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1. Harley MS 1251

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1251
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1: Added paper fragment of a printed 15th- or 16th-century book concerning canon law, inscribed on the recto with a book curse in Middle English verse, ‘Thys boke ys one and godes kors ys anoder they that take the ton god gef them the toder’ (DIMEV no. 5660-3), late-15th/16th cent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1430-c 1440
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 1709

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1709
Title:
Motets by English composers of the beginning of the 16th century. Medius part.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-57 passim. Medius part of some ‘antemns‘ (i.e. Motets) by English composers of the beginning of the 16th century. More than half of them are anonymous. 1. ‘Gaude plurimum.’ By J. Taverner. f. 1. 2. ‘Aue, dei patris filia.’ f. 3b. 3. ‘Adoro te, domine.’ f. 5. 4. ‘Salue, regina, pudi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 5036

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5036
Title:
Prayer-book
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of a prayer-book (ff. 1r-22r) that may have been written in the late 15th or early 16th century, with later additions in the first half of the 16th century (ff. 22r-28r), and second half of the 16th century (ff. 28v-43v). The contents of the latter part suggest...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1475-c 1590
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 5280

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5280
Title:
Collection of Irish historical, mythological and religious texts
Scope & Content:
A collection of Irish texts from the Ulster, Finn and mythological cycles. Also some religious and glossarial material. A detailed catalogue description is provided in O'Grady and Flower, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts, II, pp. 298-323. Contents: ff. 1-10 are later inserted paper leaves. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Harley MS 7003

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7003
Title:
A collection of letters, many of them written by, or addressed to, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
Scope & Content:
A volume of original letters and copies, including correspondence on public foreign and domestic affairs, 1610–1717. A number of the letters are written by, or addressed to, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. ff. 1r–10v: 'A Letter to a person of Honour, Concerning the King's Disavowing the haueing...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1610-1717
Extent:
1 volume