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11. Harley MS 3859

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3859
Title:
Vegetius, De rei militari; Macrobius, Saturnalia; Pseudo-Sallust, Investiva in Ciceronem; Historia Brittonum and Annales Cambriae; Augustine, De heresibus; Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium; Pseudo-Ovid, Cantus avium; De bestiis; Cosmographia; Pollio, De architectura
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38r: Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De rei militari (On military matters) (Books 1-4), beginning: 'Antiquis temporibus mos fuit bonaru[m] artium'; ending: 'frequentior usus invenit qua[m] vet[us] doctrina monstraverat'. ff. 40v-41r: Astrological and geographical diagrams. ff. 42r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Welsh
Date Range:
Early 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

12. Harley MS 6068

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6068
Title:
English royal records and Welsh pedigrees
Scope & Content:
A manuscript copied by George Owen of Henllys from the collections of Richard Broughton. Contents: f. 1*: Title page. f. 1r-53v: Extracts from patent rolls, plea rolls, and other English royal records, including a list of the household officials and servants of Princes Mary, 1525-26. ff. 40r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
c 1597
Extent:
1 volume

13. Harley MS 6122

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6122
Title:
Welsh coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-52v: Coats of arms of Welsh nobility (1 per page). ff. 53r: Genealogical notes, beginning with those of ‘Owen Tudor’. Decoration: Half-page drawings of coats of arms in colours throughout.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Welsh
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

14. Harley MS 6660

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6660
Title:
Commentary on the Book of Revelation, chapters 12-13
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a commentary on the Book of Revelation in English, dedicated to William Cecil (b. 1520/1521, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, and perhaps given to him on his anniversary or appointment as Lord High Treasurer in 1572. Contents: ff. 1r-31r: Commentary on the Book of Revelat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Syriac, Classical, and Welsh
Date Range:
1572
Extent:
1 volume