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981. Harley MS 2320

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320
Title:
Miscellany of treatises relating to prognostication, astrology and braiding in verse and prose
Scope & Content:
The miscellany comprises texts on prognostication, astrology and braiding. Medical recipes and other notes were added at a later stage to the endleaves (ff. 71r, 74r). Contents include: 1. Calendar (ff. 1r-4v); 2. Prognostication attributed to Bartholomew of Parma (ff. 5r-30v); 3. A lunar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

982. Harley MS 2887

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2887
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 21r-26v: Calendar. ff. 29v-32v, 34r-54v: The Hours of the Virgin Mary. ff. 54v, 59r-64r: The Fifteen Oes ['Quindecim Oos']. ff. 64r-66r: Prayer to the Virgin Mary, beginning: 'O Intemerata et in eternum benedicta singularis atque incomparabilis virgo dei'. ff. 66r-67v: Pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1460
Extent:
1 volume

983. Harley MS 3642

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3642
Title:
The process against the Anglican bishops Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-30r: The process against the Anglican bishops Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer, copied from the original and attested by William Whyte, with his notary signature (ff. 29r-30r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1555-c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

984. Harley MS 4033

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4033
Title:
English coats of arms with a history of English kings before the Conquest
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3r: The arms of the kings of England before the Conquest. ff. 4r-28r: A short history of the kings of England from the Conquest to Queen Elizabeth together with arms and intermarriages. ff. 29r-61v: Lists of the arms of knights and nobility in the time of Edward I and II, o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

985. Harley MS 781

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 781
Title:
Register of Petitions made to the Prince of Wales, 1617-1625
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, containing a register of all petitions made to Prince Charles, Prince of Wales [later Charles I], with their respective answers, from 14 November 1617 to 20 February 1624 [1625].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1617-1625
Extent:
1 volume

986. Harley MS 1076

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1076
Title:
Visitation of Sussex, 1633 and 1634, copied by John Withie
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation of Sussex 1633 and 1634 by John Phillipot, Somerset Herald, and George Owen, York Herald. Written and drawn by John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter. Besides pedigrees and arms and notes of grants, the manuscript includes: f. 1: Title page: ‘A Coppie of the Visitatio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

987. Harley MS 1849

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1849
Title:
Observations concerning the nobility of England by Sir John Borough
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, titled 'Observations concearninge the Nobilitie of England Auntient & Moderne by Sir John Borough Knt. Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London'. Contents: ff. 2-7v: List of contents. ff. 8-9v: Of the name and title of Duke. ff. 9v-11: Of the name and title of M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

988. Harley MS 965

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 965
Title:
Notes on churches in Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and Berkshire made by Richard Symonds in 1644
Scope & Content:
Notebook of Richard Symonds written while staying with the King’s troops in Oxford, after fleeing imprisonment in October 1643. Records monumental inscriptions and coats of arms in churches in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and Worcester Cathedral, with sketches, mostly coats of arms. Also includes ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1643-1644
Extent:
1 volume

989. Harley MS 2814

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2814
Title:
A Bible, with an added calendar of the Use of York and liturgical readings
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a Bible dating from the 2nd half of the 13th century, with an added calendar of the Use of York and liturgical readings. The added portion must postdate the council held at York Minster in 29 October 1478 when the feast of the translation of St William of York was transf...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

990. Harley MS 4640

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4640
Title:
Two copies of an indenture with the last will of Hugh Denys of Osterley
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two identical copies executed by the same scribe and decorated by the same illuminator an indenture that was made in 1529/1530 for the execution of the last will of Hugh Denys of Osterley (b. c. 1440, d. 1511), a courtier of King Henry VII and King Henry VIII. In his wil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1529-1530
Extent:

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