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1. 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.

2. Harley MS 524

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 524
Title:
Collection of sermons and theological tracts (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
The collection includes (f. 66) two contemporary additions relating to medicine, a charm (item 1) and a short verse on humours (item 2). Two short chapters (ff. 84, 119-11v; items 3-4) discuss the formation of the fetus and birth in theological rather than medical terms. The cataloguing of the m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Harley MS 532

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 532
Title:
A poem addressed to Queen Elizabeth I, A Discourse of the Buisines of Ambyona in Anno Domini 1624, and other texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1. A poem addressed to Queen Elizabeth I, Hymnus pastoralis in laudem serenissimae Reginae Elizabethae, ex Anglico sermone in Latinum traductus (ff. 1r-4r); 2. Correspondence between Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and Sir Francis de Vere (ff. 6r-9v); 3. A Discourse of the B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 532, f 82v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 532, f 82v
Title:
List of the Knights of the Golden Fleece
Scope & Content:
A list of the Knights of the Golden Fleece, beginning with Archduke Albert of Austria.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Between 1598 and 1621
Extent:
1 folio.

5. Harley MS 532, ff 5r-9v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 532, ff 5r-9v
Title:
Correspondence between Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and Sir Francis de Vere.
Scope & Content:
Includes a letter from Henry Percy (b. 1564, d. 1632), Earl of Northumberland, to Sir Francis de Vere (b. 1560/61, d. 1609), and De Vere's reply, see Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, 1601-3: With addenda 1547-65 (1870), Queen Elizabeth - Volume 283: April 1602: Letter from Henry Perc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century, after 1602
Extent:
4 folios; followed by a flyleaf (f. 10).

6. Harley MS 532, ff 11r-44r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 532, ff 11r-44r
Title:
A Discourse of the Buisines of Ambyona in Anno Domini 1624
Scope & Content:
A Discourse of the Buisines of Ambyona in Anno Domini 1624,relates to the Ambyona massacre of 1623 in which ten Englishmen in the service of the British East India Company were tortured and executed by agents of the Dutch East India Company on Ambon Island (now Indonesia).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century, after 1624
Extent:
34 folios.

7. Harley MS 532, ff 45r-48r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 532, ff 45r-48r
Title:
The History of the reigne of King Henry the 8th, King Edward, Queen Mary and part of Queen Elizabeth
Scope & Content:
A chronicle entitled: The History of the reigne of King Henry the 8th, King Edward, Queen Mary and part of Queen Elizabeth, incipit: 'The books which are written doo in their kinds...'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-17th century
Extent:
4 folios.

8. Harley MS 532, ff 53v-60r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 532, ff 53v-60r
Title:
A letter to John Dee describing the destruction of Dunwich by the sea in 1573
Scope & Content:
A letter to John Dee describing the destruction of Dunwich by the sea in 1573.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1573
Extent:
8 folios.

9. Harley MS 532, ff 61r-64v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 532, ff 61r-64v
Title:
Francis Bacon, A breefe Discourse touching the happy Union of the Kingdoms of Engand and Scotland
Scope & Content:
A breefe Discourse touching the happy Union of the Kingdoms of Engand and Scotland. composed by Francis Bacon in 1603.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century, after 1603
Extent:
4 folios.

10. Harley MS 532, ff 65r-72r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 532, ff 65r-72r
Title:
The order and form of the entry of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, into Canterbury before the investiture of William Wharham as archbishop of Canterbury on 9 March 1504
Scope & Content:
The order and form of the entry of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, into Canterbury before the investiture of William Wharham as archbishop of Canterbury on 9 March 1504 (The order and forme of the comminge of Lord Edwarde Stanfford Duke of Buckingham into Caunterbery the daye before Introni...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century, after 1504
Extent:
8 folios.