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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Language English, Middle Name Worsley, Henry, 2nd son of Sir R Worsley of Appuldurcombe 3rd Baronet

1. Harley MS 1600

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1600
Title:
Collection of medical recipes and charms
Scope & Content:
A collection of medical and surgical recipes and charms from the late 14th century or early 15th century with added recipes and charms that date to the late 15th and/or early 16th century. Two of the charms refer to the Earl of Hereford (f. 35r) and the Infirmary of Killyngworth (f. 35v). The re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Harley MS 1602

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1602
Title:
Collection of medical treatises, alchemical recipes and charms
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is formed of four separate codicological units with materials added to the beginning and the end, when the units appear to have been bound or kept together. Part 1 (ff. 3r-4v) contains a collection alchemical recipes that was written in the 15th century. Part 2 (ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 1612

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1612
Title:
Scope & Content:
Miscellany including Medical Treatises and Astrological Texts and Tables; early 15th cent. with 13th-cent. pastedowns. Middle English and Latin. Imperfect. The cataloguing of this miscellaneous and composite manuscript was funded by the Wellcome Trust. Only the medical texts are fully itemis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Harley MS 1736

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1736
Title:
Scope & Content:
Medical Miscellany including the Middle English Translation of John Bradmore, Philomena; mid 15th cent. (1446), with late 15th- and 16th-cent. additions. Middle English and Latin. The cataloguing of the MS. was funded by the Wellcome Trust. The manuscript contains (ff. 6-184v) an anonymous t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1441-1451
Extent:
1 item

5. Harley MS 1740

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1740
Title:
Middle English account of and meditation on the Passion; Sermon, possibly for the Second Sunday after Trinity
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-22r: Account of the Passion of Christ in Middle English, entitled: 'Passio domini nostri Ihesu Cristi'. ff. 22r-24r: Meditation on the Passion in Middle English, entitled: 'Item de passione Christi bona contemplacio' (see Marx, 'British Library Harley MS 1740 and Popular Dev...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item