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801. Harley MS 929

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 929
Title:
Breviary (Temporale), Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:
Contents: The Temporale portion of a Breviary, Use of Sarum. Decoration: Full bar borders in colours and gold with quatrefoils, acanthus leaves, small masks, and foliate decoration (ff. 75v, 83r, 90r, 94v, 164v). Large initials in colours and gold enclosing flowers and ivy (ff. 75v, 83r, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume.

802. Harley MS 930

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 930
Title:
Modus tenendi parliamentum (in English); Treaty of Troyes (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of the earliest surviving copies of the Modus tenendi parliamentum (Method of Holding Parliaments), a 14th-century work that outlines an idealised version of English parliamentary procedure. The volume also contains an imperfect copy of the Treaty of Troyes, an agree...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

803. Harley MS 931

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 931
Title:
Extracts from the Psalms and St Paul.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
2 items

804. Harley MS 932

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 932
Title:
A summary of the books of the Bible in Latin verse
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-79r: A summary of the books of the Bible in Latin verse, beginning: 'Ante diem facit Elohim ex nihilo caelum'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

805. Harley MS 933

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 933
Title:
Liber Amicorum of Dr John Hasfurt
Scope & Content:
Friendship album of Dr John Hasfurt or Hasfurter, of Amberg, Franconia, and Blandford, Dorset. Most entries dated 1627-8, with several earlier and later entries. The album includes entries addressed to John Hausfurt (possibly a son), 1637, and to Charles Hasfurt, 1666. Includes: Heraldic pain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1600-1666
Extent:
1 volume

806. Harley MS 934

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 934
Title:
Theological commonplaces
Scope & Content:
Manuscript volume of theological commomplaces, titled 'Summaria Delineatio eorum, quae in Cursu Locorum Communi[carum?] Theologicorum fusius tractavimus', 2 April 1657. On folios 97v-99 are notes in various hands, some of which are dated 1662 and 1664. It is suggested in A Catalogue of the Har...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1657-1664
Extent:
1 volume

807. Harley MS 935

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 935
Title:
Prayer book
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v and ff. 107r-108v: Calendar; The calendar is imperfect and has been misbound: February (ff. 1r-1v); March (ff. 2r-2v); October (ff. 3r-3v); November (ff. 4r-4v); April (ff. 107r-107v); September (ff. 108r-108v). ff. 5v-6v: The Seven Penitential Psalms, imperfect at the end....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

808. Harley MS 936

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 936
Title:
A collection of statutes, with a calendar
Scope & Content:
A collection of statutes, including a calendar, dating from after 1311 (see f. 231r). Contents: ff. 1r-6v: A calendar. ff. 7r-8r: A table of contents. ff. 8r-14v: A table of the Magna Carta clauses. ff. 15r-25v: Edward I's 1297 Magna Carta. ff. 25v-30v: Edward I's Charter of the Fore...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1311-c 1350
Extent:
1 volume

809. Harley MS 937

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 937
Title:
Physician's folding almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: A portable physician's folding almanac based on the 'Kalendarium' of John Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer. It was apparently made for the sons of a northern noble family. This is the only known surviving almanac of its kind written in Englis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1430-1431
Extent:
10 folios, folded into six parts.

810. Harley MS 939

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 939
Title:
Notebook of Richard Symonds containing movements of the royal army, September – November 1644, with copies of documents relating to the case of the Lord Wilmot, and church notes
Scope & Content:
Notebook of Richard Symonds written while accompanying the King and the royal army from leaving Cornwall, 5 September 1644 to 23 November 1644. Records the progress of the army and principal events. Interspersed with documents relating to the case of the Lord Wilmot, and notes on church monument...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1644-Nov 1644
Extent:
1 volume

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