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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley 5500
Title:: [Wonders of art and nature in various countries]
Scope & Content:: A work on the wonders of art and nature in various countries, without title or author's name, complemented by 90 half-page miniatures. This copy is imperfect at the beginning and the end, with a false beginning prefixed by a later hand. The work consists of short detached sections, with the he...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 text; ff. 172

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1-7661
Title:: Harley Manuscripts
Scope & Content:: Manuscripts collected by Robert Harley (d 1724) and Edward Harley (d 1741), 1st and 2nd Earls of Oxford. c 1300-c 1700. 7661 manuscripts
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Dutch, English, English, Middle, English, Old, French, French, Old, Georgian, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Irish, Irish, Old, Italian, Latin, Slavic languages, and Turkish
Date Range:: c 1300-c 1700
Extent:: 7689 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 331/1
Title:: Detached former binding of Harley MS 331
Scope & Content:: Detached speckled and blind-stamped brown leather binding over boards; paper pastedowns on the inside of the upper and lower covers; the pastedown on the upper cover features a watermark with the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam. The binding was formerly attached to Harley MS 331 (a collect...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Former binding of Harley MS 331

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