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491. Harley MS 1399

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1399
Title:
Copy of the Visitation book of Devonshire, 1564
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation book of Devonshire, 1564 by William Hervey, Clarenceux. In narrative form. Includes tricks of: Arms of the City of Exeter (f. 1v) Arms of the Merchant Taylors of Exeter (f. 2)Arms of the Corporation of Smiths, Cutlers, Armorers, Lorimers and Brasiers of Exeter (f. 2v)Arm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

492. Harley MS 1634

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1634
Title:
Thomas More, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-232v: Thomas More, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

493. Harley MS 1782

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1782
Title:
Pascon agan Arluth (The Passion of our Lord)
Scope & Content:
Contents: Pascon agan Arluth, a poem in 259 stanzas containing a detailed description of the Passion of Christ. This is the earliest copy of a full text in the Cornish language to have survived, and the only Cornish manuscript with miniatures (see Murdoch, Cornish Literature (1993), p. 19). It...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish and English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
Paper codex

494. Harley MS 1805

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1805
Title:
Treatise for Catholic novices entering a religious life
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-262r: A treatise for Catholic novices entering a religious life, divided into 37 chapters, beginning with a chapter entitled 'Of the Basenes of all temporall things', beginning: 'The whole drift of religious life and the very essence of yt consisteth in this, whollie to remove ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

495. Harley MS 2293

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2293
Title:
Discourse on geomancy dedicated to King James II
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-57r: A discourse on geomancy dedicated to King James II (r. 1685-1688), beginning: 'Most Gratious and Dread Soveraigne, before I can discover the Inchanted Island the Garment Shem and Iapheth cast over the Father of Mankind when they went backwards must be taken of And the vai...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1685-1700
Extent:
1 volume

496. Harley MS 4828

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4828
Title:
Treatise on the conduct of soldiers in war
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-32r: 'This boke Intictualled to the Practysed Soldiers for Remembraunce and to the unexpert for Instruckc[ion] Touching the noble [? art of ] the wars set on […] hand [...] B […]'. Beginning: 'When the prince of the lande is moved to the Warres and hath chosen his lyfftenaunt ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

497. Harley MS 5799

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5799
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Herefordshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*verso-33v: Pedigrees and coats of arms of Herefordshire families, some with their crests. ff. 34r-35r: An alphabetical index of families included in this manuscript. Decoration: Coats of arms and crests, tricked, drawn in brown ink throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

498. Harley MS 5830

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5830
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Surrey families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10r: Printed shields (20 per page), with the arms of Surrey families tricked in pencil or ink; the latest date in the accompanying inscriptions is 1623. ff. 11r-155v, 157r-254v: Pedigrees of Surrey families with coats of arms throughout; also featuring copies of charters, con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1623
Extent:
1 volume

499. Harley MS 5841

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5841
Title:
Pedigrees of Worcestershire families with coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title inscription: ‘The Visitacion of Worcestershire taken in Anno Domini 1569’. ff. 1r-32r: Pedigrees of Worcestershire families with coats of arms. ff. 33r-33v: An alphabetical index of families included in this manuscript. f. 34v: A coat of arms in brown ink. D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

500. Harley MS 5842

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5842
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Suffolk families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2*recto-3*verso: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. ff. 1r-117r: Pedigrees and coats of arms of Suffolk families, beginning with the seals of towns in Suffolk; with a copy of a patent of arms (f. 4v) granted by Thomas Hawley (d. 1557), entitled: ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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