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521. Harley MS 930

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 930
Title:
Modus tenendi parliamentum (in English); Treaty of Troyes (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of the earliest surviving copies of the Modus tenendi parliamentum (Method of Holding Parliaments), a 14th-century work that outlines an idealised version of English parliamentary procedure. The volume also contains an imperfect copy of the Treaty of Troyes, an agree...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

522. Harley MS 935

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 935
Title:
Prayer book
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v and ff. 107r-108v: Calendar; The calendar is imperfect and has been misbound: February (ff. 1r-1v); March (ff. 2r-2v); October (ff. 3r-3v); November (ff. 4r-4v); April (ff. 107r-107v); September (ff. 108r-108v). ff. 5v-6v: The Seven Penitential Psalms, imperfect at the end....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

523. Harley MS 941

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 941
Title:
A collection of treatises relating to history, astrology, magic, astronomy, geography and rhetoric, comprising John Lydgate's Dietary and other verses and medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*v: An added abbreviated list of contents. ff. 1r-3v: De origine gigantum, an abbreviated version of the Anglo-Norman French Des Grantz Geanz, written in Latin. The short narrative tells the Story of Albina and her sisters often used as a preface to the Brut Chronicle. The leave...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

524. Harley MS 945

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 945
Title:
Statutes from the reigns of Edward III and Richard II
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-11v: 'Capitula Statutorum Regis Edward Tercij'. ff. 11v-14v: 'Capitula Statutorum Regis Ricardi Secundi'; ending: 'Plus in fine libri' (reference to f. 256v). ff. 15r-181v: Statutes of 1-50 Edward III (1327–1377); written in French. ff. 181v-257r: Statutes of 1-13 Richard...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390
Extent:
1 volume

525. Harley MS 946

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 946
Title:
Nova statuta, including Hengham Magna
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-248r: Nova statuta, including Hengham Magna (ff. 191v-229v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1r-1v). Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

526. Harley MS 948

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 948
Title:
Rule of St Benedict; Carta Caritatis; agreement between Cîteaux Abbey and Prémontré Abbey, 1142; agreement between Waverley Abbey and Furness Abbey; Instituta Capituli Generalis Ordinis Cisterciensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: List of chapters in the Rule of St Benedict, entitled: 'Capitula Regule Sancti Benedicti'. ff. 3r-43v: The Rule of St Benedict, entitled: 'Regule Sancti Benedicti Abbatis'. ff. 43v-49r: Carta Caritatis. ff. 49v-51r: Agreement between Cîteaux Abbey and Prémontré Abbey ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

527. Harley MS 949

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 949
Title:
A subject index for a work on canon law
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-131r: A subject index for a work on canon law.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

528. Harley MS 950

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 950
Title:
Collection of medical recipes
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises two separate early 16th-century collections of medical recipes (ff. 1r-75v; ff. 80r-179v). A few other recipes were added later in the 16th century (ff. 76r-79v). The recipes in the main collection were numbered in the margin '1-497' by a later reader. Contents: Part ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

1 volume

529. Harley MS 951

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 951
Title:
A genealogy of English kings, from Alfred the Great to Henry III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. [1]recto-[3]recto: ‘A Genealogie of Kings from Alfred to Henry the Third’; probably copied from a medieval genealogical roll. Decoration: Roundels in brown ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 roll

530. Harley MS 953

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 953
Title:
Pore Caitif
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of more than fifty extant copies of the Pore Caitif, a late 14th-century Middle English compilation of religious instructions for the laity. The compilation includes tracts on the Apostles' Creed, Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer, the virtues of Patience, Temptation, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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