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51. Harley MS 3639

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3639
Title:
Year Books for 3 to 19 Edward II
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-194v: Year Books for 3 to 19 Edward II (1309/10-1325/6); written in Law French, with Latin headings.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1310-c 1325
Extent:
1 volume

52. Harley MS 3994

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3994
Title:
Statutes of England; a register of the English chancery
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-6v: Lists of chapters for major English statutes included in this manuscript. ff. 7r-11r: Magna Carta. ff. 11v-13r: Carta de Foresta. ff. 13r-13v: 'Confirmacio duarum Cartarum'. ff. 13v-14v: Sentencia Cartarum. ff. 14v-15v: Assisa Foresta. ff. 15v-18v: Statuta Glouc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1325
Extent:
1 volume

53. Harley MS 4004

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4004
Title:
Collection of English law cases; indentures of John Estrete; formulary of English Civil Law
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three parts that were produced separately and written by different hands. Contents: Part 1: ff. 1r-107v: Collection of English law cases; written in Law French in the last quarter of the 15th century or 1st quarter of the 16th century. Part 2: ff. 108...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

54. Harley MS 4166

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4166
Title:
Collection of tracts on geomancy, onomancy and onomeirancy; a tract on ars memoriae; instructions for making fires and candles
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains a collection of seven parts that were written separately in the 14th and 15h century. The first part (ff. 1r-51v) contains two untitled geomantic works that were copied in the 15th century. The second part (ff. 52r-70v) contains another geomantic work that ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

55. Harley MS 4203

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4203
Title:
John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-181v: John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes; an English translation of Laurent de Premierfait’s Des Cas des nobles hommes et femmes, which is a French translation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s De Casibus Virorum Illustrium (‘On the Fates of Famous Men’); featuring Latin rubrics, and a co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

56. Harley MS 4351

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4351
Title:
Registrum Brevium of Edward I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-133r: Registrum Brevium from the reign of King Edward I (r. 1272–1307); largely written in Latin, but including letters in French towards the end. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 37r (lower margin): A proverb in English: 'Let virtue springe and vyce decaye and g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

57. Harley MS 4557/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4557/2
Title:
Yearbooks of King Henry VI, 1432-1444, volume 2
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the second part of a 2-volume set of the Yearbooks of King Henry VI from Michaelmas Term in the 11th year of his reign until Trinity Term in the 22nd year of his reign (1432-1444). Contents: ff. 238r-414r: Yearbooks of King Henry VI, comprising the 20th, 21st and 22nd...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1444
Extent:
1 volume

58. Harley MS 4763

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4763
Title:
Thomas Beckington, De iure regis Angliae ad Franciscam; poem in praise of Henry V
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-275r: Thomas Beckington, De iure regis Angliae ad Franciscam; treatise including state letters and other documents concerning the right of England to France, and literary works such as an excerpt from the Somnium viridarii, Chapter 186 (ff. 35r-41r); the Bucolicum carmen XII [...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

59. Harley MS 4844/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4844/1
Title:
Sir Thomas Littleton, Littleton's Tenures
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first volume of a set of two volumes with legal texts, together comprising Harley MS 4844. The second volume is Harley MS 4844/2. Contents: ff. 3r-112r: Sir Thomas Littleton [Lyttleton], Littleton's Tenures, divided in three books written in French (ff. 3r-50v), and begi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

60. Harley MS 4844/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4844/2
Title:
Law reports and cases from the reign of Henry VI
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the second volume of a set of two volumes with legal texts, together comprising Harley MS 4844. The first volume is Harley MS 4844/1. Contents: ff. 113r-260v: Law reports and cases from the reign of Henry VI, written in French. The manuscript contains an addition: ff. 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume