepys_Library

Also known as Pepys's library, Pepysian Library.