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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6199
Title:: Statuts de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-77r: Statuts de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or. The earliest copy of the Statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece, with a register of chapters held from 1429 to 6 May 1481. Decoration: 1 miniature depicting the knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece, with a scatter border ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle
Date Range:: 1481-1486
Extent:: 1 volume

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6294
Title:: Gisalbertus de Bergamo, Commentarius in Disticha Catonis, with an alphabetical index
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1-180r: Gisalbertus de Bergamo, Commentarius in Disticha Catonis (Commentary on Cato's Distichs), introduced by a letter by Albericus de Rosate. ff. 181r-188v: an alphabetical index to the work. f. 180v is blank. Decoration: Foliate initials in colours and gold combined wi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6340
Title:: Robert de Boron, Merlin
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-13v: A table of contents. ff. 14r-292v: Robert de Boron, Merlin. Decoration: 1 small yellow (imitation gold) initial in a blue frame (f. 14r). Small red initials throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6341
Title:: Lancelot du Lac (volume I)
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is the first part of a two-volume set (Harley MSS 6341-6342) containing the French romance of Lancelot du Lac; the set originallycontained three volumes, but the first volume is now lost. Contents: ff. 1r-324r: Lancelot du Lac. Decoration: 2 small blue initials in red frame...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6342
Title:: Lancelot du Lac (volume II)
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is the second part of a two-volume set (Harley MSS 6341-6342) containing the French romance of Lancelot du Lac; the set originally contained three volumes, but the first volume is now lost. Contents: ff. 1r-246v: Lancelot du Lac. Decoration: 1 small blue initial with yellow...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6578
Title:: Petrus Riga, Aurora
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-147r: Petrus Riga, Aurora. The manuscript contains several later additions: ff. 1*recto-2*verso: The Gospel of Nicodemus, fragment; written in the late 12th or early 13th century. ff. 3*recto-3*verso: An unidentified theological text about sins; added in the 13th century. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6644
Title:: English statutes
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1v: A table of contents for the manuscript. ff. 2r-2v: A table of contents for Magna Carta. ff. 4r-10v: Magna Carta de Libertatibus Angliae. ff. 10v-13v: Carta de Foresta. ff. 13v-18r: Statuta de Merton. ff. 18r-29v: Statuta de Marleberge. ff. 29v-55r: The Statute of W...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1285-c 1300
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6692
Title:: Iter Londonensis; Vetera capitula itineris Cantuariensis; Placita Corone Kantuariensis; royal letters patent
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-4v: 'Iter Londonensis'; written in Law French; imperfect at the beginning. ff. 4v-6v: 'Vetera capitula itineris Cantuariensis'; including 'Nova Capitula Corone' from the time of the reign of Edward I; written in Latin. ff. 6v-8v: 'Placita Corone Kantuariensis'; written in L...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6916
Title:: Collection of poems by Charles d'Orléans and his circle
Scope & Content:: A near complete copy of Charles d'Orléans' personal manuscript (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms français 25458) (Poetry of Charles D’Orléans, ed. by Fox and Arn (2010), p. 827). Contents: ff. 1r-205r: A collection of poems consisting of ballades, chansons, complaintes, caroles an...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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