HARLEIAN LIBRARY

härˈlēən, härlēˈ–, manuscript collection of more than 7,000 volumes and more than 14,000 original legal documents, formed by Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford, and his son Edward, 2d earl of Oxford. In 1753 it was purchased for £10,000 by the British government and with the collections of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton and Sir Hans Sloane formed the basis of the British Museum library.

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The Middle English "Mirror": An Edition Based on Bodleian Library, Ms Holkham Misc. 40
Book by Kathleen Marie Blumreich; Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2002
Subjects: Sermons, Medieval--England
...Nlirror:Wln Edition Based on Bodleian Library, MS Holkham misc. 40 with Introduction...1877; repr. 1967. A Catalogue of the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum. III. London...Catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge...
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Thomas and Rebecca Vaughan's Aqua Vitae, Non Vitis (British Library Ms, Sloane 1741)
Book by Rebecca Vaughan, Thomas Vaughan, Donald R. Dickson; Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2001
Subjects: Alchemy--Early Works To 1800, Vaughan, Rebecca, Vaughan, Thomas--1622-1666
...Morays hands (along with his library); only his notebook of experiments...M? o?Z.o?o?:, Harleian So- 42 In the Allegations...Issued by the Bisbop of London, Harleian So- ciety, vol. 26 (London...of Canterbury 1600-1679, Harleian Society, vols. 33, 34...
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Three Books of Polydore Vergil's English History, Comprising the Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III. from an Early Translation, Preserved among the Mss. of the Old Royal Library in the British Museum
Book by Henry Ellis, Polydore Vergil; John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1844
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Lancaster And York, 1399-1485
...Perotti's "Cornucopiae" with a copy in the Duke of Urbino's library, and to have corrected its errata. Honiger obtained his Notes...doubtless, from Urbino. The original is preserved among the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum. Peter a Sancto Romualdo...
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Catalogue of British Paintings in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Book by C. H. Collins Baker; Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1936
Subjects: Painting, British, Painting--California--San Marino--Catalogs
...of 31 Greek Street, Soho. A Jonathan Buttall married Mary Jump in 1798 The Registers of Marriages of St. Mary le Bone Harleian Society, 1924 , Pt. VI, p. 44 . The son carried on the business until 1796, when his effects, "as well as capital pictures...
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English Medieval Books: The Reading Abbey Collections from Foundation to Dispersal
Book by Alan Coates; Clarendon Press, 1999
Subjects: Libraries--England--History--1400-1600, Manuscripts, Medieval--England--Reading--History, Monastic Libraries--England--Reading--History, Reading Abbey (Reading, England)--Library--History
...subsequently gave them to the Bodleian Library in 1634. Unfortunately, there...at variance with Liddell, Library of Reading Abbey , 53, on...Turner Publications of the Harleian Society, 5 ; London, 1871...reference in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Top. Oxon. c.56...
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journal articles on: Harleian Library  - 27 results

