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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2563
Title:: Terence, Comoediae
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: Terence's epitaph. ff. 1r-170v: Terence, Comoediae; with marginal annotations throughout. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 2*, 167v, 168v-170r: Numerous annotations in various hands, some in Italian, mainly late 15th-century-early 16th century. Decoration: C...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2564
Title:: Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), Fasti
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-109r: Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), Fasti. ff. 109v-112r: a calendar of Roman festivals based on Ovid's Fasti from January to June. ff. 113v-115r: a poem in rhyming couplets about the birth of Christ in Italian. The manuscript has a later addition: f.117r: Guarinus Veronensi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2581
Title:: Horace, Ars poetica; Satires; Epistulae
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-10r: Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus], Ars poetica. ff. 10r-52v: Horace, Satires. ff. 53r-83v: Horace, Epistulae. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 1*recto: An Italian inscription: 'Se questo libro asorta si p[re]dessi a ?dapitassi allemane di p[er]sona che no[n...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2616
Title:: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, De Beneficiis
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains an Italian translation of De Beneficiis (On Benefits), a 1st-century work by the Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca (b. c. 4 BC, d. 65), also known as Seneca the Younger. Contents: ff. 1r-94r: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, De Beneficiis. [f. 94v is blank]. Decorati...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: c. 1430-c. 1440
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2705
Title:: Justinus, Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a copy of the Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi (Epitome of the Histories of Pompeius Trogus) by the Roman historian Marcus Junianus Justinus (fl. 2nd century), also known as Justin. The manuscript's scribe Christoforo Schioppo of Verona was also responsible for Harley...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 1454
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2711
Title:: Sallust, De coniuratione Catilinae; De bello Jugurthino; Poggio Bracciolini, Invectiva in Franciscum Philelphum; Invectiva II in Franciscum Philelphum; Epistola ad Laurentium Aretinum
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains two works by the Roman historian Sallust (b. 86, d. c. 35 BC): De coniuratione Catilinae (On the Catiline Conspiracy) and De bello Jugurthino (On the Jugurthine War). It also includes two invectives by the Italian scholar and humanist Poggio Bracciolini (b. 1380, d. 1459...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 1449
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2747
Title:: Justin, Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1-2 and ff. 107-110: Numerous added records in Italian in one hand, mostly relating to accounts, 16th century: sales (of wheat, etc.), lists of purchases, of letters written to various persons, mention of a donation towards the restoration of a church ( 'la donatione di m^a^ Maria...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2771
Title:: Cicero, Orator; De claris oratoribus
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains two works by the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC): Orator, his last work on rhetoric, written three years before his death, and De claris oratoribus (On famous orators), a history of Roman oratory. The anonymous scribe of the manuscript was also...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: c. 1430-c. 1440
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2789
Title:: Bible, Proverbs to Apocalypse
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-13r: Proverbs, with preface and capitula, imperfect in the middle (Proverbs 25-29 are not included). ff. 13v-17v: Ecclesiastes, with capitula. ff. 18r-20r: Song of Songs. ff. 20r-29r: Wisdom, with capitula. ff. 29r-53r: Sirach, with preface and capitula. ff. 53r-80r: Isa...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2920
Title:: Collection of texts relating to the order of service, made for an Italian house of Poor Clares
Scope & Content:: A collection of texts relating to the order of service, probably made for an Italian house of Poor Clares, as suggested by repeated references to the Order's founders St Francis and St Clare of Assisi (e.g. ff. 10v, 16r, 27r). The manuscript was written in two parts: the first part (ff. 1-24) wa...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 1518-3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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