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141. Harley MS 2253, ff 1r-48v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2253, ff 1r-48v
Title:
Collection of hagiographical texts
Scope & Content:
Collection of hagiographical texts in Anglo-Norman French including: 1. 'Vitas patrum' (formerly attributed to Henry d'Arci), incipit: 'En lonur de damne de le omnipotent' (ff. 1r-22v); 2. 'La passioun nostre seignour' (an extract from the versified biblical history of Hermann of Valenciennes)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:
48 folios.

142. Harley MS 2253, ff 49r-142v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2253, ff 49r-142v
Title:
Miscellany of (the 'Harley Lyrics')
Scope & Content:
Miscellany of texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics') in English, Anglo-Norman, and Latin. This part of the manuscript (except for folio 52v) was written by the so-called 'Harley scribe', active in or near Ludlow (Southern Shropshire) from 1314 to c. 1349...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1330-c 1340
Extent:
95 folios.

143. Harley MS 2558, ff 7r-8v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 7r-8v
Title:
Novele cirurgerie, excerpt
Scope & Content:
Novele cirurgerie, excerpt (365 lines); Imperfect. A collection of medical recipes in Anglo-Norman verse. Beginning at 'En eisil e chaut sure mis', breaking at 'E sur ceo la confectiun'. Text fully printed in Hunt 1987. See also Hieatt and Jones 1990.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
2 folios.

144. Harley MS 2558, ff 175r-184v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 175r-184v
Title:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Letter to Caesar (Regimen sanitatis)
Scope & Content:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Letter to Caesar (Regimen sanitatis). A collection of vernacular medical recipes, followed (f. 184v) by a trilingual list of herbs. Incipit: prologue 'Ceo est la livere ce ky joe Ypocras enveye ay a Sesar qui joe a tey avoy promis', incipit: 'Checun humme verreyment et bestes ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
15 folios.

145. Harley MS 2558, ff 188r-188v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 188r-188v
Title:
Medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes (c. 30 recipes). Incipit: 'Pro dolore dentium vinum et peper / misse'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29 (London, 1963; with supplements in 1965 and 1968), p. 1132e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
1 folio.

146. Harley MS 4971, ff 4-41

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4971, ff 4-41
Title:
Grammatical and legal tracts, letters and documents
Scope & Content:
f. 4r: Guide to French pronunciation. ff. 4r–6v: Orthographica Gallica (sometimes attributed to Thomas Sampson), with running commentary in Anglo-Norman on Latin rules and vocabulary lists (Dean 1999, nos. 287, 300). ff. 7r–9r: Outline of the responsibilites of a clerk of a manorial household,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 item

147. Harley MS 4971, ff. 42-92

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4971, ff. 42-92
Title:
Legal texts
Scope & Content:
ff. 42r–65v: Legal formulary compiled at Bury St Edmunds. ff. 66r–92v: Statutes for years 11 to 13 of the reign of Richard II (1387–90).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

148. Harley MS 4971, ff 93-128

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4971, ff 93-128
Title:
Le Manuel des pechiez
Scope & Content:
ff. 93r–127v: William of Waddington, Le Manuel des pechiez (after f. 120v, 1305 lines are missing). Includes an inserted sermon in 122 stanzas (f. 123v), ‘Deu le omnipotent’ (Dean 199, nos. 635, 599). f. 127v: Names of knights of the Round Table, from Chrétien de Troyes, Erec et Enide, added in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

149. Harley MS 5233, ff 11r-339r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5233, ff 11r-339r
Title:
Nova Statuta
Scope & Content:
Nova Statuta including statutes for the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-1377) (ff. 11r-140v), Richard II (r. 1377-1399) (ff. 141r-218r), Henry IV (r. 1399-1413) (ff. 219r-265v), Henry V (r. 1413-1422) (ff. 265v-289v), to 15 Henry VI (1336) (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471) (ff. 289v-338v). This portion of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1436
Extent:
328 folios.

150. Lansdowne MS 381/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 381/2
Title:
Breviary, Use of Sarum (fragment)
Scope & Content:
This fifteenth-century Breviary for the Use of Sarum is incomplete, comprising 67 folios, along with prayers in English and French. Lansdowne 381/1 is a separate volume consisting of eleven leaves from a Psalter created for Henry the Lion in the late twelfth century ('The Psalter of Henry the Lio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex.

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