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221. Harley MS 257

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 257
Title:
The Lives of the Bishops of Lindisfarne and Durham
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-63r: The Lives of the Bishops of Lindisfarne and Durham, from Aidan to Thomas Hatfield (19 Edward III), beginning 'The Church of holy lland through the most servent faith in Crist of the glorious king in times past of Northumberland and the pretious martir Oswald did take the b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

222. Harley MS 259

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 259
Title:
The names of sheriffs of England organised by county and chronologically, extending to 4 Charles I
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-142r: ‘Nomina vicecomitum saepius tamen malefida collecta ex Rotulis Magnis Pipae per Jo. Alington clerico ibidem tempore Jacobi Regis’. ff. 143r-143v: ‘Nomina quorundam Vicecomitum temp. Regis Johannis et H. 3. collecta ex Rot. Pat.'. ff. 145r-194v: ‘Nomina vicecomitum collecta ex Rot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

223. Harley MS 262

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 262
Title:
Kitab-i Remel - كتاب رمل
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the book of remel, or divination by means of dots. The preamble of the text tates that it was composed for Hārūn al-Rashīd by a sage known as ᶜAbdallah ibn Ani. The instructions given for consulting it are as follows: make at random an indefinite number of dots on sand or p...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 82 ff

224. Harley MS 264

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 264
Title:
Guido de Monte Rocherii, Manipulus curatorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-70v: Guido de Monte Rocherii (fl. 14th century), Manipulus curatorum (A small manual for priests), preceded by a chapter list (ff. 1r-1v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

225. Harley MS 265

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 265
Title:
Cartulary of the Berkeley family
Scope & Content:
ff. 1*v–2*r: Note on the relationship of Thomas, Lord Berkeley, to the Earl of Winchester. ff. 1r–145v: Cartulary, arranged topographically, from the time of Edward I to Henry VI, relating to Wymondham, Edingthorpe and other places in Leicestershire and Norfolk. Fragmentary towards the end due ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1458-c 1470
Extent:

1 volume

226. Harley MS 266

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 266
Title:
The Brut Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-151v: The Brut Chronicle with a title in a 16th-century hand: 'A verie large Chronicle from the beginning of E.I perfect to anno quo H. 6'. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*r: a title page written by Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), beginning: 'An Ancient a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

227. Harley MS 267

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 267
Title:
Miscellany of scientific texts
Scope & Content:
A composite scientific manuscript of at least six parts (ff. 1-2, 3-9, 10-15, 16-23, 24-174, 175-235) that were produced at different locations and periods of time between c. 1300 and c. 1400. Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A computistical text. ff. 3r-9v: Gregory the Great, Gospel lections. ff. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

228. Harley MS 268

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 268
Title:
A collection of exempla; Etienne de Besançon, Alphabetum Narrationem
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-44r: A collection of exempla, beginning ‘Hic incipiunt exempla bona et moralia de Johanne Patriarcha’. ff. 45r-201r: Etienne de Besançon, Alphabetum Narrationem. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 1v-2r: A ‘heavenly letter’, beginning ‘This is þe copy of of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

229. Harley MS 272

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 272
Title:
Wycliffite Bible, New Testament (Later Version)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–155v: New Testament, in the Wycliffite translation into Middle English (later version). Decoration: Puzzle initials in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 2r, 22r, 59r, 75r, 82v, 90r, 95r, etc.). Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Paraphs ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

230. Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v, f 85v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v, f 85v
Title:
Charms against wounds and for bloodletting
Scope & Content:
Charm against wounds, incipit: 'Charme pur feistre felun et / playe. Pervez une piece de / plum et la fetes batre', explicit: 'tuz jurs le be/netquiez'. Printed in T. Hunt, Popular Medicine in Thirteenth-century England. Introduction and Texts (Cambridge, 1990), p. 88. Charm for bloodletting, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1300-1329
Extent:
1 folio.

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