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3091. Harley MS 4805

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4805
Title:
Diplomatic correspondence and treaties between France and the Ottoman Empire; the capitulations of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands to France
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [1a]recto (parchment pastedown): A title inscription: '[…] conservant les affaires de Turgaie'. ff. 1*r-103v: Collection of letters and documents, chiefly containing correspondence and treaties between the kings of France and the sultans of the Ottoman Empire, written in French, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3092. Harley MS 4806

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4806
Title:
Cicero, De inventione; Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-56r: Cicero, De inventione. ff. 57r-116r: Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium. Decoration: Large decorated initial in gold and colours formed by 2 fish with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves, naturalistic flowers and birds extending into the margins on 2 sides (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

3093. Harley MS 4809

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4809
Title:
Cartulary of Waltham Abbey
Scope & Content:
ff. 1*r–2*v: Table of contents by Peter le Neve. ff. 1r–192v: Sections ‘vii’–‘xxi’ of a cartulary. Private deeds arranged and numbered in sections by places; occasional additions throughout; section xix for Stansted (Essex) wants 30 entries at the beginning, before f. 138. f. 193r–v: Pen trial...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1353-1360s
Extent:

1 volume

3094. Harley MS 4812

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4812
Title:
Law cases from the reign of Elizabeth I, 1586-1591
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-90v: Law cases from the 29th year until the 33rd year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, written in Law French. The manuscript contains two additions: f. 1*recto: Parchment strip with the initials 'R. H.' inscribed; written in the 16th or 17th century. f. 2*recto: Parchmen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1591
Extent:
1 volume

3095. Harley MS 4827

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4827
Title:
The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (extended version to 1419)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-157r: The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (extended version to 1419), entitled: 'Here bigynneth a booke whiche is callid Brute the Cronicles of Englond'; beginning: 'This boke treteh and telleth of þe kynges & principal lordes' The manuscript contains several later additio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1419-c 1450
Extent:
1 volume

3096. Harley MS 4828

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4828
Title:
Treatise on the conduct of soldiers in war
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-32r: 'This boke Intictualled to the Practysed Soldiers for Remembraunce and to the unexpert for Instruckc[ion] Touching the noble [? art of ] the wars set on […] hand [...] B […]'. Beginning: 'When the prince of the lande is moved to the Warres and hath chosen his lyfftenaunt ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3097. Harley MS 4830

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4830
Title:
Laws of the city of Avignon
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-17v: Laws of the city of Avignon, beginning with the rubric 'Aiso es la carta del covenes de la civitat de Avigno[n]', followed by the 'Convention de Beaucaire', a charter dated May 1251 ending the civil liberties of the city, as agreed between the municipal authorities of Avi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Occitan, and Occitan, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

3098. Harley MS 4834

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4834
Title:
Gaius Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-146v: Gaius Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic War). [f. 147 is a ruled unwritten leaf]. Decoration: 1 three-sided white vine border in colours and gold with putti, butterflies, birds and the coat of arms of the Porzio family of Messina (f. 1r). ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3099. Harley MS 4835

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4835
Title:
Cartulary of Clare Friary
Scope & Content:
f. 1*r: Label noting places in the cartulary. ff. 1r–59v: Cartulary of private deeds relating to Clare, arranged topographically, with a copy of one royal charter, 1364, at the beginning (ff. 58–59 should follow f. 6). f. 60r: Added leaf (16th century) with a note on the ground belonging to th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Paper codex

3100. Harley MS 4842

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4842
Title:
Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1-87: Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni, imperfect, lacking part of Book 4, where 1 folio is ruled but nearly completely unwritten (f. 10). Written by Franciscus Caballus Montefortinas, 1464: his colophon 'Per me Fra[n]ciscum Caballum montefortinatem vigesima octav...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1464
Extent:
1 volume

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