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1411. Harley MS 1705

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1705
Title:
Plato's Republic, translated into Latin by Pier Candido Decembrio
Scope & Content:
The preliminary copy of the translation of the first five books of the Republic by Pier Candidio Decembrio (b. 1399, d. 1477), in his autograph. The manuscript also contains Decembrio’s correspondence with Humphrey (b. 1390, d. 1447), prince, soldier, and literary patron, duke of Gloucester from...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1441
Extent:
1 volume

1412. Harley MS 1706

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1706
Title:
Miscellany in verse and prose
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a renowned collection of verse and prose devotional literature in Middle English including works by John Lydgate, Richard Rolle and Henry Suso. It is divided in two parts (ff. 3r-95v and 96r-216v). The flyleaves that precede and append the litterary texts include a number of me...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1474-1524
Extent:
216 folios.

1413. Harley MS 1707

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1707
Title:
Polychronicon by Ranulf Higden (to 1340)
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1. (ff. 1r-223v): Polychronicon (to 1340) by Ranulf Higden (d. 1364). Incipit (f. 1r): 'Post preclaros arcium sc[ri]ptores'. Explicit (f. 223v): 'Sed tandem ob defectum pecunie quam sui segnes procuratores ab Anglia non miserant contractis treugis & inducijs inter Reges vtriusque...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1414. Harley MS 1708

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1708
Title:
Cartulary of Reading Abbey
Scope & Content:
Cartulary, arranged mainly topographically, by counties. Sections of the founder’s and other royal charters at the beginning; additions, mainly 13th–14th century, throughout. ff. 1, 247: Fragments of an identified 14th-century theological commentary, used as flyleaves. f. 2r–v: Additions from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Oct 1257-May 1258
Extent:

1 volume

1415. Harley MS 1709

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1709
Title:
Motets by English composers of the beginning of the 16th century. Medius part.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-57 passim. Medius part of some ‘antemns‘ (i.e. Motets) by English composers of the beginning of the 16th century. More than half of them are anonymous. 1. ‘Gaude plurimum.’ By J. Taverner. f. 1. 2. ‘Aue, dei patris filia.’ f. 3b. 3. ‘Adoro te, domine.’ f. 5. 4. ‘Salue, regina, pudi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1416. Harley MS 1710

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1710
Title:
A Lectionary, in the earlier Wycliffite version
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-166v: A Lectionary, in the earlier Wycliffite version. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 166r: 'Omnibus omnia non mea / Sompnia dicere possum'; added in the (?) 15th century. Decoration: 1 puzzle initial in red and blue, with pen-flourishing in purple and red, e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390 - c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

1417. Harley MS 1711

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1711
Title:
Records of the tenements in the hundreds of Middlesex (London)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: Latin lists of the tenants of the hundreds in the county of Middlesex (London) in years 17 and 18 of the reign of Elizabeth I (1575); with documents in Latin and English related to the tenements appended. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*recto: A list of n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1575
Extent:
1 volume

1418. Harley MS 1712

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1712
Title:
Petrus Comestor, Sermones
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript consists of Petrus Comestor's sermons (ff. 17r-233v), and was produced at the very end of the 12th century. Contents: ff. 3r-16r: Table of contents and indexes. ff. 17r-233v: Petrus Comestor, Sermones (Sermons). The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 3r-16...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

1419. Harley MS 1713-1714

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1713-1714
Title:
Theological texts from the 16th century and 17th century
Scope & Content:
Two manuscripts, in folio, containing theological texts written or collected by 'F.S.', a Catholic living in Ireland at the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
2 volumes

1420. Harley MS 1714

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1714
Title:
Theological texts from the 16th century and 17th century, Volume 2
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript containing theological texts written or collected by 'F.S.', a Catholic living in Ireland at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century. It has been suggested that these are the collected works of John White, a teacher at the Roman Catholic College at Douay. Some of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1603-c 1608
Extent:
1 volume

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