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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4035
Title:: English coats of arms
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r-2r: ‘A Table of All the Severall Catalogues Contained in this Booke’. ff. 3r-131r: Histories of the Dukes, Marquesses and Earls of England, with coats of arms. ff. 131r-135r: Coats of arms of the viscounts and barons of England (16 per page), entitled: ‘The Baring of the Vis...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4039
Title:: Arms of Irish families
Scope & Content:: Heraldic book of Irish families probably compiled by James Terry (1660-1725), Athlone Herald, and dedicated to the exiled Prince James Stuart at whose court in France he served. Decorated with painted and gilt arms and headings. Includes blanks probably intended for narrative pedigrees. Content...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4045
Title:: History of Bohemia from the year 890 to 1618
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-46r: History of Bohemia from the year 890 to 1618, inscribed to 'Lord George, Marques of Buckingham, Lord high Admirall of England' [George Villiers (b. 1592, d. 1628), Marquess of Buckingham from 1618 until elevated to (1st) Duke of Buckingham in 1623, and Lord High Admiral b...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1619-1623
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4053
Title:: Debates of the House of Commons April 1679; a historical speech in defence of Charles I; a treatise on the value of money; a historical miscellany of the Norman Conquest; St Augustine, Regula; Henry of Sawtry, De purgatorio S. Patricii
Scope & Content:: ff. 2r-35r: Debates of the house of Commons April 1679. ff. 36r-46v: A historical speech in defence of King Charles I. ff. 47r-55r: A treatise on the value of money. ff. 65r-76r: A historical miscellany of the Norman Conquest. f. 77r: A note about the articles of faith in a 17th-century han...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century - 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4065
Title:: Thomas of Chobham, Summa confessorum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-3r: Table of chapters of Thomas of Chobham (d. 1233x1236), Summa confessorum. ff. 3v-138r: Thomas of Chobham, Summa confessorum. ff. 138r-141v: Jerome, Homiliae XIV in Hieremiam: De tribus virtutibus: fortutudine, sapientia et prudentia, beginning: 'Tres quodam modo virtutes ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4066
Title:: Petrus Riga, Aurora; Johannes de Alta Villa, Architrenius
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript consists of two parts (ff. 2r-171v and ff. 173r-224v) that were produced separately in the 1st half of the 13th century. Contents: ff. 2r-171v: Petrus Riga, Aurora. ff. 173r-224v: Johannes de Alta Villa [Hauteville], Architrenius; imperfect at the end. The manuscri...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4070
Title:: Psalter in Anglo-Norman
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a copy of the Book of Psalms in Anglo-Norman verse with the corresponding Latin verses at the beginning of each stanza. Contents: ff. 2r-123v: The Book of Psalms in verse, with a prologue, beginning ‘Ces [ver]s sunt de salu de[l] [ri]che rei ihesu nostre duz Avue’. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century - 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4073
Title:: Florilegium
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-121v: Florilegium with theological expositions on (?) biblical words, arranged alphabetically, taken from authors who are identified in marginal rubrics, including: Ambrose, Augustine, Bernard of Clairvaux, Cassiodorus, Gregrory, Jerome, John Chrysostom, and Seneca; imperfect a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4078
Title:: Sebastião Barradas, Annotationes in Historiam Evangelicam
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-299r: Sebastião Barradas (b. 1543, d. 1614), Annotationes in Historiam Evangelicam, entitled: 'Annotationes in Historiam Evangeliam a P. D. Sebasti. Barrad. Evoræ anno 1583. mens. febr.'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1583
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4093
Title:: Nicholas Trevet, Commentary on Augustine's De civitate Dei
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-93r: Nicholas Trevet, Commentary on Augustine's De civitate Dei The manuscript contains a later addition: ff. 93v-94v: An office for Thomas of Canterbury (ff. 93v-94) and Edmund of Canterbury (f. 94v); added in the 15th century. Decoration: Large puzzle initial in red and ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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