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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1697
Title:: A collection of law cases at Queen's Bench, 1593-1597
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-143r: A collection of law cases at Queen's Bench for the period 1593-1597.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1593-1597
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1699
Title:: Notes collect in tempes dell Raigne le Roigne Elizabethe
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-10v: An alphabetical index with the date 1585 inscribed at the end: ‘Finis. 16. die Junij. anno. domini. 1585. anno. regni. Dominae Reginae Elizab. 27’. ff. 11r-168v: A large Law Commonplace Book in Law French, entitled: ‘Notes collect in tempes dell Raigne le Roigne Elizabet...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1585
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1702
Title:: Petri Prataei analecta medicinalia
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1v-178r: Petri Prataei analecta medicinalia.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1717
Title:: Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Chronique des ducs de Normandie
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the Chronique des ducs de Normandie (Chronicles of the Dukes of Normany), which is believed to have been composed by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (fl. 1160-70) while he was in the service of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. The Chronique begins with Creation and ends with th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1st half of the 13th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1722
Title:: A collection of law reports for 1584-1586
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-42r: A collection of law reports for 1584-1586.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1584-1586
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1760
Title:: A large collection of letters written and signed by English kings and queens, and letters addressed to them by rulers in other countries
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-145v: A large collection of copies of and original letters, written and signed by English kings and queens, including Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II, and kings, queens, princes, dukes, duchesses, landgraves and marquesses from abroad. The latter include (among...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1596-1729
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1778
Title:: Letter regarding voyages of Marquis de Châteaurenault, with a list of vessels under his command
Scope & Content:: Octavo manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-8: 'Lettre de Monsieur de Gatine Indendent de Marine, A Monsieur ... De Vigo abord du Fort ce... Septembre 1702'. The letter gives a history of Vice-Admiral François-Louis Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault's voyage from Brest to the Caribbean, and hi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1702
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1778 and 6934
Title:: Two French manuscripts
Scope & Content:: Two separate manuscripts which have been bound together. Harley MS 1778 contains a letter documenting a voyage of Marquis de Châteaurenault. Harley MS 6934 contains advice for those travelling on long journeys.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1614-1702
Extent:: 1 volume (2 items)

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1800
Title:: Proverbia ac sententiae gallicae; Proverbes, sentences et mots dorez, recueillis des meilleurs autheurs qui ont escrit de cette matiere; Les fleurs de belles paroles sentences, proverbes, maximes, reigles, morales et politiques
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-32v: Proverbia ac sententiae gallicae. ff. 33r-42v: Proverbes, sentences et mots dorez, recueillis des meilleurs autheurs qui ont escrit de cette matiere. ff. 43r-60r: Les fleurs de belles paroles sentences, proverbes, maximes, reigles, morales et politiques. ff. 61r-73v: Mes...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, German, and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1834
Title:: Notes relating to the history of the Fiennes family
Scope & Content:: Quarto manuscript volume containing notes made by Nathaniel Fiennes, Colonel and MP, relating to the name Fiennes and the history of the Fiennes family. These notes are taken mostly from printed sources. For more of the notes of Nathaniel Fiennes, see Harley MS 1835.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: Mid 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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