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Unrecorded Middle English Verse in the Library at Holkham Hall, Norfolk
Journal article by Jeremy Griffiths; Medium Aevum, Vol. 64, 1995
Subjects: English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Research, Manuscripts, English (Middle)--Research
...Middle English verse in the library at Holkham Hall, Norfolk...Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, II: Abbotsford-Keele...of the Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin...Manuscripts of Hereford Cathedral Library (Cambridge, 1993), pp...tene. 13 A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British...
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The 'Short Charter of Christ': An Unpublished Longer Version, from Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 6686
Journal article by Laura Ashe; Medium Aevum, Vol. 72, 2003
Subjects: Poetry, Medieval--Authorship, Poetry, Medieval--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Short Charter of Christ (Poem)--Authorship, Short Charter of Christ (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...longer version, from Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 6686. by Laura Ashe The poem...witnessed only by Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Kent Charter 233, it is interesting...31) This is most apparent in British Library, MS Add. 37049, fol. 23.sup.r...
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Note: Two Middle English Carols from an Exeter Manuscript
Journal article by Martin Camargo; Medium Aevum, Vol. 67, 1998
Subjects: Manuscripts, Medieval--Research, Middle Ages--Historiography
...verse. The Manuscript London, British Library, MS Harley 3300 (paper and parchment...Exeter, until its purchase for Harleys library, in 1715.(13) The first two leaves...sup.xv.1) C: London, British Library, MS Harley 3300, fol. 2.sup.rb...
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News, Notes, and Queries
Journal article; Medical History, Vol. 54, 2010
...Moore (Cambridge University Library), and personal and family...celebrity stakes, the Wellcome Library reports that it acquired records...digitization plans of the Wellcome Library. From inception in 2000 to...in the country, such as the Harleian manuscripts in the British...
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"Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue": William Cavendish, Ben Jonson, and the Decorative Scheme of Bolsover Castle
Journal article by Timothy Raylor; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 52, 1999
Subjects: Bolsover Castle--Research, Castles--England, Upper classes--Homes and haunts
...was written at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., while I was...others prepared for Cavendish (British Library, Harleian MS 4955): see Kelliher...10. The poems are found in Hallward Library, University of Nottingham, Portland...
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magazine articles on: Harleian Library  - 3 results

 
 
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From the Library of William Byrd
Magazine article by Kerry McCarthy, John Harley; Musical Times, Vol. 150, Winter 2009
...among his papers.4 Since only six libraries possess copies of the second edition...discover that the Byrd copy is now in the library of the Princeton Theological Seminary...other books. It also typifies Byrd s library in both its history and its subject...in the catalogues of booksellers and libraries has failed to attract attention despite...works, which was in Goddard Johnsons library and is now at the Folger Shakespeare...
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The British Museum: 250 Years On
Magazine article by David M. Wilson; History Today, Vol. 52, October 2002
Subjects: British Museum--History, Museums
...the care of three major libraries--that of Sir Robert...nation in 1700, the Harleian Library, comprising the manuscript...Oxford, and the Old Royal Library. Sloanes museum had...become embedded in a major library, the running of which...
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Our Genealogical Forebears
Magazine article by Simon Fowler; History Today, Vol. 51, March 2001
Subjects: Genealogists--Practice, Genealogy--History
...calendaring historical texts. The Harleian Society, for example, was...growing number of public libraries, could afford to buy copies...still does) a reference library of these books for consultation...Museum and the university libraries in Cambridge and Oxford...registers was published by the Harleian Society in 1878 its editor...


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newspaper articles on: Harleian Library  - 1 result

 
 
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LOOKING FOR IRISH RECORDS; Family Tree
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), August 13, 2006
Subjects: Associations, Associations, institutions, etc., Societies
...to the largest private library of Irish genealogical material...LISTER, Birmingham A THE Harleian Society has published transcriptions...at their website www.harleian.co.uk or write to The Honorary Secretary, The Harleian Society, College of Arms...


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encyclopedia articles on: Harleian Library  - 6 results

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Harleian Library
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HARLEIAN LIBRARY har le n, harle , manuscript collection of more than 7,000 volumes...Bruce Cotton and Sir Hans Sloane formed the basis of the British Museum library. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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British Library
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BRITISH LIBRARY national library of Great Britain, located...one of the worlds great libraries. Long a part of the British Museum , the library collection originated in...government purchased the Harleian Library , which belonged...
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British Museum
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...see Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce ) and the Harleian Library (see also Harley, Robert ). In 1757 the royal library was given to the museum by George II...Montague House, but the acquisition of the library of George III in 1823 necessitated larger...
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Book Collecting
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...assemble personal working libraries. Many early collections...cornerstones of public libraries. The Bodleian Library at Oxford and the Harleian Library of the British Museum...focus from building up libraries to seeking original...
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Harley, Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...but he was acquitted. The manuscript collection gathered by Harley and his son Edward constitutes the important Harleian Library in the British Museum. See B. Hill, Robert Harley: Speaker, Secretary of State and Premier (1988); bibliography...
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