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1. Harley MS 1-7661

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1-7661
Title:
Harley Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Robert Harley (d 1724) and Edward Harley (d 1741), 1st and 2nd Earls of Oxford. c 1300-c 1700. 7661 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Dutch, English, English, Middle, English, Old, French, French, Old, Georgian, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Irish, Irish, Old, Italian, Latin, Slavic languages, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1700
Extent:
7689 items

2. Harley MS 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3
Title:
John Mirfield, Breviarium Bartholomei, with glosses and recipes by John Dee
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the medical work of John Mirfield [Johannes de Mirfeld] (d. 1407), an ecclesiastic and medical writer, and chaplain of the hospital of St Bartholomew, Smithfield, in London. Towards the end of his life he wrote two encyclopedic works in Latin, the so-called Florarium Bar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 6, ff 150-196r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6, ff 150-196r
Title:
Alexander Neckam, Corrogationes Promethei
Scope & Content:
Alexander Neckam (1157-1217), Corrogationes Promethei. Neckam was abbot of Cirencester and a scholar. His work comprises a treatise on grammatical criticism (ff. 150r-157v) followed by a scriptural commentary (ff. 158r-196r). Prohemium, rubric (f. 150r): 'Incipiunt corrogatio/nes Promethei. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
48 folios.

4. Harley MS 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 16
Title:
Transcripts of parliamentary rolls kept in the Tower of London from the time of King Henry VI
Scope & Content:
Transcripts of parliamentary rolls kept in the Tower of London from the time of Henry VI, compiled by Simonds d'Ewes. Title page: ‘Transcripta nonnulla ex Rotulis Parliamenti in Arce Londonensi repositis, De Tempore Regis H[enrici] 6. viz. ab a[nno] 1o Regis ejusdem, usque ad Parliamentum tent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 17
Title:
Transcripts of parliamentary rolls kept in the Tower of London from the time of King Edward IV
Scope & Content:
Transcripts of parliamentary rolls kept in the Tower of London from the time of King Edward IV, compiled by Simonds d'Ewes. Title page: ‘Transcripta nonnulla ex Rotulis Parliamenti in Arce Londonensi repositis, De Tempore Regis E[dwardi] IV. viz. ab a[nno] 1o Regis ejusdem, usque ad Parliament...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 18
Title:
Transcripts and extracts from the Parliament Rolls from the time of Richard III and Henry VII. Volume 1.
Scope & Content:
Transcripts and extracts from the Parliament Rolls from the time of Richard III in the Chapel of the Rolls in Chancery Lane London, compiled by Simonds d’Ewes. The transcripts are not in D’Ewes’s hand, but he has added running titles and original folio numbers and devised the title pages appeari...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

7. Harley MS 18-19

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 18-19
Title:
Transcripts and extracts from the Parliament Rolls from the time of Richard III and Henry VII
Scope & Content:
Transcripts and extracts from the Parliament Rolls from the time of Richard III and Henry VII in the Chapel of the Rolls in Chancery Lane London, compiled by Simonds d'Ewes. Transcripts not in D’Ewes’s hand, but he has added running titles and original folio numbers and devised the title pages in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
2 volumes

8. Harley MS 19

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 19
Title:
Transcripts and extracts from the Parliament Rolls from the time of Richard III and Henry VII. Volume 2.
Scope & Content:
Transcripts and extracts from the Parliament Rolls from the time of Henry VII in the Chapel of the Rolls in Chancery Lane London, compiled by Simonds d’Ewes. Transcripts in this volume are in Ralph Starkey's hand. D’Ewes’s has added running titles and original folio numbers and devised the title...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 20
Title:
Transcripts from the Parliament Rolls from the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V in the Tower of London
Scope & Content:
Transcripts from the Parliament Rolls from the reigns of of Henry IV and Henry V in the Tower of London, compiled by Simonds d’Ewes. Not in D’Ewes’s hand, but he has added the original foliation, and perhaps the running titles, and devised the title page (f. 1*). Title page: ‘Transcripta Nonnul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 21
Title:
Abstract of Parliament Rolls from the reigns of Edward III and Henry V
Scope & Content:
Abstract of Parliament rolls from the 4th year of the reign of Edward III to the 9th year of the reign of Henry V, compiled by Sir Simonds d'Ewes. Abridgment attributed by D'Ewes to William Bowyer and his son Robert Bowyer, and the transcript to Ralph Starkey. Simonds d'Ewes has added a title pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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