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221. Harley MS 4498

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4498
Title:
Metrical chronicle of France; Epistre en forme de complaincte sur la fuycte de clement marot composer par le frere myneur et par luy envoyez au Francoys
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: Prologue sur le tiers Volume de la cronique Francoyse. ff. 2v-64r: Metrical chronicle of France in 33 Chapters, beginning 'Sur le propoz facile a decouverer / Icy endtroit prenant heure que ouvrer'. ff. 65r-67v: Epistre en forme de complaincte sur la fuycte de clement m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

222. Harley MS 4500

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4500
Title:
Collection of French historical papers, including extracts from the work of Jehan Le Feron
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of various French historical papers produced by different scribes who were working separately at different moments in the 16th century. Contents: f. 1r: Untranscribed title inscription for the volume with the date 1565. ff. 2r-28r: Treaty of Cateau-Cambré...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

223. Harley MS 4504

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4504
Title:
Baldassare Castiglione, Il Libro del Cortegiano (books 1-2 in French translation)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-168v: French translation of Books 1 and 2 of Baldassare Castiglione (b. 1478, d. 1529), Il Libro del Cortegiano [The Book of the Courtier]; without title or introduction, and beginning with the original dedication: 'Au reverend et tres illustre Seigneur, Monseigneur Michel de l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

224. Harley MS 4505

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4505
Title:
Collection of Precedents in the Court of the Queen's Bench, from the 12th to the 37th years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-51v: Collection of Precedents in the Court of the Queen's Bench, from the 12th to the 37th years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I [1569-1595]; written in French with headings in Latin. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 52r-54v: English commentaries on biblical te...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1569-1595
Extent:
1 volume

225. Harley MS 4632

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4632
Title:
Heraldic collections of Sir Christopher Barker
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the heraldic collections of Sir Christopher Barker (d. 1549), Garter King of Arms 1536, who compiled the manuscript between c. 1520-c. 1530. The manuscript also contains later additions, including coats of arms that may have been added in the 17th century. Contents: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
c 1520-c 1530
Extent:
1 volume

226. Harley MS 4733

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4733
Title:
Miscellany of Middle English verse containing 'Parvus Cato' and 'Cato Major' by Benedict Burgh, 'Proverbs of Old Philosophers' and 'Destruction of Jerusalem' ('Titus and Vespasian')
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1. (ff. 3r-30r): 'Parvus Cato' and 'Cato Major': the Disticha Catonis, translated into English verse by Benedict Burgh (d. in or before 1483). See Boffey and Edwards 2005, nos. 854 and 3955. For an edition of the Benedict Burgh translation, see Fumio Kuriyagawa, Paruus Cato Magnus Ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

227. Harley MS 4776

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4776
Title:
Liber Terrarum of Wales
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains land surveys and letters patent relating to Wales. Other copies of these materials can be found in Harley MS 696. Although '1565' is inscribed in an initial on f. 53v, this date may only apply to ff. 1*recto-2*recto, and ff. 41r-54r. While the texts on ff. 129v-131v we...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1500-c 1565
Extent:
1 volume

228. Harley MS 4779

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4779
Title:
Register of cases in the Court of Common Pleas, 26-32 Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 13r-389r: A register of cases tried in the Court of Common Pleas, from 26 until 32 Elizabeth I; written in Law French. The manuscript contains an addition: ff. 12r-12v, 290r-290v: Fragments of a (?) 17th-century account book listing ships in the port of Yarmouth, including: '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1590
Extent:
1 volume

229. Harley MS 4805

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4805
Title:
Diplomatic correspondence and treaties between France and the Ottoman Empire; the capitulations of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands to France
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [1a]recto (parchment pastedown): A title inscription: '[…] conservant les affaires de Turgaie'. ff. 1*r-103v: Collection of letters and documents, chiefly containing correspondence and treaties between the kings of France and the sultans of the Ottoman Empire, written in French, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

230. Harley MS 4812

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4812
Title:
Law cases from the reign of Elizabeth I, 1586-1591
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-90v: Law cases from the 29th year until the 33rd year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, written in Law French. The manuscript contains two additions: f. 1*recto: Parchment strip with the initials 'R. H.' inscribed; written in the 16th or 17th century. f. 2*recto: Parchmen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1591
Extent:
1 volume

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