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1581. 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

1582. Harley MS 2525

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2525
Title:
Publius Terentius Afer, Comoediae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-96r: Publius Terentius Afer, Comoediae. ff. 96r-96v: Petrarch, Vita Terentii. This manuscript contains later additions: ff. 1*r-1*v, 97r-97v: various notes and scribbles in late-medieval hands. [f. 1*r is blank. Decoration: Numerous initials in red and blue. Running title...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century - 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1583. Harley MS 2526

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2526
Title:
Petrarch, Vita Terentii; Terence, Comoediae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3r: Petrarch, Vita Terentii. f. 5r: Epitaphium Terentii. ff. 5r-130v: Terence, Comoediae. Partial border and large initial in colours and gold (f. 5v). Other large initials in colours and gold (ff. 26v, 49r, 70v, 92v, 111r). 2 smaller initials in gold on blue and red, or bl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1456
Extent:
1 volume

1584. Harley MS 2527

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2527
Title:
Terence, Comoediae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-161r: Terence, Comoediae. The manuscript contains several additions: f. 1v: Inscriptions, including: 'Quid est comedia, comedia est imitation vite, speculum consuetudinis, et imago veritatis'; and 'Omnium rerum vicissitude est'; added in the (?) 16th century. f. 2r: Aelius...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1471
Extent:
1 volume

1585. Harley MS 2528

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2528
Title:
Marcus Valerius Probus De notis antiquis and Fabius Victor, De XIV urbis regionibus et vetustatibus opusculum
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes two late-antique tracts: ff. 1r-17r: Marcus Valerius Probus, De notis antiquis, a catalogue of abbreviations found in Latin inscriptions, incipit: 'Valerii Probi de notis antiquis. Est etiam circa perscribundas vel paucioribus litteris notandas studium necessarium.' ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1502
Extent:
Parchment codex.

1586. Harley MS 2530

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2530
Title:
Flores Rhetoricae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-48v: Flores Rhetoricae, a rhetorical treatise about tropes and figures of speech, with marginal notes and diagrams.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1587. Harley MS 2531

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2531
Title:
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a glossed copy of Lucan's Pharsalia. The manuscript's former binding is now stored separately as Harley MS 2531/1. Contents: ff. 3r-164v: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia; with marginal glosses in red frames and maniculae. The manuscript contains various later add...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1588. Harley MS 2532

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2532
Title:
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-65r: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia; begins with Lucan's epitaph on f. 1r. Numerous medieval and post-medieval inscriptions and pen-trials including the outline of white-vine decoration. Decoration: 2 historiated initials in gold and colours with a lady and a man holding...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

1589. Harley MS 2533

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2533
Title:
Virgil, Bucolica and Georgica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-14v: Virgil, Bucolica. ff. 14v-48v: Virgil, Georgica. Decoration: 4 marginal pen drawings in brown ink (ff. 8r, 12r, 13r, 46r). Coloured drawing of a map of the heavens (f. 18v). Marginal coloured drawing of an ox (f. 46r). 6 large initials with interlace and zoomorphic deco...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1590. Harley MS 2534

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2534
Title:
Virgil, Bucolica, Georgica, and Aeneid
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Virgil, Aeneid [extract], beginning: 'Iamque adeo super unus eram, cum limina Veste'. f. 1v: A table of contents for this manuscript; with the minor poems added by a later hand. ff. 2r-9v: Virgil, Bucolica; with commentaries and glosses. ff. 10r-31v: Virgil, Georgica; wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

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