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1151. Harley MS 3991

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3991
Title:
Verse miscellany of songs, poems and drama
Scope & Content:
A quarto verse miscellany in several hands, including poems, songs and extracts from plays by various authors, many anonymous. The volume was once owned by Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725), and f. 1r contains an ownership inscription by Robert Harley: ‘Oxford. B. H. bought in the Rawlinsons sale’. C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1152. Harley MS 4000

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4000
Title:
An epistolary discourse in defence of the Protestant religion
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: Note suggesting that this work came from the Queen's closet due to the markings E R A F H ('Elizabetha Regina Angliae Franciae Hiberniae') on the original vellum binding that has been pasted onto f. 2r and f. 77v. ff. 3r–4r: An explanation of the contents, written in the same hand as the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1567
Extent:

1 volume

1153. Harley MS 4004

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4004
Title:
Collection of English law cases; indentures of John Estrete; formulary of English Civil Law
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three parts that were produced separately and written by different hands. Contents: Part 1: ff. 1r-107v: Collection of English law cases; written in Law French in the last quarter of the 15th century or 1st quarter of the 16th century. Part 2: ff. 108...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1154. Harley MS 4013

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4013
Title:
Coats of arms of English nobility
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-25r: Coats of arms of English nobility (9 per page). f. 26r: A single coat of arms with the motto: ‘Nihil Sol Clarius’. f. 26v: A blazon for the arms of ‘T[?er]ither’. ff. 27r-30r: An alphabetical index of family names. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, drawn in blac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1155. Harley MS 4024

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4024
Title:
Coats of arms of Irish nobility
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-39v: Full-page drawings of coats of arms of the Irish nobility (tricked). ff. 40v-57r: Drawings and sketches in pencil and pen of heraldic crests, mantlings, and helmets; some in colours. The manuscript contains a later addition: ff. 1r-1v: An alphabetical index of family ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century-4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1156. Harley MS 4030

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4030
Title:
The arms of the kings and nobility of England and Scotland
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-117r: The arms of the kings and nobility of England and Scotland up to the reign of King James VI and I. Decoration: Coats of arms in colours throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1157. Harley MS 4032

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4032
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-75r: Full-page drawings of the arms of 85 peers of England, with a history of the succession of the first eight of them. Decoration: Full-page drawings in colours and gold throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1158. Harley MS 4033

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4033
Title:
English coats of arms with a history of English kings before the Conquest
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3r: The arms of the kings of England before the Conquest. ff. 4r-28r: A short history of the kings of England from the Conquest to Queen Elizabeth together with arms and intermarriages. ff. 29r-61v: Lists of the arms of knights and nobility in the time of Edward I and II, o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1159. Harley MS 4035

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4035
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r-2r: ‘A Table of All the Severall Catalogues Contained in this Booke’. ff. 3r-131r: Histories of the Dukes, Marquesses and Earls of England, with coats of arms. ff. 131r-135r: Coats of arms of the viscounts and barons of England (16 per page), entitled: ‘The Baring of the Vis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1160. Harley MS 4039

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4039
Title:
Arms of Irish families
Scope & Content:
Heraldic book of Irish families probably compiled by James Terry (1660-1725), Athlone Herald, and dedicated to the exiled Prince James Stuart at whose court in France he served. Decorated with painted and gilt arms and headings. Includes blanks probably intended for narrative pedigrees. Content...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

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