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451. Harley MS 980

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 980
Title:
A collection of historical materials compiled by Thomas Gibbons
Scope & Content:
Historical collections extracted from manuscript and printed sources, transcribed by Thomas Gibbons. Largely legal, historical and political. With some anecdotes and a few medical recipes (ff. 235v-236r) at the end. f. 1: At head of folio: 'Fragmenta Historipolitica Miscellanea' [etc.] f. 2: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1630s-1640s
Extent:
1 volume

452. Harley MS 983

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 983
Title:
Lists of the Knights created from 1558 to 1633
Scope & Content:
Octavo manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-35: A catalogue of all knights created in the time of Queen Elizabeth I. Within each letter of the alphabet, the knights are listed in chronological order of date of creation, 1558-1600. ff. 36-38: Knights made at Cales [Cadiz] by the Earl of Essex, 159...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

453. Harley MS 984

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 984
Title:
The Gospel of Matthew (Middle English)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-71v: The Gospel of Matthew in Middle English, imperfect at the beginning and end due to the loss of folios; ff. 7r-7v, 56r-56v and 64r-64v have been supplied in the 17th century to substitute lost text and appear to have been copied from the Coverdale Bible. The manuscript co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

454. Harley MS 986

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 986
Title:
Richard Symonds, Notes on ensigns and officers during the First English Civil War
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. i recto: A note from the British Museum, dated to 30 October 1856: 'Memorandum: In the printed Harleian Catalogue, Vol. 1. 499, art. 4, of the present volume is described as "Original Passe from Sir John Needham Governor of Leicester, to Richard Symonds, dated Leicester, 5 March, 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1643-1644
Extent:
1 volume

455. Harley MS 987

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 987
Title:
Notes on the Bible; The whole booke of Psalmes [London, 1586]
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-260v: Notes on the Bible in Latin and English, featuring memoranda dated to 1605 and 1616 (f. 7r), with the added title: ‘Short Notes upon several Places of Scripture’ (f. 2r). ff. 261r-316v: A printed text with a title-page: ‘The whole booke of Psalmes, collected into Engli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1586-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

456. Harley MS 991

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 991
Title:
Historical anecdotes of Richard Symonds
Scope & Content:
Collection of historical anecdotes about prominent people during the reign of King Charles I, the Long Parliament and the Protectorate, in particular stories against Oliver Cromwell. Written in a mixture of Italian and English by Richard Symonds. Includes an incomplete name index (ff. 1-3), gene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

457. Harley MS 992

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 992
Title:
A collection of heraldic texts and drawings
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains heraldic texts and drawings from the 2nd half of the 15th century and 1st half of the 16th century in Middle English, Middle French and Latin. Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Drawings of arms of aristocratic families, several in colours; with family names in English. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

458. Harley MS 994

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 994
Title:
Tracts and lists relating to the Holy Roman Empire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-9v: ‘How Germany is Devyded into .10. Kresies, that is to say Circutes, And the names of all such Estates, as dwell in ech of them particulerly’. ff. 9v-17v: ‘The yearly Contribution that Every member of the Romain Empire payeth, for Deffence Against the Turk, which Contribut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1582
Extent:
1 volume

459. Harley MS 999

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 999
Title:
Johannes Baptista Gratia Dei, Liber de confutatione hebraicae sectae (IA.2247.)
Scope & Content:
Harley MS 999 is a printed book that was transferred to the Department of Printed Books on 22 February 1872. It now has the shelfmark IA.2247. The book contains Johannes Baptista Gratia Dei's Liber de confutatione hebraicae sectae. The author, a 15th-century medical doctor, was a baptized Jew wh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1500
Extent:
1 volume

460. Harley MS 1004

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1004
Title:
Ranulph Higden, Speculum Curatorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-196r: Ranulph Higden, Speculum Curatorum, imperfect at the beginning (the first quire is missing). The manuscript contains several additions: f. 1*verso: A note on Higden and this manuscript, added in the 17th century f. 196r: A satirical poem on bishops (‘casus episcopales...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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