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151. Harley MS 3299

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3299
Title:
Memorandum book of the city of Ghent, containing statutes and annals, a tax register, and lists of aldermen
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-46r: Statutes and Annals of the city of Ghent; 223 articles mostly written in Middle Dutch, but also featuring a few items in Middle French, including an introduction to an indentury by Guy of Dampierre (b. c. 1226, d. 1305), Count of Flanders, on f. 1r: 'Nous Guis, quens de Fl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

152. Harley MS 5088

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5088
Title:
Pleas of the Crown 38 to 43 Edward III, 5 Henry V, and 4 to 19 Henry VI
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-173v: Pleas of the Crown (Placita Coronae) from 38 to 43 Edward III [1364-1370], 5 Henry V [1417/8] and from 4 to 19 Henry VI [1425-1441]. Written in Law French, with marginal annotations in Latin. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*verso (parchment pastedown): ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

153. Harley MS 4413

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4413
Title:
Coutumier d'Anjou et du Maine
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-133v: Coutumier d'Anjou et du Maine (Customary of Anjou and Maine), beginning: ‘Rene par la grace de dieu roy de Jherusalem et de Sicile duc d'Anjou per de France duc de Bar et de Lorraine conte de Prouvence de Forcalquier et de Pymont’. René I of Anjou (b. 1408, d. 1480) was d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1462-1480
Extent:
1 volume

154. Harley MS 4497

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4497
Title:
Jean de Francières, Livre de fauconnerie
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of a treatise on falconry, written by the French author and Knight Hospitaller Jean de Francières (b. c. 1400, d. 1488). The text was composed at Rhodes between 1458 and 1469. It is divided into two parts: the first describes the seven different types of falcon; t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

155. 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

156. 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

157. 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

158. 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

159. Harley MS 5012

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5012
Title:
Pleas of the Crown from the reigns of Edward II and Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-141r: Pleas of the Crown (Placita) from the reigns of Edward II (years 13 and 18) and Edward III (years 4, 5, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16); written in Law French. The manuscript contains a later addition; f. 141v: Short tract comparing the World to a chessboard, beginning: 'Mundus ist...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

160. Harley MS 1127

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1127
Title:
Table of principal matters contained in the statute laws of England from the 1st year of the reign of King Edward III to the 23rd year of King Henry VI, 1327-1445
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-36r: A table of principal matters contained in the statute laws of England from the 1st year of the reign of King Edward III to the 23rd year of King Henry VI, 1327-1445. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 37v: Practice sentences and pen trials in English, including...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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