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222. Harley MS 4487
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 4487
- Title:
- Aimon de Varennes, Roman de Florimont
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains the Roman de Florimont by Aimon de Varennes. Aimon wrote his work at Chatillon d'Azergues in the Forez region near Lyon in 1188. The poem, consisting of over 13000 lines, is in the Lyonnais dialect and relates the adventures of Florimont, the fictitious grandfather of Al...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French and French, Old
- Date Range:
- 1295
- Extent:
-
1 volume
223. 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
224. 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
225. 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
226. 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
227. 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
228. 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
229. 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
230. 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