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41. Harley MS 1678

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1678
Title:
Registrum brevium for the reign of Richard II
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-334v: Registrum brevium for the reign of Richard II (r. 1377-1399). The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 1r-11v: a table of contents; added in the 15th century. ff. 336v and 337v: added entries, one in French; written in the 15th century. Decoration: Large i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1420-c 1440
Extent:
1 volume

42. Harley MS 1887

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1887
Title:
Collection of medical recipes and treatments
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*recto (margins)-1*verso (margins), 1r-1v: Recipes, including a tract on 'The virtue and degree of herbs' and a 'Restorative'; added in the 2nd half of the 16th century. ff. 2r-10v, 14r-45v: Latin treatise on the theory and practice of medicine, containing recipes for electuari...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1545
Extent:
1 volume

43. Harley MS 2169

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2169
Title:
Heraldic collection
Scope & Content:
This heraldic manuscript contains a collection of arms compiled in the time of Henry VI or Edward IV. The collection focuses on English arms, as is indicated by its opening pages which feature verses on and drawings of William of Normandy (f. 1r), King Henry V (f. 2r), and King Henry VI (f. 3r)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

44. Harley MS 2399

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2399
Title:
Composite miscellany of fragments, including Plato, Timaeus (Latin translation); Ambrose, De Bono mortis; Simon Islip, Speculum regis Edwardi tertij; Calendar (Use of Sarum); Middle English poem on the Infancy and other Middle English poems; Sentence of Cursing; Digby Commentary on Hippocrates' Aphorisms; Sermon on the treatment of illness; Collection of theological excerpts and sermons
Scope & Content:
The composite contains nine parts with fragments of other manuscripts, including classical, historical, liturgical, theological and medical texts that were written at different time periods in England. The first part (ff. 1r-8v) was copied in the late 12th century. The second part (ff. 9r-12r) w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1175-c 1625
Extent:
1 item

45. Harley MS 2436

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2436
Title:
Collection of sermons
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a 14th-century collection of sermons for saints' feast days (ff. 17r-168v), with sermons added in the 15th century at the beginning (ff. 1r-14v). Contents: ff. 1r-14v: A collection of sermons; with a previously unrecorded Middle English verse translation of Latin tex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

46. Harley MS 3205

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3205
Title:
Nova Statuta for 1-50 Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 14-245r: Nova Statuta for 1-50 Edward III, written in Law French; imperfect. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 1r-1v: Short texts, enumerating the number of churches, parishes and good clergymen ('bonorum ecclesiasticorum') in England, and explaining distances (e..g ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

47. Harley MS 3206

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3206
Title:
Statutes of Edward III
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains the statutes of Edward III (r. 1327-1377). It consists of two parts that were produced separately. The first part (ff. 1r-215r) was written in the 4th quarter of the 14th century or 1st half of the 15th century. The second part (ff. 216v-223v) was written in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

48. Harley MS 3341

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3341
Title:
Statutes of Edward III and Richard II
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-234r: Statutes of Edward III and Richard II in French, including a table of contents (ff. 1-11v). The manuscript contains a later addition: ff. 235v-236v: Unfinished practice sentences in English: 'At my begynnynge god by Spa' and 'To my Ryght worshpfull'; added in the 16th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

49. Harley MS 3363

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3363
Title:
Meditationes ad quendam monacum anachoritam; Speculum sacerdotum; Speculum peccatoris; Speculum conversacionis honestae; Doctrina laicorum; Decem signa divini amoris et de malis sacerdotis; legal formularies
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains theological and legal works in Latin and English that were copied in the 15th and early 16th centuries. The manuscript can be divided into eight parts (Part 1 is ff. 2r-18r; Part 2 is ff. 19r-47v; Part 3 is ff. 48r-58v; Part 4 is ff. 59r-66v; Part 5 is ff. 67r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

50. Harley MS 3636

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3636
Title:
Year Books for 2 to 10 Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-237v: Year Books for 2 to 10 Edward III (1328/9-1336/7); written in Law French, with Latin headings.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1330-c 1340
Extent:
1 volume