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11. Harley MS 2965

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2965
Title:
The Book of Nunnaminster
Scope & Content:
A decorated prayerbook with extracts from the Gospels. The text and decoration link it to a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks known as the 'Tiberius Group'. In particular, its script and contents are related to those in Royal MS 2 A XX (the Royal Prayerbook), Harley MS 7653 (the Harley Prayerbo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
late 8th to 1st quarter of 10th century
Extent:
1 volume

12. Harley MS 61

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 61
Title:
Cartulary of Shaftesbury Abbey
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–124v: Cartulary of royal and other charters, based on an earlier landboc that was apparently arranged in chronological order, preserved here to some extent, e.g. with pre-conquest documents grouped, some in Old English (ff. 1r–22v), followed by a Middle English schedule of knight’s fees. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

13. Harley MS 438

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 438
Title:
A 'palaeographical' transcript of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 190 ('Archbishop Wulfstan's Handbook')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: notes by John and William Retchford. ff. 3r-413v: A 'palaeographical' transcript of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 190 ('Archbishop Wulfstan's Handbook').
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

14. Harley MS 2110

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2110
Title:
Cartulary of Castle Acre Priory
Scope & Content:
ff. 4*r–5*v: Fragment of Ælfric, Homilies, first series, for St John and St Stephen (1st half of the 11th century, Old English, written in insular minuscule); with a large initial and title in display capitals in red (f. 4*r); 220 × 150 mm. One bifolium, missing four lines of text in the upper p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

15. Harley MS 55

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55
Title:
Anglo-Saxon miscellany including medical remedies and Anglo-Saxon laws by Edgar and Cnut
Scope & Content:
The volume is made up of fragments from two different manuscripts. The first fragment (ff. 1r-4v; unit A) probably formed the end of the original manuscript, and includes: Bald, Leechbook, book 2, chapter 59 (ff. 1r-3r); Laws of King Edgar (r. 959-975) (ff. 3v-4v); Oswald, archbishop of Yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Early 11th century
Extent:

1 volume

16. Harley MS 533

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 533
Title:
Symeon of Durham, De exordio ecclesiae Dunelmensis; Charta Ecgfridi Northumbriae Regis; Historia de Ranulfo et alijs aliquot; Historia de sancto Cuthberto et de commemoratione Locorum Regionumque eius prisce possessionis a primordio usque nunc temporis; De situ Dunelmi et de Sanctorum reliquijs que ibidem continentur
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-99v: Symeon of Durham, De exordio ecclesiae Dunelmensis. f. 100r: Charta Ecgfridi Northumbriae Regis. ff. 100v-114r: Historia de Ranulfo et alijs aliquot. ff. 114r-129v: Historia de sancto Cuthberto et de commemoratione Locorum Regionumque eius prisce possessionis a primo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

17. Harley MS 441

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 441
Title:
A transcript of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 121
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Various notes by Edmund Gibson. f. 2r: The Nicene Creed in Old English written by Edmund Gibson. ff. 3r-96r: A 'palaeographical' transcript of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 121 (Ecclesiastical Institutes, Homilies associated with Archbishop Wulfstan).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1688
Extent:
1 volume

18. Harley MS 3826

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3826
Title:
Alcuin, De orthographia; Bede, De orthographia; Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Bella Parisiacae urbis; and other grammatical texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains texts on vocabulary and scribal practices and glossaries. It includes: ff. 1r-24r: Alcuin, De orthographia (incomplete); ff. 24v-71r: Bede, De orthographia; ff. 71v-84r: Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Bella Parisiacae urbis, book III; ff. 84r-86v: text beginning ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
late 10th-early 11th century
Extent:
1 volume

19. Harley MS 7567

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7567
Title:
Collection of fragments, copies and originals of historical and religious texts, including the Old English edicts of Æthelberht; Old English laws of Æthelred; Decretum Gratiani; Cronica de Anglia; William of St Alban, Passio Sancti Albani
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of fragments, copies and originals of medieval and early modern texts that were produced separately and may have been kept together as a loose collection in the Harleian Library. The manuscript contains at least 38 separate sections ranging from the late 12th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1175-c 1734
Extent:
1 volume

20. Harley MS 552

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 552
Title:
Æthelwold, Regularis Concordia (transcribed from Cotton MS Tiberius A III)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-44v: Æthelwold, Regularis Concordia; a transcript from Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff. 174r-177r. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*recto: A title-page; added in the 16th century, possibly by Laurence Nowell.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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