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421. Harley MS 5767

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5767
Title:
Gospels of Luke and John in the later Wyclifitte version
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-113r: The Gospels of Luke (ff. 1r-63v) and John (ff. 63v-113r) in the later Wyclifitte version. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 113v: Latin notes with numerals, added in the 15th century. f. 1*verso: An inscription: 'Mem[orandum] compare this with Hampol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

422. Harley MS 5768

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5768
Title:
New Testament Epistles, Revelation, in the later Wycliffite version
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-82v: New Testament Epistles (ff. 1r-39r) and Revelation (ff. 39v-82v) in Middle English, in the later Wycliffite version. ff. 83r-84r: A Middle English translation of Matthew 5:1-17, beginning: 'and ihesu seynge þe peple wente up into an hil and whane he was sett: his discipl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

423. Harley MS 5908/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5908/1
Title:
Fragment of 'The Clerk's Tale', from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
This single leaf contains a fragment of 'The Clerk's Tale' from The Canterbury Tales by the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400), comprising ll. 808-891 of the text, beginning, 'Takeþ it aȝen I ȝeue ȝew leue of my grace'. The leaf was formerly f. 61 in Harley MS 5908, a 17th-century co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 leaf

424. Harley MS 5977

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5977
Title:
A collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin
Scope & Content:
The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). Contents: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
9th century - 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

425. Harley MS 6041

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6041
Title:
William Langland, Vision of Piers Plowman
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-96r: William Langland, Vision of Piers Plowman. ff. 97r-102v: A form of confession in Middle English prose; added below the text is ‘Explycit pere [p] Symele’. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 96v: Latin sayings: ‘ego sum bonus puer quem Deus amat’ and 'Equore ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

426. Harley MS 6333/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6333/1
Title:
Oone of Foure; calendar with English lections from the Late Wycliffite Version
Scope & Content:
This is the first part of a two-volume set with biblical translations in Middle English (the second volume is Harley MS 6333/2). The first part contains a Wycliffite translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels, and the second part contains biblical books from the Later Wycliffite...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1430
Extent:
1 volume

427. Harley MS 6333/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6333/2
Title:
Pauline Epistles to Apocalypse, and Gospel lections, in the Late Wycliffite Version
Scope & Content:
This is the second part of a two-volume set with biblical translations in Middle English (the first volume is Harley MS 6333/1). The first part contains a Wycliffite translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels, and the second part contains biblical books from the Later Wycliffit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1430
Extent:
1 volume

428. Harley MS 6398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6398
Title:
Boke of Marchalsi
Scope & Content:
Contains the Boke of Marchalsi, a treatise on horse breeding and veterinary medicine. Decoration: Numerous large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and small initials in plain blue. Line fillers and paraph marks in blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

429. Harley MS 6571

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6571
Title:
Book for a Simple and Devout Woman
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-68v: Book for a Simple and Devout Woman, beginning: ‘Seynt Johon þe evangelist in his boke of pryvytes telleþ þat he saw a wondirful and a degysed beste come out of þe see þat haddde a body like to a libarde . ffeet as hit were of a bere prote as hit were of alyon and he hadde ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

430. Harley MS 6573

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6573
Title:
Walter Hilton, Scale of Perfection (Books 1 and 2)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*r-114v: Walter Hilton, Scale of Perfection (Books 1 and 2). Decoration: Numerous large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in blue (ff. 1*r-2*v); paraph marks in red (ff. 3r-114r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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