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301. Harley MS 272

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 272
Title:
Wycliffite Bible, New Testament (Later Version)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–155v: New Testament, in the Wycliffite translation into Middle English (later version). Decoration: Puzzle initials in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 2r, 22r, 59r, 75r, 82v, 90r, 95r, etc.). Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Paraphs ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

302. Harley MS 273

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273
Title:
Compilation of religious and secular texts
Scope & Content:
A composite miscellany of religious and secular texts written in England (mostly in Anglo-Norman) and assembled for devotional and instructive purposes. It is made of six parts: First unit (ff. 1r-69v) includes a French Psalter with a calendar, followed by other liturgical prayers, and Hours of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1300-1349
Extent:

1 volume

303. Harley MS 274

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 274
Title:
Formulary for charters and testaments
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-13r: 'Tractatus de propretatibus et circumstancijs cartarum et scriptorum per Richardum de Ertham editus'. ff. 13r-14r: 'Statutum de emptoribus terrarum'. ff. 14r-29r: Collection of formula for charters, beginning with 'Carta simplex'. ff. 29r-49r: Methods for calculating...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1440-c 1500
Extent:

1 volume

304. Harley MS 275

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 275
Title:
Richard Rolle of Hampole, Emendatio vitae, Incendium amoris, Commentarius in Iob seu Postille super novem lectiones mortuorum; Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Meditationes Piissimae; Innocent III, De contemptu mundi; Honorius of Autun, Elucidarium; Jerome's translation of Origen’s Homilies on the Song of Songs; Speculum humanae salvationis; A Christmas Carol; A Latin treatise against divination and superstition; Vita Adae et Evae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of theological treatises in Latin and Middle English that was probably produced in a monastic environment. The cataloguing of this manuscript was funded by the Wellcome Trust. Contents: ff. 1r-12r: Richard Rolle of Hampole, Emendatio vitae. ff. 12v-46r:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

305. Harley MS 276

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 276
Title:
Gospel of John, with gloss
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–68v: Gospel of John, with marginal and interlinear glosses. Decoration: Large and smaller initials in red (ff. 1r–2v), two with penwork decoration in brown ink (ff. 1v, 2v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

306. Harley MS 278

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 278
Title:
Statutes and Ordinances of the Order of the Garter
Scope & Content:
The Statutes and Ordinances of the Order of the Garter, revised under Henry VIII in 1522; for the printed edition see Elias Ashmole, The Institution, Laws, and Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (London 1672). Incipit: 'The statutis and ordynancys of the meoste noble ordre of say...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1522-c 1530
Extent:

1 volume

307. Harley MS 279

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 279
Title:
Culinary treatises
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5r: Tables of contents for the manuscript’s culinary treatises. ff. 6r-26r: Potage Dyvers. ff. 27v-36r: Vyaunde Leche. ff. 37v-43v: Vyaunde Furnez. ff. 45r-49r: Menus for various feasts. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 44r: A table of contents for menus at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1430s
Extent:
1 volume

308. Harley MS 280

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 280
Title:
A collection of miscellaneous tracts, including accounts of the naval expeditions of Sir Francis Drake and Sir George Clifford
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*r: Added pen-trials. f. 1*v: A note by Sir Simonds D'Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650) concerning the first item in the manuscript (ff. 1r-30v); dated 1637. ff. 1r-30v: A collection of notes made by Mr Paul D'Ewes on sermons preached by a certain Mr Chatterton, living in Cambridge. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

309. Harley MS 281

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 281
Title:
Miscellany of musical treatises compiled by Guy of Saint-Denis
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–2v: Added notes on the tones (16th-century). ff. 3r: Added diagram of Guidonian hand. f. 4r–v: Added table of contents. ff. 5r–16v: Guido of Arezzo, Micrologus. ff. 16v–24v: Guido of Arezzo, Trocaicus. ff. 25r–34r: Pseudo-Odo (here attributed to Guido of Arezzo), Dialogus de musica. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

310. Harley MS 282

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 282
Title:
Letters relating to the embassy of Sir Thomas Wyatt, 1536-1539
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-300v: A collection of original and copies of letters from the correspondence of Sir Thomas Wyatt relating to his embassy (1536-1539); containing letters from and to King Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell, and Thomas Wriothesley. The collection ends with a letter by Cardinal Wolsey to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1536-c 1539
Extent:
1 volume

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