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121. Harley MS 2250

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2250
Title:
Middle English Life of Christ and other saints' Lives and theological texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-44r: Middle English stanzaic Life of Christ in verse (Circumcision, the first leaf of which has been misbound between ff. 44 and f. 45; Epiphay; Purification of the Virgin Mary; Innocents; Septuagesima; Sexagesima; Quinquagesima; Quadragesima; Lent; the Passion; Pilate; Judas; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

122. Harley MS 2251

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2251
Title:
Collection of poems by John Lydgate, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Benedict Burgh
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains poems by some of the most renowned poets from Late Medieval England, including John Lydgate (b. c. 1370, d. c. 1451), Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400), and Benedict Burgh (b. 1413, d. 1483). The collection of poems by John Lydgate is believed to be derived from a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1460-1483
Extent:
1 volume

123. Harley MS 2252

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2252
Title:
The Commonplace Book of John Colyns, including Ipomydon, B version, and the stanzaic Morte Arthur
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript comprises two booklets of Middle English poetry and prose (ff. 54-85, 86-133) that were compiled into one volume in the early 16th century by John Colyns (d. c. 1542), mercer, of the parish of St Mary Woolchurch Haw, London. The manuscript contains the unique copies o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century-Early 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

124. Harley MS 2253

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2253
Title:
Henri d'Acre, Miscellany of secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript divides in two parts. Part I (ff. 1r-48v) includes a collection of hagiographical texts in Anglo-Norman French. Part II (ff. 49r-140v and 142r-142v, except for folio 52v) was written in c. 1330-1340 by the so-called 'Harley scribe' and contains a miscellany of texts including secu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

125. Harley MS 2253, ff 49r-142v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2253, ff 49r-142v
Title:
Miscellany of (the 'Harley Lyrics')
Scope & Content:
Miscellany of texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics') in English, Anglo-Norman, and Latin. This part of the manuscript (except for folio 52v) was written by the so-called 'Harley scribe', active in or near Ludlow (Southern Shropshire) from 1314 to c. 1349...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1330-c 1340
Extent:
95 folios.

126. Harley MS 2255

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2255
Title:
A collection of poems by John Lydgate
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of poetry by or attributed to John Lydgate (c. 1370-1449/50?), containing 45 Middle English poems, mostly religious. McCracken considered as Lydgate's all but two of the poems (Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas and A Satirical Description of his Lady), whose aut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1460-c 1470
Extent:

1 volume

127. Harley MS 2277

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2277
Title:
South English Legendary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-232v: South English Legendary (Legends of the saints in verse, listed according to their feast days), imperfect at the beginning. Decoration: Large plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
1 volume

128. Harley MS 2278

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2278
Title:
John Lydgate, Lives of SS Edmund and Fremund
Scope & Content:
The presentation copy of John Lydgate's Lives of SS Edmund and Fremund. Commissioned by Abbot William Curetys for presentation to King Henry VI upon or shortly after his visit to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds between Christmas 1433 and Easter 1434. 2 full-page miniatures in colours and gold (ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1434-1439
Extent:
1 volume

129. Harley MS 2280

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2280
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-98r: Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde (see Boffey and Edwards, A New Index (2005), no. 3327; for an edition, see Riverside Chaucer (1987), pp. 472-585), beginning: 'The double sorowe of troilus to tellen / Þat was þe kynge Priamus sone of Troye / In lovynge how hise avent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

130. Harley MS 2320

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320
Title:
Miscellany of treatises relating to prognostication, astrology and braiding in verse and prose
Scope & Content:
The miscellany comprises texts on prognostication, astrology and braiding. Medical recipes and other notes were added at a later stage to the endleaves (ff. 71r, 74r). Contents include: 1. Calendar (ff. 1r-4v); 2. Prognostication attributed to Bartholomew of Parma (ff. 5r-30v); 3. A lunar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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