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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Language English, Middle Place Wales

1. Harley MS 838

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 838
Title:
Collection of heraldic and genealogical works, including Mirabilia Orientis, Mirabilia Anglie, and a Middle English translation of Christine de Pizan's Epistre d'Othéa; Annales Cambriae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two distinct parts that were copied separately and joined together at an unknown point before the manuscript reached the Harleian Library. The first part (ff. 1r-95r) contains heraldic works, chronicles and other historical items, and one of the two extant independen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2182

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2182
Title:
The Prose Brut
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-185r: The Prose Brut; extended version to 1419. The manuscript contains numerous additions: f. 1*recto: Various early modern inscriptions, now largely erased. f. 80v: Draft indenture, referring to 'Johannes Mayler' of ?Aston ['Assone'], Flintshire, and 'Johannes Shones de M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume