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1061. Harley MS 4123

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4123
Title:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae; Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae; Martinus Polonus, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum
Scope & Content:
A composite manuscripts of two parts that were produced separately. Part 1 (ff. 2r-126r) was written in the Southern Netherlands in 1349. Part 2 was written in England or the Southern Netherlands in the 2nd half of the 14th century. Contents: Part 1: ff. 2r-49r: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Hist...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1349-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1062. Harley MS 4124

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4124
Title:
Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; Life of Bede; Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-82v: Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. ff. 82v-87v: Life of Bede with a preface ('Vita Beati Bede presbiteri et Girwensis monachi'). ff. 87v-89v: Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow ('Vita Sanctorum abbatem monasterii in Wiramutha & Giruum'); i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1063. Harley MS 4125

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4125
Title:
Copy of the 1579 charter of the Eastland Company
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto (parchment pastedown): 'Coppie of the Eastland companie their Charter dated the 17th of August the xxjth of Queen Elizabeth Anno Domini .1568. [sic: should be 1579]'. ff. 2*recto-2*verso: 'The Principall Heads, and Contents of the Charter'. ff. 1r-21v: The 'Eastland Chart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1579-c 1625
Extent:
1 volume

1064. Harley MS 4131

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4131
Title:
Register of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford; rental of King Henry VIII's lands in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire; jury presentments for Gloucestershire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-363v: Register of the Causes of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1628 to 1633. ff. 364v-477v: Rental of the royal lands in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire in the 30th year of the reign of King Henry VIII (1538/9). ff. 478r-571v: Jury presentments at quarter ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1538-1633
Extent:
1 volume

1065. Harley MS 4132

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4132
Title:
Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-109v: Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica; heavily annotated by various later hands. Decoration: Several puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork decoration. Numerous simple initials in red or blue, frequently with penwork decoration in the alternate colour. Running he...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1066. Harley MS 4133

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4133
Title:
Account book of Elizabeth I's Courts and Offices
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3r: Register of accounts of Queen Elizabeth I's Courts and Offices, entitled: 'A Register of the Offices of her Maiesties Courte, her Courte of Revenew, and Courtes of Iustice and Record: As also of other offices of her highness chamber, housholde, and stable: with the offyces ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1593
Extent:
1 volume

1067. Harley MS 4138

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4138
Title:
English translation of Bernardino de Mendoza's Theorica y Practica de la Guerra
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r, 4r-228r: English translation of Bernardino de Mendoza (b. c. 1540, d. 1604), Theorica y Practica de la Guerra [1595], here entitled: 'The Theorick and Practick of warre written for the Prince Don Phillip of Spayne by Don Bernardino de Mendosa'; perhaps the English translation ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1600-c 1630
Extent:
1 volume

1068. Harley MS 4145

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4145
Title:
Thomas St George, A law treatise dedicated to William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Newcastle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: A preface by Thomas St George to William Cavendish, beginning: ‘To the right honourable William Lord Cavendish knight of the Bath, Baron of Bowlsover, Vicount of Mansfeild and Earle of Newecastle’. ff. 3r-33r: Thomas St George, treatise on law, beginning: ‘The Power to t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1628-1643
Extent:
1 volume

1069. Harley MS 4154

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4154
Title:
Collection of theological sayings
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1r-68v: Theological compendium, consisting of theological sayings, beginning with: 'Credendum est esse unum aliquid quod est quicquid alius est'; ending with: 'Singula de nobis anni prædantur euntes'. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r (upper margin): 'Anselmi, Sola sap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1070. Harley MS 4166

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4166
Title:
Collection of tracts on geomancy, onomancy and onomeirancy; a tract on ars memoriae; instructions for making fires and candles
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains a collection of seven parts that were written separately in the 14th and 15h century. The first part (ff. 1r-51v) contains two untitled geomantic works that were copied in the 15th century. The second part (ff. 52r-70v) contains another geomantic work that ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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