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691. Harley MS 6095

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6095
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-41r: Coats of arms of English nobility and gentry, some featuring family mottos and dates [up to c. 1620]; 4 per page [1 dated to 1607 on f. 20r]. ff. 44r-44v: An index of surnames of families included in this manuscript. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 43v:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

692. Harley MS 6112

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6112
Title:
An Alphabet of Arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-235v: An Alphabet of Arms, with blazons and heraldic devices; a note with the date 1674 on f. 121v. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. [iv]verso-2r: Sketches of heraldic devices and arms in ink and pencil, including a roundel featuring a deer drinking water f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

693. Harley MS 6119

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6119
Title:
Scottish coats of arms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-15r: A collection of full-page drawings of imaginary coats of arms, including the shield of the Trinity, the arms of Prester John, Melchior, Caspar, Hector, Alexander the Great, David, Judas Maccabeus, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne and Godfrey of Bouillon [perhaps this group repre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

694. Harley MS 6163

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6163
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. iii verso-134v: The arms of saints, emperors, kings, English nobility and gentry, beginning with the attributed arms of Prester John, the Trinity, the Virgin Mary, St George, St Denis, St Edward, St Edmund, Shield of Faith, St Albans, St Thomas of Canterbury, St Peter and St Paul....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1480-c. 1500
Extent:
1 volume

695. Harley MS 6515

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6515
Title:
Collection of theological texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*r: list of contents. ff. 1r-18v: Life of St basil. ff. 19r-38v: Pseudo-Eusebius, Vita et Transitus Sancti Hieronymi (The Life and Passing of St Jerome). ff. 39r-40v: Pseudo-Augustine, Sermones ad fratres in eremo (Sermons to the brothers in the desert), no. 57. ff. 41r-66v: G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

696. Harley MS 6526

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6526
Title:
Collection of grammatical works
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: 'The forme to construe' a sentence out of one language into another. ff. 2r-3r: 'Annotationes in Ciceronis officia'. ff. 4r-41v: 'Phrases ex Terentiij'; with English commentary; inscribed 'Andriae finis' on f. 24r. ff. 42r-43r: 'Annotationes de Fabula'. ff. 44r-45v: 'De a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1575-c 1625
Extent:
1 volume

697. Harley MS 274

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 274
Title:
Formulary for charters and testaments
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-13r: 'Tractatus de propretatibus et circumstancijs cartarum et scriptorum per Richardum de Ertham editus'. ff. 13r-14r: 'Statutum de emptoribus terrarum'. ff. 14r-29r: Collection of formula for charters, beginning with 'Carta simplex'. ff. 29r-49r: Methods for calculating...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1440-c 1500
Extent:

1 volume

698. Harley MS 276

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 276
Title:
Gospel of John, with gloss
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–68v: Gospel of John, with marginal and interlinear glosses. Decoration: Large and smaller initials in red (ff. 1r–2v), two with penwork decoration in brown ink (ff. 1v, 2v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

699. Harley MS 675

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 675
Title:
Peter Bales, The Golden Pen
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-21v: Peter Bales, The Golden Pen, beginning ‘The golden Pen of twentie pounde: Wonne by Peter Bales of London gent, Maister in writing, generall Chalenger for the same, against all Englishmen and Strangers, without exceptions: which Chalenge was devided into three parts: The fi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1596
Extent:
1 volume

700. Harley MS 857

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 857
Title:
List of Acts of Parliament
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a list of the titles of Acts of Parliament from 1 Richard III [1483] to 21 James I [1623/1624], either enrolled, or removed by writs of certiorari.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1624
Extent:
1 volume

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