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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1993
Title:: Heraldic book by Thomas Barneston and others
Scope & Content:: Manuscript book of coats of arms, many painted, in several hands. The name Thomas Barneston inscribed below the large coats of arms on ff. 2 and 4. Contents: f. 1v. ‘The valuation of the bushopricks in the Queen’s Bookes, 1600’. Waste leaf lining the former cover of the manuscript, in the ha...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2892
Title:: Fragment of a pontifical, the Canterbury Benedictional
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains two originally separate items: ff. 1-16: a fragment of a pontifical, including an Ordo for the blessing of oils; ff. 17-214: the Canterbury Benedictional.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st-3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:: 1 parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2951
Title:: Hymnal, use of Sarum, with a calendar
Scope & Content:: This is a composite manuscript containing a hymnal in two parts (ff. 1r-117r and ff. 118r-125v) that were probably written in the 4th quarter of the 14th century or 1st quarter of the 15th century. It is followed by a calendar (ff. 126-131v) that was produced in the early 14th century; and a lea...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3126
Title:: Collection of sermons for the liturgical year
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-125v: A collection of sermons, beginning: 'Cum appropinquasset Iesus'; imperfect at the end. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red, some with pen-flourishing. Highlighting in red. Running titles in black and red. Manicules in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3364
Title:: Edward Paynton, Discourse of Court and Courtiers
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-65v: Edward Paynton, Discourse of Court and Courtiers, 1633; dedicated to James, Duke of Lennox. Decoration: Small initials with penwork decoration in brown ink.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1633
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3829
Title:: Goffredo Conratter, Urbis ac territorii Patavini descriptio
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-84r: Goffredo Conratter, Urbis ac territorii Patavini descriptio, with the fragmentary title: 'Urbis acTerritorii Patavini descriptio. In gratiam eorum qui urbes Italiæ per lustrare cupiunt, in lucem edita. Authore Gottfrido Co[…]'. Decoration: Rubrics in red. A floral moti...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3855
Title:: Collection of sermons; theological notes and excerpts
Scope & Content:: A composite manuscript of two distinct parts that were produced separately. Part 1 (ff. 1-9) contains a collection of Latin sermons, written in the 14th century. Part 2 (ff. 10-45) contains theological notes, written in the 13th century. Contents: Part 1: ff. 1r-9r: Collection of sermo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 13th century-14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3996
Title:: Nicolas de Nicolay, Navigation de la Mer
Scope & Content:: An account of James V’s navigation round Scotland in 1540 written by Nicolas de Nicolay (1517-83), royal geographer and lord of Arfeuille et Bel-Air. Based upon the pilot book of James’ navigator, Alexander Lindsay. A presentation copy for Cardinal Charles de Lorraine (1524-74). De Nicolay would...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1547-1566
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4629
Title:: Texts on the wars of Julius Caesar
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1v: added maxim on humility, late 15th century. f. 2v: table of contents. ff. 3r-4v: Polemius Silvius, list of Roman provinces from his Laterculus. ff. 5r-70r: Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic War). ff. 70r-79v: Aulus Hirtius, Commentarii de bell...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4690
Title:: The Brut Chronicle; 'Richard Coer de Lion'
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the Middle English translation of the Brut Chronicle from French by John Mandeville in 1435. It also includes a poem in Middle English verse known as 'Richard Coer de Lion'. Contents: ff. 4r-108r: The so-called 'Peculiar version' of the Brut ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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