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2581. Harley MS 746

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 746
Title:
Legal tracts including the Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus Regni Angliae and the Leges Willelmi
Scope & Content:
A compilation of various legal tracts, including the Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus Regni Angliae (Treatise on the laws and customs of the kingdom of England), attributed to Ranulf Glanville (d. 1190). The Leges Willelmi, a late-12th-century translation of the French treatise known as L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2582. Harley MS 1792

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1792
Title:
Alessandro Melani: Intermedio (sc. Intermezzo) a cinque, con Instromenti, Rinaldo, Armida, Vbaldo, Carlo, e Ninfa
Scope & Content:
Intermedio (sc. Intermezzo) a cinque, con Instromenti, Rinaldo, Armida, Vbaldo, Carlo, e Ninfa. Mvsica del Sig. Alessandro Melani, Parole del Sig. Pietro Cenciani'; with figured bass, in score. Probably entitled 'Armida' or 'Rinaldo ed Armida.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (51 folios)

2583. Harley MS 2570

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2570
Title:
Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Epistulae; Petrarch, Flosculi excerpti ex remediis utriusque fortune; Plato, letters translated by Leonardo Bruni; Plutarch, De Liberis Educandis translated by Guarinus Veronensis; anonymous orations; Poggio Bracciolini, letters; Antonio Beccaria, letter to Antonius Nogarolensis; Guarinus Veronensis, letter; excerpts form Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita; Poggio Bracciolini, Invective against Philelphus; Funebris oratio habita per Gasparem Tribrachum Mutinensem ...
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*r-1*v: a trimmed membrane from a 13th-century roll used as a flyleaf. ff. 1r-56r: Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger), Epistulae. ff. 57r-144r: Petrarch, Flosculi excerpti ex remediis utriusque fortune. ff. 145r-157v: Plato, Letters translated by Leonardo Br...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2584. Harley MS 4990

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4990
Title:
Collection of historical papers, including orations to Henry VIII and decrees of the Star Chamber
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. ii recto: 'Tracts of divers Natures vide Indicem. fo: VI' f. iii recto: Table of contents. f. iv recto: A title page: 'An Oration in Commendatioun of the Lawes cheiflye of the lawes of this moste noble Realme of Englande'. ff. 1r-2r: An oration of John Hales (b. 1469/70, d. ? ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1580s-1590s
Extent:
1 volume

2585. Harley MS 5127

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5127
Title:
Tracts on the characters of princes and notable persons; a history of tenures in England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-62r: ‘Breife Characters, and Descriptions of Some Moderne Princes and other Persons and the time of their Birth and Death. Also, A Short glance upon their Conditions, Qualities, and Fortunes – Collected out of severall Authors – By R.D.’; beginning with ‘Ferdinand the 2nd Empe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

2586. Harley MS 291

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 291
Title:
Letters and papers, reign of King James VI of Scotland
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–212v: A collection of papers, many of which are original, related to Scottish affairs, or to the transactions between England and Scotland, during the early part of James VI's reign. ff. 1r–v: James VI's orders for pacifying the nobility, 13 August 1587, Stirling Castle. ff. 2r–v: Artic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

2587. Harley MS 909

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 909
Title:
Arms of the aldermen of the ward of Aldersgate, 1461?-1616
Scope & Content:
Duodecimo manuscript volume, written and painted by Mr John Withie. The volume contains 'the names and Armes of them that hath beene Alldermen [Aldermen] of the warde of Alldersgate [Aldersgate] since the tyme of King Henry VI, beginninge at the 39 yeare of his Reigne [1460-1461], untill this p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1616
Extent:
1 volume

2588. Harley MS 961

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 961
Title:
Writs from the reigns of Edward I and Edward II
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-152v: Writs from the reigns of Edward I and Edward II; written in Law French and Latin. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 153r: List of contents, beginning: 'Breve de recto patens'; added in the 14th century. f. 153v: List of (?) items, beginning: 'Novem. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2589. Harley MS 1249

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1249
Title:
A transcript of the cartulary of St David's Cathedral
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a transcript of the St David's cartulary in Harley MS 6280. Contents: ff. 1*r: letter from the office of the Bishop of St David's addressed to Humphrey Wanley concerning the loan of the manuscript to the former, dated 11 June 1714. ff. 2*r: letter of Richard Smalbroke...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2590. Harley MS 1697

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1697
Title:
A collection of law cases at Queen's Bench, 1593-1597
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-143r: A collection of law cases at Queen's Bench for the period 1593-1597.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1593-1597
Extent:
1 volume

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