Archive Reference (shelfmark): Harley MS 1-7661 / Language: Latin - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 273, ff 204r-215v
Title:: Prayers, poems and recipes for making colours and dying textiles
Scope & Content:: Sixth unit includes: Prayers; incipit: 'Dona michi queso omnipotente deus' (ff. 204r-209r); Recipes to make colours for illuminating books and dying textiles, followed by poems and prayers (ff. 209r-213r); Recipes and charms for fever, cancer, gout, bloodletting, nail in the eye, child-birth...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 14th century
Extent:: 12 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 274
Title:: Formulary for charters and testaments
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-13r: 'Tractatus de propretatibus et circumstancijs cartarum et scriptorum per Richardum de Ertham editus'. ff. 13r-14r: 'Statutum de emptoribus terrarum'. ff. 14r-29r: Collection of formula for charters, beginning with 'Carta simplex'. ff. 29r-49r: Methods for calculating...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1440-c 1500
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 275
Title:: Richard Rolle of Hampole, Emendatio vitae, Incendium amoris, Commentarius in Iob seu Postille super novem lectiones mortuorum; Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Meditationes Piissimae; Innocent III, De contemptu mundi; Honorius of Autun, Elucidarium; Jerome's translation of Origen’s Homilies on the Song of Songs; Speculum humanae salvationis; A Christmas Carol; A Latin treatise against divination and superstition; Vita Adae et Evae
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a collection of theological treatises in Latin and Middle English that was probably produced in a monastic environment. The cataloguing of this manuscript was funded by the Wellcome Trust. Contents: ff. 1r-12r: Richard Rolle of Hampole, Emendatio vitae. ff. 12v-46r:...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 276
Title:: Gospel of John, with gloss
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–68v: Gospel of John, with marginal and interlinear glosses. Decoration: Large and smaller initials in red (ff. 1r–2v), two with penwork decoration in brown ink (ff. 1v, 2v).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 279
Title:: Culinary treatises
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-5r: Tables of contents for the manuscript’s culinary treatises. ff. 6r-26r: Potage Dyvers. ff. 27v-36r: Vyaunde Leche. ff. 37v-43v: Vyaunde Furnez. ff. 45r-49r: Menus for various feasts. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 44r: A table of contents for menus at...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1430s
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 280
Title:: A collection of miscellaneous tracts, including accounts of the naval expeditions of Sir Francis Drake and Sir George Clifford
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1*r: Added pen-trials. f. 1*v: A note by Sir Simonds D'Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650) concerning the first item in the manuscript (ff. 1r-30v); dated 1637. ff. 1r-30v: A collection of notes made by Mr Paul D'Ewes on sermons preached by a certain Mr Chatterton, living in Cambridge. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 281
Title:: Miscellany of musical treatises compiled by Guy of Saint-Denis
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–2v: Added notes on the tones (16th-century). ff. 3r: Added diagram of Guidonian hand. f. 4r–v: Added table of contents. ff. 5r–16v: Guido of Arezzo, Micrologus. ff. 16v–24v: Guido of Arezzo, Trocaicus. ff. 25r–34r: Pseudo-Odo (here attributed to Guido of Arezzo), Dialogus de musica. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 283
Title:: An English collection of letters, mostly from the time of Henry VIII
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-375r: A large collection of more than two hundred letters and papers in English, French, and Latin relating to state affairs, mostly from the reign of King Henry VIII (originals and transcripts). Includes letters by Henry VIII (with his signature), Mary Tudor, Jane Seymour, an...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1524-1546
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 284
Title:: Original letters and papers concerning state affairs from the time of King Edward VI
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-131v: A large collection of original letters and papers concerning state affairs from the time of King Edward VI, dated 1546-1555.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1546-1555
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 288
Title:: A collection of letters and papers relating to France, and matters between France and England from the time of Edward III to Charles I
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-289r: A large collection of letters and papers relating to France, and matters between France and England from the time of Edward III to Charles I. The letters are mostly original, dating from 1505-1639. The collection features several letters that have been partially written i...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1505-1639
Extent:: 1 volume

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