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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3462
Title:: Letters and historical texts
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-245r: Letters and historical texts in Latin and Italian; for an item description see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, III (1808), pp. 28-29.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 1506-1515
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3597
Title:: Collection of saints' Lives
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-200v: Vitae Sanctorum,including (among others) the Lives of saints Paulus of Verdun (bishop of Verdun), Sigismund of Burgundy, Gangulphus of Burgundy, Maximin of Trier (archbishop of Trier), Poppo von Babenberg (archbishop of Trier), Chlodulf of Metz (bishop of Metz), St Hidulf...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1474
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3713
Title:: Liutprand of Cremona, Antapodosis
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: A title inscription: 'In hoc libro continentur Gesta Imperatorum et Regum totius Europae'. ff. 1v-92r: Liutprand of Cremona [Liudprandus Cremonensis], Antapodosis [Liber regum et principium partis Europae], with a table of contents at the beginning of each book. Decoration:...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 11th century-1st half of 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3872
Title:: Compilation of classical texts
Scope & Content:: f. 1r: list of contents, pastedown. f. 2r: table of contents. ff. 2v-63v: Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX (Nine Books of Memorable Deeds and Sayings), imperfect, missing the first quire. ff. 64r-91v: Sallust, Bellum Catilinae (The War with Catiline) and Bellum Jug...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1377
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4076
Title:: Collection of medical recipes
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a 16th-century collection of medical and cosmetic recipes in English and Latin, most likely compiled by a physician in the county of Devon. Its first known owner was William Raulyngs [Ralyngs], who appears to have been closely related to the manuscript's compiler. The la...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1550
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5213
Title:: English writs and statutes
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-84v: Writs from the royal chancery ('Registrum Brevium cancellariae domini regis'); written in Latin. ff. 85r-163v: English statutes ('Statuta vetera'); beginning imperfectly in the Statuta de Merton; and followed by other statutes, including the Statuta de Marleberge; Statu...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5860
Title:: An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1*verso-2*recto: Unfinished drawings or sketches of coats of arms in pencil and ink. ff. 1r-1v: An abstract of a patent in Latin from King Charles of Sweden, granting to John Jackson of Stockport, Cheshire, the honour of nobility, and a coat of arms with the title of Johannes Pe...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5864
Title:: English coats of arms
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: A title inscription: ‘Single Coats and Crests and some Irish Armes’; a fragmentary list of surnames with page references. ff. 2r-89v: A collection of English coats of arms (16 per page), some with crests and Latin and French mottoes, beginning with the arms of St George, ‘The...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1600
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5884
Title:: English coats of arms
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-12r: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. ff. 13r-16v: Letters of patent (copies), dated to 1539/40, 1592 and 1613. ff. 17r-105r: Coats of arms of English families (mostly 12 per page), one featuring the date 1618 (f. 87r). Decoration: Coats...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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