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1201. Harley MS 1040

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1040
Title:
Heraldic arms drawn for funerals by John Withie, and by John Saunders
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*v: Sketch of a vane which John Saunders gave for the steeple of St Dunstans in the West, 25 Sept 1685. ff. 1-13: Arms for various people buried in the years 1637, 1638,1639, 1640 and 1648, copied or tricked in pen and ink by John Withie, arms painter. ff. 13v-65: Arms for peo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1637-1687
Extent:
1 volume

1202. Harley MS 7507

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7507
Title:
Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy (Bk. III), in an anonymous English translation
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an anonymous English translation of the third book of Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Discourses on the First Ten of Titus Livy) by the Italian writer and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli (b. 1469, d. 1527). The work is a commentary on the first ten boo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1203. Harley MS 509

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 509
Title:
Elegies in English, Latin and Greek written by Wye Saltonstall on the death of his father Sir Samuel Saltonstall
Scope & Content:
Elegies in English, Latin and Greek written by Wye Saltonstall on the death of his father Sir Samuel Saltonstall (d. 30 June 1640). Dedicated to Sir Thomas Middleton.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1640
Extent:

1 volume

1204. Harley MS 607

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 607
Title:
The second of two volumes from the Court of Augmentations and the Augmentation Office, containing certificates concerning the value of lands sold by Mary and Philip during the 3rd and 4th years of their reign
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A parchment strip with the title: ‘Liber secundus de lez Rates’; a second parchment strip with a Latin inscription: ‘[...] lave p[ar]cell[e] de de [sic] Scyton’] f. 2v: An alphabetical index of counties included in this manuscript. ff. 3r-191r: The second of two volumes from...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1555-1557
Extent:
1 volume

1205. Harley MS 6943

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6943
Title:
Miscellaneous correspondence of John Covel, D.D., including: 36 letters in Greek from Daniel, Archbishop of Proconnesos (f. 8), Ieremias Germanos (ff. 10, 12, 14, 16, 18), Macarius, Metropolites of Selistria al. Dristria (f. 22), Drakos Jerakis (ff. 27, 29, 31, 33, 35), his wife Smaragda (f. 37), Theodorakis Jerakis (ff. 39, 41), Dionysios Babas (ff. 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 116, 117, 119, 121, 123), Merkourios Laskaris (f. 124), Neophytus, Metropolites of Philippo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1672-1711
Extent:
1 item

1206. Harley MS 1625

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1625
Title:
Miscellaneous historical papers
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-13v: Character of Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, Vice-Admiral of England, who died at the Battle of Solebay, 1672. Written in French at Bourg-Charente, 10 October 1684. ff. 14-44: Account of the Papal Conclave held 1655 after the death of Pope Innocen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1207. Harley MS 1357

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1357
Title:
A generall Cathologe of all the Names and Armes of the Lord Chauncellors and Keepers of the great Seal of England ffrom the tyme of William the Conqueror, untill this present yeare Anno 1646
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title page: ‘A generall Cathologe of all the Names and Armes of the Lord Chauncellors and Keepers of the great Seal of England ffrom the tyme of William the Conqueror, untill this present yeare Anno 1646’. ff. 2r-98v: A work listing the Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers, bu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1646
Extent:
1 volume

1208. Harley MS 1267

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1267
Title:
Trios, with a bass, and for harpsichord, and Arias mostly from Operas, with a figured bass for harpsichord, and string accompaniments, all compositions in score, by anonymous authors
Scope & Content:
ff. 1, 6b. Trios, with a bass, in score. Anonymous. 1. 'Con vn sospir.' f. 1. 2. 'Tutto e gioja.' f. 6b. f. 12. 'Nò, non ha tregua il mio dolor'; with a bass for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous. ff. 18-93. Arias with a figured bass for harpsichord, and, in a few cases, accompaniments for s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1209. Harley MS 3719

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3719
Title:
Collection of astronomical, calendrical, medical and philosophical texts
Scope & Content:
A composite and miscellaneous volume including: 1. Two sets of tables of contents (ff. 1v, 4v) referring to the present volume, and a table of contents relating to Gerardus Bituricensis' commentary on the Viaticum (ff. 2r-3r) from a different manuscript; 2. An astrological text (ff. 3v-4v); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1275-1540
Extent:

283 folios.

1210. Harley MS 6253

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6253
Title:
Nicholas Harpsfield's Life of Sir Thomas More
Scope & Content:
Harpsfield's Life of More was written during Queen Mary I's reign and dedicated to More's son-in-law William Roper, who supplied him with notes. The dedication is signed N. H: L: D. (Nicholas Harpsfield, f. 5*v). ff. 2*v–109r: 'The life and death of Sir Thomas Moore knight, sometymes Lord high ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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