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2. 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
3. Harley MS 1688
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1688
- Title:
- A Psalter
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2r-7v: Calendar; with various additions, including 'dedicatio ecclesie Nowicensis'; births, marriages, and obits from the Dereham [Derham] family of Crimplesham, Norfolk; and 'obitus hugonis prior hospicii', i.e. Hugh Acton, Master, 1437–1464. ff. 8r-139r: Psalter. ff. 139v-15...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
4. Harley MS 2260
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2260
- Title:
- William of Nassington [Nassyngton], Speculum Vitae
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-183v: William of Nassington [Nassyngton], Speculum Vitae (Mirror of Life); Middle English translation with marginal headings in Latin; imperfect at the beginning (DIMEV 423-29). Decoration: Numerous 2-line initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. C...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
5. Harley MS 4136
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 4136
- Title:
- Essex indentures and wills; accounts from a merchant of the Company of the Staple at Calais
- Scope & Content:
- A composite collection of indentures and last wills relating to Essex, compiled between 1580 and 1612, inter-mixed with copies of account rolls in an earlier hand, and leaves from an English cloth merchant's account book from the early 1540s. The latter's notes indicate that they were a merchant...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1540-c 1612
- Extent:
- 1 volume
6. Harley MS 7402
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7402
- Title:
- Astronomical tables, including Toldean tables; Pseudo-Robert Grosseteste, Ars Kalendarii; Pseudo-Mā Shā' Allāh ibn Athari, De Practica Astrolabii
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2r-7v: Astronomical calendar, includes entries for Alphege (19 April: 'Sancti Alphegi episcopi'), Botulph (17 June), Etheldreda (23 June), Sexburgis (6 July) and 'Withburga' (7 July; Ely). f. 8r: Astronomical table, entitled: 'Tabula ad inveniendum ferias inicialis in annis arab...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume