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4001. Harley MS 7203/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7203/1
Title:
Detached former binding of Harley MS 7203
Scope & Content:
Detached brown leather binding over wooden boards, with the Harleian arms and the name 'ROBERT HARLEY' gold-stamped on the upper and lower covers, and fragments of the spine affixed to the lower cover. The binding was formerly attached to Harley MS 7203 (Journal of Parliament from the 43rd year o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Former binding of Harley MS 7203

4002. Harley MS 7312

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7312
Title:
Miscellany of satirical poetry, and a copy of the play 'Sodom, or The Quintesence of Debauchery'
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. Contents: p. 1*: Table of Contents. pp. 1-2: 'Prologue'. First line: 'Gentle Reproofes have long been try'd in vaine'. pp. 2-4: 'The Hypocrite'. First line: 'Thou'rt more unconstant, then the wind or sea'. pp. 5-10: 'Observacons on Tunbridge Wells' [By John Wilmot, 2nd ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4003. Harley MS 7315

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7315
Title:
Miscellany containing mostly political poetry
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing various verses and prose in two parts, by two or more professional scribes. The first part (ff. 1-149) is indexed (ff. 150-151). The second part (ff. 152-303) contains a table of contents at the front. Contents: ff. 1-7v: 'The second Advice to a Painter for dr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1703
Extent:
1 volume

4004. Harley MS 7322

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7322
Title:
Collections of Latin sermons, theological excerpts, moralized tales, moral discourses and expositions on biblical citations
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*verso-2*verso: Latin sermons. ff. 1r-12v: A collection of theological excerpts attributed to Augustine of Hippo; Bernard of Clairvaux; Bede the Venerable; Isidore of Seville; Jerome; Ambrose; Caesarius of Arles; Gregory the Great; Origen; John Chrysostom; and Seneca. Beginning...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

4005. Harley MS 7336

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7336
Title:
Catalogue of Roman and Byzantine imperial gold coinage
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a 17th-century catalogue of Roman and Byzantine imperial gold coinage. The catalogue is arranged in chronological order, beginning with the Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (b. 106, d. 48 BC) and Julius Caesar (b. 100, d. 44 BC), and ending with the Byzantine emperor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4006. Harley MS 7337

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7337
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 1.
Scope & Content:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. The Anthems included are: —1. 'I call and cry to thee, O Lord' (5 parts); originally written (as well as the three following) to Latin words. 'Tho. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (196 folios)

4007. Harley MS 7337-7342

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7337-7342
Title:
'A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Composed by the best masters, and collected by Thomas Tudway, D.M., Musick-Professor to the University of Cambridge, a.d. mdccxv.'
Scope & Content:
Services and anthems collected by Thomas Tudway, D.M., Musick-Professor to the University of Cambridge, 1715, and afterwards brought down to the end of Queen Anne's reign. In score. In six volumes. In a short introduction addressed to Edward, Lord Harley [2nd Earl of Oxford, 1724], for whom the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:

6 volumes (196, 254, 244, 268, 294, 383 folios)

4008. Harley MS 7338

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7338
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 2.
Scope & Content:
'A Collection of … Services and Anthems, both ancient and modern … beginning at the Restauration of K. Charles II. . . . collected . . . a.d. mdccxvi.' Preceded by another introduction to Lord Harley, giving an account of the innovations made by Charles II in the royal Chapel and of their influe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

4009. Harley MS 7339

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7339
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 3.
Scope & Content:
Anthems and Services 'before and since the Restauration of King Charles the IId, mdccxvi '; preceded by an introduction alluding briefly to the royal and otherwise distinguished persons who have written music, among whom the collector specially mentions Henry VIII, the Emperor Leopold I, and the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (244 folios)

4010. Harley MS 7340

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7340
Title:
A Collection of the most celebrated Services and Anthems used in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Restauration of K. Charles II. Volume 4.
Scope & Content:
Services and Anthems . . . from ye Reformation . . . . down to ye Accession of Queen Anne . . . . [collected] a.d. mdcc[x]vii '; preceded by a short introduction treating chiefly of the composition and rendering of church music. The Anthems are: —1. 'O sing unto ye Lord a new song' (full anthe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1720
Extent:
1 volume (268 folios)

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