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1. Harley MS 2466

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2466
Title:
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Epistulae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus), a collection of letters from the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC) to his close friend Titus Pomponius Atticus (b. c. 110, d. 32 BC). According to an inscription on the first folio, the book was owned by ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2591

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2591
Title:
Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an imperfect copy of the Epistulae ad familiares (Letters to Friends), a collection of letters sent between the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC) and various public and private figures. Contents: ff. 1r-192v: Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares, imper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 2664

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2664
Title:
Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-188r: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (b. c. 35, d. c. 100), Institutio Oratoria (Institutes of Oratory), with running header on the top right of each verso specifying which book of the Institutio is covered, added in the 15th century. ff. 90r-91v: Replacement text for lost folios,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 2695

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2695
Title:
Collection of classical and humanistic texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of classical texts, including works by the Roman poets Virgil (b. 70, d. 19 BC) and Ovid (b. 43 BC, d. 17/18) and the Christian poet Lactantius (b. c. 250, d. c. 325). It also includes a Latin translation of the Batrachomyomachia (Battle of the Frogs and Mic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 2743

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2743
Title:
Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares
Scope & Content:
Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares, in a single hand, imperfect, containing all 16 books but ending mid-sentence in Bk 16, Letter XXI, Marcus Cicero Junior to Tiro. Glossed in both Greek and Latin and with corrections and omissions added in the margin in multiple hands. Guide letters are used, as ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 5439

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5439
Title:
Lactantius, Divinae institutiones
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Divinae institutiones (The Divine Institutes), a theological work by the Christian Roman philosopher Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius (b. c. 250, d. c. 350). Contents: ff. 1r-196r: Lactantius, Divinae institutiones. f. 196v is blank. Decoration: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 6059

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6059
Title:
Notes on L. Annaeus Florus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-188v: Notes on L. Annaeus Florus (fl. early 2nd century) in Latin and Greek.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 7026/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7026/2
Title:
Facsimiles of medieval manuscript leaves and fragments, copied by Philip Sproson, with descriptions by Humfrey Wanley; Matthew Buchinger, calligraphic writings; facsimile of two leaves from the Codex Claromontanus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the second of two volumes that originally formed Harley MS 7026. The first volume is now Harley MS 7026/1, and contains the 'Lovell Lectionary'. The manuscript's original Harleian binding is now Harley MS 7026/3. Harley MS 7026/2 contains facsimiles of leaves and fragments f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume