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1. Harley Ch 45 A 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 45 A 37
Title:
Record of the testimony of Margery, wife of Walter Dun, of the descent of lands in Porton
Scope & Content:
Record of the testimony of Margery, wife of Walter Dun, of the descent of lands in Porton, Wiltshire, over multiple generations, from Renaud of Ramsbury down to Walter and Margery. If Robert, Margery’s heir, has no heirs of his own, it shall revert back to the heirs of Renaud.Followed by certifi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1376
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Harley Ch 50 B 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 50 B 33
Title:
Confirmation by Cecily, daughter of Sabeline, of a grant of rent made to Southwark Priory in 'Selda'
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by Cecily, daughter of Sabeline, of the grant made by Adam the merchant (mercennarii) to Southwark Priory, Surrey, of half a mark of rent in 'Selda', in return for the priory giving 5 marks of silver to Cecily and 1 gold bezant each to Geoffrey, Laurence and John, her sons. Endorse...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Harley MS 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2
Title:
Collection of historical and theological texts, including Elias of Evesham, ‘Quadrilogus’ of materials relating to Thomas Becket; Eustace of Faversham, Vita sancti Edmundi Cantuariensis;and William of Malmesbury, De Gesta Pontificum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains ten parts written in England during the 2nd half of the 12th century or the 1st half of the 13th century. Most likely they were once part of different manuscripts (as suggested by a quire mark (‘III’) on f. 257v). A (? late) 13th-century table of contents that lists all...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Harley MS 334

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 334
Title:
Gautier de Metz, L’image du monde
Scope & Content:
f. 2* verso: ‘A medecyne for the stomok’, Middle English, late 14th century. ff. 1r–107v: Gautier de Metz, L’image du monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans). f. 108r–v: Pen trials, 15th century, including the opening section of a charter. Decoration: 1 large miniature in colours, gold, and s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Old
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. 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

6. 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

7. Harley MS 913

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 913
Title:
The Kildare Lyrics
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-2r: A theological tract. f. 3r-6v: The Land of Cokaygne ('Fur in see bi west Spaygne / Is a lond ihote Cokaygne'). f. 6v: Bissop lorles, kyng redeles (Abuses of the age). ff. 7r-8v: Hail seint Michel wiþ þe lange sper (Satire on the people of Kildare). ff. 9r-10r: Swet ihe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 1251

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1251
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1: Added paper fragment of a printed 15th- or 16th-century book concerning canon law, inscribed on the recto with a book curse in Middle English verse, ‘Thys boke ys one and godes kors ys anoder they that take the ton god gef them the toder’ (DIMEV no. 5660-3), late-15th/16th cent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1430-c 1440
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 1764

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1764
Title:
The Knight of the Tower, an anonymous Middle English translation of Le Chevalier de La Tour Landry, by Geoffroy IV de la Tour-Landry
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only known surviving copy of the earlier Middle English translation of Le Chevalier de la Tour Landry by Geoffroy de la Tour Landry (b. before 1330, d. between 1402 and 1406), known as The Knight of the Tower. This copy of the text is imperfect, with a catchword on f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 2340

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2340
Title:
Collection of treatises on hawking, including the 'J. B. Treatise'
Scope & Content:
This pocket-sized manuscript contains a collection of three Middle English treatises on the subject of hawking, including a version of the so-called 'J. B. Treatise'. The text contains a hierarchy of hawks and owners (including the line, 'A kesterell for a knafe', f. 50r) as well as a final sect...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

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