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2271. Harley MS 114

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 114
Title:
Pierre de Langtoft, Chronicle of England in French verse to the beginning of the reign of Edward I (1307)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–47v: Pierre de Langtoft, Chronicle: opening with a French translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth, De gestis Britonum, ‘Sermo de bruto fit sub dictamine tuto. Culpa datur petro deficiente metro. Deus le tut pussant ke cel et terre creayt …’ ff. 48r–121r: Continuation of Chronicle: Anglo-Saxo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

2272. Harley MS 4505

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4505
Title:
Collection of Precedents in the Court of the Queen's Bench, from the 12th to the 37th years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-51v: Collection of Precedents in the Court of the Queen's Bench, from the 12th to the 37th years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I [1569-1595]; written in French with headings in Latin. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 52r-54v: English commentaries on biblical te...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1569-1595
Extent:
1 volume

2273. Harley MS 3906

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3906
Title:
A Latin chronicle of England from Brutus to the murder of James I of Scotland in 1437, with a continuation from 1437 to 1456 with material concerning Sherborne Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-111r: A Latin chronicle of England which covers the period from Brutus to the murder of James I of Scotland in 1437, with the prophecies of Merlin, an abridgement of the Historia regum Brittaniae, an account of the Heptarchy and post-Conquest monarchs up to 1377 from the Polych...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1456-1460
Extent:
1 volume

2274. Harley MS 1760

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1760
Title:
A large collection of letters written and signed by English kings and queens, and letters addressed to them by rulers in other countries
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-145v: A large collection of copies of and original letters, written and signed by English kings and queens, including Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II, and kings, queens, princes, dukes, duchesses, landgraves and marquesses from abroad. The latter include (among...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1596-1729
Extent:
1 volume

2275. Harley MS 3050

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3050
Title:
Collection of excerpts and sermons from the works of Augustine of Hippo
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-3r: 'Capitula excerptorum de quibusdam opusculum sancti Augustini'. ff. 3v-82v: Excerpts and sermons from the works of Augustine of Hippo. Decoration: Large (3- to 5-line) decorated initials in red, some with a reserved design and penwork decoration, including balls and o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

2276. Harley MS 2098

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2098
Title:
Notes relating to a Mize on the lands of the Prince of Wales in Denbighshire; the Original Mize-book of the Assessment for Cheshire
Scope & Content:
ff. 1v-2v: Fragmentary notes relating to a Mize on the lands held by the Prince of Wales in Denbighshire. ff. 3r-9v: The Original Mize-book of the Assessment for Cheshire. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 10r: An inscription: 'A mize of Cheshire and the Hundreds and other notes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1518-c 1519
Extent:
1 volume

2277. Harley MS 507

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 507
Title:
A Bible followed by Interpretatio Nominorum Hebreorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-476v: A Bible with numbered chapters. ff. 477r-519r: Interpretatio Nominorum Hebreorum (Interpretation of Hebrew Names). ff. 519v-520v: Theological notes based on Hugh of Saint-Victor. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 1v, 2r, 521r-526r: Notes and lists of bible ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2278. Harley MS 876

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 876
Title:
Theological miscellany, including Tertullian, Testamenta xii patriarcharum
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–15r: Tertullian, Testamenta xii patriarcharum, translated by Robert Grosseteste. ff. 15r–20r: Anonymous versification of Richard of Saint-Victor, Beniamin minor, ‘Incipit libellus a magistro Ricardo de sancto victore prosaice editus. Beniamin ab eodem intitulatus. A quodam in metrum rude...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

2279. Harley MS 2593

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2593
Title:
Giannozzo Manetti, De dignitate et excellentia hominis
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a copy of De dignitate et excellentia hominis (On the Dignity and Excellence of Man), a treatise written by the Italian politician and diplomat Giannozzo Manetti (b. 1396, d. 1459). The work in four books was a response to Pope Innocent III's De miseria humane conditionis (O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1455
Extent:
1 volume

2280. Harley MS 200

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 200
Title:
Robert of Avesbury, Chronicles; Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita sancti Edwardi regis
Scope & Content:
Composite volume, with booklets consisting of f. 2 (late 15th century); ff. 4–147 (mid 15th century); and ff. 150–207 (first half of the 13th century), bound together with additions by Symonds D’Ewes. f. 2r: Full page miniature, 185 × 110 mm, in colours and gold of a coronation, with the heir t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century-Late 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

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