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1701. Harley MS 2637

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2637
Title:
Cassiodorus, Oratio (Institutiones 1, 32); Cassiodorus, Institutiones, book 2; added chants; Helisachar, Epistola ad Nibridium archiepiscopum Narbonensem; a list of verbs; Smaragdus, Liber in Partibus Donati
Scope & Content:
Contents: This Lotharingian manuscript consists of four parts written in the 2nd or 3rd half of the 9th century, except the chants and Helisachar's Epistle (ff. 53r-55r), which have been written in the 2nd half of the 10th century. ff. 1r-2v: Cassiodorus, Oratio, excerpted from the Institution...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
9th century-10th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

1702. Harley MS 2638

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2638
Title:
Juvenal, Satirae; Aulus Persius Flaccus, Satirae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains copies of two collections of Satirae (Satires) by the Roman poets Juvenal (fl. late 1st century-early 2nd century) and Aulus Persius Flaccus (b. 34, d. 62). Contents: ff. 1r-84v: Juvenal, Satirae. ff. 85v-98v: Aulus Persius Flaccus, Satirae. f. 85r is blank. Deco...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

1703. Harley MS 2639

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2639
Title:
Caius Suetonius Tranquillus, De grammaticis et rhetoribus; Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Dialogus de oratoribus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains copies of two rhetorical works by Roman historians: De grammaticis et rhetoribus (On Grammarians and Rhetoricians) by Caius Suetonius Tranquillus (b. c. 69, d. after 122) and Dialogus de oratoribus (Dialogue on oratory) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus (b. c. 56, d. c. 120)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1450-c. 1460 (before 1462)
Extent:
A parchment codex

1704. Harley MS 2640

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2640
Title:
Extracts from Boccacio and Roman poetry
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-51r, Giorgio Bevilacqua da Lazise, letter praising Jacopo Antonio Marcello’s conduct during the siege of Trieste, dated 1463.ff. 51v-55r, calendar of saints days, particularly Italian ones, including Bernardino, Zeno, Nicola de Tolentino, and Toscana:ff. 56r-57r, incipit for the story of G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1705. Harley MS 2642

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2642
Title:
Q. Horatius Flaccus (Horace), Carmina
Scope & Content:
Q. Horatius Flaccus (Horace), Carmina, incipit: 'Mecenas atavis edite regibus.' Decoration: 2 large initials in gold with white vine decoration in colours and foliate extensions (ff. 1r, 21r). Numerous plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

1706. Harley MS 2643

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2643
Title:
Sallust, De coniuratione Catilinae and De bello Jugurthino
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: notes on military terms and the division of philosophy. ff. 1v-14r: Sallust, De coniuratione Catilinae (On the Conspiracy of Catiline). ff. 15r-38v: Sallust, De bello Jugurthino (On the Jurguthine War). f. 14v is blank. Decoration: Large initials in silver showing its red ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1707. Harley MS 2644

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2644
Title:
Virgil, Liber fabularum; Bucolica; Georgica
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Capitula list. ff. 1r-22r: Virgil, Liber fabularum. ff. 22v-34v: Virgil, Bucolica. ff. 34v-67r: Virgil, Georgica, imperfect. Decoration: Large arabesque initial in red with foliate decoration (f. 1v). Coloured initials in red ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1708. Harley MS 2645

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2645
Title:
Caius Julius Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-37v: Caius Julius Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium, with prologue and list of chapters, imperfect. Decoration: Large zoomorphic initial in red ink on a pale blue and green panel (f. 1v). Initials in red ink sometimes with penwork decoration, and often with a green and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1709. Harley MS 2646

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2646
Title:
Cicero, De Senectute and Paradoxica stoicorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-23r: Cicero, De Senectute (On Old Age), imperfect; ff. 23v-36v: Cicero, Paradoxica stoicorum (Stoic Paradoxes). Decoration: Large initial in gold and colours with acanthus leaves extending into the margins and besants (f. 23v). 2 smaller initials in red with brown pen-flo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1710. Harley MS 2647

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2647
Title:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Tragoediae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1-67v: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Tragoediae, written by M. Antoniastrus: inscribed 'Finiunt tragediae senecae scriptae per me Antoniastrum in decem diebus feliciter. M. A. L.' (f. 65v). Decoration: Large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration extending into the marg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century or 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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