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151. Harley MS 2863

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2863
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r-13v: Calendar. ff. 14r-20v: the Gospel Lessons. ff. 21r-29v: prayers to the Virgin, Christ and St Bernard. ff. 30r-64v: the Hours of the Virgin. ff. 65r-70v: the Hours of the Cross. ff. 71r-79v: the Penitential Psalms. ff. 80r-84v: the Litany, followed by prayers. ff. 85r-10...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1485
Extent:
1 volume

152. Harley MS 378

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 378
Title:
Simonds D’Ewes’ correspondence drafts, papers relating to the Long Parliament, and loan records
Scope & Content:
Collection of separate papers of Simonds D’Ewes, now bound together in a folio volume. Chiefly 1640s. Includes papers relating to the Long Parliament during the reign of Charles I, drafts of letters from Simonds D’Ewes, in Latin unless otherwise stated (ff. 25-111), and some documents relating t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

153. Harley MS 7395

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7395
Title:
Transcripts of documents and letters relating to Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a large number of 17th-century transcripts of documents and letters relating to Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and Mary, Queen of Scots, particularly the latter's execution in 1587. These contents originally seem to have been divided over five separate volumes, and bound...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

154. Harley MS 1579

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1579
Title:
Miscellaneous historical and political tracts
Scope & Content:
Composite volume of collections mainly on history, diplomacy and politics, from the late 16th century to the 1670s. Chiefly English. In more than one hand, written on different sized folios. Some entries starting from the other end of the volume relate to Sir Andrew Henley (1622-1675), 1st baron...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

155. Harley MS 5153

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5153
Title:
Book of law cases
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: Alphabetical list of legal terms in English. ff. 2r-168r: Book illustrating different types of law cases, written in Law French and organised alphabetically: beginning with 'Accomptt' and ending with 'Visne'. f. 170v: Lecture on law by Sir Robert Brooke [Broke] (d. 1558), ju...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1590s
Extent:
1 volume

156. Harley MS 1055

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1055
Title:
Funeral poems for Sir James Weston, Baron of the Exchequer
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title page: ‘Honors Monument: Or Faire vertues Record – In perpetuall Remembrance of the Generous worthy and Religious Sir James Weston Baron of the Eschequier etceterae’. ff. 2r-3v: A letter to the recipient of the manuscript, entitled: ‘The Epistle Dedicatory – To the Rig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1633
Extent:
1 volume

157. 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

158. Harley MS 714

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 714
Title:
Copies of Rolls of Parliament from the reign of Edward II
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains copies of the Rolls of Parliament from the reign of Edward II. According to the Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts (1808), p. 423, the manuscript also contained an unbound paper with a text concerning the Parliament, but this item has not been found in cataloguing the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

159. Harley MS 7551/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7551/2
Title:
Fascimiles of miniatures and the Epistles; Biblical commentary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5r: Copy of a letter sent to the Trustees of the British Museum by the Bibliotheque nationale, France, Paris, November 1877, relating to the theft of articles of the original ff. 6r-17r from the BnF by Jean Aymon in 1706 and 1707. The BnF had recovered many, but important fragm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
9th century-c 1880
Extent:
1 volume

160. Harley MS 1384

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1384
Title:
Achievements and coats of arms of the English, Scottish and Irish nobility
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title inscription by John Withie: ‘Auncient English & Scottish Nobility’. ff. 1r-32r: Achievements (with mottos in French and Latin) of the English nobility since the time of King Henry VIII; the last one is dated to 1610. f. 33r: A title inscription by John Withie: ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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