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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Language English, Middle Name D'Ewes, Simonds, 3rd Baronet, grandson of the Antiquary, c 1670-1722

1. Harley MS 219

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 219
Title:
Odo of Cheriton, Fabulae; a selection of tales from the Gesta Romanorum; Libre du gouvernement des roys et des princes, an anonymous French translation of the Secretum Secretorum; Christine de Pizan, Épistre de Othéa a Hector; glossary of terms in French, Latin, and Middle English
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite miscellany, made up of three parts (ff. 1-79; ff. 80-105 plus blanks; and ff. 106-153). It contains copies of the Fabulae (Fables) of the English preacher Odo of Cheriton (b. 1180/90, d. 1256/7), a selection of tales from the Gesta Romanorum (Deeds of the Romans), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 326

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 326
Title:
Chronicle from Rollo to Edward IV; Romance of the Three Kings' Sons
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-7r: Chronicle from Rollo to Edward IV (Edward IV's descent from Rollo). For an edition of the text, see Radulescu 2003. Rubric (f. 1r): 'Here be gynnyt the petegreu of þe kyng þt now ys'. Incipit (f. 1r): 'This breff tretis is compyled for to bryng The peple oute of doute þt h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1475-c 1485
Extent:

1 volume

3. Harley MS 525

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 525
Title:
The Seege of Troy; Robert of Cisyle; Speculum Gy de Warewyke
Scope & Content:
The manuscript's former binding is now stored separately as Harley MS 525/1. Contents: ff. 1r-34v: The Seege of Troye [see Boffey and Edwards, A New Index (2005), no. 3139; for an edition, see Seege or Batayle of Troye, ed. by Barnicle (1927)]; beginning: ‘Sithyn that god this worlde wroghte’...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Harley MS 565

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 565
Title:
Chronicle of London; an English poem on the expedition of Henry V into France; John Lydgate, King Henry VI's Triumphal Entry into London
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: A list of the kings of England, from Alfred [Aelfred] (b. 848/9, d. 899), King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons, to Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), King of England and Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine. Title (f. 1r): 'Nomina Regum & quot Annis regnarunt'. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1444
Extent:

1 volume

5. Harley MS 629

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 629
Title:
John Lydgate, Life of Our Lady
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-4r: A table of contents with an introduction, beginning: 'This booke was compilid by Iohn lidgate monke of Bury at the excitacion and steryng of oure worshipful Prince kyng herry the fifthe. in the honour glorie and worshippe of the birthe of the most glorious maide wife and m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

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