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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4167
Title:: Tommaso Campanella, La monarchia di Spagna
Scope & Content:: A copy of La monarchia di Spagna, which was written by the Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and theologian Tommaso Campanella (b. 1568, d. 1639) in 1598, and contains advice for the King of Spain on how to attain universal monarchy of the world. Contents: ff. 1r-120v: Tommaso Campanella, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: c 1600-c 1650
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4230
Title:: Articles of news in Italian
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-207v: Articles of news in Italian from Rome, Venice, Antwerp, and other places, in the years 1591-1596. On f. 46r, written in Latin, a letter signed by Sir Henry Wotton (b. 1568, d. 1639), English ambassador to Venice, dated to the year 1600.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 1591-1600
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4484
Title:: Collection of Latin inscriptions with translations and poems in French
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-8r: 'Inscriptions de la Place des Victories, par Regnier des Marais'; Latin inscriptions , dated 1643-1686, with French translations. ff. 9r-14r: 'De Erasmo'; Latin inscriptions on Erasmus with many written at Paris by Jean-Baptiste de Santeul [Santolius] (b. 1630, d. 1697) a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4770
Title:: Statutes of Venice
Scope & Content:: f. 1*r: modern table of contents. f. 1*v: short text on women. ff. 1r-40r: Statutes of Venice. ff, 42r-60v: additional statutes down to 1472. ff. [ii]-[iii] are ruled but blank. Catchwords written horizontally. Watermark of a bird (e.g. f. [66]), similar to C. M. Briquet, Les Filigranes: D...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: c 1466-c 1473
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4805
Title:: Diplomatic correspondence and treaties between France and the Ottoman Empire; the capitulations of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands to France
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. [1a]recto (parchment pastedown): A title inscription: '[…] conservant les affaires de Turgaie'. ff. 1*r-103v: Collection of letters and documents, chiefly containing correspondence and treaties between the kings of France and the sultans of the Ottoman Empire, written in French, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4857
Title:: Petrarch, Rime and Trionfi
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1*r-6*r: Table of first lines. f. 1*: Added pasted on inscribed piece of parchment. ff. 1r-142v: Petrarch, Rime. ff. 143r-179v: Petrarch, Trionfi. Decoration: Three-sided white vine border inhabited by animals and putti, with 1 large initial in colours and gold and a coat of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5020
Title:: A history of Venice from the year 695 to 1478
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-225r: A history of Venice from the year 695 to 1478; with an account of the origins of the city's families. f. 226v: Additions to the history of Venice for the year 1577.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: c 1577
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5139
Title:: Petrus Hispanus, Thesaurus Pauperum, in an anonymous Italian translation; alchemical and medical recipes; fragment of the Livre de Sydrac
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains an anonymous Italian translation of the Thesaurus pauperum (Treasury of the poor), a comprehensive medical manual of diseases and remedies by Petrus Hispanus (or Peter of Spain), traditionally identified with the Portuguese scholar and ecclesiastic Peter Juliani (b. c. 1...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Old and Italian
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5205
Title:: Lucidarium Philosophi eximii
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-64r: Lucidarium Philosophi eximii, a tract on divinity in the form of a dialogue between a master and his scholar. Decoration: Initials in red with red penwork decoration. Rubrics and paraphs in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5255
Title:: Collection of orations, Italian sonnets, prophecies and letters
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-22r: Responsio domini pape Pii oratoribus regis Franciae anno domini 1462. f. 22v: Epitaphium Senecae. f. 22v: Italian verses. ff. 23r-24r: Hippolyte Sfortie, Oratio Dominae Ducissae Calabriae filiae Illustrisimi Francisci Sfortia Ducis Mediolani recitata in Conspectu san...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: c 1467
Extent:: 1 volume

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