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1481. Harley MS 1778 and 6934

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1778 and 6934
Title:
Two French manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Two separate manuscripts which have been bound together. Harley MS 1778 contains a letter documenting a voyage of Marquis de Châteaurenault. Harley MS 6934 contains advice for those travelling on long journeys.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1614-1702
Extent:
1 volume (2 items)

1482. Harley MS 1779

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1779
Title:
A philosophical disputation known as Disputatio Unica de Distinctione Specierum Durationis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-130r: A philosophical disputation known as Disputatio Unica de Distinctione Specierum Durationis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1483. Harley MS 1780

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1780
Title:
Pedigree of Oliver Cromwell
Scope & Content:
Pedigree of Oliver Cromwell going back to Adam, with his coat of arms painted in colours (f. 12)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1484. Harley MS 1781

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1781
Title:
Description of the countries of the world
Scope & Content:
Brief geographical and historical compendium of countries of the world. ff. 1-25: Europe. ff. 25-39: Asia. ff. 40-42: Africa. f. 43: America.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1485. Harley MS 1782

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1782
Title:
Pascon agan Arluth (The Passion of our Lord)
Scope & Content:
Contents: Pascon agan Arluth, a poem in 259 stanzas containing a detailed description of the Passion of Christ. This is the earliest copy of a full text in the Cornish language to have survived, and the only Cornish manuscript with miniatures (see Murdoch, Cornish Literature (1993), p. 19). It...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish and English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
Paper codex

1486. Harley MS 1783

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1783
Title:
Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Common Law
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-123v: Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Common Law, with a title 'Maximes of the Lawe written by Sir Francis Bacon January 8th Anno Domini 1596'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1596
Extent:
1 volume

1487. Harley MS 1784

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1784
Title:
Four sermons of Mr Mather preached December 1693 to February 1694
Scope & Content:
Manuscript volume containing four sermons by Mr Mather (possible Cotton Mather or Increase Mather). f. 1*: ‘Four Sermons Preached by Mr Mather’. ff. 1-17: ‘A Sermon Preached by Mr Mather December the 24th 1693’. ff. 17-24r: ‘Another Sermon preached Decem[ber] 31 1694’ [i.e. 1693]. ff. 24v-3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1693-1694
Extent:
1 volume

1488. Harley MS 1785

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1785
Title:
Astronomical texts and tables; John Somer, Kalendarium; the Statute of the Forest of Waltham; an extract from Palladius Rutilis, De Agricultura; a treatise by Nicholas Bollarde on the ordering of trees; notes on agricultural matters
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: An astronomical table with, for each month of a year, 4-9 columns and 31 rows with Arabic numbers in brown or red ink. f. 3v: A Middle English astronomical text for calculating the epact, beginning: 'Yf thou wilt perfitly and brefly know the tru Age of the mone . whan so ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1489. Harley MS 1786

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1786
Title:
Thomas Fairfax’s Short memorials, and an epitaph by the Duke of Buckingham
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-15: Copy of a tract by Sir Thomas Fairfax, Parliamentary Commander-in-Chief, Short memorialls of some things to be cleared during my Command in the Army. ff. 16-48r: Copy of another tract by Sir Thomas Fairfax, A short Memoriall of the Northern Actions during the War there, from the Yea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1490. Harley MS 1787

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1787
Title:
Raymond of Penyafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae, and other theological texts
Scope & Content:
A collection of theological texts, written by multiple hands. Contents: ff. 1r-180r: Raymond of Penyafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae, glossed. ff. 181r-186r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De vanitate mundi, book iv, glossed. ff. 186r-194v: Geoffrey of Trani, Summa super titulus Decretalium. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

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