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1. Add MS 40732

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 40732
Title:
Gilbert the Hay, The Buike off King Allexander the Conqueroure
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains The Buike off King Allexander the Conqueroure, a translation of the Alexander Romance into Scots heroic couplets by the Scottish poet Gilbert the Hay (b. c. 1397, d. 1465). Gilbert's translation was likely influenced by earlier French sources of the Alexander romance. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Egerton MS 2880

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2880
Title:
The New Testament in Scots, translated by Murdoch Nisbet
Scope & Content:
Written during the first quarter of the 16th century, the volume contains the first translation of the New Testament into Scots, undertaken by Murdoch Nisbet (d. 1559), a Lollard and notary in the diocese of Glasgow. Contents: ff. 4r-6v: Martin Luther, Prologue to the New Testament, translate...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Scots
Date Range:
1515-1525
Extent:

1 volume

3. Harley MS 4700

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4700
Title:
Laws and statutes of Scotland
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r-17r: 'The baron Lawis - Modus tenendi curias baronum'; written in Middle Scots. ff. 18r-22r: Tables of contents for the Regia maiestatis. f. 22v: A poem, beginning: 'Hoc trahit ad lumen antiqua statute volumen'. ff. 23r-81v: Regia maiestas, in 4 parts, ff. 82r-86v: Misc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 6101

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6101
Title:
A Scots heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A full-page coat of arms with crest (quarterly of nine): arms of Jermyn. f. 2r: The ‘Armes of the Balliam’. ff. 3r-17r: Royal arms, from King Malcolm III (‘Malcum Camoir’) to Mary I of Scotland [Mary, Queen of Scots] (r. 1542-1567). ff. 18r-71r: The arms of Scots peerage...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
1567-1578
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 6149

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6149
Title:
A collection of Scots and Latin heraldic and chivalric treatises
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: An untitled Scots heraldic treatise on the different rights and privileges of the kings of arms and heralds, and the sergeants of arms in service of the king, beginning: ‘Arthour son to the duke of Bertaingnie erle of Richmont lord of partynay Counstable of ffrance Till all...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
c 1494
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 6371

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6371
Title:
The Diariey of Robert Birrell Burgess of Edinburgh - Containing Diverse Passages of State, and uthers Memorable Accidents - From the 1532 Zeir of Our Redemption, Till the Beginning of the Zeir 1605
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-77r: The Diariey of Robert Birrell Burgess of Edinburgh - Containing Diverse Passages of State, and uthers Memorable Accidents - From the 1532 Zeir of Our Redemption, Till the Beginning of the Zeir 1605.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Scots
Date Range:
1605
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 6919

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6919
Title:
William of Touris, Contemplacioun of Synnaris
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-49v: William of Touris, Contemplacioun of Synnaris. The seven poems, one for each day of the week, were published by Wynkyn de Worde in Westminster on 10 July 1499. Decoration: Initials in blue with foliate decoration in red and purple (ff. 2r, 17r, 30v, 45v). Puzzle or pla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Scots
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century or 3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume