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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Language English, Middle Name Batteley, John, Archdeacon of Canterbury; antiquary, 1646-1708

1. Harley MS 2253

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2253
Title:
Henri d'Acre, Miscellany of secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript divides in two parts. Part I (ff. 1r-48v) includes a collection of hagiographical texts in Anglo-Norman French. Part II (ff. 49r-140v and 142r-142v, except for folio 52v) was written in c. 1330-1340 by the so-called 'Harley scribe' and contains a miscellany of texts including secu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

2. Harley MS 2374

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2374
Title:
A miscellany of medical texts, including a botanical glossary, a collection of medical recipes, and a Middle English translation of the Antidotarium Nicolai
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made up of two booklets (ff. 1-28 and 29-64), both made in the 15th century. The first booklet comprises a botanical glossary, a partial copy of an antidotary (book of antidotes) and a collection of medical recipes in Middle English and Latin. The second contains an ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 2375

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2375
Title:
Scope & Content:
Compilation of Medical and Astrological Texts and Recipes; 15th cent. Latin and Middle English. Copies. The MS. is a compilation of medical and astrological texts and recipes; its cataloguing was funded by the Wellcome Trust. Owned by John Batteley (1647-1708), clergyman and antiquary. Boug...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Harley MS 2381

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Harley MS 2381
Title:
Scope & Content:
Compendium of Medical Recipes; mid 15th cent. Middle English and Latin. Copies. The cataloguing of this manuscript was funded by the Wellcome Trust and only the medical texts are fully itemised in the description. The MS. contains one large collection of medical recipes and three others very sho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Harley MS 3725

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

6. Harley MS 4197

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4197
Title:
John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes (translation of Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-102v: John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes, imperfect; an English translation [with Latin marginal notes] of Laurent de Premierfait’s Des Cas des nobles hommes et femmes, which is a French translation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s De Casibus Virorum Illustrium (‘On the Fates of Famous M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

7. Harley MS 5396

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5396
Title:
Scope & Content:
Composite Miscellany including Texts relating to Theology, Medicine and Poetry; mid 15th cent. and early 13th cent. Latin and Middle English. Copies. Imperfect. This composite volume consists of four different MSS. (ff. 1-142, 143-209, 210-270, 271-311) and comprises: - a) John Felton, vicar of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1200-1470
Extent:
1 item