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271. Harley MS 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 53
Title:
Brut chronicle; a genealogy of the kings of Britain
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-11v: a genealogy of the kings of Britain from Adam to Henry VI ff. 14r-164v: the Brut chronicle. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 1r-1v: various verses and pen-trials. [ff. 12r-13r are blank]. Decoration: 1 full-page coat of arms and motto ascribed to the Stoke...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

272. Harley MS 61

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 61
Title:
Cartulary of Shaftesbury Abbey
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–124v: Cartulary of royal and other charters, based on an earlier landboc that was apparently arranged in chronological order, preserved here to some extent, e.g. with pre-conquest documents grouped, some in Old English (ff. 1r–22v), followed by a Middle English schedule of knight’s fees. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

273. Harley MS 63

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 63
Title:
An abridgment of the Brut chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-44v: An abridgment of the Brut chronicle to Henry VI. The manuscript includes later additions: f. 44v: a prayer by the Holy Name, beginning: 'Ihesu for thy holy name'. f. 44v: doodles and pen-trials.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

274. Harley MS 113

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 113
Title:
Statutes of the Hospital of Ewelme, Oxfordshire
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: Pen trials and inscriptions. Two parchment fragments have been pasted onto this folio. f. 2r: Inscription, 'Henricus octauus dei gracia', with ownership inscription of Richard St George. ff. 1–2** are four erased leaves of a text witten in Anglo-Norman. ff. 1v–2r are parchment leaves w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1456
Extent:

1 volume

275. Harley MS 149

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 149
Title:
Dives et Pauper; Jacques Legrand, The Book of Good Manners; Cena domini; The Gospel of Nichodemus; Miracles of Christ; Legend of the Vernicle; A tretyse betwene Saynt Petre and Symon Magus; The Obyte of Pylat; The decollacyoun of Saynt Petre and Saynt Poule; Signs before Doomsday
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-182v: Dives et Pauper, imperfect at the beginning. ff. 183-252r: Jacques Legrand (Jacobus Magnus), The Book of Good Manners. ff. 252v-255v: A Middle English treatise entitled Cena domini. ff. 255r-263r: The Gospel of Nicodemus in Middle English. ff. 263r-279r: Miracles...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

276. Harley MS 153

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 153
Title:
Rithmus de Sancto Goderico; Reginald of Durham; Vita et Miracula Sancti Godrici
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-3v: Rithmus de Sancto Goderico. ff. 4r-74v: Reginald of Durham, Vita et Miracula Sancti Godrici; including St Godric’s hymn to the Virgin Mary (f. 26r) and St Godric’s prayer (f. 31r) in early Middle English. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. [iii]verso: A note ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1590-1684
Extent:
1 volume

277. Harley MS 171

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 171
Title:
Apocalypse (in Wycliffe translation), with commentary
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: Alchemical recipe to ‘ze [see] the secrets of secrets & frest & last as ye may se in planyttes and in planephiffres’. ff. 2r–109r: Commentary on the Apocalypse of John in the Wycliffite translation, with biblical passages alternating with commentary in a continuous sequence. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter 14th century-1st quarter 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

278. Harley MS 201

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 201
Title:
Robert of Gloucester, Chronicle of English history
Scope & Content:
ff. 4r–161r: Robert of Gloucester, Chronicle of English history in rhyming couplets (metrical chronicle). Harley MS 201 was used by Thomas Hearne for his edition of Robert of Gloucester's chronicle, since it supplies text missing in British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A XI. Decoration: Full ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

279. Harley MS 207

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 207
Title:
The Banckett of John the Reve, unto Piers Ploughman, Laurens Laborer, Thomlyn Tailyor, and Hobb of the Hille
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an early 16th-century Catholic-Protestant disputation on the Transubstantiation. Contents: ff. 1r-29r: The Banckett of John the Reve, unto Piers Ploughman, Laurens Laborer, Thomlyn Tailyor, and Hobb of the Hille; the title page on f. 1r contains the year ‘1532’ (with ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1532
Extent:

1 volume

280. Harley MS 209

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 209
Title:
Richard of Saint Victor, De statu interioris hominis post lapsum; Raymond de Penaforte, Summa de casibus pœnitentialis; Peter of Oxford, Summula Confessionis and other theological texts
Scope & Content:
A collection of theological and ecclesiastical texts, probably created for a monk of Abingdon Abbey. Contents: f. 1*v: Partial accounts of Abingdon Abbey, notes on sugar, and medical notes on bloodletting, 14th century. ff. 1r-30v: Collection of short theological texts and copies of ecclesias...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

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