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4571. Harley MS 7652

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7652
Title:
Liber messahallah (Latin translation from Arabic attributed to John of Seville); Liber Hermetis de 15 stellis, de 15 lapidibus, de 15 herbis, et de 15 figuris; Albumazar de floribus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains astrological works with excerpts attributed to the Arabian astrologer Albumazar [Abu-Maaschar], 'Dorothius' (perhaps referring to the Greek astrological poet Dorotheus of Sidon), the legendary Hermes Trismegistus, the Persian Jewish astrologer and astronomer Mashallah ib...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

4572. Harley MS 7653

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7653
Title:
The Harley Prayerbook
Scope & Content:
A fragment of a decorated prayerbook with an Old English gloss. Its text and decoration link it to a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks known as the 'Tiberius Group'. In particular, its script and contents are related to those in Royal MS 2 A XX (the Royal Prayerbook), Harley MS 2965 (the Book of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
late 8th to first quarter of 9th century
Extent:
1 volume

4573. Harley MS 7655

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7655
Title:
Theological questions and answer by a Protestant author
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-20r: Theological questions and answer by a Protestant author (referring to ‘The Papists wicked blasphemie’), beginning: ‘Q: How many commaundements are there in the first Table?’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century-4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

4574. Harley MS 7656

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7656
Title:
Mathematical and philosophical fragments
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is formed of five independent parts: ff. 1r-7r: Boethius, De institutione arithmetica, fragment. ff. 8r-13v: 'Liber philosophie monachorum' fragments of book 2. ff. 14r-17v: 'Liber philosophie monachorum' fragments of book 4. ff. 18r-19v: Unidentified biblical or theologica...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1250-1499
Extent:

1 volume

4575. Harley MS 7658

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7658
Title:
John [Hans] Engelbrecht, A true Relation of a Vision of Heaven and Hell
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-23r: John [Hans] Engelbrecht, ‘A true Relation of a Vision of Heaven and Hell; That is: How God hath awaked and raised mee John Engelbrecht from Death, and when my body was dead, stiff and cold (the which is known to many people in Brunswick) the same in a short time became aga...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

4576. Harley Roll AA 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll AA 23
Title:
Expenses of John Tamworth, Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, 1559-1569
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. [1]recto-[5]verso: An account of the expenses of John Tamworth (d. 1569), Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, 1559-1569. Decoration: Large initials with cadels in black ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1559-1569
Extent:
1 roll

4577. Harley Roll C 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll C 5
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle from Noah to Henry V of England
Scope & Content:
A genealogical roll chronicle beginning with Noah and tracing the lineage of the Kings of England through Brutus to Henry V (r. 1413-1422), consisting of a genealogical diagram with a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The dorse contains a defence of the rights of Rich...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 roll

4578. Harley Roll C 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll C 7
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of the English kings to Edward I, with continuations to Edward IV
Scope & Content:
Contents: Two genealogical chronicles in Latin, one on the face and one on the dorse. Face of the roll: Membrane 1: A chronicle in Latin, beginning with the arrival of Brutus, incipit, 'Anno M CC ante navitate[m] D[omi]ni Brut[us] cu[m] Ygena uxore sua ...'. Membranes 1-2: A genealogical diag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 roll

4579. Harley Roll C 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll C 9
Title:
Biblical and Genealogical roll chronicle from Creation to King Edward IV of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogical chronicle from Creation to Edward IV and his descendants, of the type known as the 'Considerans' chronicle. This is one of a group of chronicles, named from the opening words of the prologue, ‘Considerans historie sacre prolixitatem’. The genealogy is mostly in three c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 roll

4580. Harley Roll C 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll C 10
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of the kings of England to Richard II
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogical chronicle with commentary in Latin, preceded by the title, 'Thopographie insule anglicane lic[et] comis eius fit oblong[us]. Oriens. Regnum orientalis anglorum'. Membrane 1: A diagram of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy with an introduction on either side, based on a Brut ch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 roll

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