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3231. Harley MS 4632

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4632
Title:
Heraldic collections of Sir Christopher Barker
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the heraldic collections of Sir Christopher Barker (d. 1549), Garter King of Arms 1536, who compiled the manuscript between c. 1520-c. 1530. The manuscript also contains later additions, including coats of arms that may have been added in the 17th century. Contents: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
c 1520-c 1530
Extent:
1 volume

3232. Harley MS 4640

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4640
Title:
Two copies of an indenture with the last will of Hugh Denys of Osterley
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two identical copies executed by the same scribe and decorated by the same illuminator an indenture that was made in 1529/1530 for the execution of the last will of Hugh Denys of Osterley (b. c. 1440, d. 1511), a courtier of King Henry VII and King Henry VIII. In his wil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1529-1530
Extent:

1 volume

3233. Harley MS 4656

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4656
Title:
De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae,also known as Bracton
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-100v: De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae, attributed to Henry Bracton. Decoration: Small initials in red. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

3234. Harley MS 4657

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4657
Title:
Latin and Anglo-Norman devotional miscellany
Scope & Content:
A miscellany including William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (c. 1260), and unique copies of a vernacular hymn dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a 13th-century anonymous translation of the Disticha Catonis, and a vernacular poem on the seven mortal sins. ff. 1v-4v: Apocalypsis Golliae, 'A ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300 - c 1325
Extent:
1 volume

3235. Harley MS 4660

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4660
Title:
Miscellaneous collection of transcriptions of Old English charters and the Narratio de Sanctis qui in Anglia quiescunt; fragments of a Latin work on the Old English language
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A catalogue of fifteen charters held at Worcester Cathedral, entitled: ‘Cartarum aliquod pervetustarum quae extant in Archivis Ecclesiae Cathedralis Wirogn; Apographa’; ending with the note: ‘Harum Cartarum nulla exhibetur in Monastico Anglicana’. f. 1v: A transcription of a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, English, Old, and Germanic languages
Date Range:
c 1643-c 1700
Extent:
1 volume

3236. Harley MS 4661

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4661
Title:
Nicolaus de Aquavilla, Sermones dominicales (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-122v: Nicolaus de Aquavilla, Sermones dominicales; imperfect, missing one leaf at the beginning. Ending on f. 122v: 'Expliciunt [sic] sermones de temporali p[er] to[tu]m annu[m] s[e]c[un]d[u]m nich[olau]m de aquavilla alias lugdinensis. Amen'. The manuscript contains a few ad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3237. Harley MS 4662

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4662
Title:
Collection of Cicero’s writings
Scope & Content:
f. 1*r: a modern introduction to the volume. ff. 1r-54r: Cicero, De natura deorum (On the Nature of Gods). ff. 54r-78v: Cicero, De divination (On Divination). ff. 78v-79v: Macrobius, commentary on Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis, Bk I, Chapter 3. ff. 79r-87r: Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum (Paradoxes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3238. Harley MS 4664

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4664
Title:
Breviary of Coldingham Priory
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 3 separate parts with liturgical texts made for the Benedictine priory of Coldingham: Part I (14th century): ff. 2r-8v: Liturgical lections and antiphons for the feast of Corpus Christi, 'In festivitate corporis Christi ad jesperas [sic] super psalmos' (with added lect...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1250–c 1500
Extent:
1 volume

3239. Harley MS 4665

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4665
Title:
John Lathbury, Alphabetum morale siue Distinctiones theologicae; De articulis passionis Christi
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–152v: John Lathbury, Alphabetum morale siue Distinctiones theologicae. ff. 153r–159v: Alphabetical index to John Lathbury. ff. 160r–201r: De articulis passionis Christi. ff. 201v-203v: Pseudo-Origen, De Maria Magdalena, ending imperfect. Decoration: Large initial in colours and gold ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

3240. Harley MS 4687

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4687
Title:
A history of Scotland
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-134v: A history introduced as ‘the eight book of the Chronicles of Scotland, and of the deides & acts of R. James the Second, & quat happed in his tyme’. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: A description of the manuscript, ‘This Book is a continuation of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Scots
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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