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Harley MS 4045
- Record Id:
- 040-002049882
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002049882
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000807.0x00022d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 4045
- Title:
- History of Bohemia from the year 890 to 1618
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 1r-46r: History of Bohemia from the year 890 to 1618, inscribed to 'Lord George, Marques of Buckingham, Lord high Admirall of England' [George Villiers (b. 1592, d. 1628), Marquess of Buckingham from 1618 until elevated to (1st) Duke of Buckingham in 1623, and Lord High Admiral between 1619–1628]: 'The History of Bohemia, the first parte describing the Countrye, Scituation, Climate, Commodities, the Name and Nature of the People, and compendiously continuing the Historie from the begining ot he Nation to their first Christian Prince about the year of Christ 990'; with a list of 'the names of the authors out of which this Historie is extracted' and an Appendix 'containing a proclamation of the States of Bohemia, whereby the whole order of the Jesuites is proscribed, and banished out of that Kingdome, as publick disturbers of the peace, and enimies of the state; with proviso, that they shall never be admitted againe. Whereunto is added a breefe Narration how the Jesuites are or have beene by solemne decree banished out of everye Kingdome and province in Europe very few excepted, and where they be they are held in great jealousie and suspition to be publick perturbers of the Peace, and dangerouse enimies of the State'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002049882", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 4045: History of Bohemia from the year 890 to 1618" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002049882 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 4045 : History of Bohemia from the year 890 to 1618 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[4038]/040-002049882
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1619
- End Date:
- 1623
- Date Range:
- 1619-1623
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 195 x 145 mm (text space: 160 x 120 mm).
Foliation: ff. 46 (+ 2 unfoliated blank paper flyleaves at the beginning).
Script: 17th-century cursive.
Binding: Post-1600. Marbled paper over pasteboard. Bound together with Harley MS 6883.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin:
England.
Provenance:
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 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 (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d. 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.
- Publications:
- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), III, p. 111.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- England