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951. Harley MS 1876

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1876
Title:
'An account of the Life of Mahomet' by Henry Stubbe
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a text by physician Henry Stubbe on Islamic theology, the life of the prophet Mohammed, and religious tolerance, here titled 'An account of the Life of Mahomet'. Written in a fair hand, with notes in the margins containing references to other texts and sources ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

952. Harley MS 3360

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3360
Title:
Thomas Hobbes, A minute or first Draught of the Optiques
Scope & Content:
Thomas Hobbes's unpublished tract on optics, A minute or first Draught of the Optiques, dedicated to William Cavendish, marquis of Newcastle. It contains a title page (f. 1r), the dedication to Cavendish (ff. 2r-4r), a list of contents (ff. 5r-5v), and Hobbes's tract on optics in two parts (ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1646
Extent:
1 volume

953. Harley MS 247

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 247
Title:
A collection of transcripts from various historical works
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–225r: A collection of transcripts from various historical works. ff. 1r–3v: Collections from Book VII of Livy's History by M. Valerio Corvino. ff. 4r–5v: A tattered fragment of a brief and imperfect chronicle, which begins with a translation of Books II––V of Bede's Ecclesiastical Histo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

954. Harley MS 5353

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5353
Title:
Diary of John Manningham of the Middle Temple
Scope & Content:
Diary of John Manningham (c 1575-1622), while a student at the Middle Temple. The diary starts in January 1601/2 and continues to April 1603, with a break March-April 1602. It includes epigrams, sermon abstracts, anecdotes, witticisms, gossip, verse, extracts from books and poems, before and amo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1602-1603
Extent:
1 volume

955. Harley MS 6660

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6660
Title:
Commentary on the Book of Revelation, chapters 12-13
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a commentary on the Book of Revelation in English, dedicated to William Cecil (b. 1520/1521, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, and perhaps given to him on his anniversary or appointment as Lord High Treasurer in 1572. Contents: ff. 1r-31r: Commentary on the Book of Revelat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Syriac, Classical, and Welsh
Date Range:
1572
Extent:
1 volume

956. Harley MS 1087

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1087
Title:
Collection of genealogies, blazoned coats of arms, and tenements, focusing on Herefordshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Account of the genealogy of the monarchs of England, from Godfrey of Bouillon to Queen Elizabeth I, with their coats of arms in blazon; written in English. ff. 5r-54v: ? Robert Cooke (b. c. 1535, d. 1592/3) [attributed in the Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts (1808), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1560-c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

957. Harley MS 1092

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1092
Title:
English pedigrees and arms, including a copy of part of the Visitation-book of Dorset, 1565
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: The pedigree and arms of Chaldicott, by John Saunders. ff. 2r-78r: A copy of part of the Visitation-book of Dorsetshire, made by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms, in 1565; with additions dated to 1635. ff. 79r-117r: Pedigrees of English families; with a confirmation ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

958. Harley MS 1271

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1271
Title:
17th century Italian Cantatas, with a bass, and harpsichord, in score, by an anonymous author
Scope & Content:
ff. 71. Italian Cantatas, with a bass (usually figured) for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous.1. '[O]mbre, tenebre, orrori.' f. 1. 2. 'Quelle Luci'; possibly part of no. 1. f. 6. 3. '[?M]esto in sen d'un Antro.' f. 16. 4. '[I]n erma ripa.' f. 31. 5. '[M]i contento cosi.' f. 42. 6. 'Che sento, oh D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

959. Harley MS 427

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 427
Title:
List of soldiers under Edward Whalley; valuations of the possessions of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-24r: An alphabetical list of soldiers, organised according to surname and rank. ff. 25r-34v: A ‘list of Collonel Whalleys Troops with the severall summes of Arreares due to every respectinve person as they were delivered to Worster house and received againe from thence with t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

960. Harley MS 2189

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2189
Title:
Hugh Cotgrave, Descents of Devonshire nobility and gentry, with continuations and additions by Ralph Brooke and William Segar
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was recorded missing in 1824. The contents according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'An Heraldic Book in folio, written by the hand of Mr. Hugh Cotgrave Richmond-Herald, for the far greater part ; as was affirmed by Sir Henry St. George Garter King of A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 volume

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