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1. Harley MS 1-7661

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1-7661
Title:
Harley Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Robert Harley (d 1724) and Edward Harley (d 1741), 1st and 2nd Earls of Oxford. c 1300-c 1700. 7661 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Dutch, English, English, Middle, English, Old, French, French, Old, Georgian, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Irish, Irish, Old, Italian, Latin, Slavic languages, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1700
Extent:
7689 items

2. Harley MS 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3
Title:
John Mirfield, Breviarium Bartholomei, with glosses and recipes by John Dee
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the medical work of John Mirfield [Johannes de Mirfeld] (d. 1407), an ecclesiastic and medical writer, and chaplain of the hospital of St Bartholomew, Smithfield, in London. Towards the end of his life he wrote two encyclopedic works in Latin, the so-called Florarium Bar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 38
Title:
A miscellany of political papers and letters and tracts on coinage, transcribed largely by Ralph Starkey; original letters addressed to Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, and Sir Simonds D'Ewes, 1642-1648; A Licence to travayle for Francis Davison and Edward Smith granted by Queen Elizabeth I, 1595
Scope & Content:
This manuscript mostly contains 17th-century English letters and transcripts of 16th-century documents. It also features an original licence on parchment to travel outside of England for three years granted to a ‘Francis Davison’ and ‘Edward Smith’, signed by Queen Elizabeth I and with her wax s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1595-1648
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 69

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 69
Title:
The booke of certaine triumphes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-63v: A large collection of tracts, letters, and notes in English and French concerning court affairs and entertainment, jousting and the bearing of coats of arms, known as ‘The booke of certaine triumphes’. Decoration: Full-, half-, and quarter-page drawings of knights joust...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 78

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 78
Title:
Collection of English texts, including letters, historical and heraldic works, and poems by Geoffrey Chaucer and John Lydgate
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite miscellany of various 15th- and 16th-century English texts, predominantly letters, historical and heraldic texts and poems. Contents: f. 1r-v: Opinions of Lords on the question 'how goodd myght be had for the settinge forthe of the armes in to Normandye and Guye...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and French
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 89

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 89
Title:
Rotuli Parliamenti Ordinationum in Arce Londinensi, for the years 1311-1312, 1314-1315, and 1315-1316
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-234v: Rotuli Parliamenti Ordinationum in Arce Londinensi; for the 5th, 8th and 9th years of the reign of Edward II (1311-1312; 1314-1315; 1315-1316). f. 235r: Negotia tangentia Thomam de Multone.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 135

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 135
Title:
Sir John Smythe, An aunswer to contrarie opynions militarie
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: The ‘Epistle to the Reader’. ff. 7r-110r: Sir John Smythe, An aunswer to contrarie opynions militarie.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 141

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 141
Title:
Description of and treatises related to Wales
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title-page, ‘Discription of the Dominion of Wales & 2 other treatises of it’. f. 1r: Pen-trialling, added in the 16th century. ff. 1r-21v: ‘Description of the Dominion of Wales’. ff. 25r-27r: A treatise entitled ‘Cornwalls Case’ [French]. ff. 28r-85r: ‘Dialo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 147

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 147
Title:
Copies of letters concerning the Treaty of the Hague 1614-1615
Scope & Content:
Includes: f. 1: Copy of the King’s Commission to treat, granted to Sir Henry Wooton, Ambassador Extraordinary to the States of the United Provinces, Clement Edmonds Esq., clerk of his Privy Council, Robert Midleton and Morris Abbott, City of London merchants. Dated 29 November 1614. Heading: ‘Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1614-1615
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 167

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 167
Title:
An English miscellany containing texts relating to naval matters
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-202v: A large collection of tracts and letters, primarily concerning naval matters. The manuscript contains documents on the victualling of ships, navigating, shipments, prices of goods, the custom system (taxes for good exported and imported through ports). The manuscript feat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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