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2611. Harley MS 1581

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1581
Title:
The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, dated 1612-1625
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-412v: The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, featuring 129 letters, mostly originals in English addressed to the Duke and Marquess of Buckingham, but also Charles, Prince of Wales, King James I, the Lord Treasurer, and others; also featuring originals ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
1612-1625
Extent:
1 volume

2612. Harley MS 1886

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1886
Title:
Keimpe van Martena, Liber Terrarum of Frisia; charter of Caspar de Robles
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title page for an administrative work (‘debt book’) [not included in the manuscript] by Christoffel van Sternsee (b. 1525, d. 1560), bailiff of Harlingen (1549-1560), written in German: ‘Vermerkht des Haübtman Cristof van Sternsee: drosort zue harlingenn Im frieszlandt, Schul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, German, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

2613. Harley MS 4412

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4412
Title:
Bible Historiale from Genesis to Job followed by a table of contents.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-266v: Bible Historiale from Genesis to Job. ff. 267r-272v: Table of contents beginning: 'En ce Livre est contenue la Bible et pour trouver chacun chappitre par feuillets, la table s'ensuit'. Decoration: The outer bifolio in each quire is made of parchment. Watermark of a pot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Paper and parchment codex, 272 folios.

2614. Harley MS 5751

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5751
Title:
A book for the instruction of young clerks proceeding to holy orders
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-327r: A book for the instruction of young clerks proceeding to holy orders, containing guides to confession and penance, practice translations into English (f. 146r), beginning ‘Grammatica vel Grammatice est literalis sciencia radix omni scienciarum cum qua omnia sine qua nichi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2615. Harley MS 6134

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6134
Title:
Collection of texts relating to the de Vere family, Earls of Oxford
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4r: A Latin chronicle of the Lord Chamberlains of England (‘Camerarij Angliae’), from William the Conqueror until Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (4th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I [1561/2]). ff. 5v-12v, 15r-21v: 17th-century collections relating to the de Vere f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2616. Harley MS 159

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 159
Title:
Parliamentary journal for 1623-1624, with other papers
Scope & Content:
Manuscript parliamentary journal compiled for Simonds D’Ewes, with preliminary pages constructed from a printed broadside, and two folios of unrelated notes. f. 1: Fragment (from an earlier flyleaf?) with manuscript Latin quotations on bravery in adversity and honourable defeat, from Tacitus, W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623-1624
Extent:
1 volume

2617. Harley MS 204

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 204
Title:
`Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d'outre mer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the popular 14th-century text Voyage d'outre mer by the supposed author 'Sir John Mandeville', commonly known as 'The Travels of Sir John Mandeville'. This 15th-century copy of the text belongs to group A of the so-called 'vulgate or insular version' and has the siglum '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 volume

2618. Harley MS 205

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 205
Title:
Raymond of Peñafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–2v: Bifolium from the end of a 14th-century list of proverbs in alphabetical order, bound backwards. ff. 3r–67v: Raymond of Peñafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae, with gloss, imperfect. ff. 68r–71v: Fragments from a 12th-century liturgical manuscript with musical notation, including t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

2619. Harley MS 212

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 212
Title:
`Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d'outre mer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the popular 14th-century text Voyage d'outre mer by the supposed author 'Sir John Mandeville', commonly known as 'The Travels of Sir John Mandeville'. This 15th-century copy of the text belongs to group A of the so-called 'vulgate or insular version'. Contents: ff. 1r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century - 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

2620. Harley MS 454

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 454
Title:
Diary and accounts of Sir Humphrey Mildmay
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing the diary and expenses of Sir Humphrey Mildmay of Danbury, Essex. Contents: f. 1: Memorandum acknowledging receipt of money, signed by Jane Mildmay and Cisilya Mildmay, wife and daughter of Sir Humphrey Mildmay. f. 2: Accounts of his son, John Mildmay, 1642. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1631-1652
Extent:
1 volume

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