Archive Reference (shelfmark): Harley MS 1-7661 / Material Type: Archives and Manuscripts - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1687
Title:: Expositiones vocabulorum Bibliae, attributed to William Brito, and Alexander Neckam, Corrogationes Promethei
Scope & Content:: The manuscript includes: List of letters of the Hebrew alphabet with Latin translations (f. 1v); Expositiones vocabulorum Bibliae, attributed to William Brito (ff. 2r-127r), comprising a note relating to medicine added by a contemporary hand (f. 64r margin); Alexander Neckam, Corrogationes Pr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1250-1450
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1687, f 1v
Title:: List of letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Scope & Content:: A list of letters of the Hebrew alphabet in Latin transliteration with Latin translations.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 folio.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1687, ff 2r-127r
Title:: Expositiones vocabulorum Bibliae, attributed to Gulielmus Britonis (William Brito)
Scope & Content:: Expositiones vocabulorum Bibliae, attributed to William Brito, edited in L. W. and B. A. Daly, Summa Britonis sive Guillelmi Britonis Expositiones Vocabulorum Biblie (Padua, 1975; Thesaurus Mundi, 15, 16). It is an early copy of the Expositiones which were completed between 1250 and 1270 and cir...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1260-c 1280
Extent:: 126 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1687, ff 128r-139r
Title:: Alexander Neckam, Corrogationes Promethei, part I
Scope & Content:: Alexander Neckam, Corrogationes Promethei, part I; incipit: 'Ferrum situ rubiginem ducit et uitis non putata in labruscam siluescit'. Neckam was abbot of Cirencester and a scholar. His work comprises a treatise on grammatical criticism followed by a scriptural commentary. Decoration: Initials...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1260-c 1280
Extent:: 12 folios.

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1689
Title:: Treatise concerning the Court of the Star Chamber
Scope & Content:: Manuscript copy of Treatise of the Court of Star Chamber in three parts, compiled by William Hudson of Grays Inn.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1690
Title:: Statutes of England; Ralph of Hengham, Summa Parva and Summa Magna; Registrum Brevium
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Lists of chapters of statutes in this manuscript. ff. 3r-5v: 'Statutum de Marleberge'. ff. 5v-11v: 'Statutum Westmonasterii primum'; written in French. ff. 11v-12r: 'Districciones Scaccarij'; written in French. ff. 12r-13v: 'Statuta de Scaccario'; written in French. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1692
Title:: Law readings
Scope & Content:: Collection of law readings and reports etc. ff. 1-23: Readings as follows: Summer readings at Cliffords Inn, 1610 (f. 1r). Readings at Staples Inn (ff. 1v-2r). Readings at Furnivals Inn (f. 2r). Readings at New Inn (ff. 2r-2v). Readings at Barnards Inn (ff. 2v-3r). Mr Readers case at the Bolt...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman
Date Range:: 1610-1615
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1694
Title:: Origin of the See of Durham, and other manuscripts
Scope & Content:: A composite volume of five manuscripts. Their order has been changed since they were described in the printed Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum (1808). ff. 1-19: Origin of the See of Durham, extracted from the cathedral records and translated into English, for John Hal...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and English
Date Range:: 1st half of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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