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231. 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

232. 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

233. Harley MS 4830

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4830
Title:
Laws of the city of Avignon
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-17v: Laws of the city of Avignon, beginning with the rubric 'Aiso es la carta del covenes de la civitat de Avigno[n]', followed by the 'Convention de Beaucaire', a charter dated May 1251 ending the civil liberties of the city, as agreed between the municipal authorities of Avi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Occitan, and Occitan, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

234. Harley MS 4853

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4853
Title:
Robert III de La Marck, Histoire des choses mémorables advenues du règne de Louis XII et de François I, depuis 1499 jusqu'en l'an 1521
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-386v: Robert III de la Marck (b. 1491, d. 1537), Seigneur of Fleuranges, Marshal of France, Histoire des choses mémorables advenues du règne de Louis XII et de François I, depuis 1499 jusqu'en l'an 1521, entitled: 'Memories Du Mareschal de Fleurange - Histoire des choses memora...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

235. Harley MS 4861

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4861
Title:
Poems and emblems in honour of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Illustrated poems in honour of Jean-Baptiste Colbert (b. 1619, d. 1683), Marquis de Seignelay. Decoration: Dedicatory frontispiece in colours and gold with the arms of Jean Baptiste Colbert (f. 1r). 7 full-page miniatures in colours and gold with verses and mottos in Col...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

236. Harley MS 4917

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4917
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De la vieillesse (De Senectute) and De l'amitié (De Amicitia) translated by Laurent du Premierfait
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Laurent du Premierfait's translation of Cicero's De Senectute and De Amicitia. It was written around 1470 in Rouen and decorated by an artist of the circle of the Master of the Echevinage of Rouen. Contents: ff. 1r-108v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, De la vieillesse (De Sene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1470
Extent:
1 volume

237. Harley MS 4940

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4940
Title:
Matfre Ermengaud, Breviari d'amor
Scope & Content:
Contents: Matfre Ermengaud (Matfres Ermengau, Eymengau) de Beziers, Breviari d'Amor. An encyclopedic work explaining how the world is an emanation of love, it consists of 34,550 lines in verse in the Occitan dialect composed between 1288 and 1292. Decoration: 2 full-page miniatures with fol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Occitan, Old
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
A parchment codex, 232 folios

238. Harley MS 4972

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4972
Title:
Apocalypse, Prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-43r: Apocalypse in French prose, with prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée (a folio is missing between ff. 31 and 32); ff. 43r-47v: Prophétie de la sibylle Tiburtine (Prophecy of the Tenth or Tiburtine Sibyl); the last folio of this text is now in Bodley MS Douce 308. The text ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1275-1325
Extent:
A parchment codex, 47 folios

239. Harley MS 4988

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4988
Title:
Reports in the Court of the Queen's Bench
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-93v: Reports in the Court of the Queen's Bench, 21-34 Elizabeth [1578/1579-1591/1592]; written in Law French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1578-1592
Extent:
1 volume

240. Harley MS 4990

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4990
Title:
Collection of historical papers, including orations to Henry VIII and decrees of the Star Chamber
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. ii recto: 'Tracts of divers Natures vide Indicem. fo: VI' f. iii recto: Table of contents. f. iv recto: A title page: 'An Oration in Commendatioun of the Lawes cheiflye of the lawes of this moste noble Realme of Englande'. ff. 1r-2r: An oration of John Hales (b. 1469/70, d. ? ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1580s-1590s
Extent:
1 volume

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