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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 276
Title:: Gospel of John, with gloss
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–68v: Gospel of John, with marginal and interlinear glosses. Decoration: Large and smaller initials in red (ff. 1r–2v), two with penwork decoration in brown ink (ff. 1v, 2v).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 278
Title:: Statutes and Ordinances of the Order of the Garter
Scope & Content:: The Statutes and Ordinances of the Order of the Garter, revised under Henry VIII in 1522; for the printed edition see Elias Ashmole, The Institution, Laws, and Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (London 1672). Incipit: 'The statutis and ordynancys of the meoste noble ordre of say...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1522-c 1530
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 279
Title:: Culinary treatises
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-5r: Tables of contents for the manuscript’s culinary treatises. ff. 6r-26r: Potage Dyvers. ff. 27v-36r: Vyaunde Leche. ff. 37v-43v: Vyaunde Furnez. ff. 45r-49r: Menus for various feasts. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 44r: A table of contents for menus at...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1430s
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 280
Title:: A collection of miscellaneous tracts, including accounts of the naval expeditions of Sir Francis Drake and Sir George Clifford
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1*r: Added pen-trials. f. 1*v: A note by Sir Simonds D'Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650) concerning the first item in the manuscript (ff. 1r-30v); dated 1637. ff. 1r-30v: A collection of notes made by Mr Paul D'Ewes on sermons preached by a certain Mr Chatterton, living in Cambridge. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 281
Title:: Miscellany of musical treatises compiled by Guy of Saint-Denis
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–2v: Added notes on the tones (16th-century). ff. 3r: Added diagram of Guidonian hand. f. 4r–v: Added table of contents. ff. 5r–16v: Guido of Arezzo, Micrologus. ff. 16v–24v: Guido of Arezzo, Trocaicus. ff. 25r–34r: Pseudo-Odo (here attributed to Guido of Arezzo), Dialogus de musica. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 282
Title:: Letters relating to the embassy of Sir Thomas Wyatt, 1536-1539
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-300v: A collection of original and copies of letters from the correspondence of Sir Thomas Wyatt relating to his embassy (1536-1539); containing letters from and to King Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell, and Thomas Wriothesley. The collection ends with a letter by Cardinal Wolsey to...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1536-c 1539
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 283
Title:: An English collection of letters, mostly from the time of Henry VIII
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-375r: A large collection of more than two hundred letters and papers in English, French, and Latin relating to state affairs, mostly from the reign of King Henry VIII (originals and transcripts). Includes letters by Henry VIII (with his signature), Mary Tudor, Jane Seymour, an...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1524-1546
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 284
Title:: Original letters and papers concerning state affairs from the time of King Edward VI
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-131v: A large collection of original letters and papers concerning state affairs from the time of King Edward VI, dated 1546-1555.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1546-1555
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 285
Title:: A collection of letters and papers relating to the Low Countries and its relations with England from the time of King Edward VI and Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-298v: A collection of letters and papers relating to the Low Countries and its relations with England from the time of King Edward VI and Elizabeth I. Originals and copies in Dutch, English and French from 1549-1586, including an account of the death of William of Orange tran...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:: 1549-1586
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 286
Title:: State papers and letters relating to England, 1559-1648
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-326r: A large collection of state papers and letters relating to England, dated to 1559-1648. The collection also contains a printed leaf with a list of jewelry (f. 3r) dated to 22 October 1561, beginning: ‘Ye shall enquier for a fanne of gold of a verie faire fassion with fig...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Cipher and English
Date Range:: 1559-1648
Extent:: 1 volume

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