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2752. Harley MS 2089
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2089
- Title:
- Thomas Chaloner, An Alphabet of Arms of English, Irish and Welsh families
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 2*recto: An index for the Alphabet of Arms using alphabetically organised two-letter (‘Aa’, ‘Ab’, ‘Ac’, etc.); probably added at the British Museum [Humfrey Wanley, Keeper of the Harleian Library, only catalogued Harley MSS 1-2407] and the draft or copy of the same index printed in...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1588-1700
- Extent:
- 1 volume
2753. Harley MS 2893
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2893
- Title:
- Gospel lectionary with collects, collections of prayers, blessings, masses and a calendar
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1r: A collect for Christmas: ‘Deus qui hanc sacratissimam noctem veri luminis fecisti illustratione clarescere . da quaesumus ut cuius lucis misteria in terra cognovimus . eius quoque gaudijs in celo perfruam[ur]. Qui tecum’. ff. 1v-7r: A Calendar with astronomical tables on ff. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
2754. Harley MS 3704
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3704
- Title:
- Collection of excerpts from Aristotle and from commentaries on Aristotle's works
- Scope & Content:
- Collection of excerpts from Aristotle and from commentaries on Aristotle's works, divided into two parts (ff. 1r-34v and 35r-83v). Decoration: Initials and paraphs in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1339-c 1340
- Extent:
- 83 folios
2755. Harley MS 5766
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5766
- Title:
- L'Office de la Conception de la Vierge Marie and other prayers
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-27v: L'Office de la Conception de la Vierge Marie and other prayers. Includes a prayer to the Virgin Mary for protection against the plague introduced by the rubric 'Oraison à la V. Marie, laquelle fut trouvee au Monastere S. Claire, au Royaume de Portugal, laquelle disant la ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
2756. Harley MS 7390
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7390
- Title:
- Account book of the Steward of William Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2r-124v: The account of the Steward of William Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath, of weekly expenses for several years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1 February 1566/7-2 October 1580). The manuscript contains an addition: ff. 125r-125v: A medieval end-leaf, traken from a 15th-cen...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
2757. Harley MS 48
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 48
- Title:
- Le Livre de l'Informacion des Princes, and other texts concerning the nobility
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1r: An illegible Latin inscription. f. 1v: Two prayers to St George, beginning ‘Ave gemma anglie confors angelorum miles regis glorie spes que belatorum’; ‘Deus qui nos beati georgi martyris tui meritis et intercessione laetificas’; an unidentified Latin text (faded); with the n...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
2758. Harley MS 465
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 465
- Title:
- Genealogies of English nobility and kings, up to the time of Elizabeth I
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1: A table of contents. ff. 2r-168r: A book of genealogies of English nobility and kings, up to the time of Elizabeth I. Decoration: Circles in red ink for genealogies throughout.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
2759. Harley MS 1173
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1173
- Title:
- Copies of the Visitation-books of Staffordshire by Robert Glover and Richard St George
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2*recto-5*recto: A table of surnames of families included in this manuscript. f. 6*recto: Inscribed with the title ‘Staffordshire’. ff. 1r-107v: A copy of the Visitation-book of Staffordshire as it was made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, in 1583. ff. 108r-111r: A collecti...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
2760. Harley MS 2086
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2086
- Title:
- A copy of the Visitation Book of Lancastershire by William Flower in 1567
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2*recto-2*verso: A ‘table of the Pedegrees conteyned in this booke’; ‘Lancaster’ on a paper pastedown. f. 7r: A title-page: ‘The visitacion of the Countie of Lancastre made by William fflower Esquire alias Norroy kinge of Armes: Anno Domini .1567.’. ff. 8r-104v: A copy of the ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume