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Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Id:
- 032-002045828
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002045828
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000046.0x00031c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1-7661
- Title:
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Harley Manuscripts
- Scope & Content:
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Manuscripts collected by Robert Harley (d 1724) and Edward Harley (d 1741), 1st and 2nd Earls of Oxford. c 1300-c 1700. 7661 manuscripts
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Harley MS 1 : Treatises on astronomy, astrology, mathematics and geometry
Harley MS 2 : Collection of historical and theological texts, including Elias of Evesham, ‘Quadrilogus’ of materials relating to Thomas…
Harley MS 3 : John Mirfield, Breviarium Bartholomei, with glosses and recipes by John Dee
Harley MS 4 : John Felton, Sermones de tempore (Sermones Mawdelyn)
Harley MS 6 : Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, and Alexander Neckam, Corrogationes Promethei
Harley MS 387 : Correspondence of Simonds D’Ewes on domestic and private business
Harley MS 7 : Langley cartulary
Harley MS 10 : Abstracts of Norfolk and Suffolk wills, 1370-1497
Harley MS 11 : Peter Lombard, Gloss on the Psalms (Magna glosatura)
Harley MS 12 : John the Deacon of Rome, Vita Gregorii Magni; Pseudo-Gregory, Versus sancti Gregorii papae; Vita S. Katherinae
Harley MS 13 : Scientific miscellany
Harley MS 16 : Transcripts of parliamentary rolls kept in the Tower of London from the time of King Henry VI
Harley MS 17 : Transcripts of parliamentary rolls kept in the Tower of London from the time of King Edward IV
Harley MS 20 : Transcripts from the Parliament Rolls from the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V in the Tower of London
Harley MS 21 : Abstract of Parliament Rolls from the reigns of Edward III and Henry V
Harley MS 22 : An abstract in English of all the Parliament Rolls in the Tower of London from the 1st year of Henry VI to the 22nd year of Edward…
Harley MS 23 : Richard of Saint-Victor, Liber exceptionum
Harley MS 24 : Prose Brut
Harley MS 25 : Collection of law reports
Harley MS 26 : Speculum humanae salvationis
Harley MS 27 : ‘Croftis’ Register
Harley MS 28 : Indenture between King Henry VII, John Islip, abbot of Westminster, the abbot of St Albans, and the mayor and commonalty of London
Harley MS 29 : Nicholas Trevet, Annales sex regum Angliae
Harley MS 30 : Transcripts of Exchequer Rolls from the reign of Henry III, partly written by Simonds D'Ewes
Harley MS 31 : William Woodford's treatises against John Wyclif
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- 032-002045828
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 7689 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman
Arabic
Dutch
English
English, Middle
English, Old
French
French, Old
Georgian
German
Greek, Modern
Hebrew
Irish
Irish, Old
Italian
Latin
Slavic languages
Turkish - Scripts:
- Arabic
Cyrillic
Georgian
Greek
Hebrew
Latin - Start Date:
- 1295
- End Date:
- 1705
- Date Range:
- c 1300-c 1700
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Owned.
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford: Owned.
- Finding Aids:
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Only selected manuscripts from the Harley Collection are currently described in the online catalogue. For the complete catalogue see: A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: The British Museum, 1808-12). Copies are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room or online via Google Books.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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Only around 800 manuscripts are currently described in the online catalogue. For the complete catalogue see: A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: The British Museum, 1808-12).
- Names:
- Harley, Edward, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108078249,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/160524259
Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083423906