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1231. Harley MS 4895/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4895/2
Title:
Inventory of charters granted in Scotland from James V to James VI
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-337v: Inventory of charters granted in Scotland from James V to James VI, beginning in 1516 and ending in 1591: beginning: 'Inventare of the charters […] 1516'. This manuscript is the second volume of a manuscript in two parts. The first volume is Harley MS 4895/1. Together, t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1590s
Extent:
1 volume

1232. Harley MS 4898

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4898
Title:
Inventory of goods owned by King Charles I, sold 1649-1652
Scope & Content:
Inventory of household goods, jewels, plate, and paintings owned by King Charles I and sold by order of the State between 1649 and 1652. With descriptions of items, places, valuations, and buyers. 18th century copy. f. 1r Title page: ‘An Inventory of The Household Goods, Jewells Plate &c, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume.

1233. Harley MS 4899

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4899
Title:
Flute sonatas, songs, liturgical and instrumental music
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 13. Sonatas for 2 Flutes. Single parts.1-6. Six, in three, four, and five movements (Adagio, Allegro, Poco largo, Presto, Vivace, Grave). 'Rafaello Cortevil,' London, 1686. ff. 1-3b.7-9. Three, in three, four, and five movements (Adagio, Allegro, etc.); with a bass. '[? Gottfried] Keller....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1697
Extent:
1 volume

1234. Harley MS 4924

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4924
Title:
Thomas Osborne, Treatise on arithmetic
Scope & Content:
A treatise on arithmetic by Thomas Osborne. Decoration: The decoration of the manuscript imitates that of printed books. It comprises: A title page with the royal arms of Queen Elizabeth I supported by a lion and a dragon and encircled by the Garter, with Elizabeth's initials E R held by ang...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1601-1602
Extent:

1 volume

1235. Harley MS 4926

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4926
Title:
Coats of arms of English families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-73v: Coats of arms with crests (4 per page) of English families; mostly dated between c. 1560-1600. ff. 74r-75v: An alphabetical index of surnames included in this manuscript. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked in black ink, some with red and yellow highlights.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1236. Harley MS 4931

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4931
Title:
Composite volume of tracts and papers
Scope & Content:
Composite volume of prose and verse, state papers (chiefly 1640-1641), and parliamentary reports. In various hands. With an alphabetical index in a contemporary hand prefixed (ff. 1-6). Contents: f. 1: Miscellaneous epigrams from Latin authors and other sources. ff. 2-7r: Index to the volum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1237. Harley MS 4941

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4941
Title:
Papers relating to the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral and other churches in the City of London
Scope & Content:
A volume, containing manuscript and printed material, relating to the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral, and other churches in the City of London, after the Great Fire of London. Contents: ff. 1-19: ‘His Majesties Commission concerning the Reparation of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Lond...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1663-1690
Extent:
1 volume

1238. Harley MS 4943

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4943
Title:
Orders of the Privy Council, 1570-1580
Scope & Content:
Copies of orders of the Privy Council, principally between 1570 and 1580. Mainly letters from Elizabeth I (1533–1603), queen of England and Ireland. f. 1*r: Flyleaf containing pen-trials, notes in Latin and English, and two names: ‘Xtopher Troughton Julij 1624’; ‘Edw: Pynchon’. ff. 1r-14v: Two...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1570-1580
Extent:
1 volume

1239. Harley MS 4955

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4955
Title:
Verse compilation (‘The Newcastle MS’)
Scope & Content:
Collection of poetry and drama compiled by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676), between 1620 and 1634. In the hand of Cavendish’s secretary John Rolleston (1597?-1681) (Kelliher, ‘Donne, Jonson, Richard Andrews and the Newcastle Manuscript’, 1993). Contains poems and entertainm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1620-1634
Extent:
1 volume

1240. Harley MS 4958

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4958
Title:
Breviary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-145v: A Breviary, imperfect at the beginning and end. The manuscript contains later additions: Marginal notations throughout, some in English inscriptions from the late 15th or early 16th century, e.g.: 'Jesus of nazareth' (f. 102r). Decoration: 1 large (4 line) puzzle ini...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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