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91. Harley MS 2972

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2972
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Orléans
Scope & Content:
Book of Hours, Use of Orléans, including a calendar (ff. 2r-13v). Latin, with some French rubrics and headings. Horizontal catchwords. ff. 1v, 110v, 123v, 133v, 208v, 256v are blank. Decoration: 6 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 volume

92. Harley MS 2974

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2974
Title:
Book of Hours, Use unidentified
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar, in French, with saints associated with Metz and Toul, including the translation of St Terentius (16 May), Sts Leguntius and Frominius (16 June), St Mansuetus 'premier evesque de Toul' (3 September), St Gundulf (6 September), St Goericus (19 September), St Libari...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

93. Harley MS 2979

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2979
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Clermont (Hours of the Virgin), and Use of Brioude (Hours of the Dead)
Scope & Content:
This late 14th-century Book of Hours is especially known for it miniatures by the Workshop of Jean of Toulouse at Avignon. However, the manuscript contains also contains unusual textual items. Amongs these are previously unknown excerpts of the Prologue and Epilogue of Robert of Sorbonne (b. 120...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390- c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

94. Harley MS 2980

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2980
Title:
Book of Hours, probably Use of Paris
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-13v: Calendar. ff. 14r-19v: Gospel lessons. ff. 20r-23r: 'Obsecro te'. ff. 23v-25v: 'O intemerata'. ff. 26r-37v: Hours of the Virgin, Vespers to Compline only (imperfect due to loss of leaves). ff. 38r-51r: Penitential Psalms. ff. 51r-54r: Litany. ff. 55r-58r: Ho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1470s
Extent:
1 volume

95. Harley MS 2989

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2989
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Lisieux
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar, in French, with some added saints' days. ff. 13r-16r: 'Obsecro te'. ff. 16v-20r: 'O intemerata'. ff. 20v-25v: Gospel readings. ff. 25v-26r: Prayer to St Sebastian. ff. 27r-72r: Mixed Hours of the Virgin, the Cross and the Holy Spirit (ends imperfectly d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

96. Harley MS 2999

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2999
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Toul
Scope & Content:
Contents: Book of Hours, Use of Toul, including a calendar, written in French (ff. 3r-14v). This manuscript includes later additions: f. 2v: a brief catalogue entry of the volume, early 18th century. ff. 147v-148r: memoranda of births in the Ramberviller family, 1591-1599. f. 148v is blank....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1480 – c 1485
Extent:
1 volume

97. Harley MS 3180

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3180
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Troyes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar, in French, with saints connected to Troyes and its area, including St Savinien and St Loup in red. ff. 13r-14v: Reading from the Gospel of St John. f. 14v: A prayer beginning 'Protector in te sperantium deus sine quo nichil est vallidum'. ff. 15r-22r: Hour...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1460-c. 1470
Extent:
1 volume

98. Harley MS 3205

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3205
Title:
Nova Statuta for 1-50 Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 14-245r: Nova Statuta for 1-50 Edward III, written in Law French; imperfect. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 1r-1v: Short texts, enumerating the number of churches, parishes and good clergymen ('bonorum ecclesiasticorum') in England, and explaining distances (e..g ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

99. Harley MS 3206

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3206
Title:
Statutes of Edward III
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains the statutes of Edward III (r. 1327-1377). It consists of two parts that were produced separately. The first part (ff. 1r-215r) was written in the 4th quarter of the 14th century or 1st half of the 15th century. The second part (ff. 216v-223v) was written in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

100. Harley MS 3299

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3299
Title:
Memorandum book of the city of Ghent, containing statutes and annals, a tax register, and lists of aldermen
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-46r: Statutes and Annals of the city of Ghent; 223 articles mostly written in Middle Dutch, but also featuring a few items in Middle French, including an introduction to an indentury by Guy of Dampierre (b. c. 1226, d. 1305), Count of Flanders, on f. 1r: 'Nous Guis, quens de Fl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume