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41. Harley MS 4236

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4236
Title:
Thomas Hobbes, The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
Scope & Content:
The Elements of Law, a treatise on political theory and the origins of the state, was completed by Thomas Hobbes on 9 May 1640 (see f. 2v), dedicated to William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle, and distributed in several manuscript copies produced by professional scribes. Another copy manuscrip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640
Extent:
1 volume

42. Harley MS 4347

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4347
Title:
The Aphorisms of Hippocrates and other maxims
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: 1. Hippocrates, Aphorismata (ff. 1r-37r); 2. Bernard de Gordon, A series of definitions from the chapter headings of the Lilium Medicinae (ff. 37r-41r); 3. A collection of definitions and maxims (ff. 42v-43r); 4. A text on the Invention of the Holy Cross (f. 43v); 5...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
44 folios.

43. Harley MS 4347, ff 44r-44v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4347, ff 44r-44v
Title:
Added notes, calculations and a diagram
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 folio.

44. Harley MS 4924

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4924
Title:
Thomas Osborne, Treatise on arithmetic
Scope & Content:
A treatise on arithmetic by Thomas Osborne. Decoration: The decoration of the manuscript imitates that of printed books. It comprises: A title page with the royal arms of Queen Elizabeth I supported by a lion and a dragon and encircled by the Garter, with Elizabeth's initials E R held by ang...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1601-1602
Extent:

1 volume

45. Harley MS 5201

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5201
Title:
Astrological miscellany
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is composed of three parts produced in different periods and locations that originally formed independent manuscripts (ff. 1r-83v; 84r-146v; 147r-183v). Contents: Pars oculi sacerdotis (ff. 1r-50v); Notes in English and Latin (ff. 51r-52v); Verba secundum modum alphabeticum,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1150-1524
Extent:
183 folios.

46. Harley MS 5201, f 80v (item 2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5201, f 80v (item 2)
Title:
A note in English
Scope & Content:
Incipit: 'This be yre articlis...'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

1 folio.

47. Harley MS 5201, ff 51r-52v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5201, ff 51r-52v
Title:
Notes in English and Latin
Scope & Content:
Incipit: 'Decum precoptorum recitatio compondiosa / Thou schalt not have stringe goddes but me alone...'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

2 folios.

48. Harley MS 5294, f 1r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5294, f 1r
Title:
Notes on humours, partly in figures of division.
Scope & Content:
Also includes a series of ownership inscriptions (see provenance).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 folio

49. Harley MS 6001

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6001
Title:
Thomas Harriot, Mathematical notes
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes mathematical notes by Thomas Harriot (b. c. 1560, d. 1621), mathematician and natural philosopher, written by the mathematician Sir Charles Cavendish (b. c. 1595, d. 1654).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1621-1654
Extent:
1 volume

50. Harley MS 6002

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6002
Title:
Thomas Harriot, Mathematical notes
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes mathematical notes by Thomas Harriot (b. c. 1560, d. 1621), mathematician and natural philosopher, written by the mathematician Sir Charles Cavendish (b. 1595?, d. 1654).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1621-1654
Extent:
1 volume