English and Welsh arms and pedigrees from the Holme family collections
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Heraldic book formerly titled on the outside ‘Coates and Pedegrees’. Contents: f. 1: Part of title lettering from former binding: ‘Pedegrees’, formerly ‘Coates and Pedegrees’. f. 2-3: Alphabetical list of names occurring in the roll of arms following, compiled by Randle Holme. Title on f. 2...
Contents: ff. 1r-63v: Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Satyrae, ends in the middle of Satire 15, as last folio is lacking f. 64r-64v: former pastedown with ruling and some annotations. Decoration: Early green and white vine initial in colours on a blue or pink ground at the beginning of each satire...
The manuscript was transferred to the British Museum's Department of Prints and Drawings on 17 January 1947 [registration number: 1947-1-17-2 (1-84)]. Detailed information and images can be found on the British Museum's website: (and related pages) [accessed 8 December 2020]. A sketchbook of ...
A register of the transactions of the Privy Council of Scotland (1678-1682)
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This item was transferred to the General Register House, Edinburgh, on 23 July 1910. According to the Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, III (1812), p. 224, it is 'A Register of the Transactions of the Privy Council of Scotland, from the 11 of Sep. 1678 to Aug. 1 1682. A paper book; fairly...
Contents: ff. 2r-106v: Book of Hours for the use of Rome. Decoration: 24 small miniatures forming partial borders, in colours and gold, for the calendar (ff. 2r-7v). 14 full-page miniatures in architectural frames, in colours and gold (ff. 8r, 13r, 16r, 30r, 39r, 42r, 45r, 48r, 51r, 55r, 66r, ...
This manuscript was recorded missing in 1808. The contents according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'This Number appears to be wanting. it was a volume of collections like the three following [Harley MSS 5339, 5360 and 5361 are 17th-century theological manuscripts]. T...
This manuscript was recorded missing since before 1825. The contents of both Harley MSS 5975 and 5976 according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'A Collection of Wooden Printes, French, Italian, German, some Capital Letters, Title pages, and other Ornaments, with many m...
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Escutcheons in brown ink (12 per page); all are empty except for those on f. 1r, which feature coats of arms with crests drawn in pencil, and without family names. f. 7r: A coat of arms in brown ink. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. [8]recto: A list (pencil...