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431. Harley MS 2347

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2347
Title:
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous Collection of Medical texts and Recipes; late 15th cent., 13th cent. Latin, Anglo-Norman and Middle English. Partly imperfect. The cataloguing of this manuscript was funded by the Wellcome Trust. Texts include: - A) Collection of medical and surgical recipes in Latin, Anglo-Nor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-15th century
Extent:
1 item

432. Harley MS 2348

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2348
Title:
A collection of sermons
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2*r-195v: A collection of 69 sermons in Latin, from the first Sunday of Advent to Pentecost. ff. 196r-196v: A table of contents in a 14th-century hand, listing the sermons contained in the manuscript with detail added in a later hand and the folio reference in yet another hand. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 volume

433. Harley MS 2356

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2356
Title:
Psalter-Hours
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: the calendar, including Dominican feasts such as St Peter Martyr, St Hugh of Lincoln and the translation of St Dominic, as well as added obits and memoranda (see Provenance); ff. 9r-173r: the Psalter; ff. 173r-186v: the Canticles; ff. 186v-189r: the Athanasian Creed; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

434. Harley MS 2371

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2371
Title:
John Mirk, Festial
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-141v: John Mirk, Festial (Group B version); beginning imperfectly towards the end of Advent and ending imperfectly with the opening of the Dedication of the Church; the sermon for the feast of St Thomas of Canterbury has been largely cut out (see ff. 73*-[73c]), and the remaini...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

435. Harley MS 2372

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2372
Title:
A Mirror for Recluses
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an imperfect copy of A Mirror for Recluses, a Middle English translation of the Speculum inclusorum, an early 15th-century rule or guide for male anchorites. A complete copy of the text (the only other in existence) survives in a manuscript sold at Christie's, London, 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

436. Harley MS 2373

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2373
Title:
The Cloud of Unknowing, The Book of Privy Counselling, and other works by the same author
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of seventeen extant medieval copies of The Cloud of Unknowing, a guide on contemplative prayer and meditation from the second half of the 14th century. It contains five other works by the author of The Cloud of Unknowing: The Epistle of Discretion of Stirrings, Treat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

437. Harley MS 2374

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2374
Title:
A miscellany of medical texts, including a botanical glossary, a collection of medical recipes, and a Middle English translation of the Antidotarium Nicolai
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made up of two booklets (ff. 1-28 and 29-64), both made in the 15th century. The first booklet comprises a botanical glossary, a partial copy of an antidotary (book of antidotes) and a collection of medical recipes in Middle English and Latin. The second contains an ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

438. Harley MS 2375

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2375
Title:
Scope & Content:
Compilation of Medical and Astrological Texts and Recipes; 15th cent. Latin and Middle English. Copies. The MS. is a compilation of medical and astrological texts and recipes; its cataloguing was funded by the Wellcome Trust. Owned by John Batteley (1647-1708), clergyman and antiquary. Boug...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

439. Harley MS 2377

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2377
Title:
Prick of Conscience
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-106v: Prick of Conscience (East Midland recension), misbound; the original order is ff. 1-33, 36-106, 34-35. Decoration: Large and small initials in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

440. Harley MS 2379

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2379
Title:
Tracts on vices and virtues; Speculum Christiani; Gospel harmony; De Spiritu Guidonis; Speculum sacerdotum; William of Pagula, Oculus sacerdotis; The Gret Sentence; theological verses and notes; Decretum abbreviatum; Pseudo-Bonaventura, Dieta Salutis; Tabulae Dieta Salutis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-56v: A collection of Latin tracts on vices, virtues and catechesis, entitled ‘vinea domini de cibu anime’; featuring excerpts from the Cibus Anime. ff. 57r-70v: Speculum Christiani, featuring Middle English verse on f. 62v (‘Whose wyll have helle / he must do as we hym telle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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