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411. Harley MS 871

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 871
Title:
English miscellany of tracts and letters from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Contents ff. 1r-6v: ‘The Last Will and Testament of Sir Walter Myldmay Knight Secundo die aprilis 1589’. ff. 7r-64r: The proceedings of the Early of Essex and other of Queen Elizabeth's ministers following the discovery of a plot to poison Queen Elizabeth I, dated 1593-1594. ff. 65r-70v: A d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1590s
Extent:
1 volume

412. Harley MS 873

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 873
Title:
Rituale (Manuale), Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-94v: Rituale (Manuale), Use of Sarum; with musical notation; imperfect at the beginning and end. The manuscript features formula for consecrations (e.g. 'Qualiter hij qui in Ordine Anachoritarum debeant se habere') and blessings (e.g 'Benedictio Scuti et Baculi ad Duellum facie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

413. Harley MS 898

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 898
Title:
Summary of writs issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1589-1593
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-246r: Summary of writs issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1589-1593; in Latin, but featuring some English on f. 136r. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*recto: A title-page: ‘De Annis 36. 37. 38. 39. 40 & 41 Elizab.’; added in the 17th or 18th cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1589-1593
Extent:
1 volume

414. Harley MS 918

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 918
Title:
Theological miscellany
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains works and excerpts from various Protestant theologians. The inclusion of a work by William Twisse, published in 1632, provides a terminus post quem for the manuscript. Contents: ff. 1r-44v: Guillelmus Estius [Willem Hessels van Est], Domini Guillelmi Estii in quatuor ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

415. Harley MS 920

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 920
Title:
A collection of Catholic prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: Commendatio Matutina, qua post nos omnes Christi fideles Deo commendamus. ff. 1v-2r: Ad B. Virginem. f. 2r: Ad omnes Sanctos, et ad S. Angelum Custodem. ff. 2r-3v: Oratio S. Augustini a Spiritu Sancto sibi revelata. f. 4r: Oratio ad Jesum. ff. 4v-5r: Oratio B. Thoma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

416. Harley MS 935

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 935
Title:
Prayer book
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v and ff. 107r-108v: Calendar; The calendar is imperfect and has been misbound: February (ff. 1r-1v); March (ff. 2r-2v); October (ff. 3r-3v); November (ff. 4r-4v); April (ff. 107r-107v); September (ff. 108r-108v). ff. 5v-6v: The Seven Penitential Psalms, imperfect at the end....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

417. Harley MS 941

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 941
Title:
A collection of treatises relating to history, astrology, magic, astronomy, geography and rhetoric, comprising John Lydgate's Dietary and other verses and medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*v: An added abbreviated list of contents. ff. 1r-3v: De origine gigantum, an abbreviated version of the Anglo-Norman French Des Grantz Geanz, written in Latin. The short narrative tells the Story of Albina and her sisters often used as a preface to the Brut Chronicle. The leave...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

418. Harley MS 945

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 945
Title:
Statutes from the reigns of Edward III and Richard II
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-11v: 'Capitula Statutorum Regis Edward Tercij'. ff. 11v-14v: 'Capitula Statutorum Regis Ricardi Secundi'; ending: 'Plus in fine libri' (reference to f. 256v). ff. 15r-181v: Statutes of 1-50 Edward III (1327–1377); written in French. ff. 181v-257r: Statutes of 1-13 Richard...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390
Extent:
1 volume

419. Harley MS 946

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 946
Title:
Nova statuta, including Hengham Magna
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-248r: Nova statuta, including Hengham Magna (ff. 191v-229v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1r-1v). Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

420. Harley MS 948

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 948
Title:
Rule of St Benedict; Carta Caritatis; agreement between Cîteaux Abbey and Prémontré Abbey, 1142; agreement between Waverley Abbey and Furness Abbey; Instituta Capituli Generalis Ordinis Cisterciensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: List of chapters in the Rule of St Benedict, entitled: 'Capitula Regule Sancti Benedicti'. ff. 3r-43v: The Rule of St Benedict, entitled: 'Regule Sancti Benedicti Abbatis'. ff. 43v-49r: Carta Caritatis. ff. 49v-51r: Agreement between Cîteaux Abbey and Prémontré Abbey ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

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