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1. Harley MS 367

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 367
Title:
Historical notes, documents and poems written or copied by John Stowe and others, including poems by George Ripley, John Lydgate, Humphrey Brereton, John Skelton, John Heywood, William Vallans, William Drummond of Hawthornden, Robert Herrick, John Denham, Paul D'Ewes, Tom Coryate, John Hoskyns and others
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: John Stowe's paper against Richard Grafton and his chronicle. f. 4r: Proceedings of John Stowe in surveying the measures in the Ward of Baynard's Castle, 1584. ff. 5r-5v: Declaration of the absues done to John Stowe by William Ditcher, alias Tatford, and his wife. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
mid 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 1879

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1879
Title:
Catalogues of the books of Henry Savile of Banke, Robert Bruce Cotton, and John Dee
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10r: Catalogue of the library of Henry Savile of Banke (d. 1617) in English and Latin, written in the hand of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. f. 10v: List of books wanted by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, headed: 'Books I want', fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1583-c 1612
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 5156

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5156
Title:
Collection of law cases and notes on law lectures
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-13v: Law cases in French and English; with on f. 12v the inscription: 'The Lawe off the Lord Resete in oure hartes Amen'. f. 14r: 'Damasus papa in epistola ad Jeronimum i'. ff. 15r-23v: Notes on lectures on Law by Reginald Corbell, written in French, dated to 1552, headed: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1552-c 1555
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 6660

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6660
Title:
Commentary on the Book of Revelation, chapters 12-13
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a commentary on the Book of Revelation in English, dedicated to William Cecil (b. 1520/1521, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, and perhaps given to him on his anniversary or appointment as Lord High Treasurer in 1572. Contents: ff. 1r-31r: Commentary on the Book of Revelat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Syriac, Classical, and Welsh
Date Range:
1572
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 6824

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6824
Title:
A compilation of early modern historical and scientific papers; Edward of Norwich, The Master of Game
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a compilation of different historical and scientific papers, mostly originating from the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries. It also contains a 15th-century copy of the Middle English The Master of Game, composed by Edward of Norwich (b. c. 1373, d. 1415), 2nd Duke of York, in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, English, Middle, French, Greek, Ancient, Latin, Malay, and Russian
Date Range:
c 1400-1738
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 6927

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6927
Title:
Collection of Latin and Greek poems
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A poem dedicated to 'Richardo Shuttlewortho Militi [...] Senatus in W[a]ll[...] [? Richardus Shuttleworth (bap. 1630) of Whalley, Lancashire]; fragmentary. f. 1v: 'Praefatio'; fragmentary. ff. 2r-19v: A collection of poems in Latin and Greek, beginning: 'In Annum pacatissi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1594
Extent:
1 volume

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