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1332. Harley MS 2221
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2221
- Title:
- Miscellany of English coats of arms
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1r: A table of contents, with the date 1591. ff. 2r-3v: Coats of arms (10 per page) of the English archiepiscopal and episcopal sees; with the arms of the archiepiscopal see of Dublin. ff. 4r-6r: Coats of arms (10 per page) of English cities, boroughs, and Calais. f. 7r: A li...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1578-1591
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1333. Harley MS 2222
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2222
- Title:
- Statutes and regulations of the Admiralty
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-3r: 'Rules and orders to bee observed by all vice-admiralls aswell for the preservation of the Jurisdiction of the admiralty as for the better regulating the affaires and perquisites of the same for his Majesties profit and advantage'. ff. 3r-3v: 'Statuta contenta in Commissi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1334. Harley MS 2247
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2247
- Title:
- Sermons in Middle English
- Scope & Content:
- Sermons. Marginal notes in Latin are in a number of hands, principally that of the main scribe. One English note (f. 1v) is in the hand of a reader. Frequent underlining within the text, probably by the scribe, highlights quotations and important names. Contents: 1. (ff. 1r-2r): First Sunday...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1335. Harley MS 2250
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2250
- Title:
- Middle English Life of Christ and other saints' Lives and theological texts
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-44r: Middle English stanzaic Life of Christ in verse (Circumcision, the first leaf of which has been misbound between ff. 44 and f. 45; Epiphay; Purification of the Virgin Mary; Innocents; Septuagesima; Sexagesima; Quinquagesima; Quadragesima; Lent; the Passion; Pilate; Judas; ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1336. Harley MS 2251
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2251
- Title:
- Collection of poems by John Lydgate, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Benedict Burgh
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains poems by some of the most renowned poets from Late Medieval England, including John Lydgate (b. c. 1370, d. c. 1451), Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400), and Benedict Burgh (b. 1413, d. 1483). The collection of poems by John Lydgate is believed to be derived from a ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1460-1483
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1337. Harley MS 2252
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2252
- Title:
- The Commonplace Book of John Colyns, including Ipomydon, B version, and the stanzaic Morte Arthur
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manuscript comprises two booklets of Middle English poetry and prose (ff. 54-85, 86-133) that were compiled into one volume in the early 16th century by John Colyns (d. c. 1542), mercer, of the parish of St Mary Woolchurch Haw, London. The manuscript contains the unique copies o...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- Late 15th century-Early 16th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
1338. Harley MS 2253
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2253
- Title:
- Henri d'Acre, Miscellany of secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)
- Scope & Content:
- The manuscript divides in two parts. Part I (ff. 1r-48v) includes a collection of hagiographical texts in Anglo-Norman French. Part II (ff. 49r-140v and 142r-142v, except for folio 52v) was written in c. 1330-1340 by the so-called 'Harley scribe' and contains a miscellany of texts including secu...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Late 13th century-1st half of the 14th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment codex
1339. Harley MS 2253, ff 49r-142v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2253, ff 49r-142v
- Title:
- Miscellany of (the 'Harley Lyrics')
- Scope & Content:
- Miscellany of texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics') in English, Anglo-Norman, and Latin. This part of the manuscript (except for folio 52v) was written by the so-called 'Harley scribe', active in or near Ludlow (Southern Shropshire) from 1314 to c. 1349...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1330-c 1340
- Extent:
- 95 folios.
1340. Harley MS 2254
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2254
- Title:
- Walter Hilton, The Prickynge of Love and Of Mixed Life
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains The Prickynge of Love, an English translation, perhaps made by the Augustinian canon and mystic Walter Hilton, of the late 13th-century Stimulus Amoris by the Franciscan friar James of Milan. The translation survives in 16 manuscripts. Other copies can be found in Harley...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume