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1. Harley MS 2448

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2448
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 14r-93r: Hours of the Virgin Mary ('Officium sancta marie virginis secundum consuetudinem romane curie'). ff. 94r-153v: Office of the Dead ('Officium in agenda mortuorum'). ff. 154r-189v: Hours of the Passion ('Officium sacratissimae passonis domini nos...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1460-c 1480
Extent:

1 volume

2. 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

3. Harley MS 2491

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2491
Title:
Cicero, Epistulae ad Brutum, Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem, and Epistulae ad Atticum; Pseudo-Ovid, Epistula ad Octavianum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Brutum. ff. 12v-39v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem. ff. 40r-41v: Pseudo-Cicero, Epistula ad Octavianum. ff. 41v-217v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum. Decoration: 21 white vine initials in gold and co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 2517

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2517
Title:
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-55v: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae. Decoration: Large initial in gold and colours with acanthus leaves and naturalistic flowers extending into the margins at the beginning of book 1 (f. 1r). A very large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 2523

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2523
Title:
Giannozzo Manetti, De dignitate hominis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-82r: Giannozzo Manetti, De dignitate hominis. The text is dedicated to Alfonso, king of Aragon. Decoration: Three-sided white vine border with a white vine initial in colours and gold and, in the lower margin, two putti supporting a wreath intended for a coat of arms. A flo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 2593

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2593
Title:
Giannozzo Manetti, De dignitate et excellentia hominis
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a copy of De dignitate et excellentia hominis (On the Dignity and Excellence of Man), a treatise written by the Italian politician and diplomat Giannozzo Manetti (b. 1396, d. 1459). The work in four books was a response to Pope Innocent III's De miseria humane conditionis (O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1455
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 2597

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2597
Title:
Sallust, De Coniuratione Catilinae and De Bello Jugurthino
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-28r: Sallust, De Coniuratione Catilinae (On the Conspiracy of Catiline); ff. 28r-81v: Sallust, De Bello Jugurthino (On the Jugurthine War). Decoration: 1 white vine initial extending into a partial border in colours and gold, with birds; in the lower margin, white vine and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1450-1460
Extent:

1 volume

8. Harley MS 2626

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2626
Title:
Cicero, Disputationes Tusculanae
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r-112r: Cicero, Disputationes Tusculanae (Tusculan Disputations). Decoration: A large white vine initial in gold and colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1r, 3r, 28v, 43v, 63v, 85r). Space for a smaller initial left blank (f. 65v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 2630

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2630
Title:
Cicero, De amicitia; De senectute; Paradoxica stoicorum; Somnium Scipionis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains copies of a number of works by the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC): De amicitia (On friendship), De senectute (On old age), Paradoxica stoicorum (Stoic Paradoxes), and the Somnium Scipionis (Dream of Scipio). Contents: ff. 1r-26r: Cicero, De ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 2632

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2632
Title:
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmina; Epodi; Carmen saeculare
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains copies of the selected works of the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (b. 65, d. 8 BC), commonly known as Horace. The texts feature extensive marginal commentary. Contents: f. 1r: Vita Horatii (Life of Horace), imperfect, with a number of added pen trials; ff. 2r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume