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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [40] File

1. Harley MS 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1
Title:
Treatises on astronomy, astrology, mathematics and geometry
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: Table of contents, f. 1v; Alpetragius (Abu Ishaq al-Bitruji al-Ishbili), De motibus caelorum (ff. 2r-15v); Thebit ben Corat, De hiis que indigent expositione antequam legatur Almagesti (ff. 16r-17r); Thebit ben Corat, De figura sectore (ff. 17r-18v); Thebit ben Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1250 - c 1324
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2
Title:
Collection of historical and theological texts, including Elias of Evesham, ‘Quadrilogus’ of materials relating to Thomas Becket; Eustace of Faversham, Vita sancti Edmundi Cantuariensis;and William of Malmesbury, De Gesta Pontificum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains ten parts written in England during the 2nd half of the 12th century or the 1st half of the 13th century. Most likely they were once part of different manuscripts (as suggested by a quire mark (‘III’) on f. 257v). A (? late) 13th-century table of contents that lists all...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Harley MS 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3
Title:
John Mirfield, Breviarium Bartholomei, with glosses and recipes by John Dee
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the medical work of John Mirfield [Johannes de Mirfeld] (d. 1407), an ecclesiastic and medical writer, and chaplain of the hospital of St Bartholomew, Smithfield, in London. Towards the end of his life he wrote two encyclopedic works in Latin, the so-called Florarium Bar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4
Title:
John Felton, Sermones de tempore (Sermones Mawdelyn)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–167r: John Felton (vicar of St Mary Magdalen’s, Oxford), Sermones de tempore, ‘Penuria studencium in material morali paupertasque … ad illa gaudia eterna nos perducat ihesus cristus amen. Expliciunt sermones dominicales per annum per Vicarium magdalene Oxonie horum collectorem.’ ff. 167r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Harley MS 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5
Title:
Registrum brevium
Scope & Content:
Registrum brevium; the manuscript includes copies of writs from the beginning of the reign of Henry VI (r. 1422-1461). Includes an added list of contents (ff. 3r-3v). ff. 53v-56v, 71v-76v, 107r-111v, and 281r are ruled and unwritten. Numerous spaces are also left blank in between sections. De...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1430-c 1440
Extent:

1 volume

6. Harley MS 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, and Alexander Neckam, Corrogationes Promethei
Scope & Content:
The volume is composed of two parts that comprise: Isidore of Seville Etymologiae (ff. 1r-149r), and Alexander Neckam Corrogationes Promethei (ff. 150r-196r). The manuscript also includes a title and a table of contents (ff. 1*v-2*r) added on two flyleaves at the beginning of the book.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

7. Harley MS 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7
Title:
Langley cartulary
Scope & Content:
Cartulary of deeds, from the time of Henry III to Edward IV, relating to Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire, organized according to geographical divisions: ff. 1r–6r: The manor of Turkdean, Gloucestershire. ff. 10v–18v: Brightwell and Ew...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1460-1483
Extent:

1 volume

8. Harley MS 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 8
Title:
Anglo-Saxon Latin grammar and Anglo-Saxon Latin glossary (A-G)
Scope & Content:
Anglo-Saxon Latin grammar of Ælfric of Eynsham, copied from the manuscript in Cambridge University, followed by an Anglo-Saxon Latin glossary (entries A-G). Largely in the hand of Simonds D’Ewes, including the title pages. f. 1: Strip of paper pasted onto flyleaf: ‘This booke with another volum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

9. Harley MS 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 9
Title:
Anglo-Saxon Latin glossary (H-Y)
Scope & Content:
Second half of Anglo-Saxon Latin glossary. Largely in the hand of Simonds D’Ewes, including the title page. f. 1: Strip of paper pasted onto flyleaf: ‘This booke with another same volume and forme was lent me by my most assured loving friend Mr John Rushworth. Octob[e]r 25 1653. Ita t[e]stor Ge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 10
Title:
Abstracts of Norfolk and Suffolk wills, 1370-1497
Scope & Content:
Manuscript volume of abstracts of wills, mostly written by Simonds D’Ewes, with a title page designed by him, and foliated by him. f. 2: Title page in red and black ink: ‘Transcripta et Collectanea selecta ex diversis Registris MS Testamentorum et ultimarum Voluntatum irrotulatorijs cum vetusti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1637
Extent:
1 volume

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