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1661. Harley MS 3461

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3461
Title:
A universal chronicle; artist's sketches; Gregorio Dati, La Sfera
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-92v: A universal chronicle from the creation of Adam to 1440 (beginning 'Idio fecie Adamo nel festo di della creatione deluniverso'), unfinished and breaking off abruptly at the end; some added entries including one dated 1478. f. 2*: Added inserted slip containing calculati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1440-1478
Extent:
1 volume

1662. Harley MS 6503

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6503
Title:
Historical writings of Jerome, Isidore of Seville, Bede, and others
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-26v: Jerome, Liber de viris illustribus (Book of Illustrious Men). ff. 26v-27r: Jerome, Letter 47, to Desiderius. ff. 28r-41r: Gennadius of Massilia, De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). ff. 42r-51r: Isidore of Seville, De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). ff. 5...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1663. Harley MS 7052

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7052
Title:
Lives of Laurence Chaderton and James Ussher, by William Dillingham
Scope & Content:
Life of Laurence Chaderton (1536-1640, first Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, with a life of James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh, by William Dillingham (c 1617–1689). Together with two sermons delivered by William Dillingham, one for the Bachelor of Divinity degree, the other fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1664. Harley MS 334

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 334
Title:
Gautier de Metz, L’image du monde
Scope & Content:
f. 2* verso: ‘A medecyne for the stomok’, Middle English, late 14th century. ff. 1r–107v: Gautier de Metz, L’image du monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans). f. 108r–v: Pen trials, 15th century, including the opening section of a charter. Decoration: 1 large miniature in colours, gold, and s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Old
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

1665. Harley MS 490

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 490
Title:
Walter of Bibbesworth, Tretiz de langage
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-31v: Walter of Bibbesworth (b. 1235, d. 1270), Tretiz de langage, imperfect at the beginning and end, also known as 'Aprise de franceis', 'Femme' and Femina.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

1666. Harley MS 647

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 647
Title:
Collection of astronomical and astrological texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1. Astronomical texts based on Isidore of Seville, with two short prayers (ff. 1r-2r); 2. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratea, with 22 constellation figures containing extracts from Hyginus, Astronomica (ff. 2v-17v); 3. Excerpts from Pliny, Natural History; Macrobius, Commentary on the So...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 820-11th century
Extent:

1 volume

1667. Harley MS 942

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 942
Title:
Notebook of Richard Symonds in Italy
Scope & Content:
One of several notebooks used by Richard Symonds, royalist soldier and antiquary, during his visit to Italy 1649-1651. Consists of rough notes on churches, and some ancient monuments in Rome and Padua, with ink and chalk sketches. The pages are unnumbered, unlike Symonds’ other notebooks, and ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1649-1651
Extent:
1 volume

1668. Harley MS 1086

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1086
Title:
Arms of various Gentlemen of London
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing the arms of the gentlemen of London, recorded 1664-1665 by Sir Edward Bysshe Clarenceux, drawn by John Withie. At the end of the volume is an alphabetical index of names. Inserted into this volume at f. 27 is a folio containing arms of some older citizens of L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1665
Extent:
1 volume

1669. Harley MS 1396

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1396
Title:
Visitations of Shropshire 1584 and 1623
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation book of Shropshire, 1584, supplemented by material from the Visitation of 1623. Mostly written and tricked in the hand of John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter, in imitation of the hands of those who gave the information in 1623. Seals and arms well drawn by John Withie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1670. Harley MS 3394

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3394
Title:
Andres de Vega, Fabrica Horologa Universal
Scope & Content:
Contains the Fabrica Horologa Universal, a work on dialling, by Andres de Vega, a confessor of Observant Franciscans in the province of Granada, which he dedicated to Luis de Guzmán, advisor to the Minister Provincial of the Franciscans of the province of Granada. The work on the manuscript prob...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Spanish
Date Range:
1627
Extent:
1 volume

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