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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1822
Title:: Correspondence between Richard Mulcaster and Richard Clerke
Scope & Content:: Letters in Latin and Greek between Richard Mulcaster (d. 1611) and Richard Clerke (d. 1634) of St Paul's School, later one of the translators of the King James Bible. The letters in Greek are on ff 1r, 15v, 16r-18v and 23v.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 1577
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1997
Title:: Historical and genealogical collections of Thomas Chaloner
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: Contents page. ff. 2r-90v: ‘The Historie of William the Conqueror’ (English history to 1586), transcriptions of English royal records, copies of historical narratives, and pedigrees, dated 1591-3 (ff. 100r, 117v, 120v, 124r) and c. 1580 (ff. 125r-137v). English and Welsh. ff....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:: c 1580 – 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2404
Title:: A miscellany of geomantic and astrological texts
Scope & Content:: Contents: pp. 1-32: A treatise on geomancy with the title Geomancia Judeana (pp. 18 and 32), beginning: ‘Hec est geomancia Indenea que vocatur filia astronomie quam fecit unus sapientum Indie et est facta per 7 planetas’. pp. 33-59: Pseudo-Ptolemy, Archanum magni Dei de reductione geomancie; ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2963
Title:: Ritual for the Anointing of the Sick
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-107r: Ritual for the Anointing of the Sick, entitled: 'Incipit uncio Infirmorum'; beginning with a chant: 'Pax huic domui [Responsorium] et cum omnibus habitantibus in ea. Dominus vobiscum Et cum spiritu tuo', followed by a collect, beginning: 'omnipotens et misericos deus quae...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1539
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3122
Title:: Achard of Saint-Victor, Sermo in Dedicatione Ecclesiae
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-39v: Achard of Saint-Victor, Sermo in Dedicatione Ecclesiae, imperfect at the end, beginning: 'Sapientia aedificavit sibi domum excidit columnas septem'. Decoration: 1 large (2-line) initial in red (f. 1r). Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century - 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3591
Title:: Register of charters of the Louvain Charterhouse
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-32v: Register of charters of the Louvain [Leuven] Charterhouse, 1504-1561. Decoration: Initials with minor decoration in black ink. Paraphs in black ink.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1504-1561
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4731
Title:: Treatise on the power of the Church
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 4r-120v: Treatise on the power of the Church, anonymous and untitled; featuring citations of the Church Fathers throughout. The manuscript contains several additions: f. 1v: Planetary symbols and signs of the Zodiac; added in the 16th century. f. 1v: 'Anno domini 1558 .8. De...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5825
Title:: Pedigrees and arms for families in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 2r: The ‘Seale of the Towne of Huntingdon taken the 28 of August Anno Domini 1613’. ff. 2v, 8r, 11v-13r, 19r, 20v, 34r, 44r: Drawings of coats of arms (‘church notes’) with the following headings: ‘All these ware taken out of Kimbalton Castell in the hall and a Gallery’ (f. 2v); ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1613-1622
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 245
Title:: A miscellany of heraldic works by Robert Glover
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3*recto-6*recto: Indices of pedegrees, arms and seals in the manuscript. ff. 2r-168r: A miscellany of heraldic works by Robert Glover (b. 1543/1544, d. 1588), herald of Somerset [the original texts are in two manuscripts in the College of Arms]: see f. 2*recto: ‘Liber miscellana...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1600
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2978
Title:: A Gospel Harmony of the Passion of Christ
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-26v: A Gospel Harmony of the Passion of Christ (beginning 'Matheus: dixit Jesus dicipulis suis scitis quia post biduum Pascha fiet'). Decoration: 1 4-line and 1 2-line initial with floral motifs in colours on gold grounds (f. 1r). Line-fillers in red, blue, and gold (f. 1r...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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