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171. Harley MS 667

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 667
Title:
Collections of statutes; lists of English kings; a prayer to St Mary Magdalene
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-253v: A large collection of English statutes and charters; including Magna Carta (ff. 15r-19v) and Summa Magna (f. 257v); written in the late 13th century or early 14th century. ff. 254r-297v: A collection of statutes, formula for oaths, a text on the office of bailiff, and '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 13th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

172. Harley MS 1212

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1212
Title:
Wycliffite New Testament, later version with the usual prologues and table of lections
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-14r: A ‘kalendar of lessouns pistlis and gospels of al þe ȝeer’. ff. 15r-283r: Wycliffite New Testament, later version with the usual prologues and table of lections. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 1*recto: A biblical quotation: 'Rev. 12.5 She bare a k...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1420
Extent:
1 volume

173. Harley MS 1896

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1896
Title:
Bilingual Psalter, in the later Wycliffite translation, with the Canticles, and the Athanasian Creed
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-110v: Bilingual Psalter, in the later Wycliffite translation, with the Canticles and the Athanasian Creed. Decoration: 2 full borders in colours and gold with foliate decoration and gold balls and historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 1, 109 (ff. 1r, 78v). 5 3-sided...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

174. Harley MS 861

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 861
Title:
Compilation of texts relating to English claims to the French throne
Scope & Content:
A compilation of texts detailing English claims to the French throne and Anglo-French treaties during the Hundred Years War, compiled by Thomas Beckington (c. 1390-1465), bishop of Bath and Wells. The manuscript dates to sometime after 1443, when Beckington became bishop. The focus on the claims...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1443-1461
Extent:
1 volume

175. Harley MS 5751

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5751
Title:
A book for the instruction of young clerks proceeding to holy orders
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-327r: A book for the instruction of young clerks proceeding to holy orders, containing guides to confession and penance, practice translations into English (f. 146r), beginning ‘Grammatica vel Grammatice est literalis sciencia radix omni scienciarum cum qua omnia sine qua nichi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

176. Harley MS 1628

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1628
Title:
Scope & Content:
Collection of Medical Glossaries, Texts, and Recipes; 15th cent., 2nd half. Latin and Middle English. Copies. The volume, entitled 'Dispensatory', is a compilation of glossaries and texts on simple drugs put together by or for the use of an English apothecary possibly around 1483 (date on f. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

177. Harley MS 3954

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3954
Title:
English miscellany with Mandeville's Travels, Piers Plowman, catechetical texts, and devotional poems.
Scope & Content:
The main part of this miscellany contains catechetical texts, some with exempla and devotional poems about the Passion in Middle English with rubricated headings in Latin. However, the manuscript is especially known for its copy of William Langland's dream-vision Piers Plowman and an illustrated...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Parchment manuscript

178. Harley MS 562

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 562
Title:
Tractatus de mirabilibus urbis Romanae; indulgences and stations at Rome; itinerary from England to Rome; itinerary of Odoric of Pordenone
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6r: Tractatus de mirabilibus urbis Romanae. ff. 6r-21r: Indulgences at the churches and stations of Rome ff. 21r-22v: Itinerary from England to Rome. ff. 22v-28v: Itinerary of Odoric of Pordenone to the East. Decoration: Small red initials throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

179. Harley MS 3130

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3130
Title:
Collection of sermons; Distincciones Johannes Lathbury
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-146v: A collection of sermons, containing some in Middle English ('lovesums lykyng' on f. 2v), and distinctions. Includes the Distincciones Johannes Lathbury or Alphabetum morale (ff. 17r-76v), containing references to Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon. The manuscript contains a f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

180. Harley MS 1203

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1203
Title:
Apocalips of Jesu Crist, with commentary; Wycliffite tracts on verses in the Gospel of Matthew
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-63v: A Middle English translation of the ‘Norman Apocalypse’ (earlier than and independent from the Wycliffite Bible), known as Apocalips of Jesu Crist, with commentary (Version B). ff. 64r-91r: A Wycliffite tract on verses in the Gospel of Matthew, beginning: 'Attendite a fa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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