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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 967
Title:: An English translation of Macchiavelli's The Prince; a dialogue on treason in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; an anonymous poem written by a Catholic against the aforementioned dialogue on treason
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-60r: an English translation of Macchiavelli's The Prince. ff. 60v-62v: a dialogue on treason in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. f. 63r: an anonymous poem written by a Catholic against the aforementioned dialogue on treason.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 973
Title:: Richard Reynolds, De statu nobilium virorum et principum
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1v: A table of contents. ff. 2r-62v: Richard Reynolds, De statu nobilium virorum et principum; a treatise defending the monarchy and attacking the papacy, dedicated to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1566
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 974
Title:: Statuta Collegii Medicorum Londoniensum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-35v: Statuta Collegii Medicorum Londoniensum. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: A memorandum: ‘[...] Owing Mr Wheatley this 9 of July 1648 being Fryday – 3 Earthen chamberpotts – quart of Strong [? bere]’.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 981
Title:: Expositio Rabbi Shelomonis Jarchi in Canticum Canticorum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-52r: Expositio Rabbi Shelomonis Jarchi in Canticum Canticorum; with an introduction by David Stokes; dedicated to Lancelot Andrewes (b. 1555, d. 1626), bishop of Winchester.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 982
Title:: Statutes of the University of Cambridge
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-24r: Statutes of the University of Cambridge.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 985
Title:: John [of] Hoveden [Howden], Philomela; an anonymous treatise on mortal sins
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript consists of two parts. Part 1 (ff. 1r-43v) contains a copy of John [of] Hoveden [Howden] (d. 1275), Philomela, which was copied in the 4th quarter of the 14th century. Part 2 (ff. 44r-77v) contains an anonymous treatise on mortal sins, which was copied in the 1st quar...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 986
Title:: Richard Symonds, Notes on ensigns and officers during the First English Civil War
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. i recto: A note from the British Museum, dated to 30 October 1856: 'Memorandum: In the printed Harleian Catalogue, Vol. 1. 499, art. 4, of the present volume is described as "Original Passe from Sir John Needham Governor of Leicester, to Richard Symonds, dated Leicester, 5 March, 1...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1643-1644
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 987
Title:: Notes on the Bible; The whole booke of Psalmes [London, 1586]
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-260v: Notes on the Bible in Latin and English, featuring memoranda dated to 1605 and 1616 (f. 7r), with the added title: ‘Short Notes upon several Places of Scripture’ (f. 2r). ff. 261r-316v: A printed text with a title-page: ‘The whole booke of Psalmes, collected into Engli...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1586-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 988
Title:: Commentaries on the Song of Songs
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript consists of two parts that were written separately in the first half of the 12th century: Part 1 (ff. 1r-26v), and Part 2 (ff. 27r-71r). Both parts contain a commentary on the Song of Songs. Contents: ff. 1r-26v: Commentary on the Song of Songs, entitled: 'Incipiunt...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 990
Title:: A collection of abridged English statutes; a tract about dowry; the Assize of Weights and Measures; the verdict returned in a lawsuit in Guildford in 1396; De natura brevium; Les excepciouns ad brevia cassanda; Fet asaver; Registrum brevium
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-19r: a collection of abridged English statutes. f. 19r: a tract about dowry. ff. 19v-21r: The Assize of Weights and Measures. f. 21v: the verdict returned in a lawsuit in Guildford in 1396. ff. 22r-29v: De natura brevium. ff. 30r-35v: Les excepciouns ad brevia cassanda. f...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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