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471. Harley MS 3528

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3528
Title:
A miscellany of alchemical works
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10v: An untitled collection of alchemical tracts in Latin, attributed by a later hand to Roger Bacon, Arnaldus de Villa Nova (Flos florum), Thomas Aquinas (‘lapis’), and Aristotle (Secretum secretorum); the text on f. 4r is partially in Middle English prose but has been crosse...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

472. Harley MS 3542

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3542
Title:
Scope & Content:
Collection of Alchemical and Medical Treatises and Recipes; 15th cent. Latin and Middle English. Copies. Imperfect in parts. A composite and miscellaneous volume, its first part (ff. 1-94v; items 1-19) relates mainly to alchemy and includes: - a) Mirror of lights (ff. 1-14, imperfect; item ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

473. Harley MS 3655

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3655
Title:
Registrum Brevium from the reign of Richard II
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 8r-199v: Registrum Brevium for the reign of King Richard II, beginning with a table of contents (ff. 8r-9v), entitled: 'Calendar brevium realium'. The manuscript contains various additions: f. 1v: Memorandum of Robert de la Mare, Lord of Llangennith in the Gower, Swansea, Sout...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

474. Harley MS 3657

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3657
Title:
Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-221v: Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea; with a table of contents on ff. 1r-2r; featuring some 15th-century marginal annotations in Latin. The manuscript contains several additions: ff. 222r-222v: Notes on canon law [including the subjects of cemeteries and burials], beginn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

475. Harley MS 3688

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3688
Title:
Cartulary of Missenden Abbey
Scope & Content:
ff. 1*v–2*r: Added sheet with a table of estimated conversions of weights and measures, in English (early 15th century). ff. 1r–15v: Contemporary table of contents. ff. 16r–186v: General cartulary, compiled by Robert de Welwes and completed 20 Feb 1330 or 1331; arranged in sections, mainly top...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1330-1331
Extent:

Parchment codex

476. Harley MS 3719

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3719
Title:
Collection of astronomical, calendrical, medical and philosophical texts
Scope & Content:
A composite and miscellaneous volume including: 1. Two sets of tables of contents (ff. 1v, 4v) referring to the present volume, and a table of contents relating to Gerardus Bituricensis' commentary on the Viaticum (ff. 2r-3r) from a different manuscript; 2. An astrological text (ff. 3v-4v); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1275-1540
Extent:

283 folios.

477. Harley MS 3724

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3724
Title:
Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae, the bull Laudabiliter, and other texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of miscellaneous texts in Latin and Middle English, written in Ireland during the 13th century. They include a copy of the Topographia Hiberniae (Topography of Ireland), an account of the landscape, history and people of Ireland, written by the historian Ger...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 volume

478. Harley MS 3725

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3725
Title:
Chronicles of Hailes and Aberconwy abbeys
Scope & Content:
Composite volume: ff. 2–37 and ff. 38–81 were produced at different times, but it is likely that the latter was intended as a supplement to the first part, since the layout is identical. f. 1r: Modern note on Aberconway and Hailes. ff. 2r–31v: Chronicle of England, beginning, ‘Scibens Orosius ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

479. Harley MS 3730

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3730
Title:
Brut Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r-1v: John Hardyng, Metrical Chronicle, containing only the verses from the epilogue. ff. 2r-119v: The Brut Chronicle. Decoration: Several large initials in black ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

480. Harley MS 3760

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3760
Title:
Thomas Brinton, Sermons
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-163v: Thomas Brinton, Sermones (26 sermons), entitled ‘D[omi]ni Thom[ae] Bruton Rof[ensi] Ep[iscopi] Sermones’; featuring some Middle English verse. Decoration: Medium blue initials and small red initials.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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