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1. 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

2. Harley MS 3390

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3390
Title:
Suetonius, De vita Caesarum, translated into Italian by Dante Popoleschi
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only surviving copy of an Italian translation of Suetonius' De vita Caesarum (On the Lives of the Caesars), made by Dante Popoleschi (fl. 2nd decade of the 16th century). The text is supplemented with a glossary, containing definitions of classical terms. The work is...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century (between 1515 and 1547)
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 4484

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

4. Harley MS 4805

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