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91. Harley MS 1605/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1605/3
Title:
The Forme of Cury (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the third of three volumes that comprise Harley MS 1605 (the others being Harley MS 1605/1 and Harley MS 1605/2). This part of the manuscript contains an imperfect copy of a Middle English collection of cookery recipes known as The Forme of Cury (The Method of Cooking). The te...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1390-early 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

92. Harley MS 3814 A

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3814 A
Title:
Astronomical and astrological miscellany
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is the first volume of two. It is composed of four parts: I (ff. 1r-10v); II (ff. 11r-89v), III (ff. 90r-104v), and (ff. 105r-140v). Parts I and II were probaby bound together at an early date and formed a separate volume with ff. 1r-2v and 88r-89v + 1 as flyleaves. Parts III and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1230-1399
Extent:
140 folios.

93. Harley MS 210

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 210
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–24v: Mixed Hours of the Virgin and of the Cross (imperfect) ff. 25r–26v: Hours of the Passion (imperfect). ff. 34v–36v: Various prayers and suffrages, prayers in English. ff. 36v–43v: Psalms of the Passion. ff. 47r–59r: The Penitential Psalms followed by the Litany and prayers (includ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

94. Harley MS 874

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 874
Title:
Apocalypse in English with prose commentary
Scope & Content:
English version of the Apocalypse/Revelation of St John, with a prose commentary following each section of the text. f. 1*r: Added paper leaf with Frederic Madden's notes about the manuscript, citing Harley 1203, Harley 171, and Royal 17 A XXVI. f. 1v: Pen trials, 15th century. f. 2r–v: Prolo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1340-1370
Extent:

Parchment codex

95. Harley MS 2387

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2387
Title:
Walter Hilton, Scala perfectionis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-129v: Walter Hilton, Scala perfectionis (Ladder of Perfection); imperfect, the first two parts only. With the opening rubric: ‘Here bygynyth þe boke þat is I clepyde scale perfeccionis and it haþ twey partes’; beginning: ‘Gostly broþer in Ihesu crist I preye þe þat in þe cally...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

96. Harley MS 3812

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3812
Title:
Physician's folding almanac
Scope & Content:
A portable physician's folding almanac with calendrical information. The manuscript includes: 1. Calendar canon (f. 1r); 2. Calendar (three months to a leaf, one month per half-leaf, the first displayed on versos, the following two on rectos) with lunar conjunctions of the 19-year Metonic cyc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1463
Extent:

5 folded folios.

97. Harley MS 992

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 992
Title:
A collection of heraldic texts and drawings
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains heraldic texts and drawings from the 2nd half of the 15th century and 1st half of the 16th century in Middle English, Middle French and Latin. Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Drawings of arms of aristocratic families, several in colours; with family names in English. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

98. Harley MS 3760

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3760
Title:
Thomas Brinton, Sermons
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-163v: Thomas Brinton, Sermones (26 sermons), entitled ‘D[omi]ni Thom[ae] Bruton Rof[ensi] Ep[iscopi] Sermones’; featuring some Middle English verse. Decoration: Medium blue initials and small red initials.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

99. Harley MS 435

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 435
Title:
William of Nassyngton, Speculum Vitae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-102r: William of Nassyngton, Speculum Vitae, imperfect at the beginning; ending with the verse ‘Sit tibi laus cristi quod liber explicit Iste’. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 6r-6v, 50r-50v, and 59r-59v: 16th-century copies of the Speculum Vitae replacing missi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 volume

100. Harley MS 602

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 602
Title:
Register of St Albans Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Added charters in Latin and English. f. 1v: Ownership inscriptions. ff. 2r–95r: Miscellaneous register of St Albans Abbey, containing rentals, leases, acquittances etc., made before 1396.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

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