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1921. Harley MS 1720

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1720
Title:
Georg Joachim Rheticus, Magnus canon doctrinae triangulorum ad decades secundorum scrupulorum et ad partes 10 000 000 000.
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes the Magnus canon doctrinae triangulorum of Georg Joachim Rheticus, b. 1514, d. 1574) (original name Georg Joachim De Porris, or Von Lauchen), Austrian astronomer and mathematician. An earlier, simplier version of the work was published in 1551 in Leipzig.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1575-1596
Extent:
274 folios.

1922. Harley MS 1721

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1721
Title:
Proceedings in Parliament
Scope & Content:
Proceedings in the 3rd Parliament of King Charles I, Westminster, 1628-1629. Items dated 17 March-26 June 1628. With a table of contents at the end of the volume. For a detailed list of contents, see printed Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. 2 (1808), pp. 185-187.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1628-1629
Extent:
1 volume

1923. Harley MS 1722

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1722
Title:
A collection of law reports for 1584-1586
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-42r: A collection of law reports for 1584-1586.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1584-1586
Extent:
1 volume

1924. Harley MS 1723

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1723
Title:
Theological lectures
Scope & Content:
Theological lectures given by an unidentified theologian. Written in a single hand. Contents: f. 1: Flyleaf with brief list of arguments on ‘otium’ (rest) being created by God, to be touched on in turn by the author. Headed: ‘Argumenta varia cum otium a Deo factum fuerit serio pertractanda’. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1618-1625
Extent:
1 volume

1925. Harley MS 1724

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1724
Title:
Book of accounts of charges of the work at Wark on Tweed Castle for the period 1542-1543
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-166r: Book of accounts of charges of the work at Wark on Tweed Castle for the period 1542-1543.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1542-1543
Extent:
1 volume

1926. Harley MS 1725

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1725
Title:
Hildegard von Bingen, Collectio epistolarum and other texts
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an extensive collection of letters and other Latin works by Hildegard von Bingen (b. c. 1098, d. 1179), a German Benedictine abbess, polymath and medieval mystic. The volume is an early 16th-century copy of the Wiesbaden Codex, also known as the 'Riesencodex' (now Wiesbaden,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1927. Harley MS 1726

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1726
Title:
The Statutes of the City of Liège
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-236v: The Statutes of the City of Liège.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1928. Harley MS 1727

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1727
Title:
Papers on the Court of Wards
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-104: Decrees of the Court of Wards in Law French, 1553-1581. One of several copies of a selection of decrees 1553-1581 compiled by John Hare, one of the common attorneys of the court. Title: ‘Un breife Collection de touts tiels Decrees fait in Court de Gards, queux decidont ascun doubt in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1929. Harley MS 1728

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1728
Title:
Polychronicon with a continuation to the reign of Richard II (c. 1398), vol. 1
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is the first of two related volumes, Harley MS 1729 being the second. The text is primarily a copy of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon. An apparatus of slightly later date has been added to the beginning, in a different hand (items 1-3). Contents: 1. (f. 1v): List of the kings fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1930. Harley MS 1729

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1729
Title:
Polychronicon by Ranulf Higden with a continuation to the reign of Richard II (c. 1398), vol. 2
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is the second of two related volumes, Harley MS 1728 being the first. The text is a copy of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon, with a continuation to the reign of Richard II (c. 1398). Incipit (f. 1r): 'lunares qui gravidatis feminis deputantur . ita quod . quilibet mensis sit 30 dier...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

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