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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3688
Title:: Cartulary of Missenden Abbey
Scope & Content:: ff. 1*v–2*r: Added sheet with a table of estimated conversions of weights and measures, in English (early 15th century). ff. 1r–15v: Contemporary table of contents. ff. 16r–186v: General cartulary, compiled by Robert de Welwes and completed 20 Feb 1330 or 1331; arranged in sections, mainly top...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1330-1331
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3719
Title:: Collection of astronomical, calendrical, medical and philosophical texts
Scope & Content:: A composite and miscellaneous volume including: 1. Two sets of tables of contents (ff. 1v, 4v) referring to the present volume, and a table of contents relating to Gerardus Bituricensis' commentary on the Viaticum (ff. 2r-3r) from a different manuscript; 2. An astrological text (ff. 3v-4v); ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 1275-1540
Extent:: 283 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3719, ff 155v-159r
Title:: Astrological diagrams
Scope & Content:: Astrological diagrams in colours including two volvelles (ff. 155v-156r) and a diagram showing moon phases (f. 157v). Bloodletting-zodiac man (ff. 158v-159r). The illustration combines the features of a bloodletting man with those of a zodiac man. Captions in Middle English written in alternati...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: Early 15th century
Extent:: 6 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3719, ff 175v-177v
Title:: Pythagorean sphere with prognostication texts and diagrams
Scope & Content:: The Pythagorean sphere, a diagram of the sphere of life and death used in prognostications, preceded by the title 'Sphera Pictagore' (f. 175v), and followed by explanatory texts: a text in verse, 5 lines, incipit (f. 175v): 'Collige per numerum quicquid cupis esse probandum', explicit 'Quod ret...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 3 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3724
Title:: Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae, the bull Laudabiliter, and other texts
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a collection of miscellaneous texts in Latin and Middle English, written in Ireland during the 13th century. They include a copy of the Topographia Hiberniae (Topography of Ireland), an account of the landscape, history and people of Ireland, written by the historian Ger...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3725
Title:: Chronicles of Hailes and Aberconwy abbeys
Scope & Content:: Composite volume: ff. 2–37 and ff. 38–81 were produced at different times, but it is likely that the latter was intended as a supplement to the first part, since the layout is identical. f. 1r: Modern note on Aberconway and Hailes. ff. 2r–31v: Chronicle of England, beginning, ‘Scibens Orosius ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: Late 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3730
Title:: Brut Chronicle
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r-1v: John Hardyng, Metrical Chronicle, containing only the verses from the epilogue. ff. 2r-119v: The Brut Chronicle. Decoration: Several large initials in black ink.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3760
Title:: Thomas Brinton, Sermons
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-163v: Thomas Brinton, Sermones (26 sermons), entitled ‘D[omi]ni Thom[ae] Bruton Rof[ensi] Ep[iscopi] Sermones’; featuring some Middle English verse. Decoration: Medium blue initials and small red initials.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3765
Title:: Register of the chantry of St Saviour, Waterford
Scope & Content:: The only known surviving register of a medieval Irish chantry: f. 1*r: Original cover, with inscriptions. f. 1*v: Added theological commonplaces. ff. 1r–4v: Added documents on gifts to the chantry. ff. 5r–38r: General register, arranged topographically, opening with the chantry’s foundation ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1482-1480s
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3776
Title:: The ‘Codex ruber’ or ‘Waltham Abbey miscellany’, part 1
Scope & Content:: The first surviving fragment of a collection of miscellaneous religious and historical tracts. The medieval numeration of the contents indicates that the folios were formerly in a different order, with ff. 25–62 coming after ff. 94–117. Four other 14th-century manuscripts, which may or may not b...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:: 1345-1360s
Extent:: Parchment codex

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