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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1198
Title:: Sermons of Obadiah Sedgwick
Scope & Content:: Quarto manuscript volume titled 'The some of certaine sermons preached by Mr Obadiah Sedgwicke in Anno Dom. 1630 written by Thomas Gillibrand'. Contains 10 sermons, preached between 3 October 1630 and 9 January 1630 [1631].
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1630
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1199
Title:: Collection of historical texts
Scope & Content:: Quarto manuscript volume, containing a collection of extracts from printed historical texts. Contents: ff. 1-54v: Collections from some English chronicles, containing passages relating to the times of the Britons, Romans, Saxons and Danes, as well as extracts regarding various Kings and Queens ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1200
Title:: Collection of legal tracts
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-80v: 'Prohibitions granted upon this position that the Interpretation of all Statutes belonged to the Judges of the temporall Courts'. ff. 81r-87v: 'De magno Cancellario Angliae et Cancellaria ac Condicionibus ejus et Authoritate eorundem'. ff. 88r-89v: The Petition of the ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1690
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1201
Title:: Treatise on the use of law
Scope & Content:: Quarto manuscript volume containing a treatise titled 'The use of the Lawe' in secretary hand. At the front of the volume is an unfinished index, in a different hand. This treatise was first published in 1629, with no author ascribed. In later editions it was attributed to Sir Francis Bacon. I...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1202
Title:: The history of the amours of Comtesse d'Olonne
Scope & Content:: Quarto manuscript volume, containing an English translation of part of the book Histoire amoureuse des Gaules by Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, concerning Madame Catherine Henriette, Comtesse d'Olonne. This text does not match the English translation published in 1684, 'The History of the Am...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Late 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1203
Title:: Apocalips of Jesu Crist, with commentary; Wycliffite tracts on verses in the Gospel of Matthew
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-63v: A Middle English translation of the ‘Norman Apocalypse’ (earlier than and independent from the Wycliffite Bible), known as Apocalips of Jesu Crist, with commentary (Version B). ff. 64r-91r: A Wycliffite tract on verses in the Gospel of Matthew, beginning: 'Attendite a fa...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1205
Title:: Prick of Conscience
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-125r: Prick of Conscience, ending: ‘Explicit expliceat ludere Scriptor eat’. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 125r: A Latin praise-complaint of the Pope entitled In papam: ‘Pauperibus sua dat gratis, nec munera curat / Curia papalis, quodmodo percipimus / Laus t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1206
Title:: Bernard Ayglier, Speculum monachorum; Expositio Regule beati Benedicti
Scope & Content:: Contents: Part 1: ff. 1r–58v: Bernard Ayglier, Speculum monachorum. Part 2: ff. 59r–266v: Bernard Ayglier, Expositio Regule beati Benedicti. The manuscript contains a few later additions: Decoration: Part 1: New parts open with large Lombardic capitals in red, with penwork decoration in...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Early 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1207
Title:: Excerpciones quedam ex libro magistri; Robert Grosseteste, De X Mandatis; Liber de septem vitiis capitalibus; Auctoritates de modo dicendi et tacendi; Tabula operis precedentis scilicet de vicijs
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-11v: Excerpciones quedam ex libro magistri. ff. 12r-35v: Robert Grosseteste, De X Mandatis. ff. 36r-169r: Liber de septem vitiis capitalibus. ff. 170r-171v: Auctoritates de modo dicendi et tacendi. ff. 172r-174r: Tabula operis precedentis scilicet de vicijs. The manuscr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1208
Title:: Statutes of England; Walter of Henley, Housbondrie; Ralph of Hengham, Summa Magna and Summa Parva; Seneschaucie
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-3v: Lists of chapters of English statutes. ff. 4r-6v: 'Magna Carta'; imperfect. ff. 7r-9r: 'Carta de Foresta'. ff. 9r-10r: 'Sentencia lata super Cartas et cetera'. ff. 10r-13r: 'Statutum de Merton'. ff. 13r-19v: 'Statutum de Marleberge'. ff. 19v-33r: 'Statuta Westm...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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