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81. Harley MS 4690

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4690
Title:
The Brut Chronicle; 'Richard Coer de Lion'
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the Middle English translation of the Brut Chronicle from French by John Mandeville in 1435. It also includes a poem in Middle English verse known as 'Richard Coer de Lion'. Contents: ff. 4r-108r: The so-called 'Peculiar version' of the Brut ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

82. 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.

83. Harley MS 1671

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1671
Title:
The Weye of Paradys
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-85v: The Weye of Paradys; a Middle English translation of the Middle French Voie de Paradis; imperfect at the beginning and end. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 1*recto: An English poem on St Erasmus, beginning 'Of Synt herassimus here may a man rede' [th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of 14th century-1st quarter of 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

84. Harley MS 498

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 498
Title:
Cartulary of Roger de Asphale
Scope & Content:
ff. 2–4, 24–29: Copies of approximately 25 deeds belonging to Roger de Asphale, from the time of Edward I. Parts of a roll, originally c. 1525 × 215 mm, now cut into pieces. ff. 5–23: Fragmentary memoranda of debts and payments. Decoration: Marginal titles.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century–14th century
Extent:

1 volume

85. Harley MS 913

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 913
Title:
The Kildare Lyrics
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-2r: A theological tract. f. 3r-6v: The Land of Cokaygne ('Fur in see bi west Spaygne / Is a lond ihote Cokaygne'). f. 6v: Bissop lorles, kyng redeles (Abuses of the age). ff. 7r-8v: Hail seint Michel wiþ þe lange sper (Satire on the people of Kildare). ff. 9r-10r: Swet ihe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

86. Harley MS 2862

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2862
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 13r-62v: The Hours of the Virgin; imperfect. ff. 64r-80r: The Penitential Psalms. ff. 80r-90v: The Litany containing English saints, followed by various prayers to God. ff. 91r-93v: The Mass of St Gregory; imperfect. The introductory rubric is repeated ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

87. Harley MS 3300

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3300
Title:
Formulary from the diocese of Exeter
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: Two Latin indentures from Devon, one relating to the vicar of Cornwood, and the other to Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond. f. 2r: A Middle English poem on the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit, 'Love come outte fro heven'; ending with the attribution: 'Quod Breche' [...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

88. 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

89. Harley MS 1731

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1731
Title:
Prick of Conscience; Speculum Gy de Warewyke
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-132v: Prick of Conscience. ff. 134r-148v: Speculum Gy de Warewyke (also entitled Speculum Mundi and Speculum utile istius mundi). The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 1*recto: two inscriptions on pieces of parchment: ‘Ryght honorable and most worthy’, added in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

90. Harley MS 6580

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6580
Title:
Speculum Christiani and Oraciones de Saluatore Nostro
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-62r: Speculum Christiani. At the end the scribe writes 'Amen quod Rogerus' and directly after this in red, a rubricator writes 'Explicit liber de speculo christiani quod byrde' (f. 62r). ff. 62v-64v: Oraciones de Saluatore Nostro. Late 14th century Latin text on original flyl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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