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462. Harley MS 823
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 823
- Title:
- Christianographia, by Ephraim Pagitt
- Scope & Content:
- Manuscript book of Ephraim Pagitt (1575?-1647), Rector of St Edmund King and Martyr, London. In his own hand. Includes the following at the end of the volume: ff. 237-238: ‘Literae a Patriarcha Alexandrino, ad Archiepiscopum Cantuariensem, ex Aegypto in Britanniam transmissae, ex- autographo...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
463. 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
464. Harley MS 1210
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1210
- Title:
- Law statutes for England
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains law texts from England in Latin and French that were probably written in the late 15th century. Other law texts were added in the final decade of the 15th century and early 16th century. In the same period, a Middle English poem, instructions, recipes and notes were adde...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
465. Harley MS 1259
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1259
- Title:
- Collection of English statutes
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Carta Foresta. ff. 5r-6r: Sententia Excommunicationis Lata in Transgressores Cartarum. ff. 6r-8r: Consuetudines et assisae de Foresta. ff. 8r-9v: Summa de antiquo Dominico Corone. ff. 9v-10v: Statutum Religiosorum. ff. 10v-15r: Statutum Wyntonie. ff. 15r-19v: S...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
466. Harley MS 1426
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1426
- Title:
- Achievements of English families
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2r-32v, 35r-111r: The achievements of the English nobility from the time of James I or Charles I, with mottoes in Latin and French. f. 33v: The arms, and descents of noble persons written and painted circularly, and concentring on William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. f. 34r: Thr...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1625-c 1629
- Extent:
- 1 volume
467. Harley MS 1591
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1591
- Title:
- Collection of legal treatises
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1*recto: Law notes, including a line in French: 'Pur un plaisir mille dole'. f. 1r: Recipe for sleep, including milk, treacle, saffron and ivy. ff. 2r-5v: Forms of writs from the time of Queen Elizabeth. ff. 6r-10r: 'The Manner and Order of kepinge the Quarter Cessions'. f....
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
468. Harley MS 2276
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2276
- Title:
- Middle English sermon collection
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-146v: Sixty sermons on the Sunday gospels, certain major feast-days in the Christmas season and Ascension, from the First Sunday in Advent to the 22nd Sunday after Trinity. Translated from the 12th-century Latin Filius matris collection, with additional sermons not based on the...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1450
- Extent:
- 1 volume
469. Harley MS 2345
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2345
- Title:
- A collection of sermons
- Scope & Content:
- A collection of sermons written in England, as suggested by the presence of sermons for several English saints including Alphege, Frideswide, and Samson. Contents: ff. 1r-23r: sermons for different days of the year, mostly Sundays. ff. 23r-79r: sermons for different saints’ days. ff. 79v: vo...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 13th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
470. Harley MS 2766
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2766
- Title:
- Iulius Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis
- Scope & Content:
- Iulius Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis. Decoration: Initials in red. Place left for an initial at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1r).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 48 folios (including 1 blank folio after f. 2).