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1051. Harley MS 847

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 847
Title:
English poems and historical papers
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: An English poem by ‘W. C.’ to Henry Fradsham. ff. 2r-35r: 'A Communicacion or Discourse of the Queenes highness Mariage debated betwixt some Gentlemen of the Court at Northhawt [crossed out: ‘Montharile’] in Essex and reported by syr Thomas Smythe knight to his neyghboure ffr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1052. Harley MS 1273

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1273
Title:
Italian cantatas, arias and duets
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-79 passim. Cantatas, Arias, etc., with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. Anonymous, unless the contrary is stated. In the hand of Humphrey Wanley. 1. 'E crudo, lo veggio.' 'Ferdinando.' f. 1. 2. 'Lasciatevi bacciar.' By the same. f. 1b. 3. 'Quand', amor, mi darai pace.' f. 2. 4. 'l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

1053. Harley MS 2203

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2203
Title:
Coats of arms of Staffordshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-19v: Coats of arms of arms from the Visitation-Book of Staffordshire of 1583, some organized in a grid (16 arms per page), and others without a grid, featuring crests (about 9 per page); also featuring seals of towns (Stafford, Litchfield, Newcastle under Lyme). ff. 20r-21v: A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1054. Harley MS 2880

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2880
Title:
Collection of offices and prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8v: Office for the feast of Corpus Christi, entitled: 'In die venerabilis sacramenti'. ff. 8v-14v: Office for the feast of the Visitation, entitled: 'In visitacione beate marie virginis Invitatorium'; with a reading from a sermon of Bernard of Clairvaux ('Ex sermone Bernardi ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1055. Harley MS 3183

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3183
Title:
Devotional manual in Old Provençal
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-14r: A confession formulary including detailed lists of vices and virtues, with a section for each of the Seven Deadly Sins and its subcategories, mortal sins, Cardinal and Theological Virtues, the Sacraments, Articles of Faith, sins against the Holy Spirit, sins of the tongue...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Provençal, Old
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1056. Harley MS 4351

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4351
Title:
Registrum Brevium of Edward I
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-133r: Registrum Brevium from the reign of King Edward I (r. 1272–1307); largely written in Latin, but including letters in French towards the end. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 37r (lower margin): A proverb in English: 'Let virtue springe and vyce decaye and g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1057. Harley MS 4408

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4408
Title:
Les trois fils de rois
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-159v: Les trois fils de rois, an anonymous romance. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 160v: Crossed out letter (upside down) in French; added in the (?) 16th century. Decoration: Large plain initials in red ink. Rubrics in red. Capitals highlighted in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1058. Harley MS 4743

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4743
Title:
Gasparo Contarini, De republica Venetorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-97r: Gasparo Contarini (b. 1483, d. 1542), De republica Venetorum, beginning: 'Non ita tamen continuum est'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1059. Harley MS 5146

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5146
Title:
Tenurae; Natura Brevium; Novelli Tenores
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a number of collections of legal cases written in Latin and French. It also contains a previously unidentified stanza from the Middle English poem The Court of Sapience, usually attributed to John Lydgate, but here assigned to Geoffrey Chaucer. The poem has only been ide...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1483
Extent:
1 volume

1060. Harley MS 5339

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5339
Title:
A collection of medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-113v ( + the insides of the upper and lower cover): Medical recipes in Latin; with an English recipe at the beginning: ‘To Rectified Sp[irit] of Wine per Robert Boyle Armiger’ [Robert Boyle (b. 1627, d. 1691), natural philosopher]. Decoration: A drawing of an arch with two ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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