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631. Harley MS 1237

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1237
Title:
Drafts of a Bill of Comprehension
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, consisting of various drafts of a Bill of Comprehension, to reconcile some non-conformist protestants with the Church of England. Contents: ff. 1-3v: 'An Act for the Uniting their Majesties Protestant Subjects', also referred to as the Bill of Comprehension, 1689. ff. 4...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1689?
Extent:
1 volume

632. Harley MS 1243

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1243
Title:
State papers and parliamentary journals
Scope & Content:
Various state papers and parliamentary journals bound together. ff. 1-107: Journal of the House of Lords, 26 November 1696 to 23 January 1697, with reference to the attainder of Sir John Fenwick. Also includes the following business: Charles Mordaunt, then Earl of Monmouth, later of Peterbor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1661-1708
Extent:
1 volume

633. Harley MS 1247

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1247
Title:
Tracts on navigation and the navy
Scope & Content:
Book in several hands on navigation, with diagrams, and English navy matters 1658-1665. Contents: ff. 1-14: Short geometrical tract for learners, with diagrams. ff. 15-32: Explanation of some problems in the art of navigation. ff. 33-37: The doctrine of spherical triangles. f. 38v: Li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1650s-1660s
Extent:
1 volume

634. Harley MS 1248

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1248
Title:
Court precedents
Scope & Content:
Book of court precedents, largely manorial courts. For a selected list of contents, see the 1808 printed catalogue of Harley MSS (Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. 1, pp. 628-630). Includes extracts from the Court-Leat and Court-Baron for the manors of Clacton Mag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1673
Extent:
1 volume

635. Harley MS 1250

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1250
Title:
Copies and drafts of various parliamentary papers
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. Contents: f. 1: Incomplete table of contents. ff. 2-27: An Act to punish mutiny, sedition and desertion in soldiers; for preventing false musters; and concerning soldiers’ pay. To take effect from 10 January 1691 [1692?]. ff. 29v-74: Copy of a Bill for regulating the co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1690s
Extent:
1 volume

636. 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

637. Harley MS 1253

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1253
Title:
An episcopal formulary for use of Norwich; a printed copy of 'Psalmes or prayers taken out of holye scripture', 1545
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-214r, 318r: An episcopal formulary for use of Norwich. ff. 215r-317v: 'Psalmes or prayers taken out of holye scripture', printed by Thomas Berthelette in London, 1545.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

638. Harley MS 1260

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1260
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (The Percy Hours)
Scope & Content:
This prayer book contains items that are typical of a Book of Hours, including a Calendar, the Hours of the Virgin, the Seven Penitential Psalms, and a Litany of Saints. However, its larger part comprises prayers in Latin and Anglo Norman that are not organised according to the canonical hours. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1370
Extent:

1 volume

639. Harley MS 1263

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1263
Title:
A fragmentary manuscript with liturgical texts for the Order for the Visitation of the Sick; Recommendation of a Departing Soul; and Office of the Dead
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-20r: The Order for the Visitation of the Sick; with the rite for Extreme Unction; imperfect at the beginning. ff. 20r-49v: The Recommendation of a Departing Soul (‘commendacio omni fidelium defunctorum’); with neumes on red bars. ff. 50r-89v: The Office of the Dead; with m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

640. Harley MS 1265

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1265
Title:
Collection of compositions, including Cantatas, Arias, for a soprano voice, with figured bass for harpsichord, in score, and suspected from Operas, by authors including: Giacomo Carissimi, Giovanni Francesco Tenaglia, Luigi Ross, Allesso Scarlatti, Carlo Manelli, Henry Firmin, Allesso Stradella, Domco Gabrielli, Mario Marazzoli, and Carlo Ludovici
Scope & Content:
passim. Cantatas, Arias, etc., for a soprano voice, with figured bass for harpsichord, in score. 1. 'Ferma; lascia ch' io parli': Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots. 'Giacomo Carissimi.' f. 1. 2. 'A la Rota.' This and nos. 3-16 are by 'Luigi Rossi.' f. 37. 3. 'Questo picciolo Rio.' f. 63. 4. 'Ste...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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