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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7334
Title:: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340-1400), including the Tale of Gamelyn. See Boffey and Edwards, A New Index of Middle English Verse (2005), no. 4019. For an edition, see Riverside (1987). The tales are in an order which is unique to this manuscript, they lack some headings and r...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: c 1410
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7335
Title:: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-163v: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales; imperfect. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 139v: a practice alphabet and inscriptions (‘essavyd offe my master’) Decoration: The manuscript is minimally decorated. Occasional small-scale strap-work in brown ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7336
Title:: Catalogue of Roman and Byzantine imperial gold coinage
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a 17th-century catalogue of Roman and Byzantine imperial gold coinage. The catalogue is arranged in chronological order, beginning with the Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (b. 106, d. 48 BC) and Julius Caesar (b. 100, d. 44 BC), and ending with the Byzantine emperor...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7337
Title:: A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 1.
Scope & Content:: A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. The Anthems included are: —1. 'I call and cry to thee, O Lord' (5 parts); originally written (as well as the three following) to Latin words. 'Tho. ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1715-1720
Extent:: 1 volume (196 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7338
Title:: A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 2.
Scope & Content:: 'A Collection of … Services and Anthems, both ancient and modern … beginning at the Restauration of K. Charles II. . . . collected . . . a.d. mdccxvi.' Preceded by another introduction to Lord Harley, giving an account of the innovations made by Charles II in the royal Chapel and of their influe...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1715-1720
Extent:: 1 volume (254 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7339
Title:: A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 3.
Scope & Content:: Anthems and Services 'before and since the Restauration of King Charles the IId, mdccxvi '; preceded by an introduction alluding briefly to the royal and otherwise distinguished persons who have written music, among whom the collector specially mentions Henry VIII, the Emperor Leopold I, and the...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1715-1720
Extent:: 1 volume (244 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7340
Title:: A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 4.
Scope & Content:: Services and Anthems . . . from ye Reformation . . . . down to ye Accession of Queen Anne . . . . [collected] a.d. mdcc[x]vii '; preceded by a short introduction treating chiefly of the composition and rendering of church music. The Anthems are: —1. 'O sing unto ye Lord a new song' (full anthe...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1715-1720
Extent:: 1 volume (268 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7341
Title:: A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 5.
Scope & Content:: 'Services and Anthems Compos'd for the most part in the Reigne of . . . Queen Anne. Collected a.d. mdccxviii.' The Anthems are: —1. 'Is it true that God will dwell with men' (verse anthem for 3 voices). 'Dr. Tho. Tudway, designed for ye opening of St. Pauls Church. And sung at ye opening of Ki...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1715-1720
Extent:: 1 volume (294 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7342
Title:: A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 6.
Scope & Content:: 'Ye most Modern Celebrated Services and Anthems. . . . Compos'd Cheifly in ye Reigne of . . . Queen Anne . . . and Collected mdccxx.' With an introduction by Dr. Tudway, giving a sketch of the history of music, more particularly sacred music, down to his own time. The Anthems are: —1. 'My hear...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1715-1720
Extent:: 1 volume (383 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7343
Title:: Words of the morning service, evening service and three anthems composed by Thomas Tudway for the consecration of Lord Harley's chapel at Wimpole
Scope & Content:: ff. 2-8, 12-14. Words of the Morning Service (Te Deum, Jubilate, and Kyrie) and Evening Service, from music composed by Dr. Thomas Tudway for the consecration of Lord Harley's chapel at Wimpole, in 1721. For the music, see Add MS 36268, ff. 3b-52b, 62-68. ff. 9-11, 15-16v. The words of three An...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1724
Extent:: 1 volume

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