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2461. Harley MS 7399

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7399
Title:
A collection of French 'airs de cour'
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-63v: A collection of French 'airs de cour'. Decoration: Initials with zoomorphic, anthropomorphic and grotesque features and interlace decoration in colours. Drawings of flowers, plants and farm animals in colours. Small initials with foliate decoration in colours.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2462. Harley MS 282

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 282
Title:
Letters relating to the embassy of Sir Thomas Wyatt, 1536-1539
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-300v: A collection of original and copies of letters from the correspondence of Sir Thomas Wyatt relating to his embassy (1536-1539); containing letters from and to King Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell, and Thomas Wriothesley. The collection ends with a letter by Cardinal Wolsey to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1536-c 1539
Extent:
1 volume

2463. Harley MS 1368

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1368
Title:
Heraldical collection of funeral proceedings by Sir Henry St George
Scope & Content:
Heraldry book of Sir Henry St George (1581–1644), herald, intended to contain his collections. Many blank folios remaining. Contents: f. 1*v: Notes of the birth dates of King Charles I and his sister Elizabeth, later Queen of Bohemia. ff. 1-2: Proceeding of the funeral of Mrs Allington, who ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1611-1616
Extent:
1 volume

2464. Harley MS 1588

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1588
Title:
Reports of law cases from the reign of Queen Elizabeth
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-170r, 178r-192r: Reports of law cases from the 23rd until the 37th years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth; in English and Law French. ff. 171r-177r: 'Cases hors del Curia Wardorum'. ff. 192r-194r: Case between Lord Buckhurst and Justice Fenner, 40 Elizabeth I. ff. 194r-198...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1580-c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

2465. Harley MS 2818

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2818
Title:
Bible, with the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-397r: Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166r-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378r-397r). The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 1*r-1*v, 397v-[398]verso: Practice sentences and pen trials in English and proverbs in Latin. f. 2*recto: A note: 'de excellenci...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2466. Harley MS 3571

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3571
Title:
A Life of the Virgin Mary and Christ, in Italian
Scope & Content:
This manuscript features an Italian text that can be described as a vita of the Virgin Mary and Christ, although it also highlights the role of St Joseph after Christ's death. The narrative starts with the Virgin's birth and childhood and ends with her assumption into heaven. Perhaps another ver...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

2467. Harley MS 4981

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4981
Title:
The Old Testament Books of the Minor Prophets, with glosses
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-112v: The Old Testament Books of the Minor Prophets, with glosses. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r: List of Old Testament kings; written in the late 12th or early 13th century. f. 1r: Note on the gloss, attributing it to Anselm of Canterbury, Ralph of Laon, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

2468. Harley MS 5687

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5687
Title:
St Augustine, De trinitate, translated into Greek by Maximos Planoudes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
3 Jun 1609
Extent:
1 item

2469. Harley MS 1413

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1413
Title:
Albrecht of Prussia, Kriegsordnung (chapters 7-10)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the second half of a two-volume set of the Kriegsordnung (chapters 7-10), a treatise on managing large military campaigns composed by Albrecht of Prussia (b. 1490, d. 1568), first Duke of Prussia and grand master of the Teutonic Order. It is considered to be one of the m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1555
Extent:
1 volume

2470. Harley MS 2417

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2417
Title:
John Mirk, Liber Festivalis (or Festial)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-87v: John Mirk (b. 1382, d. c. 1414), Liber Festivalis (The Book of Festivals or Festial), imperfect at the end. The Festial is a collection of homilies for the festivals of the liturgical year as it was celebrated in Mirk's time in Shropshire. The Festial was the most widely ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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