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1791. Harley MS 1626

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1626
Title:
Richard Lloyd: A Dictionarie in English and Brittish, commonly called the Welsh tongue
Scope & Content:
Manuscript draft English Welsh dictionary by Richard Lloyd. Incomplete, with annotations and corrections. Loose notes pasted in at front of volume. Although never apparently printed, it includes a printed title page (f. 12), followed by a manuscript title page (f. 12*).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Welsh
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1792. Harley MS 1627

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1627
Title:
Collection of precedents
Scope & Content:
Collection of precedents or reports of law pleadings under the following heads FormedonIngressuPartitionProhibitionQuare impeditReplevinTransgressionUtlaryWast Front flyleaf includes ownership inscriptions of Richard Palmer, Richard Harison (1647) and others (f. 1).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1793. Harley MS 1628

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1628
Title:
Scope & Content:
Collection of Medical Glossaries, Texts, and Recipes; 15th cent., 2nd half. Latin and Middle English. Copies. The volume, entitled 'Dispensatory', is a compilation of glossaries and texts on simple drugs put together by or for the use of an English apothecary possibly around 1483 (date on f. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

1794. Harley MS 1629

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1629
Title:
Prophecies de Merlin
Scope & Content:
Contents: Les Prophecies de Merlin, is a prose compilation of romance material from Arthurian sources, together with original political prophecies relating to Italian events of the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries. The text, originating in Venice circa 1276, is primarily a series of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
A parchment codex, 70 folios

1795. Harley MS 1631

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1631
Title:
Tracts on common law
Scope & Content:
Composite volume of tracts on English common law. Mostly in Law French. 1*v: Rough contents list. ff. 1-155: Reports of trials at Westminster, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1580-1598. ff. 156-169: Alphabetical table to the preceding tract. ff. 170-172: Observations made at vari...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1796. Harley MS 1632

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1632
Title:
Genealogy of the kings of England to Henry V
Scope & Content:
Harley MS 1632 originally ended with a printed copy of the History of the Siege of Rhodes by the Grand Signior Mahomet, translated into English by Johan Kay, Poet-Laureate to King Edward IV and printed by William Caxton. This part was transferred to the Department of Early Printed Books in 1840....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1797. Harley MS 1633

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

1798. Harley MS 1634

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1634
Title:
Thomas More, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-232v: Thomas More, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1799. Harley MS 1635

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1635
Title:
Simon Grynaeus, Commentary on Aristotle's Rhetoric, Book 2
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-47r: Simon Grynaeus, Commentary on Aristotle's Rhetoric, Book 2
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1800. Harley MS 1636

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1636
Title:
Law cases from the book of Sir Richard Hutton
Scope & Content:
Collection of law cases taken from the book of Judge Richard Hutton (1560-1639), in law French. Title: ‘Certayne cases quexi Jeo transcrie horse del livre del tres-reverend Judge Sr. Richard Hutton Chivalier; jades un des Justices de Common Banke, quel fuit escrie ove son proper mayne'. With an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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