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891. Harley MS 667

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 667
Title:
Collections of statutes; lists of English kings; a prayer to St Mary Magdalene
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-253v: A large collection of English statutes and charters; including Magna Carta (ff. 15r-19v) and Summa Magna (f. 257v); written in the late 13th century or early 14th century. ff. 254r-297v: A collection of statutes, formula for oaths, a text on the office of bailiff, and '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 13th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

892. Harley MS 668

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 668
Title:
A collection of English statutes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-435v: A book of English statutes from Edward III to Edward IV. Decoration: 2 puzzle initials in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 143r, 194v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

893. Harley MS 669

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 669
Title:
Laurence of Somercotes, Summa de Electionibus Episcoporum; formula and letters concerning the election of the heads of religious houses
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Laurence of Somercotes [Somerton] (fl. 1245-1258), ecclesiastic and canonist, Summa de Electionibus Episcoporum. ff. 12v-17v: Tractatus super facto electionis. ff. 17v-18v: Verses on the election of bishops. f. 19r: Facienda in Electione per compromissarios. ff. 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

894. Harley MS 670

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 670
Title:
Formulary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-2v: Forms for indentures and ordinations, including a Middle English lettter of William Waynflete (b. c. 1400, d. 1486), Bishop of Winchester, dated to 1449. ff. 3r-10r: Thomas Merke, Ars dictandi. ff. 11r-36v: A collection of canon law texts for use in Oxford. ff. 37r-42v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

895. Harley MS 671

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 671
Title:
Collection of geomantic treatises
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Two astronomical tables, entitled: ‘Tabula terminorum planetarum’ and ‘Tabula facibus Planetarum’. f. 1v: A brief note in English on the interpretation of geomantic figures for different types of man, for example: ‘Thies [two geomantic figures] signify men of trost’. f. 2r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1477-c 1489
Extent:
1 volume

896. Harley MS 672

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 672
Title:
'Bonus Lombardus de Ferraria', Preciosa margarita novella
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-169r: 'Bonus Lombardus de Ferraria', Preciosa margarita novella; according to an explicit in Italian (f. 169r) the work was composed in 1330. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 171v: Two verses in English: 'The good done to a good man / Is the greatest b[...] he ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

897. Harley MS 673

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 673
Title:
Laws and statutes of England; Genealogia Llewelini Principis Wallie; Natura Brevium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-100v: Laws and statutes of England. f. 101r-v: Erased inscriptions, possibly originally a flyleaf. ff. 102r-115v: Statute of Ruddlan. ff. 116r: Genealogia Llewelini Principis Wallie (The Genealogy of Llywelyn of Wales). ff. 117r-130v: Natura Brevium (a treatise on English...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

898. Harley MS 674

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 674
Title:
Treatise of Discretion of Spirits; The Epistle of Discretion; The Epistle of Prayer; The Cloud of Unknowing; The Book of Privy Counselling; Benjamin Minor; Denis Hid Divinity
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of seventeen extant medieval copies of The Cloud of Unknowing, a guide on contemplative prayer and meditation from the second half of the 14th century. It is one of the two manuscripts which contains all seven works that are attributed to the anonymous author (the ot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

899. Harley MS 675

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 675
Title:
Peter Bales, The Golden Pen
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-21v: Peter Bales, The Golden Pen, beginning ‘The golden Pen of twentie pounde: Wonne by Peter Bales of London gent, Maister in writing, generall Chalenger for the same, against all Englishmen and Strangers, without exceptions: which Chalenge was devided into three parts: The fi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1596
Extent:
1 volume

900. Harley MS 676

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 676
Title:
Wyllyam Reed, The Governance and Goode Kepynge of Hawkes; Medysyns for Fantasy and by Hersay and not by Experyence
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-50r: Wyllyam Reed, The Governance and Goode Kepynge of Hawkes, beginning ‘To the Right wurschipfull Sir John pollarde knyght I comende this symple volume’. ff. 51r-54v: Wyllyam Reed, Dyvers Medysyns for Fantasy and by Hersay and not by Experyence, beginning ‘I have wryttyn he...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1558
Extent:

1 volume

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