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1. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58
Title:
Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu ending with an epitome of Symeon of Durham, Historia Regum; De VII Mirabilibus Mundi; Historia Brittonum (‘Gildasian’ recension, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various historical texts copied in the north of England in the 3rd quarter of the 12th century. Contents: ff. 28r–43r: Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu (The Book about the First Arrival of the Saxons or Normans). ff. 36r–43r: An epitome of Symeon of Dur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

2. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90
Title:
Paul, Epistulae, with a gloss derived from Pelagius's commentary
Scope & Content:
These folios contain part of the Pauline epistles with a gloss derived from Pelagius and were copied perhaps in Northumbria in the 8th century. These folios once formed a larger volume with Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.5. A fragment of an old title in a Gothic hand, beginning with a red in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 8th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

3. Harley MS 1022

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1022
Title:
A miscellany of religious prose and verse
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A tract on the nativity of John the Baptist (Latin). f. 1v: A short account of a ‘John the Hermit’ (Latin). f. 1v: The nun Eulalia whom the Virgin Mary asked to say the Ave more slowly (Latin). f. 1v: A priest who saw a woman clad in demons, translated from Caesarius of He...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390-c 1425
Extent:

1 volume

4. Harley MS 1260

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1260
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (The Percy Hours)
Scope & Content:
This prayer book contains items that are typical of a Book of Hours, including a Calendar, the Hours of the Virgin, the Seven Penitential Psalms, and a Litany of Saints. However, its larger part comprises prayers in Latin and Anglo Norman that are not organised according to the canonical hours. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1370
Extent:

1 volume

5. Harley MS 1503

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1503
Title:
Collection of coats of arms of English kings, earls, nobility and gentry, and kings of the world
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-92v: Collection of coats of arms (16 per page) of English kings, earls, nobility and gentry; and kings of the world, among whom are many attributed arms such as those of Prester John. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: Coats of arms and ownership inscriptions o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 1663

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1663
Title:
Book of Hours (Use of York)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar. ff. 7r-46v: The Hours of the Virgin Mary. ff. 47r-58v: The Seven Penitential Psalms. ff. 58v-69r: Litany of Saints, followed by several prayers. ff. 70r-122r: Office of the Dead, featuring musical notation: black neumes on four-line red staves. ff. 123r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 2807

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2807
Title:
Bible (without the Psalms)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-336r: Bible (without the Psalms); The Prologue to Esdras (f. 129v) is immediately followed by Proverbs, Esdras begins on f. 240 after another prologue on f. 239v (following Esther). Numbered subdivisions in the Gospels. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 1r-2r: Post...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 2882

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2882
Title:
Prayerbook
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-61r: A collection of prayers, in both prose and verse, written in several different hands, now imperfect (folios lacking between f. 35 and 36 and between ff. 55 and 56). Includes prayers to: the Virgin Mary, St John, John the Baptist, St Peter, St Paul, the Trinity, St Stephen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century - 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 3049

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3049
Title:
Ambrose, De Fide; Joachim of Fiore, Enchiridion super Apocalypsim; and other theological works
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: Table of contents. ff. 2r-30v: Ambrose, De Fide ('Liber de fide sancte trintatatis ad Gracianum imperatorem'). ff. 30v-51v: Ambrose, De Spiritu Sancto ('Liber de Spiritu Sancto ad Gracianum imperatorem'); imperfect at the end. ff. 52r-56v: Ambrose, De Incarnationis Domini...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1458
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 3641

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3641
Title:
William of Malmesbury, Gesta pontificum Anglorum, imperfect
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-95r: William of Malmesbury, Gesta pontificum Anglorum, imperfect. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r: 3 unfoliated parchment pastedowns, 2 with Harleian shelfmarks ('117. C. 17 / 3641' and '31/V C') and 1 inscribed by Humfrey Wanley: 'Hunc Codicem pervetustem Lond...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume