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791. Harley MS 955

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 955
Title:
Devotional book with prayers, indulgences and religious instructions
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-26r: Office of the Dead, use of Syon; with English saints listed in the Litany (ff. 8v-11v). ff. 27r-28v: Stabat Mater, with a rubric offering indulgences: 'In honore beate marie virginis magna indulgencia concess a bonefacio papa hanc oracionem dicentibus'; beginning: 'Sal[...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

792. Harley MS 956

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 956
Title:
Theological treatises, including Raymond Peñafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae and Summa de matrimonio; Hugh of Saint-Victor, Soliloquium de arra animae; Thomas of Hales, Vita Sancte Marie
Scope & Content:
The manuscript consists of four parts that were produced separately. Part 1 (ff. 1r-98v) was written in the last quarter of the 12th or 1st quarter of the 13th century. Part 2 (ff. 99r-115v, 148r-157r) was written in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century. Part 3 (ff. 116r-147v) was written...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

793. Harley MS 959

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 959
Title:
The Cloud of Unknowing
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: A cancelled leaf from The Cloud of Unknowing. ff. 3r-123v: The Cloud of Unknowing, ending with the colophon: 'laus deo et honor / prey for the wryter / Qui nominatur Walterus ffytzherbert'. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 1r: A note stating that: 'Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 volume

794. Harley MS 961

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 961
Title:
Writs from the reigns of Edward I and Edward II
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-152v: Writs from the reigns of Edward I and Edward II; written in Law French and Latin. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 153r: List of contents, beginning: 'Breve de recto patens'; added in the 14th century. f. 153v: List of (?) items, beginning: 'Novem. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

795. Harley MS 963

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 963
Title:
Excerpts from William Camden’s Britannia: or, A Chorographical Description of Britain and Ireland together with the Adjacent Islands
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-57v: Excerpts from William Camden (b. 1551, d. 1623)’s Britannia: or, A Chorographical Description of Britain and Ireland together with the Adjacent Islands.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

796. Harley MS 966

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 966
Title:
A political treatise about the governing of the State; Generalis temporum descriptio; Praecepta politica ac rhetorica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12r: a political treatise about the governing of the State. ff. 13r-21r: Generalis temporum descriptio. ff. 22r-25v: Praecepta politica ac rhetorica.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1592
Extent:
1 volume

797. Harley MS 972

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 972
Title:
A collection of historical materials on Norfolk and Suffolk compiled by Thomas Gibbons
Scope & Content:
Collections of Thomas Gibbons Esquire. Third of three volumes (Harley MS 970-971 are vols 1-2). Transcripts of records and other documents, chiefly in Latin. History of notable families and towns of Norfolk and Suffolk. In this and the preceding two volumes of Gibbons’ collections, much materi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1630s
Extent:
1 volume

798. Harley MS 973

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 973
Title:
Richard Reynolds, De statu nobilium virorum et principum
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: A table of contents. ff. 2r-62v: Richard Reynolds, De statu nobilium virorum et principum; a treatise defending the monarchy and attacking the papacy, dedicated to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1566
Extent:
1 volume

799. Harley MS 974

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 974
Title:
Statuta Collegii Medicorum Londoniensum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-35v: Statuta Collegii Medicorum Londoniensum. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: A memorandum: ‘[...] Owing Mr Wheatley this 9 of July 1648 being Fryday – 3 Earthen chamberpotts – quart of Strong [? bere]’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

800. Harley MS 976

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 976
Title:
Notes on sermons, by Michael Foster
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume containing notes from various sermons, in the hand of Michael Foster. Contents: f. 1*v: Notes on various bible passages. f. 1: Short notes and pen tests. At the top of the page is inscribed 'Michael Foster'. f. 1v: 'Ex precationibus collectanea'. ff. 2-5: Montiqi[?] - o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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