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1861. Harley MS 4388

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4388
Title:
Anglo-Norman miscellany, including Les proverbes de Salemon and Chastoiement d’un pere a son fils
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-86v: Sanson de Nantuil, Les proverbes de Salemon, the Latin text of the book of Proverbs, chapter 1 to chapter 19:27 with a translation and commentary in Anglo-Norman verse. The 12,000 octosyllabic couplets were composed by Sanson de Nantuil for Aeliz de Condet between 1136-11...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

1862. Harley MS 7626

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7626
Title:
The Endowment and Orders of Walter Sherington’s Chantry, founded in St Paul’s Church, London
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: The Endowment and Orders of Walter Sherington’s Chantry, founded in St Paul’s Church, London; the chantry of Walter Sherington (b. 1431, d. 1442), chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, was founded by his executors for two chaplains to pray for his soul and for the good es...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1457-c 1500
Extent:
1 volume

1863. Harley MS 2775

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2775
Title:
Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar), written by the Latin grammarian Priscianus Caesariensis (fl. 500), commonly known as Priscian. The work was used as the standard textbook for the study of Latin during the Middle Ages. The text features num...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1864. Harley MS 1867

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1867
Title:
The Creation of the World [Cornish play]; and John Davies, ‘Adagia Britannica’. With other papers.
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1: Letter from Edward Lhwyd to Nathaniel Lloyd. 29 November 1708. ff. 2-58: The Creation of the World: Cornish play, copied from the manuscript written out by William Jordan, 1611, in the Bodleian Library Oxford (MS Bodl. 219), with parallel English translation by John Keigwyn, da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish, English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
Mid 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

1865. Harley MS 5298

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5298
Title:
Form of admission into the Order of the Golden Fleece in Latin, French and Spanish
Scope & Content:
Manuscript form of admission into the Order of the Golden Fleece in three languages, with printed initials (rubricated and painted in gold leaf), ornaments and heraldic devices (ff. 2v, 11v, 17r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1866. Harley MS 882-884

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 882-884
Title:
Book of canon law, or law of the Church of England
Scope & Content:
Five part manuscript book of canon law, formerly owned by Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), Bishop of Worcester. Lacks volumes 4-5. Undated, with no author.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

3 volumes

1867. Harley MS 1120

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1120
Title:
English statutes from the reigns of Henry III to Edward I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Table of contents. ff. 5r-8r: Magna Carta. ff. 8r-9v: Carta de Foresta. ff. 9v-10r: Sententia Excommunicationis Lata in Transgressores Cartarum. ff. 10r-12r: Provisiones de Merton. ff. 12r-14r: Dictum de Kenilworth. ff. 14r-19r: Statuta Marlebergie. ff. 19r-29r: S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1868. Harley MS 1682

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1682
Title:
Ecclesiastical statutes relating to Wells Cathedral (dating from 1242 to 1351)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: 'Statuta Joscelini Episcopi' [16 November 1242]. ff. 2r-2v: 'Statuta edita tempore Joscelini Episcopi' [1241]. ff. 2v-5r: 'Statuta antiqua de Officio cujuslibet persone Ecclesie Cathedralis Wellensis'. ff. 5r-6r: 'Statuta edita per Decanum et Capitulum, tempore Willelmi ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1869. Harley MS 2802

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2802
Title:
A Passional (the 'Arnstein Passional'), volume 3 (October-December), with a calendar
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the third volume of a three-volume Passional, and contains the lives of saints for readings on feasts in October-December. The first volume is Harley MS 2800 (January-May), and the second volume is Harley MS 2802 (June-September). Contents: f. 1v: Added contents page. ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1170-c. 1180
Extent:
1 volume

1870. Harley MS 3422

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3422
Title:
Henry of Bracton, De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ, in five books
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-227r: Henry of Bracton, De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ, in five books, imperfect. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 227v: Latin notes; added in the 14th century. Decoration: 1 very large puzzle initial in blue and gold with a partial bar border in red, b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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