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1261. Harley MS 193

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 193
Title:
Pocket Latin Bible (1627) bound with the English singing Psalms (1628) and manuscript extracts by Simonds D'Ewes from the Book of Common Prayer
Scope & Content:
Printed Bible and Psalms with handwritten transcripts of most of the Morning and Evening Services from the Book of Common Prayer, made by Simonds D’Ewes. Contents: f. 1: Flyleaf inscribed with passages from Ephesians 1:4, and 2:10., D’Ewes library shelfmark and Harley MS number. f. 2v: Hebrew...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

1262. Harley MS 4632

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4632
Title:
Heraldic collections of Sir Christopher Barker
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the heraldic collections of Sir Christopher Barker (d. 1549), Garter King of Arms 1536, who compiled the manuscript between c. 1520-c. 1530. The manuscript also contains later additions, including coats of arms that may have been added in the 17th century. Contents: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
c 1520-c 1530
Extent:
1 volume

1263. Harley MS 249

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 249
Title:
A collection of papers concerning political and legal affairs in the time of Henry VIII to James I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-118v: A large collection of papers concerning political and legal affairs in the time of Henry VIII-James I, including transcripts and originals. The originals date to about 1546-1608. The collection opens with 'The confession taken of twentie and thre of th ecrediblest Forsath...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1546-1608
Extent:
1 volume

1264. Harley MS 383

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 383
Title:
Correspondence of Simonds D’Ewes with friends and family on current affairs
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between Simonds D’Ewes and his friends and family on current affairs, including news from the continent, military and political matters. Arranged chronologically, with three or four letters dating from before 1615 at the beginning. The letters show signs of original folds, address...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1585-1648
Extent:
1 volume

1265. Harley MS 4185

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4185
Title:
Lazare François Dagobert, Collection of poems in praise of Charles II
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is an autograph copy of a collection of poems written in praise of King Charles II (r. 1660–1685). The volume was written and decorated by Lazare François Dagobert, a French writing master who was journeying in England at the time of its composition. Dagobert produced a similar c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
October 1683
Extent:
1 volume

1266. Harley MS 5487

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5487
Title:
Tuhfe-yi Şahidi - تحفۀ شاهدی
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Tuhfe-yi Şahidi, a well-known versified Persian-Ottoman Turkish vocabulary composed in 920 AH (1514-15 CE) by Şahidi, who died in 957 AH (1550-51 CE). Mevlana Şahidi, or Şahidi Dede, whose given name was İbrahim, was born in Muğla in the province of Menteşe and entered...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Latin, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 19 ff

1267. Harley MS 1056

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1056
Title:
Copy of Anthony Wood's additions and emendations to Sir William Dugdale's Baronage of England
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a transcript, in the hand of Moses Williams, antiquarian, of Anthony Wood's additions and emendations to Sir William Dugdale's Baronage of England. Transcribed from Anthony Wood's papers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

1268. Harley MS 1111

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1111
Title:
Copy of William Harvey, Visitation Book of Wiltshire (1565), with original notes made by Harvey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Valuation of the estates of Wiltshire gentry, organised according to hundreds; written about 1565. ff. 7r-15v, 22r-26r: Original notebook of William Harvey (b. 1510, d. 1567), Clarenceux King of Arms, made in his Visitation of Wiltshire in 1565, recording the names and pl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1565-c 1623
Extent:
1 volume

1269. Harley MS 3407

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3407
Title:
Scope & Content:
Collection of Medical Texts and Recipes; late 12th cent. - 15th cent. Latin, Middle English and French. Copies. Many codicological units imperfect. A composite and miscellaneous volume including a proto-ensemble of the so-called Trotula texts (art. 1, ff. 1-19), and excerpts from Kyrannides...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1160-1499
Extent:
1 item

1270. Harley MS 3811

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3811
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum; Bonaventure, Breviloquium pauperis seu Compendium sacrae Scripturae and De triplici via; a text regarding English laws
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite miscellany containing three separate parts. The first part (ff. 5-86) contains a Book of Hours, made in England in the second half of the 14th century. The second part (ff. 87-174) contains works by Bonaventure, made in Germany or the Netherlands [ff. 87r-154v]...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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