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261. Harley MS 651

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 651
Title:
Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronici Canones; St Jerome, Continuation of Eusebius; Prosper of Aquitaine, Epitoma Chronicorum; Sigebert of Gembloux, Chronica; Robert de Torigni, Chronica; list concerning ecclesiastical dioceses; Chronicle from the creation of the world to 1384; England from Alfred to Richard II (with continuations); Names of the kings of Britain and the Heptarchy; Miracle at the shrine of Our Lady of Ipswich; Chronicle from the Creation to 1384; Series of English kings, from Alfred...
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three parts that were separately produced in England. The first part (ff. 4-177) was produced in the third quarter of the 12th century, most likely at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin, Reading (Berkshire). It contains a collection of chronicles as...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter 12th century-4th quarter 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

262. Harley MS 661

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 661
Title:
John Hardyng, Chronicle in verse (second version)
Scope & Content:
This richly-decorated manuscript contains the second version of John Hardyng's verse Chronicle. It also includes a map of Scotland and genealogical trees of the kings of England and France. Contents: ff. 1r-186r: John Hardyng, Chronicle in verse. ff. 188v-189r: Seven stanzas rhyme royal vers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1475
Extent:
1 volume

263. Harley MS 665

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 665
Title:
Miscellany of rhetorics, grammar, theology, and medicine
Scope & Content:
Miscellany including Texts relating to Rhetorics, Grammar, Theology and Medicine, and other Prose and Verse; 15th cent. Latin and Middle English. Imperfect. A composite miscellany of rhetorical, grammatical and theological texts in Latin and occasional prose and verse in Middle English. The cata...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

264. Harley MS 667

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 667
Title:
Collections of statutes; lists of English kings; a prayer to St Mary Magdalene
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-253v: A large collection of English statutes and charters; including Magna Carta (ff. 15r-19v) and Summa Magna (f. 257v); written in the late 13th century or early 14th century. ff. 254r-297v: A collection of statutes, formula for oaths, a text on the office of bailiff, and '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 13th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

265. Harley MS 670

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 670
Title:
Formulary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-2v: Forms for indentures and ordinations, including a Middle English lettter of William Waynflete (b. c. 1400, d. 1486), Bishop of Winchester, dated to 1449. ff. 3r-10r: Thomas Merke, Ars dictandi. ff. 11r-36v: A collection of canon law texts for use in Oxford. ff. 37r-42v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

266. Harley MS 671

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 671
Title:
Collection of geomantic treatises
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Two astronomical tables, entitled: ‘Tabula terminorum planetarum’ and ‘Tabula facibus Planetarum’. f. 1v: A brief note in English on the interpretation of geomantic figures for different types of man, for example: ‘Thies [two geomantic figures] signify men of trost’. f. 2r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1477-c 1489
Extent:
1 volume

267. Harley MS 674

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 674
Title:
Treatise of Discretion of Spirits; The Epistle of Discretion; The Epistle of Prayer; The Cloud of Unknowing; The Book of Privy Counselling; Benjamin Minor; Denis Hid Divinity
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of seventeen extant medieval copies of The Cloud of Unknowing, a guide on contemplative prayer and meditation from the second half of the 14th century. It is one of the two manuscripts which contains all seven works that are attributed to the anonymous author (the ot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

268. Harley MS 682

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 682
Title:
Charles of Orléans, Collected poems
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of English poems by Charles, Duke of Orléans, composed during his captivity in England (1415-1440). The manuscript was probably produced under the Duke's supervision at the end of this period, as it includes Ballades 111 and 113, which were rewritten by the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1439-1440
Extent:

1 volume

269. Harley MS 683

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 683
Title:
Grammatical miscellany
Scope & Content:
A schoolbook compiled from at least four pre-existing manuscripts, dating from the early 13th century (ff. 2–19), late 13th century (ff. 32–35, 36–62), and 14th century (ff. 20–31): f. 1r: Effaced page opening with the word ‘Debeat’ with a decorated six-line initial. f. 1v: Fragment of the Off...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
9th century-14th century
Extent:

1 volume

270. Harley MS 726

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 726
Title:
Transcripts of Rolls of Parliament from the reign of Henry VI
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-530v: Transcripts of Rolls of Parliament from the reign of King Henry VI (25, 27-29, 31, 32 Henry VI).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 volume

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