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1361. Harley MS 424

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 424
Title:
John Foxe's papers, Volume 9
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–169v: The ninth volume of John Foxe’s papers, bought from John Strype; ff. 116r–169v clearly date from after Foxe’s death. f. 1r: If a man have stolen any thyng of thyne. A charm written on parchment. f. 2r: If any maner of womane haue done the thefte. Another charm written on parchment...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1362. Harley MS 3383

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3383
Title:
Collection of medical texts and recipes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4r: A Middle English treatise on urine, beginning imperfectly: 'But yf the malyncole and the fleumatyk make þe suche than hy buthe yn a[…] oþer in a fever tercian. Nowe speke we of twey rede urynys with a whyte resydeus scheweth a man bue en a fever'; ending: 'and lete hyn use ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, German, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1363. Harley MS 1498

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1498
Title:
Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey
Scope & Content:
Content: ff. 1-129v: The manuscript preserves a series of four agreements (indentures) made on 16 July 1504 between Henry VII and the abbot and monks of Westminster Abbey concerning the King’s new burial chapel that was designed to replace an earlier structure at the east end of the church. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1504
Extent:

1 volume.

1364. Harley MS 3821

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3821
Title:
The Vocation of John Bale
Scope & Content:
Copy of The vocacyon of Johan Bale, by John Bale (1495–1563), bishop of Ossory, evangelical polemicist, and historian. First published in 1553. f. 1r: Title, partly cut off. ‘The Vocation of John Bale to the bishopricke of ossorie in Irelande his preservations in the same and finall deliverance...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1552-1553
Extent:
1 volume

1365. Harley MS 816

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 816
Title:
Sir Robert Cotton, An aunswer made by Command of Prince Henry, to certaine propositions of Warr and Peace deliuered to his Highnes by some of his Millitarie Servants
Scope & Content:
King James I and VI commissioned Sir Robert Cotton to write this fourteen-point treatise based on classical authorities and recent historical examples. It refutes the claims made in the pamphlet entitled 'Arguments for Warre', produced by Prince Henry's military advisors in 1608. These works cam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1366. Harley MS 5054

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5054
Title:
The direct manner and order of Proceeding in Causes and Suytes depending in the high Court of Chancery; Plato, Apologia Socratis; William of Auxerre, Summa aurea; and other texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of five parts that were produced separately. The first three parts (ff. 1-30; ff. 31-54; ff. 55-54) were written in England in the 17th century. The fourth part (ff. 79-200) was written in England in the 2nd half of the 15th century. The fifth part (ff. 202-309) was ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1367. Harley MS 7001

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7001
Title:
Letters and state warrants
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–475r: A volume of original letters and copies, including correspondence on public foreign and domestic affairs, and private family matters, 1633–1724. It includes letters addressed to King Charles II and the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. ff. 1r–2v: Original letter from Secretary...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1633-1724
Extent:
1 volume

1368. Harley MS 3247

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3247
Title:
Commentary on the Psalms; Raymond of Penyafort, Summa de matrimonio; Isaac Judeus, Dietae universales; Arabic-Latin glossary; Galen of Pergamon, In Hippocratis Prognosticum Commentaria tria
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite miscellany, consisting of six parts of different origins (ff. 1-28, 29-38v, 39-48v, 49-60v, 61-61v, 62-69v). It features texts that principally relate to theology, canon law, and medicine, including a commentary on the Psalms and the Summa de matrimonio, a treatise...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1369. Harley MS 1664

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1664
Title:
Psalter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Scope & Content:
Volume of 26 psalms and prayers in Latin, with French rubric. Formerly owned by Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (c. 1484–1545), magnate, courtier and soldier, whose signature appears on f. 22v. ff. 1r-4v: Rubric, ‘de la Louenge, Vertu, et Efficace des Pseames’. French. ff. 5r-9r: Psalms....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1370. Harley MS 129

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 129
Title:
Richard Simonds (d. 1611), collection of notes on logic, philosophy and rhetoric, with a few poems and transcripts of orations and letters
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a large collection of Latin study notes on logic, rhetoric and philsophy, with a few poems and transcripts of orations and letters written in Latin, compiled by Richard Simonds (d. 1611), grandfather of the antiquary Sir Simonds D'Ewes. Most of the sources cited in the c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1590s
Extent:
1 volume

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