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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 497
Title:
Scope & Content:: Alcoatim, Congregatio sive liber de oculis, and other short medical Texts ; 15th cent. Latin and Italian. Copies. A copy of Alcoatim's ophthalmologic treatise in Latin translation (ff. 1-46; item 1), followed by three other short texts relating to medicine. Owned in the late 15th-early 16th ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 672
Title:: 'Bonus Lombardus de Ferraria', Preciosa margarita novella
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-169r: 'Bonus Lombardus de Ferraria', Preciosa margarita novella; according to an explicit in Italian (f. 169r) the work was composed in 1330. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 171v: Two verses in English: 'The good done to a good man / Is the greatest b[...] he ca...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 680
Title:: Letters from Mario Repetta
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A letter of Mario Repetta to Pietro Foscari. ff. 3r-32v: A letter or treatise of Mario Repetta to Luigi Mocenigo.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 754
Title:: Relatione della corte di Roma, suoi Offitii e governo and related items
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-38v: Relatione della corte di Roma, suoi Offitii e governo. ff. 39r-64v: Conclave fatto per la Sede vacante di Papa Adriano VI nel quale fu creato sommo pontifice il cardinale Giulio de Medici, Fiorentino, detto Clemente VII. ff. 65r-99r: Conclave fatto per la Sede vacante di...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 847
Title:: English poems and historical papers
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: An English poem by ‘W. C.’ to Henry Fradsham. ff. 2r-35r: 'A Communicacion or Discourse of the Queenes highness Mariage debated betwixt some Gentlemen of the Court at Northhawt [crossed out: ‘Montharile’] in Essex and reported by syr Thomas Smythe knight to his neyghboure ffr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1265
Title:: Collection of compositions, including Cantatas, Arias, for a soprano voice, with figured bass for harpsichord, in score, and suspected from Operas, by authors including: Giacomo Carissimi, Giovanni Francesco Tenaglia, Luigi Ross, Allesso Scarlatti, Carlo Manelli, Henry Firmin, Allesso Stradella, Domco Gabrielli, Mario Marazzoli, and Carlo Ludovici
Scope & Content:: passim. Cantatas, Arias, etc., for a soprano voice, with figured bass for harpsichord, in score. 1. 'Ferma; lascia ch' io parli': Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots. 'Giacomo Carissimi.' f. 1. 2. 'A la Rota.' This and nos. 3-16 are by 'Luigi Rossi.' f. 37. 3. 'Questo picciolo Rio.' f. 63. 4. 'Ste...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 4th quarter 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1266
Title:: Collection of compositions, including: Cantatas, Arias, mostly for a soprano, with a bass for harpsichord, and others with symphonies and string accompaniments, all in score, by anonymous authors
Scope & Content:: ff. 1-13b, 21-184b. Cantatas, Arias, etc., usually for a soprano, with a bass (occasionally figured) for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous. Nos, 10-12 are in a different hand from all the rest, the first two being dated ' Venetia,' and the third ' Milano.'1. 'Care sponde del Tebro.' f. 1. 2. 'Tra...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 17th century - 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1267
Title:: Trios, with a bass, and for harpsichord, and Arias mostly from Operas, with a figured bass for harpsichord, and string accompaniments, all compositions in score, by anonymous authors
Scope & Content:: ff. 1, 6b. Trios, with a bass, in score. Anonymous. 1. 'Con vn sospir.' f. 1. 2. 'Tutto e gioja.' f. 6b. f. 12. 'Nò, non ha tregua il mio dolor'; with a bass for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous. ff. 18-93. Arias with a figured bass for harpsichord, and, in a few cases, accompaniments for s...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 4th quarter 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1268
Title:: Numbers from unnamed Operas, mostly for one voice, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by anonymous composers
Scope & Content:: Volume I (allied to Vol II: Harley MS 1269) Numbers (for one voice, unless the contrary is expressed), with a bass for harpsichord, in score, from unnamed Operas, by anonymous composers. Bound with Harley MS 1269. The names of La Menarina and Sig[nora] Rosana, which are given in vol. i, f. 32, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 4th quarter 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1269
Title:: Numbers from unnamed Operas, mostly for one voice, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by anonymous composers
Scope & Content:: Volume II (allied to Vol I: Harley MS 1268) Numbers (for one voice, unless the contrary is expressed), with a bass for harpsichord, in score, from unnamed Operas, by anonymous composers. Bound with Harley MS 1268. The names of La Menarina and Sig[nora] Rosana, which are given in vol. i, f. 32, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 4th quarter 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume (49 folios)

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