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2121. Harley MS 255

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 255
Title:
Papers on numismatics, with letters of Sir Simonds D’Ewes and others
Scope & Content:
Loose papers relating to numismatics, mostly very rough notes in the hand of Simonds D’Ewes. Written on the back of letters or papers on other subjects. Contents: ff. 1-24: Rough notes on British coinage, written on the back of recycled letters. Heading: ‘Prolegomena ad Thesaurum Numarium Brit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2122. Harley MS 1503

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1503
Title:
Collection of coats of arms of English kings, earls, nobility and gentry, and kings of the world
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-92v: Collection of coats of arms (16 per page) of English kings, earls, nobility and gentry; and kings of the world, among whom are many attributed arms such as those of Prester John. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: Coats of arms and ownership inscriptions o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

2123. Harley MS 3723

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3723
Title:
Collection of works by Géraud de Frachet, including the Cronica ex diversis hystoriis abreviata, Chronica ordinis fratrum praedicatorum, and De decem Sybillis
Scope & Content:
This 14th-century manuscript contains a hitherto unidentified collection of the works of the Dominican friar Géraud [Gérald or Gérard] de Frachet [Geraldus de Fracheto] (b. 1205, d. 1271), historian and hagiographer of the Dominican Order. Among other works, it features his universal chronicle, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2124. Harley MS 3813

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3813
Title:
Account of the counties of England, Ireland and Scotland, with engraved maps by Pieter van den Keere
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-188v: Account of the counties of England, Ireland and Scotland, written in English, with printed and coloured maps of counties (with their names in Latin and English) engraved by the Flemish engraver Pieter van den Keere ['Peter Kerius'] (b. 1571, d. c. 1646) in 1599. Decorat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2125. Harley MS 6355

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6355
Title:
Leaves from a 14th-century missal; a treatise on making gunpowder and the use of cannons and mortars
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Leaves from a 14th-century missal or other liturgical manuscript, with music notation. ff. 5r-24v: A treatise on making gunpowder and the use of cannons and mortars, with illustrations of weapons and tables; written in the 16th century. The manuscript contains a later a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

2126. Harley MS 2608

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2608
Title:
Publius Papinius Statius, Thebais
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the epic poem Thebais (Thebaid) by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius (b. 45, d. 96). Contents: ff. 2r-110r: Publius Papinius Statius, Thebais, with marginal and interlinear glosses, preceded by a verse of the 5th-century poet Coelius Sedulius (fl. 5th century): ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

2127. Harley MS 3897

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3897
Title:
Cartulary of Hulne Whitefriars
Scope & Content:
f. 1v: Contemporary table of contents. ff. 1r–33v: Cartulary, containing copies of approximately 25 royal, papal and other charters. ff. 34r–41v: Additions to the time of Henry VI. ff. 41*r–59v: Lists of books and vestments. Decoration: Red initials; rubrics.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1368-1380s
Extent:

Parchment codex

2128. Harley MS 5287

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5287
Title:
John Taylor's oration held at the admittance of King Francis I of France into the Order of the Garter in 1527
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10v: John Taylor (d. 1534), Catholic priest and diplomat, Master of the Rolls, oration held at the admittance of King Francis I of France into the Order of the Garter in 1527, entitled: ‘Oracio habita in tradicione garterij ad Christanissinum Franciscum Galliarum Regem praesen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1530
Extent:
1 volume

2129. Harley MS 7555

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7555
Title:
List of Parliamentary summons; assizes from the reign of King Edward III; grant and charters relating to the chapel and college of St Mary in the Fields, Norwich
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of parts that were written at different times. Part 1 (ff. 1-32) was written in the 16th century. Part 2 (ff. 33r-64v) was written in the middle or 2nd half of the 14th century. Part 3 (ff. 66r-72r) was written in 1546. Part 4 (ff. 74r-77v) was written in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1350-1546
Extent:
1 volume

2130. Harley MS 133

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 133
Title:
Cuthbert Tunstall, A booke of all the Spyrituall Benifites and Chaunteryes within London and the Dyocesse of the same
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-36v: Cuthbert Tunstall (b. 1474, d. 1559), Bishop of London [r. 1521-1530], ‘A booke of all the Spyrituall Benifites and Chaunteryes within London and the Dyocesse of the same’; beginning ‘Pleaseth it your grace to understande, that where the kinges highnes my sovereigne lorde ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1522
Extent:
1 volume

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