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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7514
Title:: Notebook of Humfrey Wanley relating mainly to Greek abbreviations
Scope & Content:: Notebook of Humfrey Wanley relating mainly to Greek abbreviations.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7522 A
Title:: Old Testament in Greek, viz. Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-4 Kingdoms, 1-2 Chronicles, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song. Copy by Patrick Young of parts of Codex Alexandrinus (Royal 1 D v-viii). At the end of the volume are (ff. 380-401) indexes of Biblical names and places.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: c 1640
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7546
Title:: Pierre Michault, La Danse aux avengles
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-40v: Pierre Michault, La Danse aux avengles, imperfect; the manuscript is missing the first part of the text, which is supplied on f. [iii]recto-[iii]verso]. This satirical work, written in 1466, partly in prose and partly in verse, consists of a dialogue between L'acteur (the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7549
Title:: Melodies of songs and psalms, with vocal exercises
Scope & Content:: ff. 5-43 passim. Melody of some songs, mostly anonymous. Several of them are included in John Playford's publications. 1. 'Diuin objet, qui ravisses les sens.' f. 5. 2. 'Se voi, Luci amate.' f. 6. 3. 'La vita alberga.' f. 7. 4. 'Tell me, you wantdering spirits.' By H. Lawes. [From , 1652.] f. 8....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7550
Title:: Almanack of Allestree (1627), annotated by Symonds D’Ewes
Scope & Content:: Printed Almanack of Allestree for the year 1627, with chronological notes in the handwriting of Sir Symonds D’Ewes. Also large collections in cypher. The manuscript's former binding is now stored separately as Harley MS 7550/1.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Cipher and English
Date Range:: 1627
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7550/1
Title:: Detached former binding of Harley MS 7550
Scope & Content:: Detached binding, marbled paper over wooden boards. The binding was formerly attached to Harley MS 7550 (Almanack of Allestree (1627), annotated by Symonds D’Ewes) and is now stored separately.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Former binding of Harley MS 7550

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7551/1
Title:: Biblical commentaries; Gospel of Luke (imperfect)
Scope & Content:: Biblical commentaries and a partial copy of the Gospel of Luke. Originally bound with Harley MS 7551/2. ff. 1r-18r: Notes on the Song of Songs, Latin, 14th century. ff. 19r-32r: Notes on the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Old English. 17th century. ff. 33r-36r: Gospel of Luke (imperfect)...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 9th century-17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7551/2
Title:: Fascimiles of miniatures and the Epistles; Biblical commentary
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-5r: Copy of a letter sent to the Trustees of the British Museum by the Bibliotheque nationale, France, Paris, November 1877, relating to the theft of articles of the original ff. 6r-17r from the BnF by Jean Aymon in 1706 and 1707. The BnF had recovered many, but important fragm...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:: 9th century-c 1880
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7553
Title:: Fragments of verse and tracts on divinity, the rosary, the Trinity, and psalms
Scope & Content:: Articles 4-10, thus: Twelve leaves of vellum, containing fragments of divinity in Latin. Various irregular memoranda. Four paper leaves, containing a tract on the Rosary in English. Six leaves, containing a fragment of a sermon in English. Four leaves, being part of a Latin treatise on the Trini...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1200-c 1500
Extent:: 1 volume

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