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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Language French, Middle

121. Harley MS 4374/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4374/1
Title:
Valerius Maximus, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, book 1
Scope & Content:
Contents: Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (the first of 6 volumes): ff. 1r-2v: Translator's prologue; ff. 2v-4v: Author's prologue; ff. 4v-80v: Book 1, Religion and miraculous events (continued in Harl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1473-c1480
Extent:

A parchment codex, 80 folios

122. Harley MS 4374/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4374/2
Title:
Valerius Maximus, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, books 1, 2 and 3
Scope & Content:
Contents: Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (the second of 6 volumes): ff. 81r-87v: Book 1, Religion (continuation); ff. 88r-160r: Book 2, Ancient Customs; ff. 161r-168v: Book 3, Human characteristics (c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c1473-c1480
Extent:
A parchment codex, 88 folios

123. Harley MS 4374/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4374/3
Title:
Valerius Maximus, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, books 3 and 4
Scope & Content:
Contents: Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (the third of 6 volumes): ff. 169r-210v: Book 3, Human character (continued); ff. 211r-252r: Book 4, Moderation. This copy of the work is now bound in 6 volume...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1473 to c1480
Extent:

A parchment codex, 85 folios

124. Harley MS 4375

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4375
Title:
Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, books 5-9
Scope & Content:
Contents: Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, a translation of Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, in 9 books. This copy of the work is now bound in 6 volumes: Harley MS 4374/1, Harley 4374/2, Harley 4374/3 and Harley 4375/1, Harl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1473 to c.1480
Extent:
3 parchment volumes

125. Harley MS 4375/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4375/1
Title:
Valerius Maximus, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, books 5-7
Scope & Content:
Contents: Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (the fourth of 6 volumes): ff. 1r-44v: Book 5, Humanity and Clemency; ff. 45r-76v: Book 6, Loyalty; ff. 77r-84v: Book 7, Happiness (continues in Harley 4375/2)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1473 to c. 1480
Extent:
A parchment codex, 84 folios

126. Harley MS 4375/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4375/2
Title:
Valerius Maximus, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, books 7-8
Scope & Content:
Contents: Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (the fifth of 6 volumes): ff. 85r-122r: Book 7, Happiness (continued from Harley 4375/1); on f. 102v a rubric states Nicolas de Gonesse's translation begins here...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1473 to c. 1480
Extent:
A parchment codex, 94 folios

127. Harley MS 4375/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4375/3
Title:
Valerius Maximus, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, books 8 and 9
Scope & Content:
Contents: Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (the sixth of 6 volumes): ff. 173r-178v: Book 8 (continued from Harley 4375/2); ff. 179r-264v: Book 9, Vices. This copy of the work is now bound in 6 volumes; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1473 to c. 1480
Extent:
A parchment codex, 94 folios

128. Harley MS 4376

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4376
Title:
Jean de Courcy, Chronique de la Bouquechardière
Scope & Content:
Contents: Jean de Courcy (b. c. 1350, d. 1431), Chronique de la Bouquechardière, in 6 books: ff. 2v-89v: Book I, from Genesis to Ancient Greece; ff. 90r-149v: Book II, the legend of Troy; ff. 150r-206r: Book III, the cities founded by the fleeing Trojans; ff. 206v-270v: Book IV, Babylon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

129. Harley MS 4386

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4386
Title:
Henry Suso, L'Orloge de sapience (translation attributed to Jehan de Souhaube)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-162v: L'Orloge de sapience, a French translation of Henry Suso’s Horologium Sapientiae attributed to Jehan de Souhaube, a Franciscan friar, in 1389. The manuscript contains a later addition: ff. [i]verso-1v, 163r-164r: household notes in French; added to blank leaves in the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

130. Harley MS 4392

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4392
Title:
Octavien de Saint-Gelais, l'Histoire d'Euralius et Lucresse (C.22.b.1.)
Scope & Content:
Harley MS 4392 is a printed book that was transferred to the Department of Printed Books in May 1867. It now has the shelfmark C.22.b.1. The book contains the only printed version on vellum of the French translation of the Historia de duobus amantibus (The Tale of Two Lovers), an epistolary nove...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1493
Extent:
1 volume

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