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

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 747
Title:: Petrus Riga, Aurora, expanded by Gilles de Paris; poems by Hildebert of Lavardin
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a copy of the Aurora, a moral commentary on the Bible written in verse, by the French poet Petrus Riga (b. c. 1140, d. 1209), in the expanded version by Gilles de Paris [Aegidius Parisiensis] (b. c. 1160, d. 1223/1224). The manuscript ends with a section of poems, includ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 748
Title:: Statutes of England
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-8v: 'Regulae Juris super Quarto Decretalium'. ff. 8v-9r: 'Regule Juris super Quinto Decretalium'. ff. 9r-10v: 'Regule Bonifacij Papae VIII. super Sexto Decretalium'. ff. 11r-62v: 'Registrum Cancellarie'. f. 62v: 'Breve Regis Edwardi I de reddendo quodam Mesuagio Willel...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 749
Title:: James Wedderburn, A collectanea of theological tracts
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-212v: James Wedderburn (b. 1585, d. 1639), A collectanea of theological tracts.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 750
Title:: Theological tracts collected by James Wedderburn
Scope & Content:: Volume of theological collections made by James Wedderburn (1585-1639), Bishop of Dunblane. Preliminary matter: f. 1*v: inscription cut from old binding pasted on verso of folio 1*. f. 2*r: flyleaf inscribed with Latin religious epigram (‘Deus initium negoti, finis Deus’), proverb, and sho...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 751
Title:: Extracts of statutes from the reigns of Henry III and Richard II; statutes of Henry IV and Henry V
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-18v: Nova Statuta, comprising extracts of statutes from the reigns of Edward III and Richard II; written in Law French with headings in Latin. ff. 20r-35r: Alphabetical subject index. ff. 36r-42v: 'Statuta de anno primo R. Henrici Quarti'. ff. 42v-51v: 'Statuta R. Henrici ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 755
Title:: Collection of sermons; treatise on the Ten Commandments
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-136v: Sermons for feasts of the Temporale. ff. 137r-148v: A subject index. ff. 149r-170r: Treatise on the Ten Commandments. ff. 171r-247v: Collection of Latin sermons, beginning: 'Hora est [...] cum sit brevis vita [nostra] Job 12: Breves dies hominis sunt'. Attributed to...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 756
Title:: Thomas Cole’s collections. Volume 1.
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3-25: ‘The Kallender of names’, with counties. ff. 26-281: Notes extracted from the records. ff. 282-390: Index of place names, by county.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 756-760, 410-411
Title:: Thomas Cole’s collections from the Court of Wards and Liveries
Scope & Content:: Abstracts of inquisitions from the records of the Court of Wards and Liveries, compiled by Thomas Cole; with indexes of families and places.. Some volumes bear Cole’s armorial ink stamp, with the motto ‘Cole Deum’.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 17th century
Extent:: 7 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 757
Title:: Thomas Cole’s collections. Volume 2.
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1-17: Index of family names, with counties. ff. 17-185r: Notes extracted from the records. ff. 185v-247: Index of place names, by county.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 758
Title:: Thomas Cole’s collections. Volume 3.
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1-13: Index of family names, with counties. Titled: ‘A Table of the surnames of this Third Booke Collected out of the books and Recordes of the Court of Wardes & Liveries by Thomas Cole of the same. Court Gent. & is marked Escaetr. Lib: 5 [sic]. Cole’. ff. 14-149: Notes e...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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