Archive Reference (shelfmark): Harley MS 1-7661 / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7186
Title:: Account book of John Longe, the Earl of Pembroke’s steward
Scope & Content:: Account book of John Longe, steward of the Earl of Pembroke, c 1575-1601. With additions to 1613 in a different hand. Includes mathematical sketches at ff. 162-164 and f. 184v.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1575-1613
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7191
Title:: Catalogue of the manuscript collection of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
Scope & Content:: Classified catalogue of the manuscripts in the collection of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1651-1716).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7192
Title:: Genealogy of French kings from Pharamond to Philip III
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1v- 33r: Genealogy of the French kings, written in French. Beginning with Pharamond, a legendary Frankish king of Trojan descent, who is identified by the 8th-century Liber Historiae Francorum as the first king of France; his arms are gules, three toads or. Ending with Philip III ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7194
Title:: Accounts of the land forces in 1689 and 1690
Scope & Content:: Accounts of the land forces in 1689 and 1690. Manuscript note on f. 1*: ‘Rec’d the 11th of October 1692’. Index, f. 94.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1689-1690
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7195
Title:: Ptolemy, Geographia, translated by Manuel Chrysoloras and Jacopo d'Angelo
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains an illustrated copy of the Geographia (Geography), an atlas and treatise on cartography originally written by the Greek mathematician and astronomer Claudius Ptolemy (b. c. 100, d. c. 170), in a Latin translation by the Renaissance humanists Manuel Chrysoloras (b. c. 135...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7196
Title:: Antiphonary
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-164v: Antiphonary; with Latin psalms and hymns for liturgical feasts of the Temporale, and featuring a few instructions in Spanish on f. 23r (‘Para la Noche de Navidad’) and f. 28r (‘ Nota que el Invitatorio de los Martyres sirue tanbien para los Confessores mutato nomine’); im...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin and Spanish
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7203/1
Title:: Detached former binding of Harley MS 7203
Scope & Content:: Detached brown leather binding over wooden boards, with the Harleian arms and the name 'ROBERT HARLEY' gold-stamped on the upper and lower covers, and fragments of the spine affixed to the lower cover. The binding was formerly attached to Harley MS 7203 (Journal of Parliament from the 43rd year o...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Former binding of Harley MS 7203

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7312
Title:: Miscellany of satirical poetry, and a copy of the play 'Sodom, or The Quintesence of Debauchery'
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume. Contents: p. 1*: Table of Contents. pp. 1-2: 'Prologue'. First line: 'Gentle Reproofes have long been try'd in vaine'. pp. 2-4: 'The Hypocrite'. First line: 'Thou'rt more unconstant, then the wind or sea'. pp. 5-10: 'Observacons on Tunbridge Wells' [By John Wilmot, 2nd ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Late 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7315
Title:: Miscellany containing mostly political poetry
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing various verses and prose in two parts, by two or more professional scribes. The first part (ff. 1-149) is indexed (ff. 150-151). The second part (ff. 152-303) contains a table of contents at the front. Contents: ff. 1-7v: 'The second Advice to a Painter for dr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1703
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7322
Title:: Collections of Latin sermons, theological excerpts, moralized tales, moral discourses and expositions on biblical citations
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1*verso-2*verso: Latin sermons. ff. 1r-12v: A collection of theological excerpts attributed to Augustine of Hippo; Bernard of Clairvaux; Bede the Venerable; Isidore of Seville; Jerome; Ambrose; Caesarius of Arles; Gregory the Great; Origen; John Chrysostom; and Seneca. Beginning...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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