Harley MS 291 - State papers and tracts

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 99
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1412)
Title
State papers and tracts
Shelfmark
Harley MS 291
Creation Date
ca. 1580 - 1587
Repository
Contents Note

A composite volume of state papers and tracts, principally relating to transactions between England and Scotland, in various hands.

Material Features

Folio. 212 leaves (plus blanks). Modern morocco gilt.

Provenance

Sir Simonds D'Ewes owned this manuscript in 1628.

Acquisition

The Harleian Library was founded by Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). According to Cyril Ernest Wright, Robert Harley ‘was primarily interested in English historical and political material and in volumes of sermons and theological controversy, sharing in the latter the taste of his Harley ancestors’. See Wright, p. xxxiv.

Source of Data

British Library online catalogue; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. I, pp. 155-59; CELM; Andrew G. Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (London, 1966), p. 324; Hannah Yip.

URLs
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Harley_MS_291 Digitised copy of British Library, Harley MS 291.
GEMMS record created
December 17, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024