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51. Harley MS 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 28
Title:
Indenture between King Henry VII, John Islip, abbot of Westminster, the abbot of St Albans, and the mayor and commonalty of London
Scope & Content:
Quadripartite indenture made between King Henry VII, John Islip, abbot of Westminster, the abbot of St Albans and the mayor and commonalty of London in 20 Henry VII (r. 1485–1509), for an anniversary to be observed there. Decoration: Attributed to the 'Flamboyant artist' (see Scott, 'Manuscrip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1504-1505
Extent:

1 volume

52. Harley MS 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 41
Title:
Description of royal ceremonies and related accounts, during the reigns of Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: The names of the knights of the Bayn [i.e. Bath] made at the creation of Thomas Grey as Lord Marquis of Dorset in 1475. ff. 2r–11v: The receiving, conveying and coronation of Anne Boleyn. f. 12r: A sketch of the seating plan at Anne Boleyn's coronation. Anne is depicted wearing a closed...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

53. Harley MS 45

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 45
Title:
A Myrour to Lewde Men and Wymmen
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–168r: A Myrour to Lewde Men and Wymmen The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 168r–169r: Antiphons with English translations; including ‘O uirgo uirginum’, as well as a verse from the Te deum, ‘In te domine’; added in in the 2nd half of the 15th century. f. 170r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

54. Harley MS 55

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55
Title:
Anglo-Saxon miscellany including medical remedies and Anglo-Saxon laws by Edgar and Cnut
Scope & Content:
The volume is made up of fragments from two different manuscripts. The first fragment (ff. 1r-4v; unit A) probably formed the end of the original manuscript, and includes: Bald, Leechbook, book 2, chapter 59 (ff. 1r-3r); Laws of King Edgar (r. 959-975) (ff. 3v-4v); Oswald, archbishop of Yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Early 11th century
Extent:

1 volume

55. Harley MS 55, f 4v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55, f 4v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Oswald, archbishop of York (972-992), a statement relating to alienated lands in Otley, Ripon and Sherburn-in-Elmet and of lands obtained for York by Archbishop Oscytel (d. 1071), Oswald's predecessor; with additions possibly in the hand of Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester (1003-1016) and archbisho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1003-1023
Extent:
1 folio.

56. Harley MS 55, ff 1r-3r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55, ff 1r-3r
Title:
Scope & Content:
Bald's Leechbook (20 remedies), imperfect, incipit: 'Wið þære heal Fdeadan adle and hwanon seo cume seo adl cymð on þa swiðran healfe'; explicit: 'wæteres bollan / Fulne to gedrincanne'. The text corresponds to chapter 59 of book 2 of the 'Laecebok' or Leechbook, copied by Cild for Bald at the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
3 folios.

57. Harley MS 55, ff 3v-4v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55, ff 3v-4v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Laws of King Edgar (r. 959-975), with the Latin title 'Lege Eadgari' added in the upper margin.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
2 folios.

58. Harley MS 55, ff 5r-13v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55, ff 5r-13v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Laws of King Cnut (r. 1016-1035). Decoration: Large initials (2-3 lines; ff. 5, 7v, 13) in red, paragraph initials touched in red, rubric (f. 5r) in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Early 11th century
Extent:
9 folios.

59. Harley MS 57

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 57
Title:
Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus (ff. 2r-25v) and an excerpt from the Distinctiones de vita eterna (ff. 26r-27v). A small parchment label pasted on f. 1r includes a 14th-century inscription providing a table of contents for the volume signed by an early owner...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

60. Harley Ms 57, ff 2r-25v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ms 57, ff 2r-25v
Title:
Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus
Scope & Content:
Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus. This treatise by Albertus Magnus (1206-1280), scientist, philosopher, and theologian, relates to the nature of minerals, stones and metals, and was probably composed in stages between 1248 and 1262. Rubric 'Incipit liber primus mineralium qui est ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

23 folios.

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