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541. Harley MS 635

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 635
Title:
Simon Alcock, Tractatus de modo dividendi thema pro materia sermonis dilatanda; Thomas Waleys, De modo praedicandi; Augustine, Retractationes; and other theological works by Pelagius, William Woodford, John Wycliffe, Nicholas Radcliffe, Anselm of Canterbury, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Ambrose, Hugh of Saint-Victor, and Evagrius of Antioch
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5r: Simon Alcock, Tractatus de modo dividendi thema pro materia sermonis dilatanda; two other copies of this work survive in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 52, ff. 102–108, and Oxford, Lincoln College, MS 101, item 2. f. 5r: Jerome, Vita Malchi monachi captivi (prologue)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

542. Harley MS 636

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 636
Title:
John of Canterbury, Polistorie del Eglise de Christ de Canterbury
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only surviving complete copy of the Polistorie del Eglise de Christ de Canterbury, written by John, a Benedictine monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, at the request of his 'cher amy Johan' (dear friend John) in 1314. The work is an Anglo-Norman chronicle (with rubrics...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

543. Harley MS 637

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 637
Title:
Collection of astronomical texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of five parts, dated respectively to the 15th century (ff. 1-143; and f. 153), the second half of the 13th century (ff. 144-147; and ff. 148-151), and the early 14th century (f. 152). The 15th-century table of contents indicates that the first two parts belonged together...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

544. Harley MS 638

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 638
Title:
‘Werketone’ register of Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Scope & Content:
ff. 1v–2v: Modern additions, with Harley’s titles. ff. 3r–12v: Alphabetical index with numbers of folios. The hand responsible for these pages has also lettered the documents in the register in the margins. ff. 13r–14r: Survey of Risby manor. ff. 14v–21v: Cellarer’s rents and customs in Bury....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-15th century
Extent:

1 volume

545. Harley MS 640

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 640
Title:
Transcripts concerning Essex from escheat rolls in the Tower of London and the Rolls Chapel
Scope & Content:
Transcripts of escheat records, selected for the purpose of a description of Essex and its distinguished families, from the reign of Henry III to the end of the reign of Queen Mary I and King Philip. Compiled at the command and expense of Simonds D’Ewes. Manuscript not in his hand, but with his ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

546. Harley MS 641

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 641
Title:
Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De bello Troiano; Flores historiarum, attributed to John Bever; Martin of Troppau, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum; Richard de Ledrede, 'Account of the proceedings against Lady Alice Kyteler'
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two different parts (ff. 1-115 and ff. 118-206) that were bound together for Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650) in 1645. The first part of the manuscript (ff. 1-115) was written between the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the 14th century, and contains De bello ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

547. Harley MS 642

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 642
Title:
'Basilica Oeconomia, or Several Ordinances, Rules and Orders for the Government of the Howsehold of the Kings and Queens of England...'
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, titled ''Basilica Oeconomia, or Several Ordinances, Rules and Orders for the Government of the Howsehold of the Kings and Queens of England and their Children both of former and of later times; An Exact Index of which particulars is inserted in the next page ensuinge. An...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1610-1650
Extent:
1 volume

548. Harley MS 643

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 643
Title:
Acts of the Privy Council, 1553-1558
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-316r: Acts of the Privy Council, 1553-1558. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*r: A title-page: ‘Extract of the Acts of Counsell during the bloudy Raignes of King Philip and Queene Marie from the 13th day of August anno Domini 1553 to the 15th day of November ann...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

549. Harley MS 644

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 644
Title:
Acts of Parliament from Edward I to Henry VI
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-15v: A table of contents. ff. 16r-281v: Acts of Parliament, from Edward I to Henry VI, in Latin and French. Decoration: 4 large historiated initials in blue and red and with gold frames; partial (three-sided) borders in colours and gold (ff. 1r, 64r, 93r, 154r). The subject...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

550. Harley MS 645

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 645
Title:
‘Kempe’ register of Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Scope & Content:
ff. 4r–7v: Alphabetical index. ff. 8r–10v: Charters, mostly relating to the Hospital of St Nicholas. ff. 11r–12r: Partial alphabetical indexes. ff. 12v–13r: Rents relating to St Nicholas’ Hospital; a letter of Abbot Richard (1324). ff. 14r–14v: Various rents. ‘Registrum Kempe’ heading (f. 14...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:

1 volume

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