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1. Burney MS 239

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 239
Title:
Cornelius Nepos, Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-51r: Cornelius Nepos (b. c. 110 BC, d. c. 25 BC), Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium (Lives of Eminent Commanders), including the lives from Miltiades to Hannibal, beginning: 'Non dubito fore plerosque'. f. 51r: Æmilius Probus (fl. c. 379-395), verse dedication o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1435-c 1450
Extent:
A parchment codex

2. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 14–45

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 14–45
Title:
Sermons; Augustine, De Fide Catholica (Sermon 233); De Litteris; Chronicle from Creation to 728; Augustine, Sermo de Symbolo (excerpt); Origin, In Lucam Homiliae (excerpt Sermon 12); Ratio de Cursus; Fortunatianus, Commentary on the Gospels (excerpts); John Cassian, Collationes (excerpt); Jerome, Contra Vigilantium; Defensor of Ligugé, Liber scintillarum (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 14r-27r: An anonymous sermon on the Works of Mercy, beginning ‘Isaias propheta dicit ille vobis qui jungitis agrum ad agrum’; excerpt from a sermon ('Venus, A Man') against the observance of pagan customs (see Levison, England and the Continent (1946), pp. 303-04 (as ‘C’)); partly...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 8th century-1st quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A II

3. Harley MS 2451

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2451
Title:
Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-270v: Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina (A doctrinal compendium). Decoration: Large white vine initial in colours (f. 1r). Numerous smaller initials in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 31v, 41v, 47r, 49r, 61r, 65v, 68v, etc.), occasionally with reserved lines. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 2464

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2464
Title:
Petrus Isolellae, Summa grammaticae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-36v: Petrus Isolellae [de Isolella Cremonensis], Summa grammaticae. Decoration: Large historiated initial with the author Petrus Isolellae in profile and acanthus leaves extending into the margins to form a full border; with a female figure in the lower margin and a kneeling ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Last quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 2514

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2514
Title:
Papias, Ars grammatica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-66v: Papias, Ars grammatica. Decoration: Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours including flowers and foliate motifs (f. 1r). Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour including flowers and foliate motifs (ff. 6r,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 2516

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2516
Title:
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-39r: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae. The manuscript contains an addition: f. 1r: A Venetian statute (see Foligno, 'Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi' (1907), p. 367). f. 39v: Added inscriptions in mostly medieval hands, including an excerpt from Juv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 2526

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2526
Title:
Petrarch, Vita Terentii; Terence, Comoediae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3r: Petrarch, Vita Terentii. f. 5r: Epitaphium Terentii. ff. 5r-130v: Terence, Comoediae. Partial border and large initial in colours and gold (f. 5v). Other large initials in colours and gold (ff. 26v, 49r, 70v, 92v, 111r). 2 smaller initials in gold on blue and red, or bl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1456
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 2532

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2532
Title:
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-65r: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia; begins with Lucan's epitaph on f. 1r. Numerous medieval and post-medieval inscriptions and pen-trials including the outline of white-vine decoration. Decoration: 2 historiated initials in gold and colours with a lady and a man holding...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

9. Harley MS 2547

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2547
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Disputationes tusculanae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-159r: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Disputationes tusculanae. f. 159v: A list of books in this manuscript, entitled: 'Questione in tuscanis'. Decoration: 5 large initials in gold on a blue and pink or green and pink panel (ff. 1r, 3v, 42r, 64r, 121v). 1 initial has been excised ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 2591

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2591
Title:
Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an imperfect copy of the Epistulae ad familiares (Letters to Friends), a collection of letters sent between the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC) and various public and private figures. Contents: ff. 1r-192v: Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares, imper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume