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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1749
Title:: Two legal tracts by Francis Clarke
Scope & Content:: Two law tracts by Francis Clarke written in the hand of Robert Lownes. Folios at beginning and end of volume are inscribed with knot doodles, English verse, and a (medicinal?) recipe (ff. 1-2, 289r-290r, and 293v). n ff. 1v-2r: Two critical comments on the following book. Folio 2 is a separate...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1842
Title:: Instructions for the levying of ships
Scope & Content:: Quarto manuscript volume titled 'The Copie of a Letter sent by the Lords of the Councell to the high Sherriffs of the several Counties hereafter names with Instructions for the levyinge & Assessinge of the Counties towards the settinge out of 45 shipps & theyre charge; bearing Date the 1...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1635
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2403
Title:: John Mirk, Festial; The Apostles’ Creed
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-191r: John Mirk, Festial; including verses on f. 151r (Seven Joys of the Blessed Virgin); and f. 13r (Seven lines, ‘Wherfor pray we to hym to make us studfast yn our fay’); ending with the verses ‘Mentem sanctam [habuit], spontaneam [mortem sustinuit], honorem deo [dedit] et pa...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2779
Title:: Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1v: Table of contents. ff. 2r-115v: Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, in 9 books. Decoration: 10 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 2r, 13r, 25r, 37r, 49r, 62r, 73v, 83r, 83v, 98r). 1 initial in silver, now tarnished (f. 111v). Large initials in red. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Middle of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2853
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 4r-15v: the calendar; ff. 16v-21v: the Hours of the Cross; ff. 22v-26v: the Hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 27v-34r: the Mass of the Virgin; ff. 35v-104v: the Hours of the Virgin; ff. 105v-115v: the Advent Hours; ff. 116v-136v: the Penitential Psalms and Litany; ff. 13...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2859
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: Book of Hours, Use of Rome. 1 folio missing between f. 120 and 121. Unfoliated ruled flyleaf between f. 104 and 105, and between f. 137 and 138. ff. 28v, 80v, 92v, 98v, 104v, 114v, 173v are blank. Decoration: 18 large decorated initials with full foliate borders, in colours and g...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2877
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Tours
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar, in French, with prayers on ff. 1v and 2v. ff. 13r-18r: Gospel readings. ff. 18v-21v: 'Obsecro te'. ff. 21v-22v: The Passion of the Lord according to St John. f. 22v: Prayer, beginning 'Deus qui manus tuas'. ff. 23r-26v: Prayer in French, beginning 'Dou...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: c 1490-c 1500
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2918
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: An added rondeau in French, 15th/16th century. ff. 3r-14v: Calendar. ff. 15r-18v: 'Obsecro te'. ff. 18v-22v: Gospel readings. ff. 22v-23v: Prayer to the Virgin Mary, beginning 'Cum appropinquasset Ihesus'. ff. 25r-86v: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 87r-99v: Penitential ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: c. 1480-c. 1490
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2922
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rouen
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1-2: Parchment flyleaves with inscriptions (see Provenance). ff. 3r-14v: Calendar, in French, Use of Rouen, including the feast of St Romanus of Rouen ('Romain') in gold (23 October), and the octave of St Romanus (30 October). ff. 15r-19v: Gospel readings. ff. 19v-23r: 'Obse...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2936
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 15r-60r: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 61r-63r: Hours of the Cross. ff. 64r-66r: Hours of the Holy Spirit. ff. 67r-75r: Penitential Psalms. ff. 75r-79v: Litany. ff. 80r-103r: Office of the Dead. ff. 104r-109v: Suffrages to the Trinity, the Cross, St...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1500-c 1510
Extent:: 1 volume

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