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1. Harley MS 1-7661

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1-7661
Title:
Harley Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Robert Harley (d 1724) and Edward Harley (d 1741), 1st and 2nd Earls of Oxford. c 1300-c 1700. 7661 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Dutch, English, English, Middle, English, Old, French, French, Old, Georgian, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Irish, Irish, Old, Italian, Latin, Slavic languages, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1700
Extent:
7689 items

2. Harley MS 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 38
Title:
A miscellany of political papers and letters and tracts on coinage, transcribed largely by Ralph Starkey; original letters addressed to Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, and Sir Simonds D'Ewes, 1642-1648; A Licence to travayle for Francis Davison and Edward Smith granted by Queen Elizabeth I, 1595
Scope & Content:
This manuscript mostly contains 17th-century English letters and transcripts of 16th-century documents. It also features an original licence on parchment to travel outside of England for three years granted to a ‘Francis Davison’ and ‘Edward Smith’, signed by Queen Elizabeth I and with her wax s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1595-1648
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 296

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 296
Title:
A collection of original letters and transcripts, concerning Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Russia and Morocco
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A discourse in French, concerning the enterprise that could be arranged for Don Antonio (b. 1531, d. 1595), a claimant for the Portuguese throne, for the recovery of his kingdom, and the effect and usefulness of this for the Netherlands and England. ff. 3r-4v: An origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 376

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 376
Title:
Letters to Simonds D'Ewes
Scope & Content:
Collection of original letters from political leaders, nobles and scholars written to Simonds D’Ewes from England and the Continent, 1620-1649. Chiefly in Latin, and a few in English, French, and German. With a small number of other documents at the beginning of the volume, dated 1585-1642. Ta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1585-1649
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 1060

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1060
Title:
A German manual for making gunpowder, rockets and bombs
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-11v: Instructions for making rockets, pyrotechnic maces and pole weapons, beginning: ‘Wie man die Ragethen stök machen soll'. ff. 12r-15v: Instructions for making gunpowder for rockets, beginning: ‘Wie man den Zeug oder sätz Damitt man die Ragethen füllett, machen soll’ ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 1252

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1252
Title:
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs; Joseph and Assenath
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 17th-century copy of apocryphal texts that appear to be copied from a 16th-century manuscript or printed book. The latter is suggested by two title-pages throughout that bear both the date ‘1660’ and the date ‘1563’ (ff. 1r, 40r). Contents: ff. 1r-137v: Testaments of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1660
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 1413

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1413
Title:
Albrecht of Prussia, Kriegsordnung (chapters 7-10)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the second half of a two-volume set of the Kriegsordnung (chapters 7-10), a treatise on managing large military campaigns composed by Albrecht of Prussia (b. 1490, d. 1568), first Duke of Prussia and grand master of the Teutonic Order. It is considered to be one of the m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1555
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 1800

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1800
Title:
Proverbia ac sententiae gallicae; Proverbes, sentences et mots dorez, recueillis des meilleurs autheurs qui ont escrit de cette matiere; Les fleurs de belles paroles sentences, proverbes, maximes, reigles, morales et politiques
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-32v: Proverbia ac sententiae gallicae. ff. 33r-42v: Proverbes, sentences et mots dorez, recueillis des meilleurs autheurs qui ont escrit de cette matiere. ff. 43r-60r: Les fleurs de belles paroles sentences, proverbes, maximes, reigles, morales et politiques. ff. 61r-73v: Mes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 1886

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1886
Title:
Keimpe van Martena, Liber Terrarum of Frisia; charter of Caspar de Robles
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title page for an administrative work (‘debt book’) [not included in the manuscript] by Christoffel van Sternsee (b. 1525, d. 1560), bailiff of Harlingen (1549-1560), written in German: ‘Vermerkht des Haübtman Cristof van Sternsee: drosort zue harlingenn Im frieszlandt, Schul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, German, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 1891

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1891
Title:
Hans Lencker, Perspectiva (Nuremberg: Gerlass, 1571); German treatises on gauging and perspective
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-36r: A printed work by Hans Lencker, Perspectiva: Hierinnen auffs kürtzte beschrieben / mit exempeln eröffnet und an tag gegeben wird / ein newer besonder kurtzer / doch gerechter unnd sehr leichter weg / wie allerley ding/ es seyen Corpora / Gebew / oder was möglich zu erdenck...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1571-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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