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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2326
Title:: Tristram Tirwhyt's council on military leadership and rules of war for Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-8r: A dedicatory letter by Tristram Tirwhyt to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, beginning: ‘To the right honourable and his speciall good Lorde, Robert Erle of Leicester, Baron of Denbigh, of the moste noble orders of the Garter, and St Michael knight, one of the Quenes maiest...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1577
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2374
Title:: A miscellany of medical texts, including a botanical glossary, a collection of medical recipes, and a Middle English translation of the Antidotarium Nicolai
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript is made up of two booklets (ff. 1-28 and 29-64), both made in the 15th century. The first booklet comprises a botanical glossary, a partial copy of an antidotary (book of antidotes) and a collection of medical recipes in Middle English and Latin. The second contains an ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2863
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: ff. 2r-13v: Calendar. ff. 14r-20v: the Gospel Lessons. ff. 21r-29v: prayers to the Virgin, Christ and St Bernard. ff. 30r-64v: the Hours of the Virgin. ff. 65r-70v: the Hours of the Cross. ff. 71r-79v: the Penitential Psalms. ff. 80r-84v: the Litany, followed by prayers. ff. 85r-10...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: c 1485
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2865
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 2r-v: Added prayer to St Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary, in a 16th century hand. ff. 4r-9v: Calendar, in French. ff. 10r-12v: 'Obsecro te', beginning imperfectly. ff. 13r-43r: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 44r-46r: 'Quicumque vult'. ff. 46v-49r: Office of trespasses for M...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: c 1480-c 1490
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2877
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Tours
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar, in French, with prayers on ff. 1v and 2v. ff. 13r-18r: Gospel readings. ff. 18v-21v: 'Obsecro te'. ff. 21v-22v: The Passion of the Lord according to St John. f. 22v: Prayer, beginning 'Deus qui manus tuas'. ff. 23r-26v: Prayer in French, beginning 'Dou...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: c 1490-c 1500
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2897
Title:: Breviary (the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria')
Scope & Content:: Breviary of the Use of Rome, known as the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria'. The manuscript is composed of two parts: Part 1 (ff. 154r-452v) is the summer portion of the breviary made for John the Fearles and his wife, Margaret of Bavaria, which formed originally a single v...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: c 1410-c 1440
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2901
Title:: Coronation order for the king of England
Scope & Content:: Coronation order for the king of England of the 4th recension, presumably composed for the coronation of King Edward II of England in 1308 (see Bond 1884-1894, pl. 196 and Hughes 1990). Incipit: 'Die quo novis rex est consecrandus' (f. 1v); 'Ordo novum regem in regno constituendi (f. 3r). Includ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: c 1308
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2918
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: An added rondeau in French, 15th/16th century. ff. 3r-14v: Calendar. ff. 15r-18v: 'Obsecro te'. ff. 18v-22v: Gospel readings. ff. 22v-23v: Prayer to the Virgin Mary, beginning 'Cum appropinquasset Ihesus'. ff. 25r-86v: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 87r-99v: Penitential ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: c. 1480-c. 1490
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2919
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Bourges
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1-2: Parchment flyleaves. ff. 3r-14v: Calendar in French, with numerous added saints' days, late 16th-early 17th century. ff. 15r-16v: Reading from the Gospel of St John, followed by the prayer 'Protector in te sperantium'. ff. 17r-18r: Prayer to St Mary Magdalene, beginnin...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2921
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1: Flyleaf with added inscriptions (see Provenance). ff. 2-4: Ruled parchment leaves (see Provenance). ff. 4v: Added almanac for the years 1550-1567, in French. ff. 5r-10v: Calendar, with added saints' days. ff. 11r-14r: Gospel readings. f. 14r: Added prayer, in French, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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