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1201. Harley MS 947, ff 1r-86*v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 947, ff 1r-86*v
Title:
Vetera Statuta
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-4r: Carta de libertatibus Angliae, known as the Magna Carta, confirmed by Edward on 28 March 1298 (29th year of his reign), imperfect at the beginning, incipit: 'custodiis archiepiscopatuum, episcopatuum, abbatiarum, prioratuum'. ff. 4r-6r: Carta de libertatibus foreste (Carta de Foresta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
86 folios + 9

1202. Harley MS 947, ff 87r-106*v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 947, ff 87r-106*v
Title:
Nova Statuta (Statutes of Edward III only)
Scope & Content:
Statutes of Edward III, king of England, from the years 1327-1335, including: ff. 87r-89r: Statute of Westminster V. ff. 89r-92v: Statute of Westminster VI. ff. 92v-96r: Statute of Northampton. ff. 96r-100r: Statute of Westminster VII. ff. 100r-103v: Statute of Westminster VIII. ff. 103v-1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
20 folios + 3 unfoliated leaves.

1203. Harley MS 947, ff 107r-169r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 947, ff 107r-169r
Title:
Novae narrationes
Scope & Content:
Novae narrationes, a compilation in Anglo-Norman French (with titles in Latin) presenting the forms of pleading in courts, composed in the second half of the reign of Edward I (r. 1272-1307) and later supplemented with new formulas. This mauscript includes the type C of the Novae Narrationes, wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
63 folios + 1 unfoliated leaf

1204. Harley MS 947, ff 170r-309r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 947, ff 170r-309r
Title:
Registrum brevium from the royal chancery of Edward III wioth added text and notes
Scope & Content:
Registrum brevium from the royal chancery of Edward III (ff. 170r-304r) with added texts and notes (ff. 304v-309r), including: a writ by Edward III concerning annulment of records in Ireland (ff. 304v-305r). a court verdict against Thomas Layvage (Lainage?) accused of treason in Ireland (ff. 30...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:
231 folios + 2 unfoliated leaves

1205. Harley MS 948

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 948
Title:
Rule of St Benedict; Carta Caritatis; agreement between Cîteaux Abbey and Prémontré Abbey, 1142; agreement between Waverley Abbey and Furness Abbey; Instituta Capituli Generalis Ordinis Cisterciensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: List of chapters in the Rule of St Benedict, entitled: 'Capitula Regule Sancti Benedicti'. ff. 3r-43v: The Rule of St Benedict, entitled: 'Regule Sancti Benedicti Abbatis'. ff. 43v-49r: Carta Caritatis. ff. 49v-51r: Agreement between Cîteaux Abbey and Prémontré Abbey ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1206. Harley MS 949

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 949
Title:
A subject index for a work on canon law
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-131r: A subject index for a work on canon law.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1207. Harley MS 950

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 950
Title:
Collection of medical recipes
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises two separate early 16th-century collections of medical recipes (ff. 1r-75v; ff. 80r-179v). A few other recipes were added later in the 16th century (ff. 76r-79v). The recipes in the main collection were numbered in the margin '1-497' by a later reader. Contents: Part ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

1 volume

1208. Harley MS 951

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 951
Title:
A genealogy of English kings, from Alfred the Great to Henry III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. [1]recto-[3]recto: ‘A Genealogie of Kings from Alfred to Henry the Third’; probably copied from a medieval genealogical roll. Decoration: Roundels in brown ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 roll

1209. Harley MS 952

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 952
Title:
Ilias in Nuce sive Homeri φληάς vel skipsodia, a parodic epic poem in Homeric Greek about fleas in Glamorgan
Scope & Content:
Ilias in Nuce sive Homeri φληάς vel skipsodia. Res a pulicibus gestae Illustrissimo Nipskinno rege. Poema ab aliquando bono dormitante Homero conscriptum...; et in usum Scholae Glamorganensis editum. Inc. Μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ ταφιηϊάδεω κάμβροιο οὐλομένην, ἥ μύρια φληοῖς ἄλγε' ἔθηκε Πολλὰς τὲ στουτὰς ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c 1670
Extent:

1 volume

1210. Harley MS 953

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 953
Title:
Pore Caitif
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of more than fifty extant copies of the Pore Caitif, a late 14th-century Middle English compilation of religious instructions for the laity. The compilation includes tracts on the Apostles' Creed, Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer, the virtues of Patience, Temptation, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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