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371. Harley MS 2399

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2399
Title:
Composite miscellany of fragments, including Plato, Timaeus (Latin translation); Ambrose, De Bono mortis; Simon Islip, Speculum regis Edwardi tertij; Calendar (Use of Sarum); Middle English poem on the Infancy and other Middle English poems; Sentence of Cursing; Digby Commentary on Hippocrates' Aphorisms; Sermon on the treatment of illness; Collection of theological excerpts and sermons
Scope & Content:
The composite contains nine parts with fragments of other manuscripts, including classical, historical, liturgical, theological and medical texts that were written at different time periods in England. The first part (ff. 1r-8v) was copied in the late 12th century. The second part (ff. 9r-12r) w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1175-c 1625
Extent:
1 item

372. Harley MS 4733

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4733
Title:
Miscellany of Middle English verse containing 'Parvus Cato' and 'Cato Major' by Benedict Burgh, 'Proverbs of Old Philosophers' and 'Destruction of Jerusalem' ('Titus and Vespasian')
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1. (ff. 3r-30r): 'Parvus Cato' and 'Cato Major': the Disticha Catonis, translated into English verse by Benedict Burgh (d. in or before 1483). See Boffey and Edwards 2005, nos. 854 and 3955. For an edition of the Benedict Burgh translation, see Fumio Kuriyagawa, Paruus Cato Magnus Ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

373. Harley MS 326

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 326
Title:
Chronicle from Rollo to Edward IV; Romance of the Three Kings' Sons
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-7r: Chronicle from Rollo to Edward IV (Edward IV's descent from Rollo). For an edition of the text, see Radulescu 2003. Rubric (f. 1r): 'Here be gynnyt the petegreu of þe kyng þt now ys'. Incipit (f. 1r): 'This breff tretis is compyled for to bryng The peple oute of doute þt h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1475-c 1485
Extent:

1 volume

374. Harley MS 978

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 978
Title:
Collection of poems including fables and musical, calendrical, and medical texts
Scope & Content:
A miscellany or 'manual' including poems, fables, musical, and medical texts, several of which are unique to this collection, such as the song 'Sumer is icumen in', the Song of Lewes, several poems by Marie de France and Goliardic verses. The collection was possibly compiled between 1261 and 126...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

375. Harley MS 485

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 485
Title:
Collection of theological works, including the Speculum peccatoris; Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis, De sacramentis christianae fidei, and De virtute orandi; Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermon on Canticle of Canticles; John Chrystostom, Sermo de poenitentia; Peter of Blois, De duodecim utilitatibus tribulationis; Guigo II, Scala claustralium; Legend of Pachomius; Tripoli Prophecy
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Speculum peccatoris. ff. 8v-16r: Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion. ff. 16r-22r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis. ff. 22r-24r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei. ff. 24r-26v: Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo super illum locum in Cantico: 'Ecce ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

376. 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

377. Harley MS 219

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 219
Title:
Odo of Cheriton, Fabulae; a selection of tales from the Gesta Romanorum; Libre du gouvernement des roys et des princes, an anonymous French translation of the Secretum Secretorum; Christine de Pizan, Épistre de Othéa a Hector; glossary of terms in French, Latin, and Middle English
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite miscellany, made up of three parts (ff. 1-79; ff. 80-105 plus blanks; and ff. 106-153). It contains copies of the Fabulae (Fables) of the English preacher Odo of Cheriton (b. 1180/90, d. 1256/7), a selection of tales from the Gesta Romanorum (Deeds of the Romans), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

378. Harley MS 5086

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5086
Title:
Edward of Norwich, The Master of Game; The Babees’s Book; The ABC of Aristotle; Dietary for King Henry V; Treatise on equine medicine
Scope & Content:
This 15th-century miscellany contains Middle English and Latin verse and prose treatises relating to hunting, manners, human and veterinary medicine. The cataloguing of the manuscript was partially funded by the Wellcome Trust. Contents: ff. 1r-85r: Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, The Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

379. Harley MS 525

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 525
Title:
The Seege of Troy; Robert of Cisyle; Speculum Gy de Warewyke
Scope & Content:
The manuscript's former binding is now stored separately as Harley MS 525/1. Contents: ff. 1r-34v: The Seege of Troye [see Boffey and Edwards, A New Index (2005), no. 3139; for an edition, see Seege or Batayle of Troye, ed. by Barnicle (1927)]; beginning: ‘Sithyn that god this worlde wroghte’...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

380. Harley MS 1766

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1766
Title:
John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes (translation of Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)
Scope & Content:
John Lydgate's The Fall of Princes, an English translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium, based on the French translation by Laurent de Premierfait, with English marginal notes in red, in the same hand as the text. Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Table of Contents t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1450-c 1460
Extent:
Parchment codex.

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