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1981. Harley MS 1763

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1763
Title:
Antonio Caracciolo de Chierici Regolari, The Life and Deeds of Giovanni Pietro Caraffa, Pope Paul IV
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-276v: Antonio Caracciolo de Chierici Regolari, The Life and Deeds of Giovanni Pietro Caraffa, Pope Paul IV.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1982. Harley MS 1764

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1764
Title:
The Knight of the Tower, an anonymous Middle English translation of Le Chevalier de La Tour Landry, by Geoffroy IV de la Tour-Landry
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only known surviving copy of the earlier Middle English translation of Le Chevalier de la Tour Landry by Geoffroy de la Tour Landry (b. before 1330, d. between 1402 and 1406), known as The Knight of the Tower. This copy of the text is imperfect, with a catchword on f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1983. Harley MS 1765

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1765
Title:
A short register of bills and privy seals from the reign of Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-84r: A short register of bills and privy seals from the reign of Henry VIII. ff. 85r-85v: various notes and accounts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1984. Harley MS 1766

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1766
Title:
John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes (translation of Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)
Scope & Content:
John Lydgate's The Fall of Princes, an English translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium, based on the French translation by Laurent de Premierfait, with English marginal notes in red, in the same hand as the text. Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Table of Contents t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1450-c 1460
Extent:
Parchment codex.

1985. Harley MS 1767

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1767
Title:
Tracts on law and equity, and proceedings against Coke
Scope & Content:
Collection of tracts on law matters written continuously, in a single hand. Flyleaf: ‘Bought of Mr. Noble’. ff. 1-14r: Notes and observations on the state of Magna Carta, chapter XXIX, and other statutes concerning the proceedings in Chancery in courses of equity and conscience. Collected by L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1986. Harley MS 1768

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1768
Title:
Samuel Woodford: Paraphrase upon the Psalms.
Scope & Content:
Manuscript of 'Paraphrase on the Psalms', by Samuel Woodford (1636-1700), in the author’s hand, about September 1665. First published in quarto in 1667. Manuscript differs in some places from the printed version. At the end of each psalm is a note when and where the paraphrase was written. Titl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1665-1667
Extent:
1 volume

1987. Harley MS 1769

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1769
Title:
English political tracts
Scope & Content:
Collection of tracts on parliamentary matters during the 1620s-1640s. Separate items in several hands bound together. Flyleaf pencil inscription: ‘Given by Dr Hickes’ (George Hickes). Contents: ff. 1-6: Accusation and impeachment of John Finch, 1st Baron Finch Keeper of the Great Seal, by the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620s-1640s
Extent:
1 volume

1988. Harley MS 1770

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1770
Title:
A trilingual Psalter
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two parts that were produced at Kirkham Priory in North Yorkshire. The first part (ff. 3r-157v), written in the first half of the 14th century, contains the Psalms, canticles and hymns in Latin prose with parallel Anglo-Norman translations. The second part (ff. 158r-241r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1989. Harley MS 1771

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1771
Title:
Homer, Iliad. Imperfect, ending at Book 24 line 719.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1990. Harley MS 1772

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1772
Title:
The Pauline Epistles including the Epistle of James; the Epistles of Peter; the Epistles of John and the Apocalypse; including medical charms
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript consists of the Pauline Epistles and the Epistle of James, the Epistles of Peter, the Epistles of John and the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse. It includes also several 11th-century additions (mainly charms) related to medicine (see Provenance). ff. 1r-118r: Epis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
9th century-11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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