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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 647, ff 1r-2r
Title:: Astronomical texts based on Isidore of Seville with two short prayers
Scope & Content:: Astronomical texts based on Isidore of Seville with two short prayers.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c. 820 and c. 1000
Extent:: 2 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 647, ff 2v-17v
Title:: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus, Astronomica
Scope & Content:: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratea, illustrated with 22 constellation figures containing extracts from Hyginus, Astronomica.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c. 820-840
Extent:: 15 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 647, ff 17v-20r
Title:: Excerpts from Pliny, Natural History, Macrobius, Commentary on the Somnium Scipionis, and Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii
Scope & Content:: Excerpts from Pliny, Natural History, Macrobius, Commentary on the Somnium Scipionis, and Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, books 8 and 6 (known as The Seven-Book Computus), also in the margins of ff. 16r-16v.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c. 1000
Extent:: 3 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 651, ff 1-184
Title:: Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronici Canones; St Jerome, Continuation of Eusebius; Prosper of Aquitaine, Epitoma Chronicorum; Sigebert of Gembloux, Chronica; Robert de Torigni, Chronica
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 4r–57v: Eusebius of Caesarea (b. c. 260, d. 339), Bishop of Caesarea, Chronici Canones (Chronological Canons), translated by St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), with his prologue; ending ‘Huc usque historiam scribit eusebius pamphili martiris contubermalis [sic]; cui nos ista subiecimus’...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 651

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 651, ff 185-191
Title:: Lists of ecclesiastical provinces, dioceses, cities, churches and offices
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 185r–191v: Lists of ecclesiastical provinces, dioceses and their cities, the churches of Rome, offices for cardinals, cardinal deacons, (arch)bishops, and patriarchs. Decoration: Numerous initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. 1 small initial in red with violet pen-flourish...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 651

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 651, ff 192-196
Title:: Chronicle from the creation of the world to 1384; England from Alfred to Richard II (with continuations); Names of the kings of Britain and the Heptarchy; Miracle at the shrine of Our Lady of Ipswich
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 192r–193v: Chronicle from Creation to 1384. ff. 193v–194r: Series of kings of England from Alfred to Richard II, continued up to Edward VI by a different hand, writing in Middle English (lower margin of f. 194r). f. 194v: Names of the kings of Britain and of the Anglo-Saxons in...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 651

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 858, ff 1r-73v
Title:: Vetera Statuta
Scope & Content:: 1. Carta de libertatibus Angliae, known as the Magna Carta, confirmed by Edward on 28 March 1999 (29th year of his reign) (ff. 1r-2r). 2. Carta de libertatibus foreste (Carta de Foresta) (ff. 2r-4r). 3. Sentencia lata super cartas (of 1293) (f. 4v). 4. Statute of Merton (ff. 4v-7r). 5. Statu...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: Early 14th century
Extent:: 73 folios.

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