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7001. Harley MS 7183/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7183/2
Title:
Sermon and homily collection
Scope & Content:
A collection of short sermons and homilies to be read on particular feast days or following particular Bible readings. Mostly by St Augustine and St Ambrose, but also including texts attributed to Pope Gregory, Pope Leo, St Remigius, St Maximus, St John the bishop, St John of Constantinople, Isi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

7002. Harley MS 7184

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7184
Title:
John Gower, Confessio Amantis
Scope & Content:
Contents: John Gower, Confessio Amantis; beginning: 'Torpor ebes sensus scola parva labor minimusque / Causam ergo minimus ipse minora canam'; ending : 'hath do wherof his kniȝthiede / Is yit comended over all'. Imperfect: the text lacks 1 folio after f. 25 (containing English Works 1900-1901,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

7003. Harley MS 7185

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7185
Title:
Letters of Cardinal Wolsey
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from Cardinal Wolsey to the Earl of Bath and Mr Hannibal at Rome; Mr Richard Samson and Sir Richard Jerningham, the King’s ambassadors to the Emperor, etc. Carefully transcribed, but without references to the originals. A leaf or more is missing at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:

1 volume

7004. Harley MS 7186

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7186
Title:
Account book of John Longe, the Earl of Pembroke’s steward
Scope & Content:
Account book of John Longe, steward of the Earl of Pembroke, c 1575-1601. With additions to 1613 in a different hand. Includes mathematical sketches at ff. 162-164 and f. 184v.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1575-1613
Extent:
1 volume

7005. Harley MS 7191

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7191
Title:
Catalogue of the manuscript collection of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
Scope & Content:
Classified catalogue of the manuscripts in the collection of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1651-1716).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

7006. Harley MS 7192

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7192
Title:
Genealogy of French kings from Pharamond to Philip III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v- 33r: Genealogy of the French kings, written in French. Beginning with Pharamond, a legendary Frankish king of Trojan descent, who is identified by the 8th-century Liber Historiae Francorum as the first king of France; his arms are gules, three toads or. Ending with Philip III ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

7007. Harley MS 7194

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7194
Title:
Accounts of the land forces in 1689 and 1690
Scope & Content:
Accounts of the land forces in 1689 and 1690. Manuscript note on f. 1*: ‘Rec’d the 11th of October 1692’. Index, f. 94.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1689-1690
Extent:
1 volume

7008. Harley MS 7195

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7195
Title:
Ptolemy, Geographia, translated by Manuel Chrysoloras and Jacopo d'Angelo
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an illustrated copy of the Geographia (Geography), an atlas and treatise on cartography originally written by the Greek mathematician and astronomer Claudius Ptolemy (b. c. 100, d. c. 170), in a Latin translation by the Renaissance humanists Manuel Chrysoloras (b. c. 135...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

7009. Harley MS 7196

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7196
Title:
Antiphonary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-164v: Antiphonary; with Latin psalms and hymns for liturgical feasts of the Temporale, and featuring a few instructions in Spanish on f. 23r (‘Para la Noche de Navidad’) and f. 28r (‘ Nota que el Invitatorio de los Martyres sirue tanbien para los Confessores mutato nomine’); im...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

7010. Harley MS 7203/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7203/1
Title:
Detached former binding of Harley MS 7203
Scope & Content:
Detached brown leather binding over wooden boards, with the Harleian arms and the name 'ROBERT HARLEY' gold-stamped on the upper and lower covers, and fragments of the spine affixed to the lower cover. The binding was formerly attached to Harley MS 7203 (Journal of Parliament from the 43rd year o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Former binding of Harley MS 7203

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