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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2965
Title:: The Book of Nunnaminster
Scope & Content:: A decorated prayerbook with extracts from the Gospels. The text and decoration link it to a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks known as the 'Tiberius Group'. In particular, its script and contents are related to those in Royal MS 2 A XX (the Royal Prayerbook), Harley MS 7653 (the Harley Prayerbo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: late 8th to 1st quarter of 10th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2966
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-7v: Calendar of Saints. ff. 9r-9v: Prayer to St Christopher, ‘De sancto Christoforo anthiphona [prayer:] O sancte Christofore martir ihesu Christi’. ff. 10r-10v: Prayer to St Katherine of Alexandria, ‘De sancta Katherina antiphona [prayer:] Gaude virgo Katherina’. ff. 11r...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2967
Title:: Noted Breviary of Anthony of Burgundy
Scope & Content:: An illuminated Breviary made for Anthony the ‘Bastard of Burgundy’ (b. 1421, d. 1504), a known collector and patron of illuminated books, following the Use of the Franciscans at Mons (now in Belgium). Anthony was a benefactor of the church and convent of the Franciscans at Mons, and he seems to ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1475-1480
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2968
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: Added inscriptions (see Provenance). ff. 2r-7v: Calendar in French, including St Piatus of Tournai (1 October), and St Ghislain in red (9 October, Diocese of Cambrai). ff. 8r-14r: Gospel readings. f. 14r-v Prayer to God beginning 'Deus qui manus tuas'. ff. 14v-15v: The...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2969
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, including a calendar (ff. 3r-9v). Despite being Use of Rome and made in Bourges for the Tours area, the text makes two mentions of Le Mans (e.g., '... des antiennes et oraisons de plusieurs sainctz et sainctes apostres martirs confesseurs et vierges selon lusaige du M...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1508
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2970
Title:: Gospel lectionary (the 'Odalricus Peccator Gospel Lectionary')
Scope & Content:: Gospel lectionary (the 'Odalricus Peccator Gospel Lectionary'). Annotated throughout in a hand of the 16th century. Also added in the 16th century were additional readings, for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany (f. 5v, Matthew 8:23-27), for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany (f. 5v, Matthew 11:25-30), in...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 11th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2971
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Paris
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar, with erased inscriptions in the margins. ff. 13r-18v: Gospel lessons. ff. 18v-21v: 'Obsecro te'. ff. 22r-25r: 'O intemerata'. ff. 26r-83r: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 85r-95v: Penitential Psalms. ff. 96r-101r: Litany. ff. 101v-105v: Hours of the Cross...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2972
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Orléans
Scope & Content:: Book of Hours, Use of Orléans, including a calendar (ff. 2r-13v). Latin, with some French rubrics and headings. Horizontal catchwords. ff. 1v, 110v, 123v, 133v, 208v, 256v are blank. Decoration: 6 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: c 1450
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2973
Title:: Prayer book
Scope & Content:: A composite prayer book with materials from two 16th-century prayer books that were produced produced but contain identical prayers: ff. 4r-64v and ff. 65r-121v respectively. It is possible that one is a copy of the other. Contents: Part 1: f. 4r: 'A prayer called Ave rex'. f. 4v: 'A praye...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1530s-1550s
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2974
Title:: Book of Hours, Use unidentified
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar, in French, with saints associated with Metz and Toul, including the translation of St Terentius (16 May), Sts Leguntius and Frominius (16 June), St Mansuetus 'premier evesque de Toul' (3 September), St Gundulf (6 September), St Goericus (19 September), St Libari...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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