51. Harley Ch 83 H 1
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52. Harley MS 3
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3
- Title:
- John Mirfield, Breviarium Bartholomei, with glosses and recipes by John Dee
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains the medical work of John Mirfield [Johannes de Mirfeld] (d. 1407), an ecclesiastic and medical writer, and chaplain of the hospital of St Bartholomew, Smithfield, in London. Towards the end of his life he wrote two encyclopedic works in Latin, the so-called Florarium Bar...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1400
- Extent:
- 1 volume
53. Harley MS 24
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 24
- Title:
- Prose Brut
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r–218v: Prose Brut (Chronicle of England; extended version to 1419, in the reign of Henry V (r. 1413–22)). For an edition of the work see The Brut or the Chronicles of England, 2 vols, ed. Friedrich W.D. Brie, Early English Text Society, 131 and 136 (Oxford: 1906–8); contains tex...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and English, Middle
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
54. Harley MS 38
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 38
- Title:
- A miscellany of political papers and letters and tracts on coinage, transcribed largely by Ralph Starkey; original letters addressed to Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, and Sir Simonds D'Ewes, 1642-1648; A Licence to travayle for Francis Davison and Edward Smith granted by Queen Elizabeth I, 1595
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript mostly contains 17th-century English letters and transcripts of 16th-century documents. It also features an original licence on parchment to travel outside of England for three years granted to a ‘Francis Davison’ and ‘Edward Smith’, signed by Queen Elizabeth I and with her wax s...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1595-1648
- Extent:
- 1 volume
55. Harley MS 51
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 51
- Title:
- Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae; Jacobus Palladinus de Theramo, Consolatio peccatorum
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 3r-105v: Guido delle Colonne ['de Columnis' or 'de Columna'], Historia destructionis Troiae (A History of the Destruction of Troy) or Historia troiana, in 35 books with a prologue, epilogue and colophon. Prologue begins, ‘Licet cotidie vetera recentibus obruent nonnulla tamen iamd...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
56. Harley MS 69
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 69
- Title:
- The booke of certaine triumphes
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-63v: A large collection of tracts, letters, and notes in English and French concerning court affairs and entertainment, jousting and the bearing of coats of arms, known as ‘The booke of certaine triumphes’. Decoration: Full-, half-, and quarter-page drawings of knights joust...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
57. Harley MS 167
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 167
- Title:
- An English miscellany containing texts relating to naval matters
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-202v: A large collection of tracts and letters, primarily concerning naval matters. The manuscript contains documents on the victualling of ships, navigating, shipments, prices of goods, the custom system (taxes for good exported and imported through ports). The manuscript feat...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
58. Harley MS 181
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 181
- Title:
- Ars Notoria
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains three texts of the Ars Notoria, including a set of prayers, holy and angelic names, diagrams and rituals used to gain knowledge and understanding by supernatural revelation, apparently as revealed by God to Solomon. Contents: ff. 1r-17v: Ars Memorativa, beginning: 'Yf ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 16th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
59. Harley MS 218
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 218
- Title:
- Collection of scientific, historical, and theological works, including Johann Lichtenberger, Prognosticatio; Pseudo-Aristotele, Problemata; John Lydgate, Testament; Meditations on the Supper; Honorius of Autun, Imago Mundi; Sextus Aurelius Victor, De viris illustribus; Jerome of Hereford's predictions for 1472; Commentary on the Ten Commandments; Treatise on the Computus
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript is a composite miscellany consisting of eight different parts that were produced at different times. Parts 1 (ff. 2-49), 2 (ff. 50-51), and 5 (ff. 122-146) were all printed in the late 15th century. Part 3 (ff. 52-103) and 6 (ff. 147-158) were written by different 15th-century ha...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 13th century-15th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
60. Harley MS 219
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 219
- Title:
- Odo of Cheriton, Fabulae; a selection of tales from the Gesta Romanorum; Libre du gouvernement des roys et des princes, an anonymous French translation of the Secretum Secretorum; Christine de Pizan, Épistre de Othéa a Hector; glossary of terms in French, Latin, and Middle English
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript is a composite miscellany, made up of three parts (ff. 1-79; ff. 80-105 plus blanks; and ff. 106-153). It contains copies of the Fabulae (Fables) of the English preacher Odo of Cheriton (b. 1180/90, d. 1256/7), a selection of tales from the Gesta Romanorum (Deeds of the Romans), ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume