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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6878, ff 3r-62r
Title:: Petit abrégé de la sphère du Monde
Scope & Content:: Petit abrégé de la sphère du Monde, a French translation of Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera mundi, incipit: 'La sphere est un corps solide...' Decoration: Numerous images in ink showing divisions of the sphere, diagrams of celestial spheres, position of the Earth, eclipses of the sun and moon...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 60 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4486, ff 1r-67r
Title:: Treatise on alchemy and medicine
Scope & Content:: Copied from the original dedicated to baron de Tracy (see f. 1r), first chapter: Secret compendium ou Memorial final en forme de Recapitulation sur mes precedents devis et chapitres, incipit: 'Preface dicel livre de chapitre premier. Noble de preux chevallier en qui toute bonte gist...'
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1631
Extent:: 67 folios + 2 unfoliated leaves at the end.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6878, ff 62r-65v
Title:: Les traicte des armilles pour verifier des estoires selon la tradition de Ptholemeo
Scope & Content:: Les traicte des armilles pour verifier des estoires selon la tradition de Ptholemeo. Decoration: 2 diagramatic images of the sphere (ff. 63v, 65r).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 4 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1778
Title:: Letter regarding voyages of Marquis de Châteaurenault, with a list of vessels under his command
Scope & Content:: Octavo manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-8: 'Lettre de Monsieur de Gatine Indendent de Marine, A Monsieur ... De Vigo abord du Fort ce... Septembre 1702'. The letter gives a history of Vice-Admiral François-Louis Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault's voyage from Brest to the Caribbean, and hi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1702
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1834
Title:: Notes relating to the history of the Fiennes family
Scope & Content:: Quarto manuscript volume containing notes made by Nathaniel Fiennes, Colonel and MP, relating to the name Fiennes and the history of the Fiennes family. These notes are taken mostly from printed sources. For more of the notes of Nathaniel Fiennes, see Harley MS 1835.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: Mid 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1835
Title:: Notes relating to the history of the Fiennes family
Scope & Content:: Quarto manuscript volume containing notes made by Nathaniel Fiennes, Colonel and MP, relating to the name Fiennes and the history of the Fiennes family. These notes are taken mostly from public records. For more of the notes of Nathaniel Fiennes, see Harley MS 1834.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: Mid 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4431, ff 1r-177v
Title:: Christine de Pizan, Collected works ('The Book of the Queen'), vol. 1
Scope & Content:: The first volume of Works by Christine de Pizan, also known as 'The Book of the Queen', including: 1. List of contents, Table des dictiez en general (ff. 2r-2v). 2. Dedication to the queen Isabel of Bavaria, Prologue adreçant à la royne (ff. 3r-3v). 3. Cent balades (ff. 4r-21r); 4. Virelais ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: c 1410-c 1414
Extent:: 177 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4431, ff 178r-274r
Title:: Christine de Pizan, Collected works ('The Book of the Queen'), vol. 2
Scope & Content:: The second volume of works by Christine de Pizan, also knowns as 'The Book of the Queen', including: 1. Le Livre du chemin de long estude (ff. 178r-219v); 2. Dit de la pastoure (ff. 221r-236v); 3. Épîtres sur le Roman de la rose (ff. 237r-254r); 4. Epistre à Eustace Morel (ff. 255v-257r); 5...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: c 1410-c 1414
Extent:: 220 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1121, f 156r (item 2)
Title:: La vie nostre dame seinte marie, incipit: 'Sachez que nostre dame fui de xii annzet vi mois...'
Scope & Content:: La vie nostre dame seinte marie, incipit: 'Sachez que nostre dame fui de xii annzet vi mois...'
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1/2 column

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1319, ff 1r-78v
Title:: Jean Creton, Histoire rimée de Richard II (La Prinse et mort du roy Richart)
Scope & Content:: La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) also known as La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (the Capture and Death of king Richard), the Account of the Fall of Richard II, or the Chronicle of Jean Creton), composed by Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1401-c 1405
Extent:: 78 folios.

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