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171. Harley MS 1208

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1208
Title:
Statutes of England; Walter of Henley, Housbondrie; Ralph of Hengham, Summa Magna and Summa Parva; Seneschaucie
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: Lists of chapters of English statutes. ff. 4r-6v: 'Magna Carta'; imperfect. ff. 7r-9r: 'Carta de Foresta'. ff. 9r-10r: 'Sentencia lata super Cartas et cetera'. ff. 10r-13r: 'Statutum de Merton'. ff. 13r-19v: 'Statutum de Marleberge'. ff. 19v-33r: 'Statuta Westm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

172. 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

173. Harley MS 5444

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5444
Title:
Votive masses; Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg, Compendium theologicae veritatis; William of Pagula, Oculus Sacerdotis; Jacobus de Lausanne, Commentaries on Genesis, Exodus and Job
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of four parts that were separately produced and joined together at a later point, possibly in the Harleian Library. The first part (ff. 1r-8v) is a single booklet with votive masses that was commissioned by Alicia Lygh (d. in or after 1525) of Chippenham, Wil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-1503
Extent:
1 volume

174. Harley MS 4392

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4392
Title:
Octavien de Saint-Gelais, l'Histoire d'Euralius et Lucresse (C.22.b.1.)
Scope & Content:
Harley MS 4392 is a printed book that was transferred to the Department of Printed Books in May 1867. It now has the shelfmark C.22.b.1. The book contains the only printed version on vellum of the French translation of the Historia de duobus amantibus (The Tale of Two Lovers), an epistolary nove...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1493
Extent:
1 volume

175. Harley MS 773

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 773
Title:
Formulary
Scope & Content:
A composite manuscript of 15th century legal and administrative documents copied to serve as models for a scribe. Contents: f. iir is a scrap of paper pasted onto an unfoliated modern endleaf, bearing the note: '12 Nou: 1661 / at the shop agst Mr Littlebury'. ff. iiir-v is a scrap of parchmen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

176. 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

177. Harley MS 4372

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4372
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 to 5
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, books 1-5 of 9 books. Books 6-9 are now Harley 4373. Simon de Hesdin, Knight Hospitaller of Jerusalem and Master of Theology (d. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c. 1460-1487
Extent:
A parchment codex, 246 folios

178. Harley MS 2979

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2979
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Clermont (Hours of the Virgin), and Use of Brioude (Hours of the Dead)
Scope & Content:
This late 14th-century Book of Hours is especially known for it miniatures by the Workshop of Jean of Toulouse at Avignon. However, the manuscript contains also contains unusual textual items. Amongs these are previously unknown excerpts of the Prologue and Epilogue of Robert of Sorbonne (b. 120...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390- c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

179. Harley MS 6205

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6205
Title:
François Desmoulins de Rochefort, Les Commentaires de la guerre gallique (Book I)
Scope & Content:
Les Commentaires de la guerre gallique (Commentaries on the Gallic War) was written by François Desmoulins de Rochefort (d. 1526), a Franciscan friar, almoner and preceptor to Francis I of France. Composed as a dialogue between Julius Caesar and the king of France, on the responsibilities of an ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1519
Extent:

1 volume

180. Harley MS 4373

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4373
Title:
Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, books 6 to 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, books 6-9. Simon de Hesdin, Knight Hospitaller of Jerusalem and Master of Theology (d. 1383), according to the rubric on f. 11v, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c. 1460-1487
Extent:
A parchment codex, 153 folios

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