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1861. Harley MS 1157

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1157
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Shropshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A list of the order for a funeral procession (‘Order for funeralls’). ff. 2r-78r: Pedigrees of Shropshire families, with coats of arms; the latest date in the manuscript is 1612 (ff. 45r, 58v). f. 79: An unidentified coat of arms. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked, drawn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1862. Harley MS 1365

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1365
Title:
A collection of Alphabets of Arms in blazon
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A blazon of the arms of 'Laurence Breterghe of Bretegheholt' in French heraldic terminology. ff. 1r-21v: An Alphabet of Arms in blazon (French heraldic terminology), including English families and attributed arms such as those of of King Arthur, Godfrey of Bouillon, and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1863. Harley MS 1753

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1753
Title:
Notes taken from sermons preached by Edmund Calamy
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume containing what was originally three books of notes taken from sermons preached by Edmund Calamy the elder, Presbyterian church leader and divine. The first book is titled 'Liber D: D:D' and contains notes from two sermons: 'Mathew 6:2323 The Single Eye' and 'Luke 8:18....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

1864. Harley MS 1914

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1914
Title:
Yūhannā ibn Sarābiyūn (Serapion the Elder), Breviarium medicinae
Scope & Content:
Yūhannā ibn Sarābiyūn (Serapion the Elder), Breviarium medicinae; Imperfect at the end. The Breviarium medicinae or Practica Serapionis is the Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona (c.1114-1187) of the Arabic version of a work known as the Small Compendium and originally written in Syriac by Yū...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
133 folios.

1865. Harley MS 1921

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1921
Title:
A catalogue of alphabets and specimens of handwriting
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-80r: A catalogue of alphabets and specimens of handwriting, including 2 printed page fragments on the topic of writing (ff. 51, 80).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1866. Harley MS 1948

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1948
Title:
Breviary of Chester collections, by Archdeacon Robert Rogers
Scope & Content:
Copy of Breviary of Chester collections by Archdeacon Robert Rogers (d. 1595), in the hand of his son, David Rogers. Chapter VII includes outline coats of arms, unfinished. ff. 3-17. ‘The Charter of the Cittie of Chester; beinge the moste principall Charter graunted by Kinge Henry the Seventh’...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1619
Extent:
1 volume

1867. Harley MS 2791

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2791
Title:
The Gospels of Matthew and Mark with gloss
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-92v: The Gospel of Matthew with gloss, beginning: 'Jer. Mathaeus cum primo praedicasset evangelium'; with a list of capitula (ff. 92r-92v) ff. 93r-147r: The Gospel of Mark with gloss, beginning: 'Marcus petri discipulus rogatu Romanorum evangelium scripsit'; with a list of ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1868. Harley MS 2811

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2811
Title:
Bible, with Psalms and Interpretation of Hebrew Names
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-459v: Bible (with Psalms), imperfect: missing the beginning of the prologue to Genesis. ff. 460r-470v: Interpretation of Hebrew Names, organised alphabetically; imperfect (only covers 'A' - 'C'). The manuscript contains various additions: Copiously annotated (especially in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1869. Harley MS 3605-3616

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3605-3616
Title:
John Le Neve's collection of monumental inscriptions
Scope & Content:
Twelve manuscript volumes of monumental inscriptions, dating from 1400 to 1716, collected from various churches in England, by John Le Neve. These are sorted by year, and usually written in the hand of John Le Neve. Some printed sources and letters from Le Neve's friends, informing him of vario...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
12 volumes

1870. Harley MS 3662

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3662
Title:
Petrus de Crescentiis (Pietro de’ Crescenzi), Ruralia commoda.
Scope & Content:
Petrus de Crescentiis, Ruralia commoda, imperfect (5 folios excised at the beginning), incipit: '...montes et terras frigidas...' Decoration: Puzzle initial in red and black with pen-flourished decoration in black extending into the margin (f. 46r). Initials in blue with pen-flourished decora...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
107 folios.

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