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3381. Harley MS 3723

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3723
Title:
Collection of works by Géraud de Frachet, including the Cronica ex diversis hystoriis abreviata, Chronica ordinis fratrum praedicatorum, and De decem Sybillis
Scope & Content:
This 14th-century manuscript contains a hitherto unidentified collection of the works of the Dominican friar Géraud [Gérald or Gérard] de Frachet [Geraldus de Fracheto] (b. 1205, d. 1271), historian and hagiographer of the Dominican Order. Among other works, it features his universal chronicle, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

3382. Harley MS 3813

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3813
Title:
Account of the counties of England, Ireland and Scotland, with engraved maps by Pieter van den Keere
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-188v: Account of the counties of England, Ireland and Scotland, written in English, with printed and coloured maps of counties (with their names in Latin and English) engraved by the Flemish engraver Pieter van den Keere ['Peter Kerius'] (b. 1571, d. c. 1646) in 1599. Decorat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3383. Harley MS 6355

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6355
Title:
Leaves from a 14th-century missal; a treatise on making gunpowder and the use of cannons and mortars
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Leaves from a 14th-century missal or other liturgical manuscript, with music notation. ff. 5r-24v: A treatise on making gunpowder and the use of cannons and mortars, with illustrations of weapons and tables; written in the 16th century. The manuscript contains a later a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3384. Harley MS 5627

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5627
Title:
40 homilies on the Gospels from a collection of at least 48, numbered ια, ς, ζ, η, λγ, λ, ιγ, etc., followed by (ff. 146-168) a treatise περὶ παθῶν, inc. Λέγουσιν οἱ σοφοὶ καὶ οἱ φυσικοὶ (as in Vat. gr. 670, ff. 183-205v); and (ff. 169-194) another homily on St Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians. Imperfect at beginning and end, and lacking several folios elsewhere.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

3385. Harley MS 2608

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2608
Title:
Publius Papinius Statius, Thebais
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the epic poem Thebais (Thebaid) by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius (b. 45, d. 96). Contents: ff. 2r-110r: Publius Papinius Statius, Thebais, with marginal and interlinear glosses, preceded by a verse of the 5th-century poet Coelius Sedulius (fl. 5th century): ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

3386. Harley MS 3897

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3897
Title:
Cartulary of Hulne Whitefriars
Scope & Content:
f. 1v: Contemporary table of contents. ff. 1r–33v: Cartulary, containing copies of approximately 25 royal, papal and other charters. ff. 34r–41v: Additions to the time of Henry VI. ff. 41*r–59v: Lists of books and vestments. Decoration: Red initials; rubrics.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1368-1380s
Extent:

Parchment codex

3387. Harley MS 1128

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1128
Title:
'A discourse of the Privilidge and Practize of the Highe Courte of Parleament in England, collected out of the Comon Lawes of this Land, etc'
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-24v: 'A discourse of the Privilidge and Practize of the Highe Courte of Parleament in England, collected out of the Comon Lawes of this Land, etc'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3388. Harley MS 1326

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1326
Title:
Survey of castles and fortifications on the Thames, Medway, and south coast of England, with a survey of the Tower of London
Scope & Content:
A survey of the castles and forts on the banks of the Thomas and Medway, and along the south coast from Kent to Cornwall, carried out 1 August – 14 October 1623. With a survey of the Tower of London and its stores, December 1623. Contents: f. 1*: Part of original parchment cover with barely...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620-1641
Extent:

1 volume

3389. Harley MS 2205

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2205
Title:
Coats of arms recorded in the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester, and the churches of Great Malvern, Little Malvern and Evesham
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-16r: ‘Thease Armes or Monumentes taken out of the discription of the Cathedrall Churche of Worcester are all as they are theare, althoughe not every one as itt shoulde bee ‘ [with the added note: ‘by Mr Habingdon of Henley’]. ff. 17r-19v: ‘Armes in the Churche of Great Malver...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1586-c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

3390. Harley MS 5287

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5287
Title:
John Taylor's oration held at the admittance of King Francis I of France into the Order of the Garter in 1527
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10v: John Taylor (d. 1534), Catholic priest and diplomat, Master of the Rolls, oration held at the admittance of King Francis I of France into the Order of the Garter in 1527, entitled: ‘Oracio habita in tradicione garterij ad Christanissinum Franciscum Galliarum Regem praesen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1530
Extent:
1 volume

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