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1. Harley MS 167

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 167
Title:
An English miscellany containing texts relating to naval matters
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-202v: A large collection of tracts and letters, primarily concerning naval matters. The manuscript contains documents on the victualling of ships, navigating, shipments, prices of goods, the custom system (taxes for good exported and imported through ports). The manuscript feat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 296

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 296
Title:
A collection of original letters and transcripts, concerning Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Russia and Morocco
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A discourse in French, concerning the enterprise that could be arranged for Don Antonio (b. 1531, d. 1595), a claimant for the Portuguese throne, for the recovery of his kingdom, and the effect and usefulness of this for the Netherlands and England. ff. 3r-4v: An origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 1581

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1581
Title:
The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, dated 1612-1625
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-412v: The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, featuring 129 letters, mostly originals in English addressed to the Duke and Marquess of Buckingham, but also Charles, Prince of Wales, King James I, the Lord Treasurer, and others; also featuring originals ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
1612-1625
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 5320

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5320
Title:
Spanish-Latin dictionary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-138r: A Spanish-Latin dictionary. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: An excerpt from Stefano Guazzo, La civil conversatione (1574): 'Offende il cielo el santo amor discioglie / Quel che con empie man batte la moglie'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
1590
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 6816

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6816
Title:
A collection of English medical texts
Scope & Content:
This collection predominantly features medical texts in Latin and English. It contains a section (ff. 97r-133v) of Middle English recipes that ends with Latin prayers against the plague and an indenture from Sempringham Priory in Lincolnshire, suggesting that the recipes may originate from this ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 18th century
Extent:

1 volume