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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Language French, Old Name D'Ewes, Simonds, 3rd Baronet, grandson of the Antiquary, c 1670-1722

1. Harley MS 49

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 49
Title:
Roman de Tristan en prose
Scope & Content:
Roman de Tristan en prose (Prose Tristan), imperfect at the beginning, with an index or table of contents (ff. 149r-154v). Incipit: 'Sadoc vient ce part & regardoit contremont & contreval....' The missing first page has been replaced with a flyleaf that had originally been a pastedown. B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 616

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 616
Title:
Bible (Genesis-Psalms)
Scope & Content:
First volume of the Bible (Genesis-Psalms), incipit: 'Cist livres est apelez Genesis por ce que il est de la generation du ciel et de la terre'; ends imperfectly in Psalm 109, explicit: 'De ci a tant que je aie miste ennemis souz les...'. The second volume, containing Proverbs-Revelation, is no...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 621

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 621
Title:
Du cas des nobles hommes et femmes: a translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium by Laurent de Premierfait
Scope & Content:
Du cas des nobles hommes et femmes: a translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium by Laurent de Premierfait. Imperfect. The beginning of Book I, chapter 1 is lost. Incipit (f. 1r): 'premiers partus fut grant et telle que a elle aucune aultre ne se compare'. Fol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume