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1191. Harley MS 1343

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1343
Title:
Statutes of New College, Oxford
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-71: Statute book of New College Oxford. Title on f. 1v: ‘Liber Statutorum Collegij B. Mariae Winton. in Oxon. Vulgariter nuncupati NEW-COLLEGE’. Decorated with a geometric knot design, bordered with the initials E. Y. and dated 1631. ff. 72-73: Index. f. 74: Pen trials f. 75v: Lette...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1631
Extent:
1 volume

1192. Harley MS 1344

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1344
Title:
Narratives of events in the career of Sir Francis Vere
Scope & Content:
This volume provides copies of five narratives describing events in the career of Sir Francis Vere (b. 1560/61, d. 1609), army officer and diplomat, as Lord Marshal in the campaigns of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, against Cadiz and the Azores, and as general commanding the English compani...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1602-c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

1193. Harley MS 1345

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1345
Title:
Common law extracts
Scope & Content:
Part of a collection of extracts on common law from the year books. Page numbering starts with page 270. Contents: f. 1: Notes concerning fines levied per Baron and Feme. ff. 2-14: Extracts from the year book of King Henry VIII, 12-27 year of his reign. ff. 15-68r: Extracts from the yea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1194. Harley MS 1346

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1346
Title:
Itinerary of John Leland
Scope & Content:
Copy of John Leland’s Itinerary. Title: ‘Itinerarium Joh[ann]is Lelandi inceptum A.D. MoDoXXXVIII. 30o Hen. VIII’. Includes some marginal place names and cross references. ff. 254-261: Index of names by William Dugdale, dated 15 July 1657. Headed: ‘Index hujus voluminis compositus per me Will...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1657
Extent:
1 volume

1195. Harley MS 1347

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1347
Title:
Diogenes Laertius, Vitae et sententiae philosophorum; Gregory of Nazianzus, Orationes theologicae; Pseudo-John Chrysostom, De spiritu sancto
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-205v: Diogenes Laertius (fl. ? 3rd century), Vitae et sententiae philosophorum, trans. by Ambrogio Traversari (b. 1386, d. 1439), theologian and friend of Nicholas of Cusa, for Cosimo de' Medici (b. 1389, d. 1464). ff. 206r-275r: Gregory of Nazianzus (b. 330, d. 390), Oration...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
A paper codex

1196. Harley MS 1348

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1348
Title:
Statutes of William the Bastard; genealogical diagram of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and family tree from Aethelberht to Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8v: Statutes of William the Bastard, written in Latin, beginning: 'Hic eciam intimatur quid Wilhelmus Rex Anglorum cum principibus suis consituit post conquistcionem [sic] Anglie'. ff. 9r-18v: A genealogical circular diagram of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, followed by a family tr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1197. Harley MS 1349

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1349
Title:
Arms of London mayors and sheriffs
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book in the hand of, and with drawings by, Nicholas Charles (d. 1613), Lancaster Herald, with material relating to the City of London and its citizens. f. 1*: ‘Collected 1609’. f. 1*v: Note on the subsidy granted in the second year of Richard II’s reign, showing that the Mayor of Lond...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1609
Extent:
1 volume

1198. Harley MS 1350

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1350
Title:
Arms of Kent, Shropshire, Warwickshire, and Devon gentry
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book with drawings apparently in the hand of John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter, with writing mainly in another person’s hand. ff. 3-5: Surname index to the Kent collection following. ff. 5v-19: Arms of Kentish families from the Visitation of 1619. Preceded by the arms of the S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1199. Harley MS 1351

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1351
Title:
Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-145r: An Alphabet of Arms, written in English but blazoned in French heraldic terminology, with coats of arms drawn in the outer and inner margins throughout; on f. 100*verso the note: ‘From London the xvth of June 1561’. f. 145v: Pedigree of the family of FitzGerald. f. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1200. Harley MS 1352

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1352
Title:
Copy of the Visitation-Book of Worcestershire by Robert Cooke, 1569
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-37v: A copy of the Visitation-Book of Worcestershire, made by Robert Cooke (d. 1593), Clarenceux King of Arms, in 1569; with some continuations; the pedigree of Vernon of Hanbury goes up to 1634. Decoration: Coats of arms and crests, tricked, drawn in black ink throughout th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1634
Extent:
1 volume

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