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2571. Harley MS 1792

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1792
Title:
Alessandro Melani: Intermedio (sc. Intermezzo) a cinque, con Instromenti, Rinaldo, Armida, Vbaldo, Carlo, e Ninfa
Scope & Content:
Intermedio (sc. Intermezzo) a cinque, con Instromenti, Rinaldo, Armida, Vbaldo, Carlo, e Ninfa. Mvsica del Sig. Alessandro Melani, Parole del Sig. Pietro Cenciani'; with figured bass, in score. Probably entitled 'Armida' or 'Rinaldo ed Armida.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (51 folios)

2572. Harley MS 2570

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2570
Title:
Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Epistulae; Petrarch, Flosculi excerpti ex remediis utriusque fortune; Plato, letters translated by Leonardo Bruni; Plutarch, De Liberis Educandis translated by Guarinus Veronensis; anonymous orations; Poggio Bracciolini, letters; Antonio Beccaria, letter to Antonius Nogarolensis; Guarinus Veronensis, letter; excerpts form Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita; Poggio Bracciolini, Invective against Philelphus; Funebris oratio habita per Gasparem Tribrachum Mutinensem ...
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*r-1*v: a trimmed membrane from a 13th-century roll used as a flyleaf. ff. 1r-56r: Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger), Epistulae. ff. 57r-144r: Petrarch, Flosculi excerpti ex remediis utriusque fortune. ff. 145r-157v: Plato, Letters translated by Leonardo Br...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2573. Harley MS 4990

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4990
Title:
Collection of historical papers, including orations to Henry VIII and decrees of the Star Chamber
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. ii recto: 'Tracts of divers Natures vide Indicem. fo: VI' f. iii recto: Table of contents. f. iv recto: A title page: 'An Oration in Commendatioun of the Lawes cheiflye of the lawes of this moste noble Realme of Englande'. ff. 1r-2r: An oration of John Hales (b. 1469/70, d. ? ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1580s-1590s
Extent:
1 volume

2574. Harley MS 5127

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5127
Title:
Tracts on the characters of princes and notable persons; a history of tenures in England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-62r: ‘Breife Characters, and Descriptions of Some Moderne Princes and other Persons and the time of their Birth and Death. Also, A Short glance upon their Conditions, Qualities, and Fortunes – Collected out of severall Authors – By R.D.’; beginning with ‘Ferdinand the 2nd Empe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

2575. Harley MS 291

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 291
Title:
Letters and papers, reign of King James VI of Scotland
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–212v: A collection of papers, many of which are original, related to Scottish affairs, or to the transactions between England and Scotland, during the early part of James VI's reign. ff. 1r–v: James VI's orders for pacifying the nobility, 13 August 1587, Stirling Castle. ff. 2r–v: Artic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

2576. Harley MS 909

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 909
Title:
Arms of the aldermen of the ward of Aldersgate, 1461?-1616
Scope & Content:
Duodecimo manuscript volume, written and painted by Mr John Withie. The volume contains 'the names and Armes of them that hath beene Alldermen [Aldermen] of the warde of Alldersgate [Aldersgate] since the tyme of King Henry VI, beginninge at the 39 yeare of his Reigne [1460-1461], untill this p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1616
Extent:
1 volume

2577. 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

2578. Harley MS 1249

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1249
Title:
A transcript of the cartulary of St David's Cathedral
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a transcript of the St David's cartulary in Harley MS 6280. Contents: ff. 1*r: letter from the office of the Bishop of St David's addressed to Humphrey Wanley concerning the loan of the manuscript to the former, dated 11 June 1714. ff. 2*r: letter of Richard Smalbroke...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2579. Harley MS 1697

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1697
Title:
A collection of law cases at Queen's Bench, 1593-1597
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-143r: A collection of law cases at Queen's Bench for the period 1593-1597.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1593-1597
Extent:
1 volume

2580. Harley MS 3187-3188

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3187-3188
Title:
Short instrumental pieces. Two part books for 'mean-viall' and 'base-viall'.
Scope & Content:
A collection of instrumental pieces without titles and (with one exception) anonymous. The 'Mean-Viall' and 'Base-Viall' parts. Owing to the fragmentary character of many of the compositions and the fact that a considerable number of leaves has been torn out in each volume, it is impossible to gi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
2 volumes (28, 32 folios)

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