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1171. Harley MS 1321

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1321
Title:
Chansons from the cycles of William of Orange and Aimeri de Narbonne
Scope & Content:
Contents: Chansons de Geste from the cycles of William of Orange (Guillaume d'Orange): and Aimeri de Narbonne (Aymeri de Nerbonne) ff. 4r-38v: Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube, Girart de Vienne (Girard de Viane), 5,560 lines, lacking 1 leaf at the beginning that perhaps contained a miniature; ff. 3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1225-1275
Extent:

1 volume

1172. Harley MS 1322

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1322
Title:
Aristotle, Ethica
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, Ethica (Nicomachean Ethics), in the Latin translation by Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo (Leonardo Aretino), with the translator's preface (ff. 1r-4r), rubric (preface): 'Leonhardi Aretini prefacio in conversione librorum moralium Aristotilis summum phylosoph [erased] etc.', incipit: 'Aristo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1173. Harley MS 1323

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1323
Title:
Political tracts including speeches of King James, copies of Elizabethan letters, and documents related to the Spanish match
Scope & Content:
Composite volume of political tracts in different hands. Contents: ff. 1-12: King James’s speeches on the state of the kingdom, supply in warfare and the defence of the kingdom, etc. Declaration of the Lords and Commons delivered to the King by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 13 March 1633, on ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1580s-1630s
Extent:
1 volume

1174. Harley MS 1325

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1325
Title:
Thomas Hobbes, The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
Scope & Content:
The Elements of Law, a treatise on political theory and the origins of the state, was completed by Thomas Hobbes on 9 May 1640 (see f. 2v), dedicated to William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and distributed in manuscript copies produced by professional scribes. Contents: f. 1: Title page ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640s
Extent:
1 volume

1175. Harley MS 1326

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1326
Title:
Survey of castles and fortifications on the Thames, Medway, and south coast of England, with a survey of the Tower of London
Scope & Content:
A survey of the castles and forts on the banks of the Thomas and Medway, and along the south coast from Kent to Cornwall, carried out 1 August – 14 October 1623. With a survey of the Tower of London and its stores, December 1623. Contents: f. 1*: Part of original parchment cover with barely...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620-1641
Extent:

1 volume

1176. Harley MS 1327

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1327
Title:
Petitions, political speeches and tracts
Scope & Content:
State letters, tracts, speeches, etc. largely in the hand of Walter Bilmor (or Belmore), steward to Dame Jacoba Van Loor, widow of Peter Van Loor. Includes copies of petitions to the King, parliamentary speeches, biographical notes and speeches etc. Contents: f. 1: Notes, including a copy of J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1177. Harley MS 1328

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1328
Title:
Patrick Young, Notes on and transcripts of the Pentateuch
Scope & Content:
Patrick Young, Notes on and transcripts of the Pentateuch.Includes a transcript of the Greek text of Exodus chapters 36-39 'iuxta Complutensem editionem' (ff 49r-50v) and transcripts of the Greek text of Joshua chapter 20 according to 'MS. Regius' [Codex Alexandrinus] and 'Masius' [Andreas Masius...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 17th century-3rd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

1178. Harley MS 1329

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1329
Title:
Memoirs of Marquis Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a transcription of part of the memoirs of Marquis Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy, Secretary of State under four Kings of France. This manuscript is written in a French hand and appears to have been copied directly from the originals.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1179. Harley MS 1330

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1330
Title:
Law tracts including Star Chamber and Kings Bench trials, Forest Eyre of Windsor 1632, and commentary on the Carta de Foresta
Scope & Content:
Composite volume of law tracts in several hands. Contents: f. 1: Brief contents list. ff. 2-26: Reports of trials in the Court of Star Chamber 40 Eliz. I to 13 Jac. I. Manuscript copy with variations of Francis Moore, Cases Collect and Report Per Sir Francis Moore (London, 1663). ff. 27...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1630s
Extent:
1 volume

1180. Harley MS 1331

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1331
Title:
Edward Henden, Reports of trials at Westminster Hall and elsewhere
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-81v: Edward Henden, Reports of trials at Westminster Hall and elsewhere, extracted from or referring to the public rolls of these trials, in the 27th-30th years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I [1584-1588]; and other law notes. f. 82r: The 'Intituling of Bills into: The Exch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1584-c 1588
Extent:
1 volume

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