Along with Harley MS 1419/2, this manuscript forms the second part of King Henry VIII's inventory; the first part is Society of Antiquaries MS 129 A and B. From the absence of signatures, it is clear that both volumes are fair copies. Instructions were given to draw up an inventory of Henry's mo...
Contents: ff. 2r-3r: a prayer to the Virgin Mary. ff. 3v-34r: various masses (of the Holy Spirit, of the Holy Trinity, of the Holy Sacrament, of the Holy Cross, of the Crown of the Lord, of the Five Wounds of the Lord, of the Virgin Mary to be said on the Sabbath, for Easter time, of the ble...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Contents: ff. 1r-42v: Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524), De institutione musica (On the Principles of Music), imperfect (Book 1, 23-Book 5, 8) beginning at the chapter 23 of the first book: 'Hoc igitur modo per singular tetrachorda in generum proprietates partitio facta est', ending at the chapter 8...
A Dialogicall Discourse of Marine Affaires; distributed into six Dialogues, by Nathanael Boteler
Scope & Content:
Draft of A Dialogical discourse of marine affairs, with additions in another hand, by Nathanael Boteler or Butler. Six dialogues between an admiral and a captain, including a glossary of maritime vocabulary (dialogue four). With additions in another hand. Later printed as: Six dialogues about se...
Collection of medical recipes and charms, with four religious songs in Middle English
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Contents: ff. 1r-5v: Table of contents, beginning: 'Pro capite Dolor capitis [later addition] / For wert and vanite in þe hed', followed by additional entries by a 17th-century hand. ff. 6r-61v, 63v-64v. Collection of over 250 medical recipes in Middle English, inconsistently numbered (ff. 6-...
Titus Maccius Plautus, Comoediae, with prologues and arguments
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains copies of a number of Latin comedies written by the Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus (b. c. 254, d. 184 BC): Amphitryon, Asinaria (The One with Asses), Captivi (The Captives), Curculio (The Weevil), Casina, Cistellaria (The Casket), Epidicus and Aulularia (The Litt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Titus Maccius Plautus, Comoediae, with prologues and arguments
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains copies of a number of Latin comedies written by the Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus (b. c. 254, d. 184 BC): Amphitryon, Asinaria (The One with Asses), Aulularia (The Little Pot), Captivi (The Captives), Curculio (The Weevil), Casina, Cistellaria (The Casket), and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
This manuscript contains a survey of the Honor of Windsor that was made by the cartographer John Norden (b. c. 1547, d. 1625) for King James I in 1607. The manuscript contains 17 maps that are the result of a survey conducted on foot by Norden. The maps in this volume show communication routes, ...
A compendium of escheators from the reign of King Henry III to the 21st year of the reign of King Richard II
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Contents: ff. 1r-574v: A compendium of escheators from the reign of King Henry III to the 21st year of the reign of King Richard II (1397/8); copied from records in the Tower of London. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 291r: A note dated to 2 November 1589: ‘(gg) An Inventory of ...
Heraldic book of the arms of English families, and arms of Irish nobility, with later lists of knights of the Bath 1603-1625
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Manuscript book of heraldry in two main parts: English families and Irish nobility. Preceded by lists of new knights of the Bath created 1603-1625, and followed by further heraldic and other notes. Mainly in the hand of Thomas Chaloner. Contents: f. 1: Old wrapper made of paper manuscript was...