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451. Harley MS 7335

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7335
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-163v: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales; imperfect. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 139v: a practice alphabet and inscriptions (‘essavyd offe my master’) Decoration: The manuscript is minimally decorated. Occasional small-scale strap-work in brown ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

452. Harley MS 7358

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7358
Title:
Collection of theological, liturgical and computistical notes, mnemonic verses and prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-25r: A collection of theological, liturgical and computistical notes, mnemonic verses and prayers, almost entirely in Latin; featuring a drawing of the pontifical cross and drawings of mnemonic hands (f. 1r); a note about the Virgin Mary (f. 1r); the Sacraments (ff. 2r-2v); a n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

453. Harley MS 7398/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7398/1
Title:
Psalter, Use of Sarum, with a Calendar, imperfect
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-125v: Psalter, Use of Sarum, with a Calendar (ff. 1r-6v), imperfect. The calendar features a few 15th-century additions, including St Damasus and the possible consecration of an abbey (‘[...]ysy[n]g of þe abbey of [...]’). The psalms (ff. 7r-112r) begin with the end of psalm 5....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century or 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

454. Harley MS 7398/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7398/2
Title:
Breviary, Use of Sarum, with a Calendar, imperfect
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 132r-359r: Breviary, Use of Sarum, with a Calendar (ff. 145r-150v), imperfect. The Calendar has various later 15th-century additions, including the feast days of Sts Cadoc, Anasasia, Cyriac and Julitta, Desiderius, Etheldreda, Louis of France, Mathurin of Larchant, Osmund and his ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

455. Harley MS 7578

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7578
Title:
Middle English verse, including ballads by Chaucer and Lydgate; 'The Flyting of Montgomerie and Polwart' by Alexander Montgomerie; 'Nebuchadnezzar's Fierie Furnace'; the 'Annals of Oskell'; grammatical exercises in Latin and Greek; Old songs of Durham
Scope & Content:
Miscellany compiling pages from a number of other manuscripts, which vary greatly in size and period. Major sections within the miscellany are f. 1 (verse and prose on the Ten Commandments and Seven Deadly Sins), ff. 2-20 (various ballads and other verse, some by Chaucer and Lydgate), f. 21 (a s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1400-1700
Extent:

1 volume

456. Harley Roll C 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll C 5
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle from Noah to Henry V of England
Scope & Content:
A genealogical roll chronicle beginning with Noah and tracing the lineage of the Kings of England through Brutus to Henry V (r. 1413-1422), consisting of a genealogical diagram with a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The dorse contains a defence of the rights of Rich...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 roll

457. Harley Roll C 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll C 7
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of the English kings to Edward I, with continuations to Edward IV
Scope & Content:
Contents: Two genealogical chronicles in Latin, one on the face and one on the dorse. Face of the roll: Membrane 1: A chronicle in Latin, beginning with the arrival of Brutus, incipit, 'Anno M CC ante navitate[m] D[omi]ni Brut[us] cu[m] Ygena uxore sua ...'. Membranes 1-2: A genealogical diag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 roll

458. Harley Roll T 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll T 11
Title:
Prayer or Amulet Roll
Scope & Content:
Contents: A roll containing prayers with textual and image-based talismans, including measured illustrations of the Passion. The roll is designed to be the exact length of Christ's body and was perhaps made to be carried or worn as an amulet for protection, or as a birth girdle. The first pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
Parchment Roll

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