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2001. Harley MS 1783

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1783
Title:
Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Common Law
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-123v: Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Common Law, with a title 'Maximes of the Lawe written by Sir Francis Bacon January 8th Anno Domini 1596'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1596
Extent:
1 volume

2002. Harley MS 1784

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1784
Title:
Four sermons of Mr Mather preached December 1693 to February 1694
Scope & Content:
Manuscript volume containing four sermons by Mr Mather (possible Cotton Mather or Increase Mather). f. 1*: ‘Four Sermons Preached by Mr Mather’. ff. 1-17: ‘A Sermon Preached by Mr Mather December the 24th 1693’. ff. 17-24r: ‘Another Sermon preached Decem[ber] 31 1694’ [i.e. 1693]. ff. 24v-3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1693-1694
Extent:
1 volume

2003. Harley MS 1785

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1785
Title:
Astronomical texts and tables; John Somer, Kalendarium; the Statute of the Forest of Waltham; an extract from Palladius Rutilis, De Agricultura; a treatise by Nicholas Bollarde on the ordering of trees; notes on agricultural matters
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: An astronomical table with, for each month of a year, 4-9 columns and 31 rows with Arabic numbers in brown or red ink. f. 3v: A Middle English astronomical text for calculating the epact, beginning: 'Yf thou wilt perfitly and brefly know the tru Age of the mone . whan so ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2004. Harley MS 1786

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1786
Title:
Thomas Fairfax’s Short memorials, and an epitaph by the Duke of Buckingham
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-15: Copy of a tract by Sir Thomas Fairfax, Parliamentary Commander-in-Chief, Short memorialls of some things to be cleared during my Command in the Army. ff. 16-48r: Copy of another tract by Sir Thomas Fairfax, A short Memoriall of the Northern Actions during the War there, from the Yea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2005. Harley MS 1787

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1787
Title:
Raymond of Penyafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae, and other theological texts
Scope & Content:
A collection of theological texts, written by multiple hands. Contents: ff. 1r-180r: Raymond of Penyafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae, glossed. ff. 181r-186r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De vanitate mundi, book iv, glossed. ff. 186r-194v: Geoffrey of Trani, Summa super titulus Decretalium. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2006. Harley MS 1788

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1788
Title:
Raymond of Peñafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-167v: Raymond of Peñafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae; imperfect at the end. Decoration: Large initials in colours and gold with foliate stems extending into the margin (ff. 1, 90v, 162). Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour. Coloured initials ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2007. Harley MS 1789

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1789
Title:
Table of Members of Parliament 1701
Scope & Content:
Table of members alphabetically by constituency. Key to annotations (f. 1v). Title (f. 2): ‘A List of the Knights, Citizens, & Burgesses of the Parliam[en]t Began at Westminster, the sixth February 1700/1701, & was Dissolv’d 11 Nov[em]ber 1701. And of the Parliament Began at Westminster...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1701
Extent:
1 item

2008. Harley MS 1789 and 1791

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1789 and 1791
Title:
Members of Parliament 1700/1 and 1701/2
Scope & Content:
Two manuscripts with tables of members of Parliament while Robert Harley was the speaker, covering Parliaments of 1701 and 1702. Bound together.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1701-1702
Extent:
1 volume

2009. Harley MS 1790

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1790
Title:
Extracts from Plotinus, Arrian, Plutarch, Plato and others
Scope & Content:
Extracts from Plotinus, Arrian, Plutarch, Plato, etc.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

2010. Harley MS 1790, f 101v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1790, f 101v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Extract from Timaeus of Locri, De anima mundi. Reversing the volume.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

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