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6721. Harley MS 6339

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6339
Title:
St Augustine, De civitate Dei
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1 is a paper flyleaf. ff. 2-313v: St Augustine, De civitate Dei. Decoration: 1 large historiated initial in gold and colours with white vine and gold balls partly extending into the margins (f. 17r). Partial white vine border in gold and colours with flowers, gold balls and two...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6722. Harley MS 6340

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6340
Title:
Robert de Boron, Merlin
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-13v: A table of contents. ff. 14r-292v: Robert de Boron, Merlin. Decoration: 1 small yellow (imitation gold) initial in a blue frame (f. 14r). Small red initials throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6723. Harley MS 6341

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6341
Title:
Lancelot du Lac (volume I)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first part of a two-volume set (Harley MSS 6341-6342) containing the French romance of Lancelot du Lac; the set originallycontained three volumes, but the first volume is now lost. Contents: ff. 1r-324r: Lancelot du Lac. Decoration: 2 small blue initials in red frame...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 volume

6724. Harley MS 6342

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6342
Title:
Lancelot du Lac (volume II)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the second part of a two-volume set (Harley MSS 6341-6342) containing the French romance of Lancelot du Lac; the set originally contained three volumes, but the first volume is now lost. Contents: ff. 1r-246v: Lancelot du Lac. Decoration: 1 small blue initial with yellow...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6725. Harley MS 6345

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6345
Title:
Copybook of Cardinal Wolsey's letters
Scope & Content:
ff. 1*r–216v: A copybook of Cardinal Wolsey's letters. It also includes a copy of Princess Mary's confession (ff. 211r–v) along with unrelated material from the 17th century. f. 1*r: Note about Lady De La Warr's ownership of the volume, with the original ownership note pasted on. f. 5*v: The b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1627
Extent:
1 volume

6726. Harley MS 6346

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6346
Title:
'The Anthems used in the King's Chapel.' Words only.
Scope & Content:
I. Full Anthems: —1. 'O Lord, make Thy servant Charles.' 'William Bird.' f. 2. 2. 'I call and crie.' 'T. Tallis.' f. 2. 3. 'O Lord, I bow the knees of my heart.' 'W. Mundy.' f. 2. 4. 'Prevent us (O Lord), in all our doings.' 'W. Bird.' f. 2b. 5. 'Holy, Lord God Almighty.' 'R. Parsons.' f. 2b. 6....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1685
Extent:
1 volume (111 folios)

6727. Harley MS 6347

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6347
Title:
An unidentified Latin work on the reigns of biblical kings and Roman emperors
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-55v: An unidentified Latin work on the reigns of biblical kings and Roman emperors, in 4 books; imperfect at the beginning (the entire first book and part of the second book are missing) and end (part of the fourth book is missing); from Enoch to Caracalla. Decoration: Large...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

6728. Harley MS 6349

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6349
Title:
Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2-43: Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium. f. 43v: 'Collectio Epitaphiorum pro Cicerone' (in two columns). Decoration: 1 historiated initial in colours with a foliate extension, and a coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 2r). 3 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

6729. Harley MS 6352

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6352
Title:
A dictionary of Latin abbreviations
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-37r: A dictionary of Latin abbreviations used in diplomatic records, entitled ‘Abbreviaturae’; copied from Diplomata Scotiae of James Anderson (b. 1662, d. 1728) (published posthumously in 1739). The manuscript contains a later addition: f. [ii]recto: A pencil note: ‘Copied ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 volume

6730. Harley MS 6355

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6355
Title:
Leaves from a 14th-century missal; a treatise on making gunpowder and the use of cannons and mortars
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Leaves from a 14th-century missal or other liturgical manuscript, with music notation. ff. 5r-24v: A treatise on making gunpowder and the use of cannons and mortars, with illustrations of weapons and tables; written in the 16th century. The manuscript contains a later a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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