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591. Harley MS 7655

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7655
Title:
Theological questions and answer by a Protestant author
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-20r: Theological questions and answer by a Protestant author (referring to ‘The Papists wicked blasphemie’), beginning: ‘Q: How many commaundements are there in the first Table?’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century-4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

592. Harley MS 7658

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7658
Title:
John [Hans] Engelbrecht, A true Relation of a Vision of Heaven and Hell
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-23r: John [Hans] Engelbrecht, ‘A true Relation of a Vision of Heaven and Hell; That is: How God hath awaked and raised mee John Engelbrecht from Death, and when my body was dead, stiff and cold (the which is known to many people in Brunswick) the same in a short time became aga...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

593. Harley Roll AA 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll AA 23
Title:
Expenses of John Tamworth, Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, 1559-1569
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. [1]recto-[5]verso: An account of the expenses of John Tamworth (d. 1569), Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, 1559-1569. Decoration: Large initials with cadels in black ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1559-1569
Extent:
1 roll

594. Kings MS 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Kings MS 9
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (''Anne Boleyn''s Book of Hours'')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-255v: Book of Hours, Use of Sarum; ff. 256r-303v: Devotional miscellany. Decoration: The Book of Hours (ff. 1-255) may have been illuminated by a Flemish artist, active in the Tudor court (Blackhouse, Books (1985), p. 79). The manuscript has also been attributed to a Paris...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1500
Extent:

1 volume

595. Lansdowne MS 851

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 851
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, made shortly after his death, traditionally assigned to the year 1400. Contents: ff. 2r-12r: The General Prologue. ff. 12r-38v: The Knight's Tale. ff. 38v-39v: The Miller's Prologue. ff. 39v-47v: The Miller's Tale. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1410
Extent:

1 volume

596. Lansdowne Roll 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne Roll 4
Title:
Roll chronicle of the kings of England and Scotland to Henry VI and James I
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogical roll chronicle of: English kings in roll form consisting of a series of roundels accompanied by a commentary. The genealogical diagram has Scottish kings on the left, from Constantine to James Stuart and English kings on the right, from Edward the Elder to Henry VI. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Between 1423 and 1460
Extent:

1 roll

597. Lansdowne Roll 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne Roll 6
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of English kings to Henry VIII and of French kings and dukes
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogy of the kings of England and France in four columns, produced after 1513. The French and English lines are in the centre, with the dukes of Normandy on the left, and other nobility of France on the right. A commentary on Scottish monarchs accompanies the English genealogy....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:

1 roll

598. Lansdowne Roll 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne Roll 9
Title:
Genealogical roll of Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton
Scope & Content:
This roll contains an illustrated genealogy of Elin Ulfsdotter Snakenborg (b. 1548/9, d. 1635), commonly known as Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton. Helena was a Swedish-born noblewoman who travelled to England in 1564 as part of the retinue of Princess Cecilia of Sweden (b. 1540, d....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1640
Extent:
1 roll

599. Royal MS 14 B XXXII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B XXXII
Title:
Declaration of expenses of the navy between Wales and Ireland by Sir Anthony Poyntz, Vice-Admiral, 8 April-23 September 1523
Scope & Content:
A roll containing a declaration of expenses of Henry VIII's 'navye on the see between Wales and Irelond', by Sir Antony Poyntz (b. 1480, d. 1533), Vice-Admiral, 8 April-23 September 1523. The recto records the expenses for ten ships in the king's navy: the Minion, the George of Fowey, the Chris...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1523
Extent:
A paper roll

600. Royal MS 15 A I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 A I
Title:
Jane Lumley, translation of Isocrates, Archidamus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Archidamus, one of the Orationes of the Ancient Greek rhetorician Isocrates (b. 436, d. 338 BC), in a Latin translation composed by Jane Lumley (b. 1537, d. 1578), Baroness Lumley. The manuscript is a presentation copy, probably intended as a New Year's gift fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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