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51. Harley MS 2775

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2775
Title:
Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar), written by the Latin grammarian Priscianus Caesariensis (fl. 500), commonly known as Priscian. The work was used as the standard textbook for the study of Latin during the Middle Ages. The text features num...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

52. Harley MS 2781

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2781
Title:
Livy, De secundo bello Punico
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-159r: Titus Livius Patavinus (b. 59 BC, d. AD 17), also known as Livy, De secundo bello Punico (On the second Punic War). Decoration: Small initials in blue and red at the beginning of the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1461
Extent:

1 volume

53. Harley MS 2783

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2783
Title:
Lucan, Pharsalia or De Bello civili
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of De Bello civili (On the Civil War), commonly referred to as the Pharsalia, an epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan (b. 39, d. 69), detailing the civil war between Julius Caesar and the forces of the Roman Senate led by Pompey the Great. Contents: ff. 1r-127r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1466
Extent:

1 volume

54. Harley MS 2792

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2792
Title:
Book of Ezekiel with gloss
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. [ii]r-[ii]v: a gloss on Ezekiel 46. ff. 4r-104r: The Book of Ezekiel with gloss, with prologues by St Gregory the Great (b. c. 540, d. 604), beginning: ‘Prophecie tempora tria sunt’ (ff. 2r-2v); and St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), beginning: ‘Ezechiel propheta cum Ioachim rege Iuda c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1100-c 1175
Extent:
1 volume

55. Harley MS 2794

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2794
Title:
Book of Ezra with gloss
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-55r: The Book of Ezra with gloss.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

56. Harley MS 2808

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2808
Title:
Bible (without the Psalms), including the Interpretation of Hebrew Names
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-427r: Bible (without the Psalms); certain sections divided according to letters from a-g and arabic figures written in the margin. ff. 434r-469r: Interpretation of Hebrew Names, ending: 'Expliciunt interpretationes fac ad exemplanum domini .R. card.' f. 469v: Erased texts, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

57. Harley MS 2810

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2810
Title:
Bible (without the Psalms), including Interpretation of Hebrew Names
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-404v: Bible (without the Psalms), including Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 381r-404v), ending imperfectly at the beginning of the first letter to Timothy. The manuscript contains a few additions: A few marginal annotations added by later medieval owners throughout the ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

58. Harley MS 2831

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2831
Title:
Gospelbook
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-92v: Gospelbook; ff. 2r-3r are fully written but badly faded. The manuscript contains later additions: Passages throughout the manuscript are frequently annotated in red or brown ink by the scribe of the main text. The entries contain calendrical information and some liturgic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

59. Harley MS 2920

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2920
Title:
Collection of texts relating to the order of service, made for an Italian house of Poor Clares
Scope & Content:
A collection of texts relating to the order of service, probably made for an Italian house of Poor Clares, as suggested by repeated references to the Order's founders St Francis and St Clare of Assisi (e.g. ff. 10v, 16r, 27r). The manuscript was written in two parts: the first part (ff. 1-24) wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1518-3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

60. Harley MS 3051

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3051
Title:
Augustine of Hippo, Epistulae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-198r: Augustine of Hippo, Epistulae; with a table of contents in the hand of the scribe (ff. 1r-2v). The letters are listed at an item level in the Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts (1808), pp. 729-31. The manuscript contains various additions: f. [ii]recto: Two inscripti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume