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161. Harley MS 2558, ff 197r-223v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, ff 197r-223v
Title:
Macer Floridus (Odo de Meung), De viribus herbarum
Scope & Content:
Macer Floridus (Odo de Meung), De viribus herbarum. Title 'Macer de viribus herbarum', incipit: 'Herbarum quasdam dicturus carmine vires / herbarum matrem'. The chapter on 'Paeonia' follows 'Aloe' (f. 223r) and is followed (f. 223r) by the last chapter, begining: 'Quisquis naturas urine nostre c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
27 folios.

162. Harley MS 3719, ff 155v-159r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3719, ff 155v-159r
Title:
Astrological diagrams
Scope & Content:
Astrological diagrams in colours including two volvelles (ff. 155v-156r) and a diagram showing moon phases (f. 157v). Bloodletting-zodiac man (ff. 158v-159r). The illustration combines the features of a bloodletting man with those of a zodiac man. Captions in Middle English written in alternati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:
6 folios.

163. Harley MS 3719, ff 175v-177v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3719, ff 175v-177v
Title:
Pythagorean sphere with prognostication texts and diagrams
Scope & Content:
The Pythagorean sphere, a diagram of the sphere of life and death used in prognostications, preceded by the title 'Sphera Pictagore' (f. 175v), and followed by explanatory texts: a text in verse, 5 lines, incipit (f. 175v): 'Collige per numerum quicquid cupis esse probandum', explicit 'Quod ret...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
3 folios.

164. Harley MS 3810/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3810/1
Title:
A composite Miscellany including a Romance in Verse, Moral and Devotional Poems, and Medical Texts and Recipes
Scope & Content:
See Harley MS 3810 for full description.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1360-1499
Extent:
1 volume

165. Harley MS 3810/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3810/2
Title:
A composite Miscellany including a Romance in Verse, Moral and Devotional Poems, and Medical Texts and Recipes
Scope & Content:
See Harley MS 3810 for full description.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1360-1499
Extent:
1 volume

166. Harley MS 3814 A, ff 90r-104v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3814 A, ff 90r-104v
Title:
Tractatus de septem planetas and other texts
Scope & Content:
Tractatus de septem planetas, incipit: 'Gloriosus et sublimis creator omnium rerum...' with some additional text at the beginning (ff. 90r-96r); a text in English, incipit: 'Baby moyses the gode clerk spekes...' (ff. 96r-96v); follwed by an astrological text in Latin on the Zodiac with a table (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
15 folios.

167. 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

168. Harley MS 5233, ff 1v-10v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5233, ff 1v-10v
Title:
Statutes, ordinances, and oaths
Scope & Content:
ff. 1v-5v: An ordinance, incipit: 'H. Custodibus pacis omne ac Iustitie omnis… Quandam ordinacionem in ultimo parliamento nostro apud Westmisterum quarto die Novembris ultimo preterito tento de avisamento et assensu dominorum spiritualium et temporalium…vobis scripti facimus in hec verba: item t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1450-c 1461
Extent:
10 folios, followed by 18 blank leaves.

169. Royal MS 17 A XXVII, ff1-70

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 17 A XXVII, ff1-70
Title:
Sawles Warde; Lives of Saints Katherine, Margaret and Juliana; Oreison of Seinte Marie
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10v: Sawles Warde, a homily on Matthew 24.43; ff. 11r-70r: Lives of St Katherine (ff. 11r-37r), St Margaret (ff. 37r-56r) and St Juliana (ff. 56r-70r) ff. 70r-v: The Oreison of Seinte Marie. The above texts are part of a group of works known as 'the Katherine group', also f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1200-1249
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex

170. Royal MS 17 A XXVII, ff71-97

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 17 A XXVII, ff71-97
Title:
Prayers, hymns and miscellaneous religious texts, including verses on the Arma Christi or Symbols of the Passion
Scope & Content:
Contents: Prayers, hymns and miscellaneous religious texts, including verses on the Arma Christi or Symbols of the Passion. Decoration: 24 framed miniatures in colours of the symbols of the Passion with leaf decoration (ff. 72v-79r). Rubrics and text in red (e.g., ff. 80r-81r). Initials in bl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex