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6331. Harley MS 5874

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5874
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Lincolnshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: A collection of coats of arms and crests of Lincolnshire families (6-10 per page) with (?) page references. ff. 4r-7v, 9r-29v: Coats of arms with crests of Lincolnshire families (4 per page), some or all drawn from architecture, such as Theobalds House [demolished in 1649...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6332. Harley MS 5875

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5875
Title:
Coats of arms of English families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-121v: Coats of arms (6 per page) of English families, some with mottos in French or Latin; many escutcheons have been left blank. ff. 122r-127r: An alphabetical index of surnames included in this manuscript. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, drawn in black ink throughout ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6333. Harley MS 5876

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5876
Title:
A treatise concerninge the Nobillitie of England accordinge to the Lawes of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-136v: ‘A treatise concerninge the Nobillitie of England accordinge to the Lawes of England’; a 17th-century copy of Harley MS 6078. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*recto: A title inscription: 'The Magazen of Honour or A treatise concerninge the Nobillitie of E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6334. Harley MS 5883

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5883
Title:
English pedigrees and coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-173v: Collections of pedigrees of English families, some featuring coats of arms; with excerpts from charters and inscriptions of tombstones; one of the latest dates featuring in this manuscript is 1615 (f. 46v). ff. 174r-174v: Copies of indentures in French and Latin. The m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6335. Harley MS 5884

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5884
Title:
English coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-12r: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. ff. 13r-16v: Letters of patent (copies), dated to 1539/40, 1592 and 1613. ff. 17r-105r: Coats of arms of English families (mostly 12 per page), one featuring the date 1618 (f. 87r). Decoration: Coats...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6336. Harley MS 5888

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5888
Title:
Knights made by King James I and King Charles I, 1603 to 1636
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title inscription: ‘Knights made by King James and King Charles, From 1603, to 1636: With an Alphabetical Table by Sir Richard St George’. ff. 2r-38r: A ‘List of such Knights as have bene made by King James in the times of his Most happy Reigne – Rolle of all the Knights ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1603-1636
Extent:
1 volume

6337. Harley MS 5890

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5890
Title:
An Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-219r: An Alphabet of Arms for English families, blazoned, with drawings of heraldic devices. ff. 220r-226r: Lists of Lords and Knights made by King James I, beginning with ‘knyghts made the first yere of kinge James 1603’. Decoration: Heraldic devices drawn in black ink th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6338. Harley MS 5891

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5891
Title:
Alphabets of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: The arms of the archbishops and bishops, blazoned in French heraldic terminology. ff. 2r-143r: An Alphabet of arms of English families, with their arms blazoned in French heraldic terminology. ff. 144r-150r: An Alphabet of arms of cities and towns, with their arms blazoned ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6339. Harley MS 5908/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5908/1
Title:
Fragment of 'The Clerk's Tale', from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
This single leaf contains a fragment of 'The Clerk's Tale' from The Canterbury Tales by the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400), comprising ll. 808-891 of the text, beginning, 'Takeþ it aȝen I ȝeue ȝew leue of my grace'. The leaf was formerly f. 61 in Harley MS 5908, a 17th-century co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 leaf

6340. Harley MS 5915

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5915
Title:
A collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin
Scope & Content:
The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716) for historical ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
8th century - 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

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