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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 236
Title:: Cartulary of St Mary’s Abbey, York
Scope & Content:: Cartulary, perhaps the first part of a larger compilation. Arranged in sections by subject matter: royal charters, composiitons and tithes, Appleton (Yorks NR) and elsewhere, leases in Richmondhsire, the manor of Hudswell (Yorks NR), various churches. Additions throughout, including an index, f. 1v.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1300s-1370s
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 237
Title:: Theological miscellany, including Speculum Christiani
Scope & Content:: f. 1*r: Added table of contents, 17th-century. ff. 1r–2v: Contemporary table of contents. ff. 3r–73v: Speculum Christiani. ff. 73v–75v: De horis canonicis, a note on how the canonical hours are to be said, beginning, ‘Hore canonice propter laudem humanum …’ Other copies in Royal MS 8 C I and ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: Mid 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 238
Title:: Johannes de Felton, Sermones dominicales per annum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-169r: Johannes de Felton, Sermones dominicales per annum. ff. 169r-179v: An index. Decoration: Small red initials with brown penwork decoration.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 240
Title:: Ordinary of Fees and Allowances
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-45r: A (?) copy of the Ordinary of Fees and Allowances paid by the King (? Edward VI) to his Officers and Ministers in England. Decoration: Calligraphically decorated initials throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1550
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 241
Title:: Valentin Weigel, De Homine Externo et Interno
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: A letter from Christoph Weickhart to ‘Robertus Darrus’. ff. 2r-124v: Valentin Weigel, De Homine Externo et Interno, seu De Via et Modo Foeliciter Perveniendi ad Summum Bonum, Books I-IV. Decoration: Astronomical diagrams in brown and red ink (ff. 3v, 9r, 10v).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 242
Title:: Profundissima et Sacratissima Meditatio Trium Priorum Capitum In Genesi iuxta sinceram Sacrae Scripturae sententiam et Luminis Naturae concordantiam
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-126r: Profundissima et Sacratissima Meditatio Trium Priorum Capitum In Genesi iuxta sinceram Sacrae Scripturae sententiam et Luminis Naturae concordantiam. Decoration: 2 full-page alchemical drawings (Sun and alchemical symbols) on ff. 6v-6*r; 1 full-page alchemical drawin...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 243
Title:: A collection of theological texts
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a collection of theological texts. The manuscript's former binding is now stored separately as Harley MS 243/1. Contents: ff. 1r-23r: Theologia Naturalis hominem animalem convincens, Christum non ab extra Oculo Carnis, sed maxime ab intra esse cognoscendum, Mentis ni...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 243/1
Title:: Detached former binding of Harley MS 243
Scope & Content:: Detached brown leather binding; paper pastedowns on the inside of the upper and lower covers. The binding was formerly attached to Harley MS 243 (a collection of theological texts) and is now stored separately.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Former binding of Harley MS 243

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 244
Title:: A collection of legal texts
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-50r: A report concerning laws that are repealed or expired. ff. 51r-56r: A table of laws that are repealed or expired. ff. 57r-57v: An English treatise entitled ‘Le preamble del Edw. Cooke sur les former lectures sur le Statute de Finibus Anno 27 E. 1’. ff. 58r-60r: A Fren...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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