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851. Harley MS 984

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 984
Title:
The Gospel of Matthew (Middle English)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-71v: The Gospel of Matthew in Middle English, imperfect at the beginning and end due to the loss of folios; ff. 7r-7v, 56r-56v and 64r-64v have been supplied in the 17th century to substitute lost text and appear to have been copied from the Coverdale Bible. The manuscript co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

852. Harley MS 985

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 985
Title:
John [of] Hoveden [Howden], Philomela; an anonymous treatise on mortal sins
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two parts. Part 1 (ff. 1r-43v) contains a copy of John [of] Hoveden [Howden] (d. 1275), Philomela, which was copied in the 4th quarter of the 14th century. Part 2 (ff. 44r-77v) contains an anonymous treatise on mortal sins, which was copied in the 1st quar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

853. Harley MS 986

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 986
Title:
Richard Symonds, Notes on ensigns and officers during the First English Civil War
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. i recto: A note from the British Museum, dated to 30 October 1856: 'Memorandum: In the printed Harleian Catalogue, Vol. 1. 499, art. 4, of the present volume is described as "Original Passe from Sir John Needham Governor of Leicester, to Richard Symonds, dated Leicester, 5 March, 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1643-1644
Extent:
1 volume

854. Harley MS 987

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 987
Title:
Notes on the Bible; The whole booke of Psalmes [London, 1586]
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-260v: Notes on the Bible in Latin and English, featuring memoranda dated to 1605 and 1616 (f. 7r), with the added title: ‘Short Notes upon several Places of Scripture’ (f. 2r). ff. 261r-316v: A printed text with a title-page: ‘The whole booke of Psalmes, collected into Engli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1586-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

855. Harley MS 988

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 988
Title:
Commentaries on the Song of Songs
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two parts that were written separately in the first half of the 12th century: Part 1 (ff. 1r-26v), and Part 2 (ff. 27r-71r). Both parts contain a commentary on the Song of Songs. Contents: ff. 1r-26v: Commentary on the Song of Songs, entitled: 'Incipiunt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

856. Harley MS 989

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 989
Title:
Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-52r: Seneca’s Moral Letters to Lucilius, also known as Moral Epistles and Letters from a Stoic, imperfect, containing letters 1-52 out of 124. Glossed, mostly in the same hand. f. 52v: late medieval inscriptions, including ownership inscriptions. Decoration: Large blue initial with gre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

857. Harley MS 990

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 990
Title:
A collection of abridged English statutes; a tract about dowry; the Assize of Weights and Measures; the verdict returned in a lawsuit in Guildford in 1396; De natura brevium; Les excepciouns ad brevia cassanda; Fet asaver; Registrum brevium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-19r: a collection of abridged English statutes. f. 19r: a tract about dowry. ff. 19v-21r: The Assize of Weights and Measures. f. 21v: the verdict returned in a lawsuit in Guildford in 1396. ff. 22r-29v: De natura brevium. ff. 30r-35v: Les excepciouns ad brevia cassanda. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

858. Harley MS 991

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 991
Title:
Historical anecdotes of Richard Symonds
Scope & Content:
Collection of historical anecdotes about prominent people during the reign of King Charles I, the Long Parliament and the Protectorate, in particular stories against Oliver Cromwell. Written in a mixture of Italian and English by Richard Symonds. Includes an incomplete name index (ff. 1-3), gene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

859. Harley MS 992

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 992
Title:
A collection of heraldic texts and drawings
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains heraldic texts and drawings from the 2nd half of the 15th century and 1st half of the 16th century in Middle English, Middle French and Latin. Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Drawings of arms of aristocratic families, several in colours; with family names in English. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

860. Harley MS 993

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 993
Title:
Walter Hilton, The Eight Chapters on Perfection; Treatise of Discretion of Spirits
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-23v: Walter Hilton, The Eight Chapters on Perfection, English translation of a work by written by the Aragonese Franciscan Luis de Fontibus (fl. 1383-1394); beginning: ‘Heere bigynneþ a tretis of viij chapitres necessarie for men þat ʒiven hem to perfection . whiche was founden...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

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