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Harley MS 4039
- Record Id:
- 040-002049876
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002049876
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000807.0x000227
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 4039
- Title:
- Arms of Irish families
- Scope & Content:
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Heraldic book of Irish families probably compiled by James Terry (1660-1725), Athlone Herald, and dedicated to the exiled Prince James Stuart at whose court in France he served. Decorated with painted and gilt arms and headings. Includes blanks probably intended for narrative pedigrees.
Contents:
f. 1: Painted arms of the Terry family with their motto ‘E Cruce Leo’. Above an empty cartouche and mantle.
f. 2: Portrait of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, with a dedication by James Terry, Athlone Herald. Line engraving by François Chéreau the Elder, after Alexis Simon Belle. Title on plinth reads ‘Jacques III Roy de la Grande Bretagne’ (i.e. Prince James, son of the exiled King James II). Dedication below the portrait reads: ‘Presenté a sa Majesté le 21e juin 1712 ... par ... Terry Athlone’. The original name of the dedicator has been altered by hand to that of James Terry.
ff. 3-6: Paintings and titles probably intended as section titles for a collection of arms or descents, but without any folios following them. Each title folio has a painting of a nobleman, with heading (‘Marquisses’, ‘Earls’, ‘Viscounts’, and ‘Barons’ respectively).
f. 7: Painting of the royal coat of arms above the title ‘Ireland’.
f. 8: Painting of a nobleman with the heading ‘Dukes’.
f. 9: Painted arms of the four Irish provinces and the kingdom of Meath.
f. 10: Painted arms of Archbishops of Armagh, Dublin, Cashel and Tuam, and of the Lord Chancellor.
ff. 11-137: Irish families. The family name is painted at the head of the folio, with arms and mottos, leaving most of the folio blank. With a few later pencil annotations. Inserted between entries are a two later documents concerning families: O’Hagan family, dated 1724 (f. 61); O’Cahan family (f. 79).
ff. 135r: Draft letter to John Harrold, possibly from James Terry, dated 7 April 1724. List of names in the same hand on verso.
ff. 136-137: Draft list of contents of the book.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002049876", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 4039: Arms of Irish families" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002049876 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 4039 : Arms of Irish families - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[4032]/040-002049876
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1740
- Date Range:
- Early 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 440 x 300 mm.
Foliation: 137 folios.
Binding: 18th century binding, gold tooled red leather. Red and gold embossed endpapers.
- Custodial History:
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The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.
Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (1694-1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
Former owner: James Terry, or Tyrry (1660-1725), Athlone Herald.
- Finding Aids:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), 3 (1808), no. 4039-4040.
Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Terry, James, Athlone Herald, 1660-1725
- Places:
- England