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91. Harley MS 1271

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1271
Title:
17th century Italian Cantatas, with a bass, and harpsichord, in score, by an anonymous author
Scope & Content:
ff. 71. Italian Cantatas, with a bass (usually figured) for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous.1. '[O]mbre, tenebre, orrori.' f. 1. 2. 'Quelle Luci'; possibly part of no. 1. f. 6. 3. '[?M]esto in sen d'un Antro.' f. 16. 4. '[I]n erma ripa.' f. 31. 5. '[M]i contento cosi.' f. 42. 6. 'Che sento, oh D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

92. Harley MS 1313

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1313
Title:
A collection of Relazioni, final reports presented by Venetian ambassadors of their service in foreign states
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-448v: a collection of Relazioni, final reports presented by Venetian ambassadors of their service in foreign states.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

93. Harley MS 4167

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

94. Harley MS 1265

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

95. Harley MS 295

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 295
Title:
An English collection of letters concerning Spain and the Spanish Netherlands
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-261v: A large collection of papers relating to Spain, Portugal, the Spanish Netherlands, and England’s affairs and trade with these regions; originals and transcripts in English, French, Italian and Latin dated to 1518-1623, including letters to Sir Thomas Walsingham, Cardinal ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1518-1623
Extent:
1 volume

96. Harley MS 3489

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3489
Title:
An atlas of portolan charts by Joan Martines
Scope & Content:
This atlas consists of a collection of sea charts, executed by the Italian cartographer and cosmographer Joan Martines (d. 1591) in 1578. The atlas's seven charts are laid down on a plane scale and span each verso and its opposing recto. Contents: ff. [1v-2r]: A map of the two hemispheres (Cha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1578
Extent:
1 volume

97. Harley MS 4110

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4110
Title:
Account of the city of Venice and coats of arms of its noble families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-85r: Account of the city of Venice to the year 1381, with a list of its noble families. Followed by their coats of arms, painted in colours and accompanied by names and descriptions up to the family of Canabrii, originally in alphabetical order but now rearranged, written in I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

98. Harley MS 2518

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2518
Title:
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-31r: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae, with a gloss at the start of the text. The manuscript contains several later additions: ff. 29r-31r: Erased text; perhaps a palimpsest. f. 31v: Added inscriptions in various hands including one on a scroll reading 'amore me port...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

99. Harley MS 2771

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2771
Title:
Cicero, Orator; De claris oratoribus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two works by the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC): Orator, his last work on rhetoric, written three years before his death, and De claris oratoribus (On famous orators), a history of Roman oratory. The anonymous scribe of the manuscript was also...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1430-c. 1440
Extent:
1 volume

100. Harley MS 1266

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

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