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12. Harley MS 324
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 324
- Title:
- John le Breton, The Treatise on the Laws of England
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2*v-204r: John le Breton, The Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) with a table of contents (ff. 2*v-4*v). Decoration: Numerous drawings in the lower margin including animals, hybrid creatures and hunting scenes (ff. 4*v-31r),...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old
- Date Range:
- c 1305
- Extent:
- 1 volume
13. Harley MS 334
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 334
- Title:
- Gautier de Metz, L’image du monde
- Scope & Content:
- f. 2* verso: ‘A medecyne for the stomok’, Middle English, late 14th century. ff. 1r–107v: Gautier de Metz, L’image du monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans). f. 108r–v: Pen trials, 15th century, including the opening section of a charter. Decoration: 1 large miniature in colours, gold, and s...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and French, Old
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
14. Harley MS 408
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 408
- Title:
- Statuta Angliae
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-213v: Statuta Angliae. Decoration: Plain initials in red, some large, some small (3v-6v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours. Blue initials with red pen-flourishing, some large, some small. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
15. Harley MS 489
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 489
- Title:
- Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-153v: Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton. Decoration: Small initials in blue, some with pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red. Rubrics in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 14th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
16. Harley MS 490
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 490
- Title:
- Walter of Bibbesworth, Tretiz de langage
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-31v: Walter of Bibbesworth (b. 1235, d. 1270), Tretiz de langage, imperfect at the beginning and end, also known as 'Aprise de franceis', 'Femme' and Femina.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 14th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
17. Harley MS 524
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 524
- Title:
- Collection of sermons and theological tracts (imperfect)
- Scope & Content:
- The collection includes (f. 66) two contemporary additions relating to medicine, a charm (item 1) and a short verse on humours (item 2). Two short chapters (ff. 84, 119-11v; items 3-4) discuss the formation of the fetus and birth in theological rather than medical terms. The cataloguing of the m...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, French, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 13th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
18. Harley MS 585
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 585
- Title:
- Medical miscellany including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarium, and 'Lacnunga'
- Scope & Content:
- Contents include translations of: Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarium (circa 183 plants) (ff. 1r-101v) including Old English translations of two Latin herbals: Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarium, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 1r-66v); Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis and Curae herbarum (ff. 66v-101v); ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old, French, Old, Irish, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Late 10th century-Early 11th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
19. Harley MS 585, ff 130r-193r
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 585, ff 130r-193r
- Title:
- Lacnunga (Leechbook)
- Scope & Content:
- Lacnunga (i.e. 'remedies' or 'cures') is a collection of medical recipes, magical charms and invocations mainly in Old English, partly in Latin and Old Irish. Rubric 'With heafod wræce' with later marginal note in Latin 'Ad dolorem capitis', incipit: 'Genim hamorwyrt and efenlastan nyðowearde', ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old, French, Old, Irish, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Early 11th century
- Extent:
- 63 folios.
20. Harley MS 616
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 616
- Title:
- Bible (Genesis-Psalms)
- Scope & Content:
- First volume of the Bible (Genesis-Psalms), incipit: 'Cist livres est apelez Genesis por ce que il est de la generation du ciel et de la terre'; ends imperfectly in Psalm 109, explicit: 'De ci a tant que je aie miste ennemis souz les...'. The second volume, containing Proverbs-Revelation, is no...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume