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2221. Harley MS 2110

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2110
Title:
Cartulary of Castle Acre Priory
Scope & Content:
ff. 4*r–5*v: Fragment of Ælfric, Homilies, first series, for St John and St Stephen (1st half of the 11th century, Old English, written in insular minuscule); with a large initial and title in display capitals in red (f. 4*r); 220 × 150 mm. One bifolium, missing four lines of text in the upper p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

2222. Harley MS 2124

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2124
Title:
The Chester mysteries, copied by James Miller, 1607
Scope & Content:
The Chester Mysteries, divided into 24 pageants, with directions for their acting by the guilds of that city, copied by James Miller, in July and August, 1607. The 7th pageant, ‘De pastoribus gregem pascentibus,’ assigned to the Painters and Glaziers, contains a few notes of music to the ‘Gloria ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1607
Extent:
1 volume (144 folios)

2223. Harley MS 2148

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2148
Title:
Cartulary of St Werburgh’s Abbey, Chester
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–3r: ‘Index virorum’, added by Randle Holme (1627–1700). ff. 4r–69v: Register of pleas concerning the property of St Werburgh’s Abbey during the reigns of Henry III, Edward I, and Edward II, with insertions from the late 14th and early 15th centuries. ff. 70r–71v: ‘Index Locorum’, added ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

2224. Harley MS 2160

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2160
Title:
Arraignment and execution of Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex
Scope & Content:
A collection of material relating to the arraignment and execution of Robert Devereux, second earl of Essex, soldier and politician (1565–1601). f. 1*, f. 13: Flyleaves: a 16th-century legal document concerning the lease of the manor of Poulton, and other lands, in Chester. ff. 1r-10v: Accoun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2225. Harley MS 2169

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2169
Title:
Heraldic collection
Scope & Content:
This heraldic manuscript contains a collection of arms compiled in the time of Henry VI or Edward IV. The collection focuses on English arms, as is indicated by its opening pages which feature verses on and drawings of William of Normandy (f. 1r), King Henry V (f. 2r), and King Henry VI (f. 3r)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2226. Harley MS 2178

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2178
Title:
Collection of philosophical tracts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-7r: Fragment of a treatise on motion, perhaps by Johannes Chilmarchus [Chilmarcus], according to A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, II (1808), p. 547. ff. 7r-10r: 'Universalia Mylleverley'. ff. 10v-21v: 'Universalia Magistri W. P. cum expotione super librum Prophirii'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2227. Harley MS 2179

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2179
Title:
Ecclesiastical formulary
Scope & Content:
A formulary probably created for Philip Repyngdon, bishop of Lincoln (d. 1424). Formularies are collections of original or copied documents to use as a model. Most of the volume’s documents are originals relating to Derbyshire, Cheshire, and Shropshire. Contents: f. 1v: A reused trimmed leaf w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century – 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2228. Harley MS 2181

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2181
Title:
Medulla grammaticae and other texts
Scope & Content:
The manuscript comprises the Medulla grammaticae (ff. 9r-94r) with additional texts and notes (ff. 3r-8v, 94v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2229. Harley MS 2181, f 94v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2181, f 94v
Title:
Extract from Alexander de Villa Dei, Doctrinale magnum; notes
Scope & Content:
This leaf contains an extract from Alexander de Villa Dei, Doctrinale magnum: - begins 'Pluribus est membris distincta figura loquele'; ends 'Qui dices requiem timeo vel spero laborem' (verses 2361-2379; opening lines of Chapter XII). The leaf also contains notes from the Medulla grammaticae, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
Single parchment leaf (verso), bound together with the rest of Harley MS 2181

2230. Harley MS 2181, ff 3r-8v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2181, ff 3r-8v
Title:
Poem (fragment)
Scope & Content:
This part of the manuscript contains a fragment of a poem, with interlinear glosses by the scribe and marginal notes by other hands. Begins 'Possesse vero prime'; ends 'nec me cessisse negabo'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
6 parchment leaves, bound together with the rest of Harley MS 2181

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