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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 2429

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2429
Title:
A German-Latvian dictionary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-48v: A German-Latvian dictionary with example sentences, entitled: ‘Vocabularium Germanico-Curlandicum’ (f. 1r) or ‘Lellipses Wörter-Büchlein’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German and Latvian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. 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

4. Harley MS 2943

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2943
Title:
Middle Dutch Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 13r-15v: Prayer for communion, with a rubric: ‘Dit gebet selmen lesen als men wil gaen totten heiligen sacrament te ontfanghen’, beginning: ‘O overste priester ende gewaer biscop here ihesu criste die di selven offerste gode dinen vader’. ff. 15v-16r: Pra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1486
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 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

7. Harley MS 3822/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3822/5
Title:
Fragments of letter and account books of German merchants
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-26v: Fragments of a letter-book of a Leipzig merchant (?) relating to consignments of goods, including cloth, wine, etc, 10 March-2 August 1545. ff. 27r-48r: Fragments of a cloth (?) merchant's account book; no dates except a few months and days. The manuscript contains a l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1545-c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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