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341. 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.

342. 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.

343. 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.

344. 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

345. 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

346. 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

347. 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

348. Harley MS 3765

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3765
Title:
Register of the chantry of St Saviour, Waterford
Scope & Content:
The only known surviving register of a medieval Irish chantry: f. 1*r: Original cover, with inscriptions. f. 1*v: Added theological commonplaces. ff. 1r–4v: Added documents on gifts to the chantry. ff. 5r–38r: General register, arranged topographically, opening with the chantry’s foundation ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1482-1480s
Extent:

Parchment codex

349. Harley MS 3776

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3776
Title:
The ‘Codex ruber’ or ‘Waltham Abbey miscellany’, part 1
Scope & Content:
The first surviving fragment of a collection of miscellaneous religious and historical tracts. The medieval numeration of the contents indicates that the folios were formerly in a different order, with ff. 25–62 coming after ff. 94–117. Four other 14th-century manuscripts, which may or may not b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1345-1360s
Extent:

Parchment codex

350. Harley MS 3810

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3810
Title:
A composite Miscellany including a Romance in Verse, Moral and Devotional Poems, and Medical Texts and Recipes
Scope & Content:
A composite Miscellany including a Romance in Verse, Moral and Devotional Poems, and Medical Texts and Recipes; late 14th-15th cent. Middle English and Latin. The MS. is composite and comprises three MSS. of different origin divided into two volumes. Its cataloguing was funded by the Wellcome Tr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1360-1499
Extent:

2 volumes

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