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1461. Harley MS 1756

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1756
Title:
‘Sir John Bussy’s Book of Fees’
Scope & Content:
f. 1*v: Fragments of former binding, one with the inscription ‘Copia feodarum Iohannis Bussy militis domini de Howgham’. f. 1r: List of contents, added in a contemporary hand. ff. 54v: Deeds dated from the 13th century onwards, inquests, and acts of homage, mostly relating to Lincolnshire and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

1462. Harley MS 1758

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1758
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, including the Tale of Gamelyn. Imperfect, with the loss of many folios throughout the manuscript. Occasional marginal notes in English and Latin are written by the scribe of the nearby text, and some (in red) by the rubricator. A few additional notes in ot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

1463. Harley MS 1759

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1759
Title:
Commonplace book
Scope & Content:
English commonplace book of historical, political, military and ecclesiastical matters, taken from the writings of Clarion, Sleidan, de Commines, Knolles, Guicciardini, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Vere, and other sources. Includes a table of contents (ff. 2-3). For a detailed list of the c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1617
Extent:
1 volume

1464. Harley MS 1760

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1760
Title:
A large collection of letters written and signed by English kings and queens, and letters addressed to them by rulers in other countries
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-145v: A large collection of copies of and original letters, written and signed by English kings and queens, including Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II, and kings, queens, princes, dukes, duchesses, landgraves and marquesses from abroad. The latter include (among...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1596-1729
Extent:
1 volume

1465. Harley MS 1761

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1761
Title:
Cartulary of Hyde Abbey
Scope & Content:
f. 1*r: Loose notes added to a parchment flyleaf (bound upside down). f. 1**r–v: Notes by Humfrey Wanley. f. 1v: Results of an enquiry into the jurisdiction of Hyde Abbey over the manor of Micheldever in Southampton. ff. 2v–3r: Miscellaneous additions (f. 2r partially cut away). ff. 3v–8v: C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

1466. Harley MS 1762

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1762
Title:
Richard of Saint-Victor, De statu interioris hominis; De sacrificio David Prophete; De Sacrificio Abrahe; Adnotationes in Psalmos; Stephen of Tournai, Epistola
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-31v: Richard of Saint-Victor, De statu interioris hominis; imperfect at the end. ff. 32r-39v: De sacrificio David Prophete; imperfect at the beginning. ff. 39v-51r: De Sacrificio Abrahe. ff. 51r-75v: Adnotationes in Psalmos. ff. 75r-81v: Stephen of Tournai, Epistola. The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1467. Harley MS 1763

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1763
Title:
Antonio Caracciolo de Chierici Regolari, The Life and Deeds of Giovanni Pietro Caraffa, Pope Paul IV
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-276v: Antonio Caracciolo de Chierici Regolari, The Life and Deeds of Giovanni Pietro Caraffa, Pope Paul IV.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1468. Harley MS 1764

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1764
Title:
The Knight of the Tower, an anonymous Middle English translation of Le Chevalier de La Tour Landry, by Geoffroy IV de la Tour-Landry
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only known surviving copy of the earlier Middle English translation of Le Chevalier de la Tour Landry by Geoffroy de la Tour Landry (b. before 1330, d. between 1402 and 1406), known as The Knight of the Tower. This copy of the text is imperfect, with a catchword on f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1469. Harley MS 1765

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1765
Title:
A short register of bills and privy seals from the reign of Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-84r: A short register of bills and privy seals from the reign of Henry VIII. ff. 85r-85v: various notes and accounts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1470. Harley MS 1766

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1766
Title:
John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes (translation of Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)
Scope & Content:
John Lydgate's The Fall of Princes, an English translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium, based on the French translation by Laurent de Premierfait, with English marginal notes in red, in the same hand as the text. Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Table of Contents t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1450-c 1460
Extent:
Parchment codex.

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