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641. Harley MS 1266

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Harley MS 1266
Title:
Collection of compositions, including: Cantatas, Arias, mostly for a soprano, with a bass for harpsichord, and others with symphonies and string accompaniments, all in score, by anonymous authors
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-13b, 21-184b. Cantatas, Arias, etc., usually for a soprano, with a bass (occasionally figured) for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous. Nos, 10-12 are in a different hand from all the rest, the first two being dated ' Venetia,' and the third ' Milano.'1. 'Care sponde del Tebro.' f. 1. 2. 'Tra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century - 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

642. Harley MS 1267

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1267
Title:
Trios, with a bass, and for harpsichord, and Arias mostly from Operas, with a figured bass for harpsichord, and string accompaniments, all compositions in score, by anonymous authors
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 6b. Trios, with a bass, in score. Anonymous. 1. 'Con vn sospir.' f. 1. 2. 'Tutto e gioja.' f. 6b. f. 12. 'Nò, non ha tregua il mio dolor'; with a bass for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous. ff. 18-93. Arias with a figured bass for harpsichord, and, in a few cases, accompaniments for s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

643. Harley MS 1268

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1268
Title:
Numbers from unnamed Operas, mostly for one voice, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by anonymous composers
Scope & Content:
Volume I (allied to Vol II: Harley MS 1269) Numbers (for one voice, unless the contrary is expressed), with a bass for harpsichord, in score, from unnamed Operas, by anonymous composers. Bound with Harley MS 1269. The names of La Menarina and Sig[nora] Rosana, which are given in vol. i, f. 32, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

644. Harley MS 1269

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1269
Title:
Numbers from unnamed Operas, mostly for one voice, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by anonymous composers
Scope & Content:
Volume II (allied to Vol I: Harley MS 1268) Numbers (for one voice, unless the contrary is expressed), with a bass for harpsichord, in score, from unnamed Operas, by anonymous composers. Bound with Harley MS 1268. The names of La Menarina and Sig[nora] Rosana, which are given in vol. i, f. 32, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 17th century
Extent:

1 volume (49 folios)

645. Harley MS 1270

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1270
Title:
Mostly Italian Songs, suspected from Operas, in score, by various composers, including: Aleso Scarlatti, Bero Pasquini, Filippo Colonnesi, Giacomo Charissimi, Henry Purcell
Scope & Content:
The MS is said by Humphrey Wanley to be 'written partly by Mr. Bernard Martin Berenclow, and partly by Doctor Berenclow, his father.' It also contains songs from Operas and Guitar Instructions. passim. 'Ariette Italiane ' for a soprano voice, with a bass (frequently figured) for harpsichord, in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century - 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

646. Harley MS 1271

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1271
Title:
17th century Italian Cantatas, with a bass, and harpsichord, in score, by an anonymous author
Scope & Content:
ff. 71. Italian Cantatas, with a bass (usually figured) for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous.1. '[O]mbre, tenebre, orrori.' f. 1. 2. 'Quelle Luci'; possibly part of no. 1. f. 6. 3. '[?M]esto in sen d'un Antro.' f. 16. 4. '[I]n erma ripa.' f. 31. 5. '[M]i contento cosi.' f. 42. 6. 'Che sento, oh D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

647. Harley MS 1274

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1274
Title:
Minutes of committees in the House of Commons, and an extract of Elenchus Parliamentorum by Walter Yonge
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-78v: Minutes of all resolutions taken by the committees of House of Commons, 29 November 1695-23 April 1696. ff. 79-106: Extract of Elenchus Parliamentorum de Temporibus Ed: 3, Ri: 2, H: 4, H: 5, H: 6, and Ed: 4. by Walter Yonge. 'Extracted out of 7 Qui...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1696
Extent:
1 volume

648. Harley MS 1276

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1276
Title:
Nicholas Collyn, Instructionum liberorum libellus
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: ‘Withdrawe not thou thy tender merry from me o Lord, lett thy merry and thy truth alway preserve me ps. 40.ii’. ff. 2*-74r: Nicholas Collyn of Lincoln's Inn, Instructionum liberorum libellus; ‘Composed by Nicholaus Collyn of Lyncolns Inne [...] for the instructions and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1616
Extent:
1 volume

649. Harley MS 1278

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1278
Title:
Notes on churches and public buildings in Paris by Mr Richard Symonds
Scope & Content:
An octavo manuscript volume by Mr Richard Symonds, containing his notes on the city of Paris, made after a visit there in 1649. The volume contains his observations made on all the churches and public buildings in the city, along with drawings of arms, inscriptions, epitaphs, habits, dials, etc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1649
Extent:
1 volume

650. Harley MS 1279

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1279
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. [1a]recto-78r: A late 16th- or early 17th-century collection of arms, in colours or tricked, beginning with a full-page drawing of ‘Bradford his Coate Armes’ (f. [1a]recto); also features the arms of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st Baronet, added at a later stage on ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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