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462. Harley MS 753
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 753
- Title:
- The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (Extended Version to 1430), including John Page's poem 'The Siege of Rouen'
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-191v: The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (Extended Version to 1430), including a poem by John Page (fl. 1418–1422), 'The Siege of Rouen'. The manuscript contains several additions: f. 90r: 'Item lent to mestres Boweyarr one pell of yuarne wylliam Satyllar […] ij bollys 1 was...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle
- Date Range:
- 1430-c 1450
- Extent:
- 1 volume
463. Harley MS 773
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 773
- Title:
- Formulary
- Scope & Content:
- A composite manuscript of 15th century legal and administrative documents copied to serve as models for a scribe. Contents: f. iir is a scrap of paper pasted onto an unfoliated modern endleaf, bearing the note: '12 Nou: 1661 / at the shop agst Mr Littlebury'. ff. iiir-v is a scrap of parchmen...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Late 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
464. Harley MS 817
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 817
- Title:
- Henry of Bratton [Bracton], De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 4r-236r: Henry of Bratton [Bracton], De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 1v-3v and 236v-239r: Annotations on the text and explanations of various terms, featuring a Middle English inscription that seems to have accompanied a map of ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
465. Harley MS 838
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 838
- Title:
- Collection of heraldic and genealogical works, including Mirabilia Orientis, Mirabilia Anglie, and a Middle English translation of Christine de Pizan's Epistre d'Othéa; Annales Cambriae
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript consists of two distinct parts that were copied separately and joined together at an unknown point before the manuscript reached the Harleian Library. The first part (ff. 1r-95r) contains heraldic works, chronicles and other historical items, and one of the two extant independen...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
466. Harley MS 861
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 861
- Title:
- Compilation of texts relating to English claims to the French throne
- Scope & Content:
- A compilation of texts detailing English claims to the French throne and Anglo-French treaties during the Hundred Years War, compiled by Thomas Beckington (c. 1390-1465), bishop of Bath and Wells. The manuscript dates to sometime after 1443, when Beckington became bishop. The focus on the claims...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1443-1461
- Extent:
- 1 volume
467. Harley MS 869
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 869
- Title:
- Collection of English statutes, including Ralph of Hengham, Hengham Magna and Hengham Parva, and Britton
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 5r-6r: Chapter lists for English statutes. ff. 7r-8v: Magna Carta. ff. 8v-9v: Carta de Foresta. ff. 9v-10r: Statutum de Foresta. ff. 10r-10v: Consuetudines Foreste. ff. 10v-11r: Confirmacio Cartarum per Regis Edwardi I. ff. 11r-11v: Sententia lata super Cartas (1253)....
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
468. Harley MS 874
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 874
- Title:
- Apocalypse in English with prose commentary
- Scope & Content:
- English version of the Apocalypse/Revelation of St John, with a prose commentary following each section of the text. f. 1*r: Added paper leaf with Frederic Madden's notes about the manuscript, citing Harley 1203, Harley 171, and Royal 17 A XXVI. f. 1v: Pen trials, 15th century. f. 2r–v: Prolo...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1340-1370
- Extent:
-
Parchment codex
469. Harley MS 875
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 875
- Title:
- William Langland, Vision of Piers Plowman
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1*recto-1*verso: a title ‘VERBA (?) [LATINA]’. f. 1*verso: Latin excerpts (partially legible) from an etymological dictionary. One excerpt (‘Delubra diceba[n]t[ur] [ve]t[er]es templa fontes h[aben]cia in quibus an[te] i[n]g[re]ssu[m] [diluebantur] un[de] diceban[tur] delubra a ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
470. Harley MS 877
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 877
- Title:
- Register of the parish church of St Mary, Woolnoth
- Scope & Content:
- ff. 1r–21r: Register, containing five deeds, 1396–1498. ff. 21r–35v: Additions of wills relating to benefactions and other matters, mostly in English. Decoration: Most new sections open with two-line initials. The opening ‘S’ (f. 1r) is unusual, shaped as a figure 8 and decorated with red do...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 15th century-Early 16th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume