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1. Harley MS 1-7661

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1-7661
Title:
Harley Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Robert Harley (d 1724) and Edward Harley (d 1741), 1st and 2nd Earls of Oxford. c 1300-c 1700. 7661 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Dutch, English, English, Middle, English, Old, French, French, Old, Georgian, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Irish, Irish, Old, Italian, Latin, Slavic languages, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1700
Extent:
7689 items

2. Harley MS 49

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 49
Title:
Roman de Tristan en prose
Scope & Content:
Roman de Tristan en prose (Prose Tristan), imperfect at the beginning, with an index or table of contents (ff. 149r-154v). Incipit: 'Sadoc vient ce part & regardoit contremont & contreval....' The missing first page has been replaced with a flyleaf that had originally been a pastedown. B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Harley MS 200

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 200
Title:
Robert of Avesbury, Chronicles; Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita sancti Edwardi regis
Scope & Content:
Composite volume, with booklets consisting of f. 2 (late 15th century); ff. 4–147 (mid 15th century); and ff. 150–207 (first half of the 13th century), bound together with additions by Symonds D’Ewes. f. 2r: Full page miniature, 185 × 110 mm, in colours and gold of a coronation, with the heir t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century-Late 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Harley MS 205

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 205
Title:
Raymond of Peñafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–2v: Bifolium from the end of a 14th-century list of proverbs in alphabetical order, bound backwards. ff. 3r–67v: Raymond of Peñafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae, with gloss, imperfect. ff. 68r–71v: Fragments from a 12th-century liturgical manuscript with musical notation, including t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Harley MS 222

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 222
Title:
Herman de Valenciennes, Bible historiale
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r, 128v: Fragments of a 14th-century charter issued in England, used as endleaves. Written in Anglicana; includes the names 'Alex', 'Wilhelm ?Gasy', 'Jacobo de Bermynghem', and mentions London. ff. 2r–227v: Herman de Valenciennes, Bible historiale. Decoration: Large initials in gold and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1280
Extent:

1 volume

6. Harley MS 225

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 225
Title:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum; Epistre de Sibille
Scope & Content:
ff. 3r–78r: Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum (Historia Regum Britanniae), including 15th-century annotations. ff. 78v–79v: Epistre de Sibille (Epistle to Sibille), with the heading: ‘Ceste lepistre de Sibille Ffraunce’, prophecy in Old French added in the mid-14th century, beginning: 'L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

7. Harley MS 273

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273
Title:
Compilation of religious and secular texts
Scope & Content:
A composite miscellany of religious and secular texts written in England (mostly in Anglo-Norman) and assembled for devotional and instructive purposes. It is made of six parts: First unit (ff. 1r-69v) includes a French Psalter with a calendar, followed by other liturgical prayers, and Hours of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1300-1349
Extent:

1 volume

8. Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v
Title:
Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour, Robert Grosseteste, Rules, and other text including charms.
Scope & Content:
The second unit of the manuscript includes: Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour (Bestiary of love) (ff. 70r-81r); Robert Grosseteste, Rules (ff. 81r-85r); Rules of Friendship or La Diffinission de Amurs (ff. 85r-85v); Charm against wounds (f. 85v) and Charm for bloodletting (f. 85v). Decorat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1300-1329
Extent:
15 folios.

9. Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v, ff 70r-81r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273, ff 70r-85v, ff 70r-81r
Title:
Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour
Scope & Content:
Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour (Bestiary of love), incipit: 'Tote gent desirent par nature a saver'. Decoration: The text is illustrated with ink drawings: Author talking to a woman; Author teaching; Author at work; Author presenting his book to a woman (f. 70r); Knights on horseback...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1300-1329
Extent:
12 folios.

10. Harley MS 273, ff 86r-112v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273, ff 86r-112v
Title:
Pseudo-Turpin, Chronicle; Guide to nightly and daily meditations
Scope & Content:
The third unit of the manuscript includes: Pseudo-Turpin, Chronicle (ff. 86r-102v), Sermon on penance from the Church Fathers, followed by added prayers (ff. 103r-110r); Guide to nightly and daily meditations with diagrams (ff. 110v-112v); Charms for bloodletting, against wounds and fever (f. 11...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1300-1329
Extent:
26 folios.

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