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1341. Harley MS 509, ff 1v-4v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 509, ff 1v-4v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Dedication of elegies by Wye Saltonstall to Sir Thomas Middleton.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1640
Extent:

4 folios

1342. Harley MS 509, ff 5r-40r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 509, ff 5r-40r
Title:
Scope & Content:
Elegies in English and Latin
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1640
Extent:

36 folios

1343. Harley MS 526, ff 1r-27v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 1r-27v
Title:
Bede, Vita Cuthberti Metrica (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2020)
Scope & Content:
This work contains a late 9th century copy of Bede's verse Life of Cuthbert, written in the region which is now northern France. It was in England by the mid-10th century, given the Old English names inscribed in the margin and the Old English glosses in the text (see, for example, ff. 2r, 15r)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of 9th century
Extent:
27 folios, part of a parchment codex

1344. Harley MS 526, ff 28r-37v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 28r-37v
Title:
Vita Venerabilis Bedae (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 1069)
Scope & Content:
This item contains prose life of Bede (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 1069), copied in France or England in the first half of the 12th century. The preface begins 'Inter catholicos sacrae Scripturae expositores...' Decoration: 2 coloured initials (f. 28r-v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 12th century
Extent:
10 folios, part of a parchment codex

1345. Harley MS 526, ff 38r-57v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 38r-57v
Title:
Anonymous Vita Ædwardi Regis (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2421)
Scope & Content:
This item contains the sole surviving copy of the Vita Ædwardi, a life of Edward the Confessor (b. c 1003, d. 1066) written by an anonymous author with sections in prose and verse. The text is imperfect, possibly missing two folios each from the first and last quire. Decoration: Painted initial...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1100
Extent:
19 folios, part of a parchment codex

1346. Harley MS 526, ff 58r-67v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 58r-67v
Title:
Fragment of Ailred of Rievaulx's Vita S Edwardi Regis et Confessoris (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2423) and the papal commissioners' report on the sanctity of Bishop Hugh of Lincoln (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the last page of a copy of Ailred of Rievaulx's Vita S Edwardi Regis et Confessoris (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2423) (f. 58*r). It is followed by an imperfect copy of the papal commissioners' report on the sanctity of Bishop Hugh of Lincoln, which an early modern ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 13th century
Extent:
12 folios, part of a parchment codex

1347. Harley MS 526, ff 68r-77v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 68r-77v
Title:
Vita Ade et Evae
Scope & Content:
This item contains a 14th-century copy of an apocryphal text, entitled 'Vita Protoplasti nostri Ade, et Eve uxoris sue, fabulosissima' in this manuscript. Decoration: 1 large initial in blue and red (f. 68r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
10 folios, part of a parchment codex

1348. Harley MS 531, f 1*r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 531, f 1*r
Title:
Table of contents.
Scope & Content:
The table of contents was added by Roger Marchall in 1474. The last two items on the list are not included in the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1474
Extent:
1 folio preceded by an unfoliated parchment flyleaf.

1349. Harley MS 531, f 32r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 531, f 32r
Title:
Mnemonic calendar verses
Scope & Content:
Mnemonic calendar verses, incipit: 'Cisio Janus ephi ergo vendicit ac feli marcel.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1272
Extent:
1 folio.

1350. Harley MS 531, f 115v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 531, f 115v
Title:
Tabula cenith solis et umbre.
Scope & Content:
Astronomical table entitled 'Tabula cenith solis et umbre.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

1 folio.

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