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1. Harley Ch 43 A 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 A 6
Title:
Letter from the Raja Bendahara of Brunei to the English captain at Jambi
Scope & Content:
Letter in Malay in Jawi script from the Raja Bendahara Paduka Seri Maharaja Permaisuara of Brunei to the English captain at Jambi, requesting help in procuring saltpetre and blankets. The English factory at Jambi on the east coast of Sumatra lasted from 1615 to 1679.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Malay
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 folio

2. Harley Ch 43 C 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 43 C 4
Title:
Will of Æthelflæd; Will of Ælfflæd
Scope & Content:
Will of Æthelflæd, including a bequest of land at Lambourn, Cholsey and Reading, Berkshire, to the king; at Damerham, Hampshire, to Glastonbury; at Hamme to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Woodham, Essex, to Ealdorman Brihtnoth and her sister for life, with reversion to St Mary’s, Barking; at Hadh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

3. 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

4. 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

5. Harley MS 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 13
Title:
Scientific miscellany
Scope & Content:
The volume is composed of 6 semi-independent parts (ff. 3r-128r; 129r-140r; 141r-164v; 165r-198v; 199r-230; 231r-241v). It was probably made for John of London (fl. c. 1290- c. 1330), the first recorded owner of the manuscript. The manuscript includes: 1. Flyleaf with ownership inscriptions ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1290-16th century
Extent:

1 volume

6. Harley MS 55

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55
Title:
Anglo-Saxon miscellany including medical remedies and Anglo-Saxon laws by Edgar and Cnut
Scope & Content:
The volume is made up of fragments from two different manuscripts. The first fragment (ff. 1r-4v; unit A) probably formed the end of the original manuscript, and includes: Bald, Leechbook, book 2, chapter 59 (ff. 1r-3r); Laws of King Edgar (r. 959-975) (ff. 3v-4v); Oswald, archbishop of Yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Early 11th century
Extent:

1 volume

7. Harley MS 57

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 57
Title:
Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus (ff. 2r-25v) and an excerpt from the Distinctiones de vita eterna (ff. 26r-27v). A small parchment label pasted on f. 1r includes a 14th-century inscription providing a table of contents for the volume signed by an early owner...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

8. Harley MS 76

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 76
Title:
The ‘Bury Gospels’
Scope & Content:
ff. 1v–5r: Jerome, Letter to Damasus (‘Novum opus’) and prologue to the Gospels. ff. 6r–12v: Canon Tables. ff. 13r–126v: Four Gospels (opening leaf excised). ff. 126v–137v: Capitula to the Gospels. The remainder of the leaves (ff. 137v–141v) were originally left blank, and filled in at a lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1020-c 1030
Extent:

Parchment codex

9. Harley MS 79

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 79
Title:
Statuta Angliae; Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is composed of two parts (ff. 1r-26r and 27r-46v) and includes: 1. Correspondence relating to Osney Abbey at Oxford, 1302 (ff. 1r-1v); 2. Statuta Angliae (ff. 2r-26r); 3. Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus (ff. 27r-46r). 4. Medical recipes (f. 46v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1300-1499
Extent:

1 volume

10. Harley MS 80

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80
Title:
Collection of texts on astronomy, optics, astrology and stones from a Merton College manuscript
Scope & Content:
This composite volume is formed by five parts (1-5), of which items 2-4 are identifiable as independent booklets or libelli. 1. ff. 1r-57r: the first unit relates to mathematics and geometry and comprises texts by Roger Bacon, (De Scientia Perspectiva, ff. 1r-33v) and Richard of Wallingford, (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-1499
Extent:

1 volume

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