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32. 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
33. Harley MS 912
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 912
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- Commonplace-Book including Theological and Historical Texts in Prose and Verse; mid 14th cent. Latin and Anglo-Norman. Imperfect. The commonplace-book, now in two volumes, also includes the Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Antiochum regem (ff. 393-393v; item 1), followed (ff. 393-395v; item 2)...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
34. 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
35. 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
36. Harley MS 1607
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1607
- Title:
- Psalter
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-189v: A Psalter. Preceded by a calendar (ff. 1r-6v) including saints linked to Northern France, such as Firmin (Amiens) in red and Honore (Amiens) and Angadrême (Beauvais), who also feature in the litany (ff. 180-184v) alongside Symphorien (Autun), Evroul (Normandy), Riquier (A...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
37. Harley MS 3644
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3644
- Title:
- John le Breton, Treatise on the Laws of England
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-173r: John le Breton, Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton). Decoration: Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours including foliate motifs and a dragon head, and forming a full border at the beginning of book 1 (f. 4r). P...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
38. Harley MS 3775
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3775
- Title:
- Benedict of St Alban, Life of Thomas Becket in Anglo-Norman verse; an Anglo-Norman crusade song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’; Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick; Chronicle from Incarnation to 1135 with additions up to 1266; Chronicle from AD 1 to 1135; Life of Saint Robert of Knaresborough; A chronicle of London written c. 1429-1430; St Albans's Annals datable to 1428-1431; St Albans's register of burials; Genesis in Anglo-Norman verse; Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Poetria Nova
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-14v: Life of Thomas Becket, in Anglo-Norman verse. ff. 14r-14v: an Anglo-Norman crusade noted song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’. ff. 15r-26r: Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick. ff. 34r-73r: Chronicle from AD 1 to 1135 (ff. 34r-61r), with additions up to 1266 (ff. 61v-73r),...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 13th century - 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
39. Harley MS 3937
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3937
- Title:
- Statuta Angliae
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-297r: Statuta Angliae, including Magna Carta, charters of Edward III, various statutes, and the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton and the Proposiciones digestorum) attributed to John le Breton. Decoration: Partial border with a large puzzle initial in red...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old
- Date Range:
- 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
40. Harley MS 3940
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3940
- Title:
- Sir John Mandeville, Voyage d'outre mer; a biblical account from the Creation to Isaac
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-49v: Sir John Mandeville, Voyage d'outre mer. ff. 50r-75v: A biblical account from the Creation to Isaac. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red and blue.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old
- Date Range:
- 14th century - 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume