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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Language French, Old Place England

1. Harley MS 225

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 225
Title:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum; Epistre de Sibille
Scope & Content:
ff. 3r–78r: Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum (Historia Regum Britanniae), including 15th-century annotations. ff. 78v–79v: Epistre de Sibille (Epistle to Sibille), with the heading: ‘Ceste lepistre de Sibille Ffraunce’, prophecy in Old French added in the mid-14th century, beginning: 'L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 324

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 324
Title:
John le Breton, The Treatise on the Laws of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2*v-204r: John le Breton, The Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) with a table of contents (ff. 2*v-4*v). Decoration: Numerous drawings in the lower margin including animals, hybrid creatures and hunting scenes (ff. 4*v-31r),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
c 1305
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 408

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 408
Title:
Statuta Angliae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-213v: Statuta Angliae. Decoration: Plain initials in red, some large, some small (3v-6v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours. Blue initials with red pen-flourishing, some large, some small. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 489

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 489
Title:
Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-153v: Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton. Decoration: Small initials in blue, some with pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Harley MS 666

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 666
Title:
A collection of English statutes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-338v: A book of English statutes, from 1 Edward III (r. 1327-1377) to 6 Henry VI (r. 1422-1461), imperfect. Decoration: Large puzzle initials in red and blue with reserved designs and pen-flourishing in the same colours including foliate motifs (ff. 30r, 145r (purple also used...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 785

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 785
Title:
A collection of the laws of England and Normandy
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-198r: A collection of the laws of England and Normandy including a French translation of Summa de legibus Normannie in curia laicali.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 870

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 870
Title:
Britton (treatise on the laws of England)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-163v: Britton, a copy of the earliest summary of the laws of England in French, previously attributed to John le Breton, bishop of Hereford. ff. 164r-164v: Proposiciones digestorum;imperfect. The manuscript contains additions: f. 165r: An inscription with the date 1421: 'An...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 946

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 946
Title:
Nova statuta, including Hengham Magna
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-248r: Nova statuta, including Hengham Magna (ff. 191v-229v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1r-1v). Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 990

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 990
Title:
A collection of abridged English statutes; a tract about dowry; the Assize of Weights and Measures; the verdict returned in a lawsuit in Guildford in 1396; De natura brevium; Les excepciouns ad brevia cassanda; Fet asaver; Registrum brevium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-19r: a collection of abridged English statutes. f. 19r: a tract about dowry. ff. 19v-21r: The Assize of Weights and Measures. f. 21v: the verdict returned in a lawsuit in Guildford in 1396. ff. 22r-29v: De natura brevium. ff. 30r-35v: Les excepciouns ad brevia cassanda. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 1602

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1602
Title:
Collection of medical treatises, alchemical recipes and charms
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is formed of four separate codicological units with materials added to the beginning and the end, when the units appear to have been bound or kept together. Part 1 (ff. 3r-4v) contains a collection alchemical recipes that was written in the 15th century. Part 2 (ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume