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61. Harley MS 4397

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4397
Title:
M. de Saint Thomas, Le livre de l'imagination; Michault Le Caron, Le Passe-temps; Pierre Chastellain, Le Temps perdu; Pierre de Nesson, Chronicle of the kings of France; Guillaume Fillastre, Complainte sur Isabelle de Bourbon, comtesse de Charolais; Testament de Pierre de Nesson; Traité de conseil
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-167r: M. de Saint Thomas, Le livre de l'imagination (ff. 1r-81v); Michault Le Caron, Le Passe-temps (ff. 84r-95r); Pierre Chastellain, Le Temps perdu (ff. 96r-104r); Pierre de Nesson, Chronicle of the kings of France (ff. 104v-109v); Guillaume Fillastre, Complainte sur Isabelle de Bo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

62. Harley MS 4398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4398
Title:
Coustumes de Bretaigne, with ordinances of Geoffrey, John and other dukes of Brittany
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-65v: Coustumes de Bretaigne, with ordinances of Geoffrey, John and other dukes of Brittany. Decoration: 3 large initials in colours and gold with red and black pen-flourishing (ff. 1r, 58r, 65r). Large plain initials in red or blue. Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Rubr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

63. Harley MS 4401

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4401
Title:
Gautier de Coincy, Les Miracles de Nostre-Dame
Scope & Content:
An imperfect copy of Gautier de Coincy's miracles of the Virgin Mary, including his lyrics (with musical notation) dedicated to her. Contents: ff. 1r-189v: Gautier de Coincy, Les Miracles de Nostre-Dame. Four- and three-line staffs with C-clefs and quasi-square neumes: f. 3v: 'Amors, qui b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
c 1250–c 1275
Extent:

1 volume

64. Harley MS 4417

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4417
Title:
Livre de Sydrac; Huon de Méry, Le tournoiement Antechrist
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Livre de Sydrac (Book of Sydrac), an anonymous philosophical work in Old French, written between 1270 and 1300. The text is presented in the form of a dialogue between an ancient Babylonian king named Boctus and Sydrac, a philosopher. The volume also includes Le Torn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

65. Harley MS 4419

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4419
Title:
Lancelot du Lac
Scope & Content:
Contents: Lancelot du Lac, Part I, from the Lancelot-Grail or Prose Vulgate Cycle. Lancelot du Lac, also known as the Lancelot propre, is divided into 3 parts. Part I, beginning 'En la marche de Gaule', relates the birth and childhood of Lancelot and begins the chivalrous exploits of Arthur'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
A parchment codex, 169 folios

66. Harley MS 4425

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4425
Title:
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose
Scope & Content:
The text of the Roman de la Rose was begun around 1220, possibly by Guillaume de Lorris, and continued by Jean de Meun between 1269 and 1278. The text of this manuscript was copied from a printed edition published at Lyon, probably around 1487 (see Kren and McKendrick, Illuminating the Renaissan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Old
Date Range:
c 1490-c 1500
Extent:

Parchment codex

67. Harley MS 4486

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4486
Title:
A treatise on alchemy and medicine, and the Livre de Sydrac
Scope & Content:
Two manuscripts bound together including a treatise on alchemy and medicine (ff. 1r-67r) and the Livre de Sydrac (ff. 69r-146r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1350-1631
Extent:
148 folios.

68. Harley MS 4486, ff 69r-146r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4486, ff 69r-146r
Title:
Livre de Sydrac
Scope & Content:
Decoration: Large puzzle initial in blue and red with red pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the text (f. 69r). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, including foliate motifs (when the page contains several initials, the pen-flourishing joins together to form a continuous border along t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
77 folios.

69. Harley MS 4487

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4487
Title:
Aimon de Varennes, Roman de Florimont
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Roman de Florimont by Aimon de Varennes. Aimon wrote his work at Chatillon d'Azergues in the Forez region near Lyon in 1188. The poem, consisting of over 13000 lines, is in the Lyonnais dialect and relates the adventures of Florimont, the fictitious grandfather of Al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Old
Date Range:
1295
Extent:

1 volume

70. Harley MS 4656

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4656
Title:
De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae,also known as Bracton
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-100v: De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae, attributed to Henry Bracton. Decoration: Small initials in red. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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