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1. Harley MS 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 24
Title:
Prose Brut
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–218v: Prose Brut (Chronicle of England; extended version to 1419, in the reign of Henry V (r. 1413–22)). For an edition of the work see The Brut or the Chronicles of England, 2 vols, ed. Friedrich W.D. Brie, Early English Text Society, 131 and 136 (Oxford: 1906–8); contains tex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 1010

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1010
Title:
Medical miscellany
Scope & Content:
Medical miscellany preceded by leaves from a liturgical manuscript (lectionary?) with musical notation (ff. ii recto-ix verso). Texts include: Treatise on urine (ff. 1r-23v); Regimen of health (ff. 23v-32r); Four medical recipes (ff. 32r-32v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1250-1399
Extent:
40 folios.

3. Harley MS 2332

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2332
Title:
Illustrated almanac
Scope & Content:
A small illustrated almanac produced during the time of Henry IV (r. 1399-1413). The manuscript includes: Calendar (ff. 1v-13r); Table of dominical letters (ff. 13v-14r); Solar eclipse diagrams from 1411 to 1479 (ff. 14v-15r); Lunar eclipse diagrams from 1406 to 1481 (ff. 15v-17r); Zodia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1411-1412
Extent:

1 volume

4. Harley MS 2277

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2277
Title:
South English Legendary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-232v: South English Legendary (Legends of the saints in verse, listed according to their feast days), imperfect at the beginning. Decoration: Large plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 542

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 542
Title:
English historical miscellany
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A note about the foundation of a hospital in Ingastone. ff. 1v-10r: John Taxtor of Bury St Edmunds, excerpts from his chronicle. ff. 11r-12v: A list of nobles who came to England with William the Conqueror. f. 13r: John Lydgate, The order of Fools, extract only. f. 14r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 1770

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1770
Title:
A trilingual Psalter
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two parts that were produced at Kirkham Priory in North Yorkshire. The first part (ff. 3r-157v), written in the first half of the 14th century, contains the Psalms, canticles and hymns in Latin prose with parallel Anglo-Norman translations. The second part (ff. 158r-241r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. 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

8. Harley MS 1568

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1568
Title:
The Prose Brut Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-182r: The Prose Brut Chronicle (Common version to 1419). Decoration: Historiated initial of King Diocletian and his daughters combined with a full bar border in colours and gold with floral decoration (f. 1r). Numerous historiated initials or small miniatures in colours and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 7335

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7335
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-163v: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales; imperfect. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 139v: a practice alphabet and inscriptions (‘essavyd offe my master’) Decoration: The manuscript is minimally decorated. Occasional small-scale strap-work in brown ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

10. Harley MS 937

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 937
Title:
Physician's folding almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: A portable physician's folding almanac based on the 'Kalendarium' of John Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer. It was apparently made for the sons of a northern noble family. This is the only known surviving almanac of its kind written in Englis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1430-1431
Extent:
10 folios, folded into six parts.

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