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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1663
Title:: Book of Hours (Use of York)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar. ff. 7r-46v: The Hours of the Virgin Mary. ff. 47r-58v: The Seven Penitential Psalms. ff. 58v-69r: Litany of Saints, followed by several prayers. ff. 70r-122r: Office of the Dead, featuring musical notation: black neumes on four-line red staves. ff. 123r-...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2019
Title:: Commentary on excerpts from the Bible
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-4v, 159r-162v: Account notes, 1592-1597, referring to persons located in Wales, including Beaumaris, Caernarfon, (?) Llanbadrig ('Llanbeddrey'), Wrexham ('Wrexen'). f. 5r: Notes relating to guests and a dinner on 26 November 1576; Sir John Savage of Baraver in Cheshire or hi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1580-c 1600
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2212
Title:: Part of an Ordinary of Arms
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-186v: Part of an Ordinary of Arms; with the arms of English persons and families drawn and tricked (20 per page). Decoration: Coats of arms in brown ink drawn and tricked in grids of printed escutcheons.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2433
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Tournai
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2v-3r: Offsets and sewing holes from pilgrim badges on blank pages. ff. 3v-4r: A table to calculate the date of Easter with an explanation in Middle Dutch. ff. 5r-16v: A calendar, in Middle Dutch, including in red: Sts Veerele (Pharaildis of Ghent), Amant (Ghent), Eloy (Tourn...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2849
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:: Contents ff. 1r-46v: The Hours of the Virgin. ff. 47r-99r: The Office of the Dead with musical notation on four-line red staves (ff. 47-98v). ff. 99r-109v: The Penitential Psalms. ff. 109v-125r: Litany of saints, followed by other litanies for 'feria [secunda] in quadragesima' until 'feri...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2917
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, including calendar in French (ff. 2r-12v). ff. 1v, 55r-v, 92r-v, 110v, 114r-v, 118r-v are blank. Decoration: 22 small calendar miniatures in the lateral foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 2-12v); 2 small miniatures for August missing after f. 8. 10 full-page...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: c.1480-c.1490
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2923
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Tournai
Scope & Content:: A Book of Hours, with rubrics in French, probably from Tournai since the calendar includes St Eleutherius, bishop of Tournai (20 February), and St Piatus of Tournai (1 October). A suffrage to the unusual St Venisse (or Venisa) (ff. 28v-29r), who was associated particularly with women's health is...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: c 1480
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2924
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, including a calendar with astrological table and explanatory texts, French (ff. 2r-17v). f. 1r: an added print, the title page of a Book of Hours, Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis. Nuper reformatum et Pii V pont. max. iussu editum. (Paris, 1600). Inscribed prayers in...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: c.1510-c.1520
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2999
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Toul
Scope & Content:: Contents: Book of Hours, Use of Toul, including a calendar, written in French (ff. 3r-14v). This manuscript includes later additions: f. 2v: a brief catalogue entry of the volume, early 18th century. ff. 147v-148r: memoranda of births in the Ramberviller family, 1591-1599. f. 148v is blank....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: c 1480 – c 1485
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3214
Title:: Hugh of Saint-Cher, Commentary on Revelation
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-150r: Hugh of Saint-Cher, Commentary on Revelation, beginning: 'Vidit Iacob in sompnum stantem super'. ff. 150v-153r: Alphabetical index of terms and topics occurring in the Commentary. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Rubrics, highlighting and paragraph marks in...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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