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171. Harley MS 5430

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5430
Title:
English statutes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3*r-7*r: A table of contents for the manuscript. ff. 1r-4v: Magna Carta. ff. 4v-6r: The Charter of the Forest (1217). ff. 6r-12v: The Statute of Malborough (1267). ff. 12v-14r: The Statute of Merton (1236). ff. 14r-17r: The Statute of Gloucester (1278). ff. 17r-28r: Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

172. Harley MS 5440

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5440
Title:
Jacobus de Cessolis, Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium sive super ludum scaccorum, translated into French by Jean de Vignay
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-82v: Jacobus de Cessolis [Jacopo da Cessole] (b. c. 1250, d. 1322), Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium sive super ludum scaccorum; a translation in French out of Latin by Jean de Vignay (b. c. 1285, d. 1348), beginning: ‘A Tres noble et excellent prince Jehan de fran...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

173. Harley MS 5444

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5444
Title:
Votive masses; Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg, Compendium theologicae veritatis; William of Pagula, Oculus Sacerdotis; Jacobus de Lausanne, Commentaries on Genesis, Exodus and Job
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of four parts that were separately produced and joined together at a later point, possibly in the Harleian Library. The first part (ff. 1r-8v) is a single booklet with votive masses that was commissioned by Alicia Lygh (d. in or after 1525) of Chippenham, Wil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-1503
Extent:
1 volume

174. Harley MS 5762

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5762
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Paris
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-9v: Calendar, including SS Amand of Maastricht, Anthony of Bourges, Aubert, Aventin of Chartres, Blanchart, Boniface of Mayence, Brice of Tours, Clair of Vexin, Desiderius of Langres, Eloy of Noyon, Eleutherius of Tournai, Fara of Meaux, Fiacre of Meaux, Fortunat of Poitiers, F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1460
Extent:
1 volume

175. Harley MS 5781

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5781
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Nantes
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1: Paper flyleaf. f. 2r: Paper flyleaf with an added description of the manuscript, 17th/18th-century. ff. 3r-14v: Calendar. ff. 15r-21r: Gospel readings. f. 21r-v: Prayer, beginning 'Deus qui manus tuas et pedes tuos'. ff. 21v-22r: Prayer to the Virgin, beginning 'Ave cu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1428-1449
Extent:
1 volume

176. Harley MS 6199

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6199
Title:
Statuts de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-77r: Statuts de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or. The earliest copy of the Statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece, with a register of chapters held from 1429 to 6 May 1481. Decoration: 1 miniature depicting the knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece, with a scatter border ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1481-1486
Extent:
1 volume

177. Harley MS 6205

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6205
Title:
François Desmoulins de Rochefort, Les Commentaires de la guerre gallique (Book I)
Scope & Content:
Les Commentaires de la guerre gallique (Commentaries on the Gallic War) was written by François Desmoulins de Rochefort (d. 1526), a Franciscan friar, almoner and preceptor to Francis I of France. Composed as a dialogue between Julius Caesar and the king of France, on the responsibilities of an ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1519
Extent:

1 volume

178. Harley MS 6294

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6294
Title:
Gisalbertus de Bergamo, Commentarius in Disticha Catonis, with an alphabetical index
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1-180r: Gisalbertus de Bergamo, Commentarius in Disticha Catonis (Commentary on Cato's Distichs), introduced by a letter by Albericus de Rosate. ff. 181r-188v: an alphabetical index to the work. f. 180v is blank. Decoration: Foliate initials in colours and gold combined wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

179. Harley MS 6340

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6340
Title:
Robert de Boron, Merlin
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-13v: A table of contents. ff. 14r-292v: Robert de Boron, Merlin. Decoration: 1 small yellow (imitation gold) initial in a blue frame (f. 14r). Small red initials throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

180. Harley MS 6341

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6341
Title:
Lancelot du Lac (volume I)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first part of a two-volume set (Harley MSS 6341-6342) containing the French romance of Lancelot du Lac; the set originallycontained three volumes, but the first volume is now lost. Contents: ff. 1r-324r: Lancelot du Lac. Decoration: 2 small blue initials in red frame...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 volume

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