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3872. Harley MS 6331, ff 162r-173v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6331, ff 162r-173v
- Title:
- Aristotle, De anima
- Scope & Content:
- Aristotle, De anima. Decoration: 3 decorated initials 'B'(onorum), 'Q'(ue), 'Q'(uod), in gold and colours with acanthus extending into the margin, at the beginning of books (ff. 162r, 165v, 170r). Diagrams in red ink (ff. 163v-164r).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 14th century
- Extent:
- 12 folios.
3873. Harley MS 6339
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6339
- Title:
- St Augustine, De civitate Dei
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1 is a paper flyleaf. ff. 2-313v: St Augustine, De civitate Dei. Decoration: 1 large historiated initial in gold and colours with white vine and gold balls partly extending into the margins (f. 17r). Partial white vine border in gold and colours with flowers, gold balls and two...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
3874. Harley MS 6345
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6345
- Title:
- Copybook of Cardinal Wolsey's letters
- Scope & Content:
- ff. 1*r–216v: A copybook of Cardinal Wolsey's letters. It also includes a copy of Princess Mary's confession (ff. 211r–v) along with unrelated material from the 17th century. f. 1*r: Note about Lady De La Warr's ownership of the volume, with the original ownership note pasted on. f. 5*v: The b...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Cipher, English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1627
- Extent:
- 1 volume
3875. Harley MS 6347
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6347
- Title:
- An unidentified Latin work on the reigns of biblical kings and Roman emperors
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-55v: An unidentified Latin work on the reigns of biblical kings and Roman emperors, in 4 books; imperfect at the beginning (the entire first book and part of the second book are missing) and end (part of the fourth book is missing); from Enoch to Caracalla. Decoration: Large...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
3876. Harley MS 6349
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6349
- Title:
- Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2-43: Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium. f. 43v: 'Collectio Epitaphiorum pro Cicerone' (in two columns). Decoration: 1 historiated initial in colours with a foliate extension, and a coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 2r). 3 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 14th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
3877. Harley MS 6352
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6352
- Title:
- A dictionary of Latin abbreviations
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-37r: A dictionary of Latin abbreviations used in diplomatic records, entitled ‘Abbreviaturae’; copied from Diplomata Scotiae of James Anderson (b. 1662, d. 1728) (published posthumously in 1739). The manuscript contains a later addition: f. [ii]recto: A pencil note: ‘Copied ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1740
- Extent:
- 1 volume
3878. Harley MS 6355
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6355
- Title:
- Leaves from a 14th-century missal; a treatise on making gunpowder and the use of cannons and mortars
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Leaves from a 14th-century missal or other liturgical manuscript, with music notation. ff. 5r-24v: A treatise on making gunpowder and the use of cannons and mortars, with illustrations of weapons and tables; written in the 16th century. The manuscript contains a later a...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 14th century-16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
3879. Harley MS 6360
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6360
- Title:
- Astrological texts; texts on high treason
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manuscript consists of two separate parts. The first part (ff. 3r-31r) contains astrological texts copied in the 16th century; the second part (ff. 4r-133r) contains texts concerning high treason that were most likely copied in the late 16th century. Contents: ff. 3r-8v: Astrol...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
3880. Harley MS 6368
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6368
- Title:
- John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, 'A Treatise towchinge the Right title & intrest of the Most excellent princesse Marie, Queene of Scottland, & of the most Noble Kinge James, her graces sonn to the Succession of the Crowne of England'
- Scope & Content:
- John Leslie [Lesley] (1527-1596), Bishop of Ross, was the leading polemicist of the right of Mary Queen of Scots to the English throne. His arguments were made in a number of printed versions in English, Latin, French and Spanish, and also survive in significant numbers of manuscript copies. The...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1584
- Extent:
- 1 volume