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871. Harley MS 4954

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4954
Title:
Placita Forestae de Shirewood
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [ii]recto (parchment pastedown): A title inscription: 'Placita forestæ de Shirwood et diversæ Cartæ terrarum ibidem'. ff. 1r-47r: Placita Forestae de Shirewood [Pleas of the Forest of Sherwood], from the time of 8 Edward III until the reign of Henry VI, entitled: 'Placita foreste...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

872. Harley MS 4957

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4957
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*verso-2*recto: A full-page drawing of a composite coat of arms with supporters (mermaids). ff. 1r-23v: Genealogies of English families with arms and seals, entitled: ‘Genealogia Nobilissime et Honoratissimae familiae Baronum de Berklay necnon aliarum ornatissimarum familiarum ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

873. Harley MS 4958

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4958
Title:
Breviary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-145v: A Breviary, imperfect at the beginning and end. The manuscript contains later additions: Marginal notations throughout, some in English inscriptions from the late 15th or early 16th century, e.g.: 'Jesus of nazareth' (f. 102r). Decoration: 1 large (4 line) puzzle ini...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

874. Harley MS 4967, ff 77r-193v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4967, ff 77r-193v
Title:
Liber Catonianus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 77r-77v: A damaged fragment from an unidentified manuscript. ff. 78r-185v, 192r-193v: Liber Catonianus, with marginal and interlinear glosses, beginning: 'Lux beata'. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 186r-191v: John of Garland (d. after 1258), Synonyma (The Synonyms...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1250-1250
Extent:

A part of Harley MS 4967

875. Harley MS 4975

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4975
Title:
English statute book
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-130v: English statutes, including 'Summa Fet Asaver', 'Carta H. reg. de libertabus Anglie', 'Carta eiusdem de foresta', 'Sententia lata super cartas', 'Dictum de Kevill.', 'Provisiones de Merton', 'Statuta Marlebergie', 'Statuta Westmonasterii Prima', 'Statuta de Judaismo', 'St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 volume

876. Harley MS 4976

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4976
Title:
Vita sancti Edwardi (Life of saint Edward the Confessor)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-40v: Vita sancti Edwardi (Life of saint Edward the Confessor). Decoration: Attributed to the artist who completed many of the initials and borders in Royal MS 18 D II (see Kennedy, 'Aging Artists' (2022)). Historiated initial in colours and gold with the coat of arms of Marga...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

877. Harley MS 4981

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4981
Title:
The Old Testament Books of the Minor Prophets, with glosses
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-112v: The Old Testament Books of the Minor Prophets, with glosses. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r: List of Old Testament kings; written in the late 12th or early 13th century. f. 1r: Note on the gloss, attributing it to Anselm of Canterbury, Ralph of Laon, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

878. Harley MS 4984

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4984
Title:
Collection of texts about St Martin of Tours: Sulpicius Severus, Vita Sancti Martini, Epistolae, Dialogi (books 1-3); Gregory of Tours, De Virtutibus Sancti Martini and Libri Octo Miraculorum
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains a collection of texts on the life, miracles and translation of St Martin of Tours (d. 397) by Sulpicius Severus (b. c. 363, d. c. 425) and Gregory of Tours (b. c. 538, d. 594). The manuscript was written for a monastic audience, as is indicated by a contempo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

879. Harley MS 4987

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4987
Title:
Visio Tnugdali; Pseudo-Bernard, Meditationes; Regula Beati Augustini; Hugh of Saint-Victor, Soliloquium de arra animae; Pseudo-Basil, Admonitiones; Anselm of Canterbury, Meditatio 3 and 1; Robert Grosseteste, Templum domini;Pope Innocent III, Liber de contemptu mundi; Libellus de septem artibus philosophiae coelestis; Ambrose, De Virginitate
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of theological texts that were copied by a single hand. Its contents strongly resemble those of Oxford, Magdalen College, MS 109 [CIX], as described by Henry Octavius Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque Oxoniensibus (Oxford: Oxford Univers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

880. Harley MS 4990

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4990
Title:
Collection of historical papers, including orations to Henry VIII and decrees of the Star Chamber
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. ii recto: 'Tracts of divers Natures vide Indicem. fo: VI' f. iii recto: Table of contents. f. iv recto: A title page: 'An Oration in Commendatioun of the Lawes cheiflye of the lawes of this moste noble Realme of Englande'. ff. 1r-2r: An oration of John Hales (b. 1469/70, d. ? ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1580s-1590s
Extent:
1 volume

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