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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3504
Title:: Nicholas Upton, De officio militari; on the manner and form of keeping of Parliament; tracts on the baptism, coronation and consecration of kings and queens; Liber Armorum; account of the funeral procession of King Henry VII; (?)John Skelton, Verses presented to Henry VII on the feast of St George
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3r-8v: 'A Table declaringe the Contents of this Booke'. ff. 9r-198r: Nicholas Upton, De officio militari, here entitled: 'Tractatus de Armis Nic: Upton etc'; 'beginning: 'Summum opificem alpha et oo in essentia unum et trinum in personis'; consisting of 4 books entitled: 'De Col...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3627
Title:: George Owen, Of the Antiquity, Ampleness, and Excellency of the Common Laws of England
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-116r: George Owen (b. c. 1573, d. 1617), Of the Antiquity, Ampleness, and Excellency of the Common Laws of England; chapters 1-6 (out of 20 chapters), here anonymous, but with the title: 'Of fhe Antiquitie, Amplenes, and Excellencie of the Common Lawes of England'. Owen wrote t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1614-c 1625
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3642
Title:: The process against the Anglican bishops Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-30r: The process against the Anglican bishops Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer, copied from the original and attested by William Whyte, with his notary signature (ff. 29r-30r).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1555-c 1600
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3703
Title:: Collection of alchemical works, including De compositione alchemiae; John Sawtry, De occulta philosophia; and Richardus de Salopia, De proportione elementorum
Scope & Content:: A composite manuscript containing works on alchemy, comprising three parts that were produced separately but joined together shortly afterwards, as indicated by a 15th-century table of contents for the whole manuscript on f. 1v. Part 1: ff. 1-24; Part 2: ff. 25-40; Part 3: ff. 41-97. Contents:...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3709
Title:: Peter of Blois, Epistolarum collectio
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-135r: Peter of Blois, Epistolarum collectio. The manuscript contains several later additions: ff. 111v-112v: An index of theological subjects added by an early 16th-century hand that also made marginal annotations throughout the manuscript. ff. 113r-116v: A (?) list of cont...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3749
Title:: John Norden, Survey of the Honor of Windsor
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a survey of the Honor of Windsor that was made by the cartographer John Norden (b. c. 1547, d. 1625) for King James I in 1607. The manuscript contains 17 maps that are the result of a survey conducted on foot by Norden. The maps in this volume show communication routes, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1607
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3811
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Sarum; Bonaventure, Breviloquium pauperis seu Compendium sacrae Scripturae and De triplici via; a text regarding English laws
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is a composite miscellany containing three separate parts. The first part (ff. 5-86) contains a Book of Hours, made in England in the second half of the 14th century. The second part (ff. 87-174) contains works by Bonaventure, made in Germany or the Netherlands [ff. 87r-154v]...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 14th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3813
Title:: Account of the counties of England, Ireland and Scotland, with engraved maps by Pieter van den Keere
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-188v: Account of the counties of England, Ireland and Scotland, written in English, with printed and coloured maps of counties (with their names in Latin and English) engraved by the Flemish engraver Pieter van den Keere ['Peter Kerius'] (b. 1571, d. c. 1646) in 1599. Decorat...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3818
Title:: English statutes
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-2r: Table of contents. ff. 2v-16v: Chapter lists of English statutes. ff. 17r-25r: Magna Carta. ff. 25r-29r: Carta de Foresta. ff. 29v-34r: Statutum de Merton. ff. 34r-45v: Statutum de Marleberge. ff. 45v-68v: Statutum Westmonasterii Primum. ff. 68v-74r: Statutum G...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3819
Title:: Statutes of England; Registrum Brevium
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Lists of chapters of statutes. ff. 5r-10v: Magna Carta. ff. 10v-13v: Statuta de Foresta. ff. 13v-17r: Statuta de Merton. ff. 17r-25r: Statuta de Marleberg. ff. 25r-41r: Statuta Prima Westmonasterii. ff. 41r-45r: Statuta Gloucesterie. ff. 45r-74v: Statuta Secun...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman, English, and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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