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91. Harley MS 1239

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1239
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde; a selection from The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of works by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340-1400): Troilus and Criseyde, and a selection from The Canterbury Tales. The latter includes The Knight's Tale, The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Clerk's Tale, and The Franklin's Tale. Con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

92. Harley MS 1245

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1245
Title:
John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes; Defence of Holy Church
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-182v: John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes [Books 1-9], imperfect; an English translation of Laurent de Premierfait’s Des Cas des nobles hommes et femmes, which is a French translation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s De Casibus Virorum Illustrium (‘On the Fates of Famous Men’). ff. 182v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

93. Harley MS 1304

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1304
Title:
John Lydgate, Life of Our Lady; ‘Questiones by twene the Maister of Oxenford and his Clerke’; The ABC of Aristotle, and other proverbs
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-99r: John Lydgate, Life of Our Lady (Boffey and Edwards, New Index (2005), no. 2574). ff. 100r-102v: ‘Questiones by twene the Maister of Oxenford and his Clerke’. ff. 103r-103v: The ABC of Aristotle, and other proverbs (Boffey and Edwards, New Index (2005), no. 4155). Deco...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

94. Harley MS 1337

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1337
Title:
The Prose Brut Chronicle, with a collection of prophecies attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer, Merlin and others
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-105r: The Prose Brut Chronicle (abbreviated version to 1419); ending with the explicit: 'Here endith a book callyd the Croniclis of Englonde made & compilid by notabil Clerkis of aventuris of kyngis þat were in þis londe and howe þey died' (f. 105r). The manuscript contai...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

95. Harley MS 1338

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1338
Title:
A collection of university determinationes, once including a fair copy of material relating to King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-85v: A collection of university determinationes. It once included a fair copy of material relating to King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

96. Harley MS 1344

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1344
Title:
Narratives of events in the career of Sir Francis Vere
Scope & Content:
This volume provides copies of five narratives describing events in the career of Sir Francis Vere (b. 1560/61, d. 1609), army officer and diplomat, as Lord Marshal in the campaigns of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, against Cadiz and the Azores, and as general commanding the English compani...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1602-c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

97. Harley MS 1419/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1419/1
Title:
Inventory of King Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Along with Harley MS 1419/2, this manuscript forms the second part of King Henry VIII's inventory; the first part is Society of Antiquaries MS 129 A and B. From the absence of signatures, it is clear that both volumes are fair copies. Instructions were given to draw up an inventory of Henry's mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1547-1548
Extent:
1 volume

98. Harley MS 1419/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1419/2
Title:
Inventory of King Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Along with Harley MS 1419/2, this manuscript forms the second part of King Henry VIII's inventory; the first part is Society of Antiquaries MS 129 A and B. From the absence of signatures, it is clear that both volumes are fair copies. Instructions were given to draw up an inventory of Henry's mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1547-1548
Extent:
1 volume

99. Harley MS 1528

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1528
Title:
The 'Harley Catalan Bible'. תנ"ך Tana"kh Bible
Scope & Content:
Language: Hebrew Bible with masorah magna and parva (the 'Harley Catalan Bible'). Fols 1r-424v Tana"kh. תנ"ך Decoration note: Full page miniatures in colours and gold of Temple implements. (Fols 7v, 8r) Decoration note: 12 full-page arcades in colours. (Fols 1v, 2r, 2v, 3r, 3v, 4r, 4v, 7r,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew
Date Range:
1325-1374
Extent:
424 folios

100. Harley MS 1568

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1568
Title:
The Prose Brut Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-182r: The Prose Brut Chronicle (Common version to 1419). Decoration: Historiated initial of King Diocletian and his daughters combined with a full bar border in colours and gold with floral decoration (f. 1r). Numerous historiated initials or small miniatures in colours and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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