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3781. Harley MS 6352

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6352
Title:
A dictionary of Latin abbreviations
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-37r: A dictionary of Latin abbreviations used in diplomatic records, entitled ‘Abbreviaturae’; copied from Diplomata Scotiae of James Anderson (b. 1662, d. 1728) (published posthumously in 1739). The manuscript contains a later addition: f. [ii]recto: A pencil note: ‘Copied ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 volume

3782. Harley MS 6359

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6359
Title:
Des Grantz geanz (Octosyllabic version); Brut Chronicle (Short Version)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Des Grantz geanz (Octosyllabic version). ff. 4r-84v: Brut Chronicle (Short Version) down to 1329.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

3783. Harley MS 6362

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6362
Title:
William Roper, The lyfe of Sir Thomas Moore, knighte
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: A title-page: ‘The Lyfe of Sir Thomas Moore sometyme Chancellor of Englande written by the sonne in lawe William Roper of Eltham in the Counye of Kente esquier’. ff. 3r-47v: William Roper (b. 1495x8, d. 1578), The lyfe of Sir Thomas Moore, knighte, here entitled: ‘The Lyfe of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

3784. Harley MS 6363

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6363
Title:
A description of London; with a list of mayors and sheriffs from 1190-1588
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-52r: A ‘Breeff Description of the Famous Cittie of London Capitall Cittie of this Realme of England et caetera Anno 1588’. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 53r: Notes about London, beginning: ‘Shoreditch Place otherwise called Inglerowe’; added in the 17th centur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1588
Extent:
1 volume

3785. Harley MS 6371

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6371
Title:
The Diariey of Robert Birrell Burgess of Edinburgh - Containing Diverse Passages of State, and uthers Memorable Accidents - From the 1532 Zeir of Our Redemption, Till the Beginning of the Zeir 1605
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-77r: The Diariey of Robert Birrell Burgess of Edinburgh - Containing Diverse Passages of State, and uthers Memorable Accidents - From the 1532 Zeir of Our Redemption, Till the Beginning of the Zeir 1605.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Scots
Date Range:
1605
Extent:
1 volume

3786. Harley MS 6382

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6382
Title:
A Treatise contayninge the lyfe and manner of death of that most holy prelat and constant martyr of christ John ffisher Bishop of Rochester and Cardinall of the holy church of Rome
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-118r: A ‘Treatise contayninge the lyfe and manner of death of that most holy prelat and constant martyr of christ John ffisher Bishop of Rochester and Cardinall of the holy church of Rome’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1536-c. 1599
Extent:
1 volume

3787. Harley MS 6395

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6395
Title:
Jests and curious stories of Nicholas L’Estrange
Scope & Content:
A book of 606 jests and anecdotes compiled by Nicholas L’Estrange (1604-1655), with unnumbered additions in a different hand. Anecdotes from L’Estrange’s own knowledge are identified by the initials S.N.L., while others are attributed to friends and relatives, including his brothers, Hamon L'Est...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1630s-1650s
Extent:
1 volume

3788. Harley MS 6401

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6401
Title:
Certayne observacions upon a libell published this present yeare of 1502 Intituled A declaracion of the true causes of the great troubles presupposed to be intended against the Realme of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-64r: ‘Certayne observacions upon a libell published this present yeare of 1502 Intituled A declaracion of the true causes of the great troubles presupposed to be intended against the Realme of England’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1502
Extent:
1 volume

3789. Harley MS 6403

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6403
Title:
A conference between a Fellow of the University of Cambridge and a Catholic lawyer
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-52v: An untitled work in English, describing a conference between a Fellow of the University of Cambridge and a lawyer, a Roman catholic, in the time of Elizabeth I. Beginning: 'The epistle dedicatorie: to Mr G.M. in gracious streate in London'. Touching on the subjects of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1580-c 1603
Extent:
1 volume

3790. Harley MS 6453

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6453
Title:
A collection of English alchemical treatises, including Bernard Trevisan’s Liber de Alchemiae, George Ripley’s The Mystery of Alchymysts, Bloomfield's Blossoms, and Roger Bacon’s Speculum Alchemiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-21r: Bernard Trevisan, Liber de Alchemiae, here entitled ‘The worke [Alchymie]of the Lord Barnard Erle of the Marchis of Trevisan’. ff. 21r-25r: George Ripley, The Mystery of Alchymysts, here entitled ‘The worke of an unknowen Author, havinge no name to yt but Jesus’. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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