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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7513
Title:: Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to St Mary’s Abbey, Worcester
Scope & Content:: King Edgar grants to St Mary's Abbey, Worcester, privileges for land at Cropthorne, Overbury, Pendock, Worcestershire; Teddington, Gloucestershire; Mitton in Bredon, Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire; Northwick in Blockley, Evenlode, Daylesford, Dorn in Batsford, Icomb, Gloucestershire; Shipston-on-St...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: Early 12th century
Extent:: 1 leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7551/1
Title:: Biblical commentaries; Gospel of Luke (imperfect)
Scope & Content:: Biblical commentaries and a partial copy of the Gospel of Luke. Originally bound with Harley MS 7551/2. ff. 1r-18r: Notes on the Song of Songs, Latin, 14th century. ff. 19r-32r: Notes on the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Old English. 17th century. ff. 33r-36r: Gospel of Luke (imperfect)...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 9th century-17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7567
Title:: Collection of fragments, copies and originals of historical and religious texts, including the Old English edicts of Æthelberht; Old English laws of Æthelred; Decretum Gratiani; Cronica de Anglia; William of St Alban, Passio Sancti Albani
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript consists of fragments, copies and originals of medieval and early modern texts that were produced separately and may have been kept together as a loose collection in the Harleian Library. The manuscript contains at least 38 separate sections ranging from the late 12th c...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1175-c 1734
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7653
Title:: The Harley Prayerbook
Scope & Content:: A fragment of a decorated prayerbook with an Old English gloss. Its text and decoration link it to a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks known as the 'Tiberius Group'. In particular, its script and contents are related to those in Royal MS 2 A XX (the Royal Prayerbook), Harley MS 2965 (the Book of...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: late 8th to first quarter of 9th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley Roll I 1
Title:: Copy of an inspeximus of King Henry IV of England (r. 1399–1413)
Scope & Content:: Copy of an inspeximus of King Henry IV of England (r. 1399–1413), 1400. Includes a writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066), declaring that his priests in St Paul’s minster shall be entitled to sake and soke within borough and without, and to as good laws as they ever had in the time of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: Parchment roll

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