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421. Harley MS 2385

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2385
Title:
Middle English treatises and Latin sermons; Richard of Saint-Victor, Epistola ad Severinum de Caritate; Vita Secundi philosophi; a collection of miracles and exempla
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises five different parts that were produced separately in England. Part 1 (ff. 2r-8v) was written in the first half of the 15th century. Part 2 (ff. 11r-25v) was written around the mid or in the second half of the 15th century. Parts 3 (ff. 26r-31v) and 4 (ff. 32r-36v)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1250-c 1500
Extent:
1 volume

422. Harley MS 2386

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2386
Title:
Various historical texts; the Brut Chronicle in Latin; John Mandeville's Travels; a metrical romance in Middle English
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-9v: A chronicle of British and English kings from the Viking invasions down to the coronation of King Henry IV. f. 10r: two notes about England. f. 10v: a short tract about calculating wheat measures at the Exchequer and converting into English measures. f. 11r: a note about...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

423. Harley MS 2387

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2387
Title:
Walter Hilton, Scala perfectionis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-129v: Walter Hilton, Scala perfectionis (Ladder of Perfection); imperfect, the first two parts only. With the opening rubric: ‘Here bygynyth þe boke þat is I clepyde scale perfeccionis and it haþ twey partes’; beginning: ‘Gostly broþer in Ihesu crist I preye þe þat in þe cally...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

424. Harley MS 2388

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2388
Title:
Of Three Arrows on Doomsday; Mirrour for Maydenes; The Five Wiles of King Pharaoh; Adam and Eve; Four Errors; A Sentence of Saint Bernard; Te Deum; Speculum Sacerdotis; Litera de Vita et Morte; Speculum Christiani (excerpts); Contra obstinatos; collection of Latin sermons
Scope & Content:
This theological manuscript may consist of two parts (ff. 1r-37v and ff. 38r-112v) that were produced separately and joined at a later point in time. The manuscript contains Middle English theological treatises and poems and Latin sermons. Among its contents is a the unique copy of the Mirrour f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

425. Harley MS 2389

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2389
Title:
Scope & Content:
A Commonplace Book including Medical, Culinary, Arboricultural and Fishing Recipes, Charms and Instructions; 16th cent. Middle English. Imperfect. A commonplace or household book, containing circa six-hundred medical recipes and charms, including culinary and fishing (ff. 73-73v) recipes and arb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

426. Harley MS 2390

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2390
Title:
Scope & Content:
Medical Compendium; 15th cent. Latin and Middle English. Partly copy. Imperfect. The compendium contains texts relating to medicine and the regimen of health in Latin and Middle English, interspersed with collections of medical recipes (ff. 57v-58v, 59v-72, 75, 76-91v, 100v-102v, 107-108v, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

427. Harley MS 2391

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2391
Title:
Collection of sermons, exempla and didactic works in Latin and Middle English
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: Prognostications for Christmas day and subsequent days (Latin). ff. 2r-133r: John Mirk, Festial, Middle English sermons from Advent to St Katherine. ff. 133r-133v: The Nine Virtues, shown by God to a ‘gud and a hely man’. f. 134r: The Ten Commandments, here entitled ‘D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
mid 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

428. Harley MS 2392

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2392
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-145v: Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, beginning: 'The double sorwe of troilus for to tell / that was kyng Priam[mes] sone of troie' (see Boffey and Edwards, A New Index (2005), no. 3327; for an edition, see The Riverside Chaucer, ed. by Benson and Robinson (1987), pp. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

429. Harley MS 2394

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2394
Title:
Prick of Conscience
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-129r: Prick of Conscience; imperfect at the beginning: loss of text on ff. 1-7 due to damage to folios; ff. 128r-129r have been substituted for lost leaves in the 16th century. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 77r: A Middle English verse, ‘After my warkes deme no...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

430. Harley MS 2396

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2396
Title:
Wycliffite sermons on the Sunday epistles, Sunday gospels, and ferial gospels
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-78v: Wycliffite sermons on the Sunday epistles, Sunday gospels, and ferial gospels, beginning incompletely in the epistle sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent, and ending with the Friday gospel sermon for the 5th week after the Octave of Epiphany. For a detailed list of sermo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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