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3181. Harley MS 486

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 486
Title:
English miscellany of historical papers; an alchemical poem; copies from testaments; rentals; a tract on fasting; notes of a sermon
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: Ex Fastis Idatianis ab exordio Neronis usque ad Aurelianum. ff. 2r-10v: Descriptio consulum ex quo primum ordinati sunt; followed by another list of Roman consuls ‘Ex Fastis Idatij’. ff. 11r-15r: Historical notes about England, partially in the hand of John Stow, beginning ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
first quarter of the 16th century-first quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3182. Harley MS 690

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 690
Title:
Chronicle of London; The Discourse of John Selden Esquire Or his Sence of Various matters Of weight and high Consequence Relating Especially to Religion and State
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-179v: Chronicle of London [‘Ex Codice MSo in archivis Civitatis Londonensis’]. ff. 180r-276r: The Discourse of John Selden Esquire Or his Sence of Various matters Of weight and high Consequence Relating Especially to Religion and State. ff. 277r-280v: A table of contents.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3183. Harley MS 850

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 850
Title:
John Hoskyns, Directions for Speech and Style (first part); Thomas Carew, Lips and Eyes; Peter Heylin, A Summers Journey into France and Observations on it
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-10v: John Hoskyns, Directions for Speech and Style; first part of the work, imperfect at the end. f. 10v: Thomas Carew, Lips and Eyes. ff. 11r-83r: Peter Heylin, A Summers Journey into France and Observations on it; imperfect. The manuscript contains several additions: f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3184. Harley MS 2319

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2319
Title:
Mrs. Babylon's Looking-glass: or, a Brief Description of the Doings in Satan's Synagogue, otherwise called the Church of England, who is mounted upon the Beasts, and agoing with Speed in the Wide Way of Destruction
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was recorded missing in 1824. The contents according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'A thin Book in 8vo. seeming to have been copied, incorrectly enough, by some Lawyers Clerk, toward the end of King Charles the seconds Reign. It is entituled, "Mrs. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3185. Harley MS 4242

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4242
Title:
Passion of St Vincent of Saragossa; Life and Miracles of St Thomas of Canterbury; Miracles of St Wulfsige of Evesham
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript comprises two different parts. Part 1 (ff. 1r-64v) features a previously unnoticed fragment of the Passion of St Vincent of Saragossa (f. 1r), and a copy of the Life and Miracles of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (ff. 1v-64v), both from the first half of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

3186. Harley MS 213

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 213
Title:
Alcuin, Expositio in Ecclesiasten with prologue by Alcuin; Alcuin, Carmina lxxvi; Pseudo-Alcuin, Vox ecclesie (a commentary on the Song of Songs); Augustine's homily De disciplina Christiana; Anonymous, Homily (extracts from Gregory homiliae .xl. in Evangelia)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-3v: Alcuin, Prologue to the Expositio in Ecclesiasten. ff. 4r-99r: Alcuin, Expositio in Ecclesiasten. Chapter 3 ends on the middle of f. 30v. Five underlined lined linked to Chapter 3 at the beginning of chapter 4 (f. 31r). Chapter 7 ends imperfectly on f. 57r (f. 57 remains b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

1 volume

3187. Harley MS 944

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 944
Title:
Notebook of Richard Symonds containing movements of the royal army, August 1645 – February following, and church notes
Scope & Content:
Notebook of Richard Symonds written while accompanying the King and the royal army from 17 August 1745 to 11 February. Symonds notes the progress of the army and principal events. Title page: ‘A Continuation of the Marchings and Actions of the Royall Army, his Ma[jes]tie being personally prese...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1645-Feb 1646
Extent:
1 volume

3188. Harley MS 1176

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1176
Title:
Excerpts from the records in the Tower from the last years of the reign of King Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5r: A table of surnames in this manuscript. ff. 6r-71v: Excerpts from the records in the Tower from the last years of the reign of King Edward III.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3189. Harley MS 1651

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1651
Title:
Thomas Busshe, ledger book for expenses made for the construction of Sandgate Castle by Henry VIII (Volume 2)
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A Latin inscription on a strip of parchment: ‘thes vi bookes be truly examined’. f. 1r: A Latin inscription: ‘Castrum domini Regis de Sandegate’. f. 1r: A title inscription on a parchment fragment: ‘The .xth. the .xith. xiith. xiiith. xiiiith. xvth. xvith. xviith. xviiith. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1540-1541
Extent:
1 volume

3190. Harley MS 472

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 472
Title:
A collection of arms and mottoes of companies and corporations of London; a fragment from a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of arms and mottoes of companies and corporations of London, made in England in the 16th century. It includes two leaves from a Book of Hours dating from the 1st quarter of the 15th century which have been re-used as flyleaves. Contents: ff. 1*r-v: A fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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