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1. Harley MS 616

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 616
Title:
Bible (Genesis-Psalms)
Scope & Content:
First volume of the Bible (Genesis-Psalms), incipit: 'Cist livres est apelez Genesis por ce que il est de la generation du ciel et de la terre'; ends imperfectly in Psalm 109, explicit: 'De ci a tant que je aie miste ennemis souz les...'. The second volume, containing Proverbs-Revelation, is no...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 6161

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6161
Title:
Coats of arms of English families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-97v: Coats of arms of English families (16 per page), with information about heirs, mostly dated to 1601-1607; alphabetically organised. Decoration: Coats of arms, some with crests, tricked, drawn in brown ink in printed escutcheons placed in grids with flowers at their inte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1600-1609
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 6162

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6162
Title:
Arms of the Knights of the Garter
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two separately produced parts that both contain the arms of the Knights of the Garter. The first part (ff. 1-47) bears the date 1579, which is supported by the fact that the last identified knight, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, was elected to the Orde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1522-1579
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 6163

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6163
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. iii verso-134v: The arms of saints, emperors, kings, English nobility and gentry, beginning with the attributed arms of Prester John, the Trinity, the Virgin Mary, St George, St Denis, St Edward, St Edmund, Shield of Faith, St Albans, St Thomas of Canterbury, St Peter and St Paul....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1480-c. 1500
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 6164

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6164
Title:
The Visitation Book of the county of Sussex of 1634
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-98v: The Visitation Book of the county of Sussex, recorded by John Philipot (b. 1588, d. 1645), Rouge Dragon Pursuivant and Somerset Herald, and George Owen (b. c. 1598, d. 1665), Clarenceux and Norroy King of Arms and York Herald, in 1633-1634; containing a tract (f. 83r) conf...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1634
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 6165

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6165
Title:
Family trees and coats of arms of Holy Roman Emperors
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-3v: Blank leaves. ff. 4r-9v: A family tree for the Holy Roman Emperors, ending in 1612. ff. 10v-46r: Descriptions of the reigns of Holy Roman Emperors from the Carolingian dynasty to the House of Habsburg. ff. 47v-51r: A family tree of the Holy Roman Emperors from the Hou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1612
Extent:
1 volume