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501. Harley MS 396

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 396
Title:
Statutes and records of Hereford Cathedral
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: ‘Iniunctions geven by the most excellent Prince Edward the Sixt by the grace of God King of England ffrance and Ireland defender of the faith in earth of the Church of England ffrance and Ireland under God Supremehead, in highnes visitacion to the Deanes, Subdeanes, Chaunto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

502. Harley MS 397

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 397
Title:
Robert Talbot, Annotationes in eam partem Itinerarij Antonini quae ad Brittanniam pertinet
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title-page: ‘Annotationes in partem illam Itinerarij Antonini Brittaniam spectantem’. ff. 2r-14v: Robert Talbot, Annotationes in eam partem Itinerarij Antonini quae ad Brittanniam pertinet.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

503. Harley MS 398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 398
Title:
Orations and speeches made by the Lord Keeper, Nicholas Bacon, 1558–1579
Scope & Content:
A volume of speeches and orations made by Sir Nicholas Bacon, once owned by Sir Christopher Hatton. f. 2r: Autograph note by Peter Le Neve, Rouge Croix herald, 20 July 1692, who identifies the volume as being written in Hatton's hand. ff. 3r–4r: A note of the 'matters & discourses' contain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

504. Harley MS 399

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 399
Title:
Pseudo-Aristotle, Secreta Secretorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-72v: Pseudo-Aristotle, Secreta Secretorum.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

505. Harley MS 400

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 400
Title:
Registrum Brevium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-244v: Registrum Brevium. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 1v, 245v: Latin notes with reference to Henry VIII; added in the early 16th century. Decoration: Small blue initials with red pen-work decoration throughout.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

506. Harley MS 401

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 401
Title:
Floretum evangelicum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Floretum evangelicum, a Lollard text composed in Oxford between 1384 and 1396. It contains 509 sections on theological subjects that are organised alphabetically. Contents: ff. 1r-6v: A table of contents. ff. 7r-334v: Floretum evangelicum; ending: ‘Explicit flor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1396
Extent:
1 volume

507. Harley MS 402

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 402
Title:
Twelve collections (Distinctiones) of excerpts from Church Fathers and other authorities
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains twelve collections of excerpts from, or attributed to: the Church Fathers St Ambrose (b. c. 340, d. 397), St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), St John Chrysostom (b. c. 349, d. 407), St Augustine (b. 354, d. 430), St Gregory the Great (b. c. 540, d. 604), and St Isid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

508. Harley MS 403

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 403
Title:
Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei (book 2)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-124r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei (book 2), with prologue and list of chapters (as published in Patrologia Latina, vol. 176, 363-613). Decoration: Initials in red, green, yellow or blue, occasionally with penwork decoration in the same or a contrast...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume.

509. Harley MS 404

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 404
Title:
Glossed New Testament
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-328r: New Testament with marginal glosses based on Anselm of Laon's Glossa Ordinaria but not identical with it. Decoration: 26 historiated initials in colours (pink, red, grey, blue and some green, white and black) and gold, occasionally including an animal or a hybrid creature (ff. 2r,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

510. Harley MS 405

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 405
Title:
Political and philosophical manuscript pamphlets
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*v-35v: ‘Leicestrensem Rempublicane: Anno Dom: 1584...Leycesters Common wealth...1615’. Catholic recusant political tract, published 1584, reprinted 1641, attributed to Robert Persons. f. 35v: ‘A godly and profitable meditation taken out of the 20th chapter of Jobe’. ff. 36-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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