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1341. Harley MS 6913

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6913
Title:
Satirical poems
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume containing a miscellany of mostly satirical poetry. Contents: ff. 1-2: ‘Prologue’. First Line: ‘Gentle Reproofs have long been try’d in vain’. Attributed to John Wilmot, 2nd Earl Rochester. ff. 3-4v: ‘To Mr Julian from the Lord R.’ First line: ‘Julian in verse to ease t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1680s
Extent:
1 volume

1342. Harley MS 3770

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3770
Title:
Scope & Content:
Ramón Lull, Theological and Philosophical Treatises; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. The MS. comprises a number of works by the Catalan theologian and mystic Ramón Lull (circa 1232-1315). The cataloguing of this MS. was funded by the Wellcome Trust and only the text relating to medicine is itemised ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

1343. Harley MS 1260

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1260
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (The Percy Hours)
Scope & Content:
This prayer book contains items that are typical of a Book of Hours, including a Calendar, the Hours of the Virgin, the Seven Penitential Psalms, and a Litany of Saints. However, its larger part comprises prayers in Latin and Anglo Norman that are not organised according to the canonical hours. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1370
Extent:

1 volume

1344. Harley MS 296

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 296
Title:
A collection of original letters and transcripts, concerning Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Russia and Morocco
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A discourse in French, concerning the enterprise that could be arranged for Don Antonio (b. 1531, d. 1595), a claimant for the Portuguese throne, for the recovery of his kingdom, and the effect and usefulness of this for the Netherlands and England. ff. 3r-4v: An origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1345. Harley MS 1736

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1736
Title:
Scope & Content:
Medical Miscellany including the Middle English Translation of John Bradmore, Philomena; mid 15th cent. (1446), with late 15th- and 16th-cent. additions. Middle English and Latin. The cataloguing of the MS. was funded by the Wellcome Trust. The manuscript contains (ff. 6-184v) an anonymous t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1441-1451
Extent:
1 item

1346. Harley MS 3703

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3703
Title:
Collection of alchemical works, including De compositione alchemiae; John Sawtry, De occulta philosophia; and Richardus de Salopia, De proportione elementorum
Scope & Content:
A composite manuscript containing works on alchemy, comprising three parts that were produced separately but joined together shortly afterwards, as indicated by a 15th-century table of contents for the whole manuscript on f. 1v. Part 1: ff. 1-24; Part 2: ff. 25-40; Part 3: ff. 41-97. Contents:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1347. Harley MS 6054

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6054
Title:
Notebook of verse and prose
Scope & Content:
A quarto notebook of verse and prose in English, Latin and French, in various hands. Probably partly compiled by Edmund Killingworth of Winchester College and New College, Oxford (see Kelliher). The manuscript is made up of the remains of 2 notebooks. The first notebook (ff. 1-11) contains misce...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

1348. Harley MS 280

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 280
Title:
A collection of miscellaneous tracts, including accounts of the naval expeditions of Sir Francis Drake and Sir George Clifford
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*r: Added pen-trials. f. 1*v: A note by Sir Simonds D'Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650) concerning the first item in the manuscript (ff. 1r-30v); dated 1637. ff. 1r-30v: A collection of notes made by Mr Paul D'Ewes on sermons preached by a certain Mr Chatterton, living in Cambridge. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

1349. Harley MS 1704

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1704
Title:
Collection of works in Middle English and Latin, including Chaucer's Prioress's Prologue and Tale
Scope & Content:
This English manuscript is made up of four parts that were separately produced at different moments in time. The first part (ff. 1r-12v) was written in the first half of the 14th century and contains a number of legal texts, including the sole witness to the complete text of the Consiliatio Cnu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century-mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1350. Harley MS 3768

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3768
Title:
Scope & Content:
Theological Miscellany relating to the Great Schism and including John of Wales, Communiloquium; after 1432. Latin and Middle English. Copy. Imperfect. This miscellaneous MS. contains material relating to the Great Schism and to the power of the pope and ecclesiastical councils. It can be d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1432
Extent:
1 item

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