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111. 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

112. Harley MS 4148

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4148
Title:
Lez droix et lez establissemenz de Normendie
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-243r: Lez droix et lez establissemenz de Normendie (A treatise on the rights and laws of Normandy in verse). Decoration: 3 large puzzle initials in blue and gold with extensions in the same colours (ff. 1r, 5r, 11r). Smaller initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

113. 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

114. Harley MS 4327

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4327
Title:
Lorraine Psalter; Little Office of the Virgin Mary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 13r-20v: Preface to the Psalter in French, beginning with the rubric: 'Cilz qui ait cest psaultier de latin translateit en romans prie et requieirt a touz ceulz qui lon vorront transcrire et copier . que il metient ou faicent metre tout devant lou psaultier...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

115. Harley MS 4328

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4328
Title:
Life of Christ (books 6-10)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-486v: Life of Christ (books 6-10); this is the second volume of a set (see rubrics ff. 1r, 15v-16r, 16v, 486r). Decoration: 3 large miniatures in the style of the Master of Jacques de Luxembourg with full foliate borders including hybrid figures, heraldic arms and mottos, in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1460-c 1468
Extent:
1 volume

116. 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

117. Harley MS 4362

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4362
Title:
Collection of surveys of France, royal ordinances, feudal rights, and a chronicle of French kings
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains texts relating to French law, finance, and history that strongly resemble the contents of Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms français 4924, a 15th-century manuscript that was made for a member of the Chambre des Comptes (Chamber of Accounts) in Paris. Harley MS ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1507-c 1515
Extent:
1 volume

118. Harley MS 4371

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4371
Title:
Pierre Le Baud, Chroniques des roys, ducs et princes de Bretaigne
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Chroniques des roys, ducs et princes de Bretaigne (Chronicles of the Kings, Dukes and Princes of Brittany), written by Pierre Le Baud (b. 1458, d. 1505), a French clergyman and historian. The text is dedicated to Anne of Brittany (b. 1477, d. 1514), wife ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century, before 1514
Extent:
1 volume

119. Harley MS 4374

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4374
Title:
Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, books 1-4
Scope & Content:
Contents: Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, a translation of Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, in 9 books. This copy of the work is now bound in 6 volumes: Harley 4374/1, Harley 4374/2, Harley 4374/3 and Harley 4375/1, Harley...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1473-c 1480
Extent:
1 volume

120. Harley MS 4375

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4375
Title:
Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, books 5-9
Scope & Content:
Contents: Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, a translation of Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, in 9 books. This copy of the work is now bound in 6 volumes: Harley MS 4374/1, Harley 4374/2, Harley 4374/3 and Harley 4375/1, Harl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1473 to c.1480
Extent:
3 parchment volumes