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1. Add MS 15732

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15732
Title:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a Latin copy of the Historia Regum Brittaniae ('The History of the Kings of Britain') by Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1154/55), bishop of St Asaph and historian. The work presents a pseudo-historical account of the kings of Britain; it opens with a legend that tells of how B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Harley MS 3520/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3520/1
Title:
Sextus Pompeus Festus, De significatione verborum; Ovid, Amorum libri; collection of Classical inscriptions
Scope & Content:
The first part of a two-volume set, the second volume of which is Harley MS 3520/2. This is a composite manuscript comprising three parts. Part 1, ff. 1-61, was written in North-Eastern France or the Southern Netherlands in the 3rd quarter of the 15th century Part 2, ff. 62-89, was written aro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1400-c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 3539

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3539
Title:
Jean Germain, Liber de virtutibus Philippi Burgundie et Brabancie ducis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-94r: Jean Germain, Liber de virtutibus Philippi Burgundie et Brabancie ducis; beginning with a list of contents (ff. 1r-3r); and ending: 'A mess[ir]e guil[e]l[m]e De rochefort / Deo gr[aci]as ; de bosco ;'. The manuscript contains a few later additions: Below a paper pastedo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1452-c 1500
Extent:
1 volume