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111. 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.

112. Harley MS 273, ff 204r-215v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273, ff 204r-215v
Title:
Prayers, poems and recipes for making colours and dying textiles
Scope & Content:
Sixth unit includes: Prayers; incipit: 'Dona michi queso omnipotente deus' (ff. 204r-209r); Recipes to make colours for illuminating books and dying textiles, followed by poems and prayers (ff. 209r-213r); Recipes and charms for fever, cancer, gout, bloodletting, nail in the eye, child-birth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
12 folios.

113. Harley MS 273, ff 113r-198r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273, ff 113r-198r
Title:
William of Waddington, Manuel des péchés and Purgatoire de S. Patrice
Scope & Content:
The fourth unit of the manuscript includes: William of Waddington, Manuel des péchés (ff. 113r-190v); Purgatoire de S. Patrice (ff. 191v-197v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1300-1329
Extent:
85 folios.

114. Harley MS 273, ff 1r-69v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273, ff 1r-69v
Title:
Psalter, Hours of the Virgin and Hours of the Dead
Scope & Content:
The first unit of the manuscript includes: 1. Calendar, with a dedication (f. 1v) of the parish church of St. Laurence at Ludlow ('lodelowe') (ff. 1r-6v); 2. Indulgences by Popes Innocent Urbanus IV and John XXII, added to a blank page by the Ludlow scribe (f. 7r) 3. Psalter, incipit: 'Benoy...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1300-1329
Extent:
69 folios.

115. 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.

116. Harley MS 1121, ff 141r-156r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1121, ff 141r-156r
Title:
Edmund of Abingdon, Mirour de seinte eglyse (French translation of Speculum religiosorum)
Scope & Content:
Edmund of Abingdon, Mirour de seinte eglyse (French translation of Speculum religiosorum). Decoration: Historiated initial of saint Edmund of Abingdon as a bishop holding a mirror, with a partial foliate bar border with a dragon and a dog pursuing a hare, at the beginning of the text (f. 141)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
16 folios.

117. Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v
Title:
Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour, Robert Grosseteste, Rules, and other text including charms.
Scope & Content:
The second unit of the manuscript includes: Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour (Bestiary of love) (ff. 70r-81r); Robert Grosseteste, Rules (ff. 81r-85r); Rules of Friendship or La Diffinission de Amurs (ff. 85r-85v); Charm against wounds (f. 85v) and Charm for bloodletting (f. 85v). Decorat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1300-1329
Extent:
15 folios.

118. Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v, ff 81r-85r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v, ff 81r-85r
Title:
Robert Grosseteste, Rules
Scope & Content:
Robert Grosseteste, Rules (Les Reules Seynt Roberd), incipit: 'Ici cumencent les reules qui Ro/bert Grosteste'. Originally written for Alice de Lacy, countess of Lincoln, widow of Thomas of Lancaster. For the text see S. H. Thomson, The Writings of Robert Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln 1235-1253...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1300-1329
Extent:
5 folios.

119. Harley MS 273, ff 113r-198r, ff 191v-198v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273, ff 113r-198r, ff 191v-198v
Title:
Purgatoire de S. Patrice
Scope & Content:
Purgatoire de S. Patrice; incipit: 'Ici comence purgatorie seint patric / [P]ur la bone gent conforter'. Written by the Ludlow scribe in collaboration with another scribe who copied lines 373-550: see C. Revard 1970. For the text and the manuscript see Vising 1916.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1314-1329
Extent:
8 folios followed by 1 blank folio

120. Harley MS 270, ff 1r-122v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 270, ff 1r-122v
Title:
Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Vie de Saint Thomas Becket
Scope & Content:
Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Vie de Saint Thomas Becket. Guernes, also known as Garnier, completed the text in 1174. Decoration: 1 large gold initial with foliate infill in blue, green and pink set against a rectangular pink ground (f. 1r). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or blue...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
122 folios.

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