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1581. Harley MS 1308

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1308
Title:
Papers relating to the payment of the army
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume, written by the order of Robert Harley. Contents: ff. 1-2v: A general list of the land forces which His Majesty demanded for the service of the year 1695, and were accordingly voted for by the House of Commons. f. 2v: An abstract of the above list, in relation to the re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1695
Extent:
1 volume

1582. Harley MS 1309

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1309
Title:
Claims at the coronation of Richard II
Scope & Content:
Copy of a book on the claims made at the coronation of Richard II, the offices of the High Constable and Earl-Marshal, the Parliament of England, etc. Copy commissioned by Robert Harley. ff. 1-3: Contents list. ff. 4-18: Process of the coronation of Richard II, with the following claims Clai...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

1583. Harley MS 1310

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1310
Title:
Jacques Legrand, Le livre des bonnes moeurs
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: ff. 1r-80v: Jacques Legrand, Le livre des bonnes moeurs, incipit: 'Tous orguilleux se veulent a dieu comparer.' ff. 81r-85v: A treatise on confession, incipit: 'Qui se veult mettre de lestat de peche en lestat de grace et de salut.' ff. 86r-88v: A treatise on the 'Goo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1450-c 1460
Extent:
1 volume

1584. Harley MS 1311

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1311
Title:
Nova Statuta for 1-38 Edward III, and other legal texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-77r: Nova Statuta for 1-38 Edward III (1327-1365); written in Law French with headings in Latin. ff. 77r-79r: 'Judicium Rogeri de Mortuo Mari'. ff. 79r-79v: 'Judicium Simonis de Bereford'. f. 79v: 'De Restitutione Terrarium in Manibus Regis captarum'. ff. 79v-80r: 'De Q...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1365-c 1375
Extent:
1 volume

1585. Harley MS 1312

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1312
Title:
Hugh of Saint-Victor, Chronicle, with tabular lists
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-24v: Hugh of Saint-Victor, Chronicle, with lists of patriarchs, popes, Lombard and Norman rulers and geographical features, including mountains, rivers, islands and cities. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: A memorandum on king Edward the martyr (b. 962, d. 978...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1586. Harley MS 1313

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1313
Title:
A collection of Relazioni, final reports presented by Venetian ambassadors of their service in foreign states
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-448v: a collection of Relazioni, final reports presented by Venetian ambassadors of their service in foreign states.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1587. Harley MS 1314

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1314
Title:
Proposed union of England and Scotland 1606
Scope & Content:
Arguments against the proposed union of England and Scotland 1606, by an unidentified parliamentarian. Index or analytical table of the heads.Analyses of the English and Scottish Acts of Commission. Analysis of the Instrument of the treaty to be made. Remarks on the Act of Commission and th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1606
Extent:
1 volume

1588. Harley MS 1315

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1315
Title:
Discourses of John Selden
Scope & Content:
Manuscript volume containing 'The Discourse of John Selden Esq or His Sence of Various Matters of Weight, & high Consequence; Relating especially to Religion, and State'. These discourses were recorded by Richard Milward, amanuensis to John Selden, and were published posthumously in 1689 as ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1654?-1697
Extent:
1 volume

1589. Harley MS 1316

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1316
Title:
Fasciculus morum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-100v: Fasciculus morum, a 14th-century handbook for preachers organized around the seven deadly sins and their opposing seven virtues; written in 7 parts, but this manuscript only contains parts 1-5, probably due to the removal of quires at the end. The current parts are imperf...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1590. Harley MS 1317

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1317
Title:
An abridgment of the statute laws
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-94v: An abridgement of the statute laws from Magna Carta to the reign of King Henry VI, in Latin and French. f. 95v: A letter of ‘Johannis Stevenson’ to his brother ‘Capellanum Magistri Willelmi Broune Armigeri’, headed ‘Johannes Steveson suo fratri Philosopha accuratissimo ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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