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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 932
Title:: A summary of the books of the Bible in Latin verse
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1v-79r: A summary of the books of the Bible in Latin verse, beginning: 'Ante diem facit Elohim ex nihilo caelum'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
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 1633
Title:: Reports of law cases heard at the Queen's Bench (1587-1590)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-188v: Reports of law cases heard at the Queen's Bench (1587-1590).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1587 - c 1590
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3838
Title:: John Bale, Anglorum Heliades, and other works on the Carmelite Order
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains three works by John Bale (b. 1495, d. 1563) relating to his time as a Carmelite Friar (1506-in or after 1536). The works relate to the history of the Carmelite Order’s English province, biographies of the Order’s founders, and the history of Carmelite historical scholars...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1530s
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3868
Title:: Cartulary of Lichfield Cathedral (‘Registrum Rubrum’ or ‘Registrum Tertium’), part 2
Scope & Content:: Formerly bound with Harley MS 4799 in the 15th century, and in this form apparently known as the ‘Registrum Rubrum’ or ‘Registrum Tertium’. ff. 1r–36v: Three gatherings containing copies of papal, royal, episcopal and other documents (exhibita), 12th–13th century, relating to the appropriation ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Late 12th century-Mid 13th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4030
Title:: The arms of the kings and nobility of England and Scotland
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-117r: The arms of the kings and nobility of England and Scotland up to the reign of King James VI and I. Decoration: Coats of arms in colours throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4799
Title:: Cartulary of Lichfield Cathedral (‘Registrum Rubrum’ or ‘Registrum Tertium’), part 1
Scope & Content:: Formerly bound with Harley MS 3868 in the 15th century; known in this form as the ‘Registrum Rubrum’ or ‘Registrum Tertium’. f. 1v: Ownership inscriptions. ff. 2r–4r: Added charters, 15th century. ff. 5r–74v: Cartulary containing copies of deeds and other documents relating to the cathedral’s...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5061
Title:: Accounts of the estates of the Honour of Clare in Essex
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-66r: Accounts of the estates of the Honour of Clare in Essex (Villae, Maneria, Terrae, Tenta in Comitatum Essex, tenta de honore de Clare), up to the time of the 45th year of the reign of Elizabeth I (1603). The manuscript contains several additions: ff. 1*recto, 3*recto-3*v...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1600
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5214
Title:: Nova Statuta for the reigns of Edward III to Henry V
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-354r: Nova Statuta, for the reigns of Edward III (r. 1327-1377) [ff. 28r-178r], Richard II (r. 1377-1399) [ff. 178v-280v], Henry IV (r. 1399-1413) [ff. 281r-336r], up to 2 Henry V (r. 1413-1422) [ff. 336r-354r], beginning with a list of contents (ff. 1-27v); the statutes seem t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: c 1375-c 1414
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1581
Title:: The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, dated 1612-1625
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-412v: The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, featuring 129 letters, mostly originals in English addressed to the Duke and Marquess of Buckingham, but also Charles, Prince of Wales, King James I, the Lord Treasurer, and others; also featuring originals ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1612-1625
Extent:: 1 volume

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