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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5770
Title:: Tracts on the Athenian and Roman calendars
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-7v: The Athenian calendar, imperfect; entitled: ‘An Atticll [sic: 'Attic'] Kalendar of their Yeare’; preceded by an introduction beginning: ‘The ancient yeare of the Athenians was Lunar, and by that they reckoned their feasts, which was made from replications of its monethly co...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6092
Title:: Blazoned arms of English nobility and gentry
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-285r: Blazoned arms of English nobility and gentry, organised according to their heraldic device. ff. 286v-358v: An index of surnames and titles included in this manuscript. Decoration: A few coats of arms in brown ink. 2 pencil drawings of men’s heads wearing berets, in...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7361
Title:: List of the House of Commons 1702
Scope & Content:: ‘A List of the Kts. Citizens & Burgesses of Parliamt. Call’d to meet at Westminster the 20th of Augt. 1702. And which was Dissolv’d the 5th of April, 1705. Together with a List of the Kts. Citizens & Burgesses of Parliamt. Called to meet By Writt. bearing Test. The 2d May 1705. And retur...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1702-1705
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2931
Title:: Cistercian Ordinal
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-3v: a hymn with musical notation (beginning 'Exsurge Domine adiuva nos'), followed by collects. ff. 4r-15v: a combined liturgical and astrological calendar. ff. 16r-18v: lunar and planetary tables. ff. 19r-109v: Cistercian Ordinal. ff. 110r-110v: an added hymn with mus...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1073
Title:: Armorial by John Withie
Scope & Content:: Arms and descent of English Kings and nobility, by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter, with some later additions. Includes several printed items (ff. 42, 44, 356). f. 2*: Title: ‘In this Booke are conteined the Armes of the Kings of England from Brute the first King of Great Brittaine, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1635-1685
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1346
Title:: Itinerary of John Leland
Scope & Content:: Copy of John Leland’s Itinerary. Title: ‘Itinerarium Joh[ann]is Lelandi inceptum A.D. MoDoXXXVIII. 30o Hen. VIII’. Includes some marginal place names and cross references. ff. 254-261: Index of names by William Dugdale, dated 15 July 1657. Headed: ‘Index hujus voluminis compositus per me Will...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1657
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1813
Title:: Travels of Jerome Horsey
Scope & Content:: Manuscript account of the travels in Russia of Jerome Horsey, traveller and diplomat. Title page: ‘A relacion or memorial Abstracted owt of Sir Jerom Horsey his Travells, Imploiments, services and Negociacions, observed & written with his owne hand. Wherin he spent the most part of eighten ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1589-c 1626
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1012
Title:: Observations of former Parliaments and dockets of patents
Scope & Content:: Quarto manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-7v: Observations of former Parliaments, concerning the forms and methods of the proceedings of said Parliaments. ff. 8-69v: Dockets of patents granted, 10-16 Charles I, [1634-1640]. The dockets of patents from 16 Charles I [1639-1640] is incomplete.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1151
Title:: Copy of the Visitation book of Buckinghamshire 1634
Scope & Content:: Copy of the Visitation book of Buckinghamshire 1634, taken by John Philipot, Somerset Herald, and and William Ryley, Blue-mantle, Marshalls and Deputies to Sir Richard St George, Clarenceux, and Sir John Borough, Norroy. Names of the gentlemen subscribing to the pedigrees, and many of the arms a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1179
Title:: Copy of the Visitation book of Huntingdonshire 1613
Scope & Content:: Fair copy of the Visitation book of Huntingdonshire as taken and made 1613 by Nicholas Charles, Lancaster Herald, Marshall and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux. Includes: f. 1*: Title ‘The Visitacon of Huntindon’ ff. 2*-3*: Name index of surnames of families who descents are registered at ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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