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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4348
Title:
Scope & Content:: Honorius Augustodunensis, Apex physicae (attr.) and Imago mundi; late 12th-early 13th cent. Latin. Copies. This volume consists of two different MSS. It includes: - a) Honorius Augustodunensis (attr.), Apex physicae (ff. 1-67v; item 1); - b) Honorius Augustodunensis, Imago mundi (ff. 68v-89)...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: Late 12th century-Early 13th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4349
Title:
Scope & Content:: Collection of Medical and Cosmetic Recipes and short Medical Treatises; circa 1510. Middle English. Copies. The MS. includes a collection of medical recipes (ff. 5-12v, 13-222v, 249-249v; item 1), short medical treatises (ff. 223-248; item 2) and cosmetic recipes (ff. 258v-260v, 262v-266; ite...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and English, Middle
Date Range:: 1505-1515
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4351
Title:: Registrum Brevium of Edward I
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-133r: Registrum Brevium from the reign of King Edward I (r. 1272–1307); largely written in Latin, but including letters in French towards the end. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 37r (lower margin): A proverb in English: 'Let virtue springe and vyce decaye and g...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4375/4
Title:: Former bindings of Harley 4374 and Harley 4375
Scope & Content:: Components of the former bindings of Harley 4374 and 4375, consisting of: Velvet pieces, the former covers; Spines with leather pieces attached, printed with labels in gold letters; Three metal clasps.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: A box containing parts of former bindings

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4392
Title:: Octavien de Saint-Gelais, l'Histoire d'Euralius et Lucresse (C.22.b.1.)
Scope & Content:: Harley MS 4392 is a printed book that was transferred to the Department of Printed Books in May 1867. It now has the shelfmark C.22.b.1. The book contains the only printed version on vellum of the French translation of the Historia de duobus amantibus (The Tale of Two Lovers), an epistolary nove...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French, Middle
Date Range:: c 1493
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4505
Title:: Collection of Precedents in the Court of the Queen's Bench, from the 12th to the 37th years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-51v: Collection of Precedents in the Court of the Queen's Bench, from the 12th to the 37th years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I [1569-1595]; written in French with headings in Latin. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 52r-54v: English commentaries on biblical te...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1569-1595
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4557/1
Title:: Yearbooks of King Henry VI, 1432-1444, volume 1
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the first part of a 2-volume set of the Yearbooks of King Henry VI from Michaelmas Term in the 11th year of his reign until Trinity Term in the 22nd year of his reign (1432-1444). Contents: ff. 2r-237v: Yearbooks of King Henry VI, comprising the 11th, 12th (partially...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French, Middle
Date Range:: c 1444
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4557/2
Title:: Yearbooks of King Henry VI, 1432-1444, volume 2
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the second part of a 2-volume set of the Yearbooks of King Henry VI from Michaelmas Term in the 11th year of his reign until Trinity Term in the 22nd year of his reign (1432-1444). Contents: ff. 238r-414r: Yearbooks of King Henry VI, comprising the 20th, 21st and 22nd...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1444
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4606
Title:: A survey of the manors of Chewton Keynshem and Queen Charlton
Scope & Content:: Title: ‘A Survey taken of the Manours of Chewton Keinshem and Queene Charleton: in the Month of Februarie Anno Do[mi]ni 1667 By Robert Randall Steward there; With Additions added therein of what was more in the surveigh booke 1674 – And Notes of ye differences between them’ (f. 1r). Contents: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1667-1674
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4617
Title:: Description of the lands of Roger Wombwell of Wombwell near Barnsley
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1v-26r: Description of the lands of Roger Wombwell (b. 1460, d. 1520) of Wombwell near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, beginning: 'HERE ENSWIS The bonding of all the Maners, Messez, Landis, Tennementis, Pasturis, Woddes of Roger Wombwell, Lord of Wombwell, and the Hamlettes thereof. Th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1516
Extent:: 1 volume

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