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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2666
Title:: Sextus Iulius Frontinus, Strategemata
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the Strategemata (Stratagems) by Sextus Iulius Frontinus (b. c. 30, d. 104), a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history. It represents the oldest extant copy of Frontinus’ work (see Bachrach, ‘A Lying Legacy’ (2007), p. 160). Contents: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2674
Title:: Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae
Scope & Content:: This manuscript consists of books 1-18 of Priscian (fl. 500)'s Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar), including Tironian shorthand notes and numerous marginal and interlinear glosses written by several hands spanning from the late 9th century to the early 12th century. One of these g...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 9th century-10th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2685
Title:: Boethius, Consolatio philosophiae; Fulgentius Mythographus, Mythologiae; Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio Virgilianae Continentiae; Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-23v: Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524), Consolatio philosophiae (Consolation of Philosophy), Book 1-5, including contemporary and 10th-century interlinear and marginal glosses. ff. 24r-35v: Fulgentius Mythographus (fl. 500), Mythologiae (Mythologies), preceded by capitula (f. 24r)...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2688
Title:: A collection of fragments including Liutprand of Cremona, Antapodosis; a Miscellany; Quintus Horatius Flaccus Epodes; Quintus Horatius Flaccus Carmen saeculare; Quintus Horatius Flaccus Epistles; Quintus Horatius Flaccus Satires; Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae, Boethius, De musica
Scope & Content:: The manuscript is a composite miscellany made of five texts of different dates and origins (ff. 1-16; 17-22; 23-46; 47-54; 55-66), probably bound together after Edward Harley acquired the last part (ff. 55-66). Each text is separated by unfoliated parchment interleaves, which remain blank. Con...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 9th century-12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2688, ff 1r-16v
Title:: Liudprand of Cremona, Antapodosis, (books 1-4) (imperfect)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-16v: Liudprand (b. c 922, d. c 972), bishop of Cremona, Antapodosis (Retribution), books 1-4, dedicated to Recemundus, bishop of Elvira, imperfect at the end, beginning: 'In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti incipit liber ανταπoδοσιν regum atque principum partis europe ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 2688

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2688, ff 17r-22v
Title:: A circular diagram of the winds; John Scotus Eriugena, epitaph for Hincmar of Reims; Greek and Latin grammatical lists; Excerpt from Proverbs; Hymn to St Michael (with neumes)
Scope & Content:: This miscellanous collection of texts originally formed the initial gathering of Harley MS 3095, a 10th-century manuscript of Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524)'s works. A later scribe has added in the 11th century the hymn (ff. 17v-18r). This part includes: Contents: f. 17r: A circular diagram of t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: Mid 10th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 2688

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2688, ff 23r-46v
Title:: Quintus Horatius Flaccus's works, including: Epodeae, Carmen saeculare; Epistulae and Satires (imperfect)
Scope & Content:: Four works by Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC-8 BC) with marginal and interlinear glosses. Contents: ff. 23r-29r: Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Epodeae (Epode), 8.12-17.81 (imperfect). ff. 29r-30v: Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmen saeculare (Secular hymn). ff. 30v-43v: Quintus Horatius Flaccus, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 10th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 2688

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2688, ff 47r-54v
Title:: Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae (books 4-5)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 47r-54v: Priscian (fl. 500), Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar), books 4-5 with interlinear and marginal glosses, begins imperfectly in chapter 2 of book 4, beginning: '[...] in tus desinentibus derivantur abiecta .s. assumunt do ut habitus habitudo'; ending imperfe...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 9th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 2688

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2688, ff 55r-66v
Title:: Boethius, De musica (books 1-2)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 55r-66v: Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524), De musica (On music), books 1-2, with marginal glosses, beginning: '[O]mnium quidem percepcio sensum'; ending: 'Nunc voluminis seriem fastidii vitator astringam'. Decoration: Space left for an initial at the beginning of the text. Initials...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 2688

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2700
Title:: Martial, Epigrams
Scope & Content:: This 12th-century manuscript contains the Epigrams by the Roman poet Martial (b. c. 41-d. c. 102). Parts of the original text are missing and have been supplemented by an anonymous 15th-century scribe, possibly working in Padua, and by the scribe Bartolomeo Sanvito (b. 1435, d. 1518). The manu...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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