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3101. Harley MS 1130

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1130
Title:
Thomas Smithe, 'The manner of government or pollicie of the Realme of England'; 'A Communication or Discourse of the Queenes Majestie her Marriage, debated by foure Gentlemen of the Court at Mount Hall in Essex, and reported by Sir Thomas Smith, knight to his neighbour Frauncis Wiat, Gentlemann, 1567, April 1'
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-40v: Thomas Smithe, 'The manner of government or pollicie of the Realme of England'; in 3 books. ff. 41r-73r: 'A Communication or Discourse of the Queenes Majestie her Marriage, debated by foure Gentlemen of the Court at Mount Hall in Essex, and reported by Sir Thomas Smith,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3102. Harley MS 2256

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2256
Title:
The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (common version to 1430), including John Page's poem 'The Siege of Rouen'
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1-202v: The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (common version to 1430), including John Page's poem 'The Siege of Rouen' (imperfect). Decoration: Large initial in colours and gold with acanthus leaves extending into the margins (f. 1r). Numerous initials in blue with red pen-flouri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3103. Harley MS 2343

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2343
Title:
Collection of Middle English tracts of religious instruction, including the Lord's Prayer, the Ave Maria, the Apostle's Creed, and the Ten Commandments
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: The Lords Prayer, beginning: 'In þe name of þe fadir and of þe sone and of þe holi goost amen'. ff. 1r-1v: The Ave Maria, beginning: 'Heil marie ful of grace'. ff. 1v-2r: The Apostles Creed, beginning: 'I bileve into god fadir almy[g]ti make of hevene and of erþe'. ff. 2r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3104. Harley MS 2346

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2346
Title:
Edmund of Abingdon, Speculum ecclesiae; collection of Latin sermons; treatise on the Ten Commandments; treatise on the division of the Ten Commandments; De decem Plagis et decem Praeceptis; The Long Charter of Christ; Bernart Amoros, Speculum Sacerdotum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite miscellany of three parts (ff. 1r-11v; ff, 12r-33v; ff, 34r-72v) that have been written at the end of the 14th century and in the 15th century. Contents: ff. 1r-11v: Edmund of Abingdon, Speculum ecclesiae (here with the added title De gradus contemplationis), b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1375-1500
Extent:
1 volume

3105. Harley MS 4166

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4166
Title:
Collection of tracts on geomancy, onomancy and onomeirancy; a tract on ars memoriae; instructions for making fires and candles
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains a collection of seven parts that were written separately in the 14th and 15h century. The first part (ff. 1r-51v) contains two untitled geomantic works that were copied in the 15th century. The second part (ff. 52r-70v) contains another geomantic work that ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3106. Harley MS 7567

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7567
Title:
Collection of fragments, copies and originals of historical and religious texts, including the Old English edicts of Æthelberht; Old English laws of Æthelred; Decretum Gratiani; Cronica de Anglia; William of St Alban, Passio Sancti Albani
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of fragments, copies and originals of medieval and early modern texts that were produced separately and may have been kept together as a loose collection in the Harleian Library. The manuscript contains at least 38 separate sections ranging from the late 12th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1175-c 1734
Extent:
1 volume

3107. Harley MS 207

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 207
Title:
The Banckett of John the Reve, unto Piers Ploughman, Laurens Laborer, Thomlyn Tailyor, and Hobb of the Hille
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an early 16th-century Catholic-Protestant disputation on the Transubstantiation. Contents: ff. 1r-29r: The Banckett of John the Reve, unto Piers Ploughman, Laurens Laborer, Thomlyn Tailyor, and Hobb of the Hille; the title page on f. 1r contains the year ‘1532’ (with ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1532
Extent:

1 volume

3108. Harley MS 1654

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1654
Title:
Account book for the wages of artificers and labourers paid by the Board of Ordnance, January 1572-December 1573
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title inscription: ‘The Booke of wages of Artificers Woorkmen and Laborers in theoffice of thordinaunce anno xvito’. ff. 1r-53v: Accounts for wages paid to artificers and labourers by the Board of Ordnance, Tower of London, for the months of January-March 1572, and Ap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1572-1573
Extent:
1 volume

3109. Harley MS 2386

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2386
Title:
Various historical texts; the Brut Chronicle in Latin; John Mandeville's Travels; a metrical romance in Middle English
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-9v: A chronicle of British and English kings from the Viking invasions down to the coronation of King Henry IV. f. 10r: two notes about England. f. 10v: a short tract about calculating wheat measures at the Exchequer and converting into English measures. f. 11r: a note about...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3110. Harley MS 2391

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2391
Title:
Collection of sermons, exempla and didactic works in Latin and Middle English
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: Prognostications for Christmas day and subsequent days (Latin). ff. 2r-133r: John Mirk, Festial, Middle English sermons from Advent to St Katherine. ff. 133r-133v: The Nine Virtues, shown by God to a ‘gud and a hely man’. f. 134r: The Ten Commandments, here entitled ‘D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
mid 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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