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3551. Harley MS 489

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 489
Title:
Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-153v: Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton. Decoration: Small initials in blue, some with pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

3552. Harley MS 640

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 640
Title:
Transcripts concerning Essex from escheat rolls in the Tower of London and the Rolls Chapel
Scope & Content:
Transcripts of escheat records, selected for the purpose of a description of Essex and its distinguished families, from the reign of Henry III to the end of the reign of Queen Mary I and King Philip. Compiled at the command and expense of Simonds D’Ewes. Manuscript not in his hand, but with his ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3553. Harley MS 3940

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3940
Title:
Sir John Mandeville, Voyage d'outre mer; a biblical account from the Creation to Isaac
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-49v: Sir John Mandeville, Voyage d'outre mer. ff. 50r-75v: A biblical account from the Creation to Isaac. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red and blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
14th century - 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3554. Harley MS 4362

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4362
Title:
Collection of surveys of France, royal ordinances, feudal rights, and a chronicle of French kings
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains texts relating to French law, finance, and history that strongly resemble the contents of Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms français 4924, a 15th-century manuscript that was made for a member of the Chambre des Comptes (Chamber of Accounts) in Paris. Harley MS ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1507-c 1515
Extent:
1 volume

3555. Harley MS 500

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 500
Title:
[Ottoman Turkish-Persian-Arabic Vocabularies]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following three texts: ff 20v-39v : The Tuhfe-yi Şahidi, a well-known versified Persian-Ottoman Turkish vocabulary composed in 920 AH (1514-15 CE) by Şahidi, who died in 957 AH (1550-51 CE). Mevlana Şahidi, or Şahidi Dede, whose given name was İbrahim, was born in Mu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
3 texts, 138 ff

3556. Harley MS 1625

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1625
Title:
Miscellaneous historical papers
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-13v: Character of Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, Vice-Admiral of England, who died at the Battle of Solebay, 1672. Written in French at Bourg-Charente, 10 October 1684. ff. 14-44: Account of the Papal Conclave held 1655 after the death of Pope Innocen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3557. Harley MS 2664

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2664
Title:
Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-188r: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (b. c. 35, d. c. 100), Institutio Oratoria (Institutes of Oratory), with running header on the top right of each verso specifying which book of the Institutio is covered, added in the 15th century. ff. 90r-91v: Replacement text for lost folios,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:
1 volume

3558. Harley MS 6258 B

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6258 B
Title:
Medical miscellany
Scope & Content:
Miscellany including Anglo-Saxon medical texts, translations and recipes. Contents as follows: 1. Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, Herbarium (ff. 1r-44r); 2. Medicina de quadrupedibus with added medical recipes and remedies in Old English and Latin (ff. 44v-51r); 3. Peri didaxeon (ff. 51v-66v)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

3559. Harley MS 1357

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1357
Title:
A generall Cathologe of all the Names and Armes of the Lord Chauncellors and Keepers of the great Seal of England ffrom the tyme of William the Conqueror, untill this present yeare Anno 1646
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A title page: ‘A generall Cathologe of all the Names and Armes of the Lord Chauncellors and Keepers of the great Seal of England ffrom the tyme of William the Conqueror, untill this present yeare Anno 1646’. ff. 2r-98v: A work listing the Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers, bu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1646
Extent:
1 volume

3560. Harley MS 4374

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4374
Title:
Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, books 1-4
Scope & Content:
Contents: Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, a translation of Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, in 9 books. This copy of the work is now bound in 6 volumes: Harley 4374/1, Harley 4374/2, Harley 4374/3 and Harley 4375/1, Harley...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1473-c 1480
Extent:
1 volume

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