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1471. Harley MS 2421

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2421
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, Boece
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Boece, a Middle English prose translation of Boethius' De Consolatione Philosophiae (On the Consolation), written by the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). Contents: ff. 1r-153v: Geoffrey Chaucer, Boece, a translation of Boethius' De Consolatione ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1472. Harley MS 2422

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2422
Title:
Nigel Wireker, Speculum Stultorum (The Mirror of Fools)
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r-6v: Nigel Wireker, prose prologue. ff. 6v-8v: Nigel Wireker, verse prologue. ff. 8v-81v: Nigel Wireker, Speculum Stultorum (The Mirror of Fools). Decoration: Numerous marginal sketches in red of faces in profile. 1 large initial in red (f. 2r). Smaller initials in brown and/or red...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1473. Harley MS 2423

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2423
Title:
Vincent of Beauvais, Tractatus consolatorius de morte amici, ad Ludovicum Regum Francorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38v: Vincent of Beauvais, Tractatus consolatorius de morte amici, ad Ludovicum Regum Francorum. Decoration: 1 large initial in red with red pen-flourishing (f. 1r). Smaller initials in red with reserve designs. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1474. Harley MS 2425

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2425
Title:
Francesco Matarazzo, Funeral oration for Leonardus Perusinus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-23r: Francesco Matarazzo (d. 1518), Funeral oration for Leonardus Perusinus. Decoration: Historiated initial in gold and colours with a man holding a book, with a bar extending along the text (f. 1). Gold initial on a blue ground decorated with gold (f. 1).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1475. Harley MS 2427

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2427
Title:
Psalms. Psalms and Proverbs in English, Latin, Hebrew and Greek in 4 columns on each page
Scope & Content:
Language : Hebrew The Psalms in Hebrew, unpunctuated and accompanied by Greek and Latin translation. Tehilim. תהילים Note: Contains a fragment of Proverbs, 20:14-30:33. Main text in Hebrew with vowel-points and accents, accompanied with a parallel Septuagint and a Latin version. The Psalms h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
1600-1799
Extent:
161 folios (ii+161+iii)

1476. Harley MS 2431

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2431
Title:
Breviary, with a York calendar and other liturgical texts
Scope & Content:
This breviary is a rare surviving example of a late medieval book that is known to have been used in (at least) two parish or local church settings: at the chapel of St Giles’s Hospital near Brompton-on-Swale, and slightly later in the chantry of St Giles, in the chapel of Ravensworth Castle, bo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1477. Harley MS 2432

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2432
Title:
Vita Adae et Evae; Tractatus metricus penitentia; Richard Horton, Confessional formulary; Bernard of Clairvaux, De diligendo deo; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De tribus diebus; Tria sunt; Smaragdus, Diadema monachorum, and other theological works
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of theological works that were copied by 'Richard Horton' in the 15th century. The larger part of the manuscript contains hitherto unknown copies of a guide on Latin prose and poetry known as Tria sunt, based on Geoffrey of Vinsauf's Documentum de modo et ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1478. Harley MS 2433

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2433
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Tournai
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2v-3r: Offsets and sewing holes from pilgrim badges on blank pages. ff. 3v-4r: A table to calculate the date of Easter with an explanation in Middle Dutch. ff. 5r-16v: A calendar, in Middle Dutch, including in red: Sts Veerele (Pharaildis of Ghent), Amant (Ghent), Eloy (Tourn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1479. Harley MS 2434

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2434
Title:
Middle Dutch Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-14v: Calendar in Dutch, with a number of saints related to Utrecht including 'Sarijs' [Marius] (19 January). ff. 16r-39r: The Hours of the Holy Virgin: imperfect at the beginning. ff. 40r-72v: The Hours of the Holy Spirit, entitled: 'Hier beghint die hilige gheest getide' ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1460-c 1485
Extent:
1 volume

1480. Harley MS 2435

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2435
Title:
A large collection of Latin notes for sermons
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-117v: A large collection of Latin notes and quotations for sermons. Decoration: Paraph markers in red ink throughout.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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