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1. Harley MS 3349

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3349
Title:
French prayer book
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-51v: Collection of prayers, entitled: 'Heures Nouvelles'; containing prayers to Christ, the King, a confessional formula ('La Confession des Pechez'), Litany of the Holy Name ('Les Litanies du Saint Nom de Iesus'), evening prayers ('Prieres du Soir'), Litany of the Virgin Mary ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 4479

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4479
Title:
Collection of French state papers
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises four parts that were brought together at an unknown point in time, and possibly only bound together in the Harleian Library. The latter is suggested by the fact that the manuscript contains no less than three inscriptions with the acquisition date that Humfrey Wanley, K...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1543-c 1564
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 3996

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3996
Title:
Nicolas de Nicolay, Navigation de la Mer
Scope & Content:
An account of James V’s navigation round Scotland in 1540 written by Nicolas de Nicolay (1517-83), royal geographer and lord of Arfeuille et Bel-Air. Based upon the pilot book of James’ navigator, Alexander Lindsay. A presentation copy for Cardinal Charles de Lorraine (1524-74). De Nicolay would...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1547-1566
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 1695

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1695
Title:
Remarques sur l'estat de la France
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-76v: Remarques sur l'estat de la France.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 3588

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3588
Title:
Collection of documents and tracts, mainly relating to Civil Law and taxation
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6r: Index digestorum, constitutionum, et institutionum juris civilis'. ff. 7r-37v: Index […] de Historia Jurie et […] Lib. 4. Institutionum'. ff. 38r-52r: 'Selectae iuris civilis decisiones'). ff. 53r-59r: 'De verborum [Juris] significatione'. ff. 60r-71r: 'De diversis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 7192

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7192
Title:
Genealogy of French kings from Pharamond to Philip III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v- 33r: Genealogy of the French kings, written in French. Beginning with Pharamond, a legendary Frankish king of Trojan descent, who is identified by the 8th-century Liber Historiae Francorum as the first king of France; his arms are gules, three toads or. Ending with Philip III ...
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

7. 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

8. Harley MS 4484

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4484
Title:
Collection of Latin inscriptions with translations and poems in French
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8r: 'Inscriptions de la Place des Victories, par Regnier des Marais'; Latin inscriptions , dated 1643-1686, with French translations. ff. 9r-14r: 'De Erasmo'; Latin inscriptions on Erasmus with many written at Paris by Jean-Baptiste de Santeul [Santolius] (b. 1630, d. 1697) a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 6201

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6201
Title:
Le Livre de la Magie et Astrologie des Anciens Philosophes
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2*recto: A title-page: ‘Le Livre de la Magie et Astrologie des Anciens [Philosophes] - Descouvers & Experimenté Par les Auteurs les plus celebres en cette science secrete. Mise en Francois Par J. H Ace les Figures Necessaire’. ff. 3*recto-8*verso: A table of contents. pp. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 7399

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7399
Title:
A collection of French 'airs de cour'
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-63v: A collection of French 'airs de cour'. Decoration: Initials with zoomorphic, anthropomorphic and grotesque features and interlace decoration in colours. Drawings of flowers, plants and farm animals in colours. Small initials with foliate decoration in colours.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume