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4201. Harley MS 6183

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6183
Title:
The Visitation of Leicestershire in 1619
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*verso: The beginning of a draft or copy of an indenture: 'Know all present and to come that wee John de Verdon Lord of Brikilasworth Knight, and Maud my wife; doe give and grant, and by this our present writeing doe confirme unto John the sone of Walter de Howby and to william d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4202. Harley MS 6184

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6184
Title:
William Smith, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was recorded missing since before 1825. The contents according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'A Book in folio, intitled, Smith's Alphabet of Arms in Blazon, anno 1604. This Smith was Rouge-dragon Herald.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1604
Extent:
1 volume

4203. Harley MS 6185

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6185
Title:
English pedigrees and arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-160v: Pedigrees and arms of families in the county of Gloucestershire. Several pedigrees end with indications of the ages of family members in the year 1623. The manuscript contains several additions: f. 1*recto: A title inscription: ‘Glocester’; written in the 17th century....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 volume

4204. Harley MS 6186

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6186
Title:
English coats of arms from the reign of James I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-7v: Coats of arms of English peerage (about 9-12 per page). ff. 12v-45v: Coats of arms of English families (12 per page). The manuscript contains a later addition: ff. 1r-1v, 48r-48v: Fragments of Peter Lombard, Commentarium in Psalmos; written in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1603-1625
Extent:
1 volume

4205. Harley MS 6189

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6189
Title:
'The Rise and Progress of Mahometanism' by Henry Stubbe
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a text by physician Henry Stubbe on Islamic theology, the life of the prophet Mohammed, and religious tolerance, here titled 'The Rise and Progress of Mahometanism'. Written in a fair hand. At the end of the volume is inscribed '7 July 1718 Exam. of W. S.'. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1718
Extent:
1 volume

4206. Harley MS 6199

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6199
Title:
Statuts de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-77r: Statuts de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or. The earliest copy of the Statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece, with a register of chapters held from 1429 to 6 May 1481. Decoration: 1 miniature depicting the knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece, with a scatter border ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1481-1486
Extent:
1 volume

4207. Harley MS 6201

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6201
Title:
Le Livre de la Magie et Astrologie des Anciens Philosophes
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2*recto: A title-page: ‘Le Livre de la Magie et Astrologie des Anciens [Philosophes] - Descouvers & Experimenté Par les Auteurs les plus celebres en cette science secrete. Mise en Francois Par J. H Ace les Figures Necessaire’. ff. 3*recto-8*verso: A table of contents. pp. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4208. Harley MS 6203

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6203
Title:
Transcript of a cartulary of Hereford Cathedral
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-44r: Transcript of a medieval cartulary of Hereford Cathedral, entitled: 'Collections out of an Old Imperfect Registre of the Church of Hereford, on Vellom [sic], Folio MS in the Library of the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Viscount Weymouth [Sir Thomas Thynne (d. 1714), 1st Vis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1718
Extent:
1 volume

4209. Harley MS 6204

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6204
Title:
Summons to Parliament, 1264/5-1529/30, preceded by a copy of the will of Henry II; Carta Conventionis et finis facta inter Henricum Regem Anglie filium Matilde Imperatoris et William Regem Scottorum; Litterae Papae Alexandri pro regimine Hiberniae; Litterae Papae Alexandri ad Episcopos Barones et Nobiles Hiberniae; Carta Conventionis facta inter Henricum Regem Anglie et Robertum Comitatum Flandriae; Carta recognitionis servicii quod Barones et caeteri Homines Comitis Flandriae debent Henrico ...
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: The will of Henry II. ff. 2r-3r: Carta Conventionis et finis facta inter Henricum Regem Anglie filium Matilde Imperatoris et William Regem Scottorum. ff. 3r-4r: Litterae Papae Alexandri pro regimine Hiberniae. f. 4r: Litterae Papae Alexandri ad Episcopos Barones et Nob...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4210. Harley MS 6205

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6205
Title:
François Desmoulins de Rochefort, Les Commentaires de la guerre gallique (Book I)
Scope & Content:
Les Commentaires de la guerre gallique (Commentaries on the Gallic War) was written by François Desmoulins de Rochefort (d. 1526), a Franciscan friar, almoner and preceptor to Francis I of France. Composed as a dialogue between Julius Caesar and the king of France, on the responsibilities of an ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1519
Extent:

1 volume

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