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412. Harley MS 950
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 950
- Title:
- Collection of medical recipes
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript comprises two separate early 16th-century collections of medical recipes (ff. 1r-75v; ff. 80r-179v). A few other recipes were added later in the 16th century (ff. 76r-79v). The recipes in the main collection were numbered in the margin '1-497' by a later reader. Contents: Part ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and English, Middle
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
413. Harley MS 951
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 951
- Title:
- A genealogy of English kings, from Alfred the Great to Henry III
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. [1]recto-[3]recto: ‘A Genealogie of Kings from Alfred to Henry the Third’; probably copied from a medieval genealogical roll. Decoration: Roundels in brown ink.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 roll
414. Harley MS 953
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 953
- Title:
- Pore Caitif
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains one of more than fifty extant copies of the Pore Caitif, a late 14th-century Middle English compilation of religious instructions for the laity. The compilation includes tracts on the Apostles' Creed, Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer, the virtues of Patience, Temptation, ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
415. Harley MS 956
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 956
- Title:
- Theological treatises, including Raymond Peñafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae and Summa de matrimonio; Hugh of Saint-Victor, Soliloquium de arra animae; Thomas of Hales, Vita Sancte Marie
- Scope & Content:
- The manuscript consists of four parts that were produced separately. Part 1 (ff. 1r-98v) was written in the last quarter of the 12th or 1st quarter of the 13th century. Part 2 (ff. 99r-115v, 148r-157r) was written in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century. Part 3 (ff. 116r-147v) was written...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
416. Harley MS 959
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 959
- Title:
- The Cloud of Unknowing
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-1v: A cancelled leaf from The Cloud of Unknowing. ff. 3r-123v: The Cloud of Unknowing, ending with the colophon: 'laus deo et honor / prey for the wryter / Qui nominatur Walterus ffytzherbert'. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 1r: A note stating that: 'Th...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
417. Harley MS 961
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 961
- Title:
- Writs from the reigns of Edward I and Edward II
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-152v: Writs from the reigns of Edward I and Edward II; written in Law French and Latin. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 153r: List of contents, beginning: 'Breve de recto patens'; added in the 14th century. f. 153v: List of (?) items, beginning: 'Novem. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 14th century or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
418. Harley MS 962
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 962
- Title:
- The Flores of Senecaes Epistles translated into English
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2r-185v: ‘The fflores of Senecaes Epistles translated into English’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
419. Harley MS 963
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 963
- Title:
- Excerpts from William Camden’s Britannia: or, A Chorographical Description of Britain and Ireland together with the Adjacent Islands
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-57v: Excerpts from William Camden (b. 1551, d. 1623)’s Britannia: or, A Chorographical Description of Britain and Ireland together with the Adjacent Islands.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
420. Harley MS 966
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 966
- Title:
- A political treatise about the governing of the State; Generalis temporum descriptio; Praecepta politica ac rhetorica
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-12r: a political treatise about the governing of the State. ff. 13r-21r: Generalis temporum descriptio. ff. 22r-25v: Praecepta politica ac rhetorica.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1592
- Extent:
- 1 volume