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911. Harley MS 4040

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4040
Title:
Arms of Irish nobility
Scope & Content:
Heraldic book of Irish nobility probably compiled by James Terry (1660-1725), Athlone Herald, at the Jacobite court in France. Decorated with painted and gilt arms and headings. Includes blanks probably intended for narrative pedigrees. Contents: f. 1v: Print portrait of James Drummond, 1st ti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

912. Harley MS 4871

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4871
Title:
Statutes of England, 1327-1442
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-223v: The Statutes of England from the 1st year of the reign of King Edward III (1327/8) to the 20th year of the reign of King Henry VI (1441/2); written in French with headings in Latin. Decoration: 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red in a frame of red penwork decoration...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1442
Extent:
1 volume

913. Harley MS 5113

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5113
Title:
Lactantius Firmianus, Divinae institutiones
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 9r-221v: Lactantius Firmianus, Divinae institutiones, preceded by a chapter list (ff. 1r-8v), with marginal Latin translations of corresponding passages in Greek. Decoration: 1 full colour historiated initial including a portrait of a male figure holding a book, with foliate dec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

914. Harley MS 5128

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5128
Title:
Dictionary of canon law
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-438v: A dictionary of canon law, beginning: 'Quoniam memoria hominum labilis'. Decoration: 2 large initials in pink, green, and blue with floral and foliate motifs (ff. 1r, 53v). 1 large historiated initial in colours (f. 65v). 15 large initials in red, some with simple flor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

915. Harley MS 5582

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5582
Title:
Psalms and Odes etc.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
4 items

916. Harley MS 5815

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5815
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-114v: Coats of arms with crests of English nobility and gentry, with grants of arms. ff. 115r-120v: An alphabetical index of family names. Decoration: Coats of arms with crests, tricked, drawn in brown ink throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

917. Harley MS 6175

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6175
Title:
Kentish arms and pedigrees
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Coats of arms (35 per page) of Kentish nobility and gentry, alphabetically organised. ff. 8v-[81a]r: Pedigrees of Kentish families, featuring tricked arms and dates (the latest is the year 1619); also featuring a statute of All Souls College in Latin on f. 10r. ff. 84r-95...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

918. Harley MS 279

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 279
Title:
Culinary treatises
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5r: Tables of contents for the manuscript’s culinary treatises. ff. 6r-26r: Potage Dyvers. ff. 27v-36r: Vyaunde Leche. ff. 37v-43v: Vyaunde Furnez. ff. 45r-49r: Menus for various feasts. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 44r: A table of contents for menus at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1430s
Extent:
1 volume

919. Harley MS 2430

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2430
Title:
German prayer-book
Scope & Content:
This prayer-book presents a carefully designed programme of devotional exercises and prayers contemplating Christ’s suffering for a female reader who is identified as a servant in a household. The prayer-book’s compiler seeks to engage its female reader with the contents by using a range of imag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

920. Harley MS 2527

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2527
Title:
Terence, Comoediae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-161r: Terence, Comoediae. The manuscript contains several additions: f. 1v: Inscriptions, including: 'Quid est comedia, comedia est imitation vite, speculum consuetudinis, et imago veritatis'; and 'Omnium rerum vicissitude est'; added in the (?) 16th century. f. 2r: Aelius...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1471
Extent:
1 volume

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