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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2754
Title:: Virgil, Opera
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-12r: Virgil, Eclogues. ff. 12r-41r: Virgil, Georgics. ff. 42r-174r: Virgil, Aeneid. ff. 41v and 174v are blank. Decoration: 12 very large initials in blue and red with red and brown pen-flourishing (ff. 42r, 52v, 63r, 72v, 82, 93v, 105v, 116v, 126v, 137v, 149v, 161v)...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2786
Title:: Bible
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-439v: Bible, including the Psalms. The Prologue and the beginning of Genesis are missing. Various parts are in later 15th-century hands: ff. 208r-209v: prologues to the Psalter; ff. 232r-259r: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus; ff. 440r-441v: prologues to St Ma...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2811
Title:: Bible, with Psalms and Interpretation of Hebrew Names
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-459v: Bible (with Psalms), imperfect: missing the beginning of the prologue to Genesis. ff. 460r-470v: Interpretation of Hebrew Names, organised alphabetically; imperfect (only covers 'A' - 'C'). The manuscript contains various additions: Copiously annotated (especially in...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 13th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2827
Title:: Bible with prologue and interpretation of Hebrew names
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-458r: Bible with prologue and interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 426r-458r). The manuscript contains various additions: ff. 459r-460v: Lections for liturgical feasts; added in the 14th century. ff. 460v-461r: A text on the life of Secundus the Silent (fl. 2nd century), beg...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2846
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-13v: Calendar. ff. 15r-23r: The Fifteen Oes (Quindecim Oraciones). ff. 29r-30r: Memoria of St John the Baptist. ff. 32r-32v: Memoria of St Chad. ff. 34r-35r: Memoria of St Thomas Becket. ff. 37r-37v: Memoria of St George. ff. 38r-39v: Memoria of St Christopher. ff. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2861
Title:: Book of Hours
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 13r-72r: Hours of the Virgin with suffrages following Lauds (incomplete; lacking beginning of Lauds and Compline). ff. 72v-73v: Prayer to the Virgin Mary, beginning: ‘Te deprecor sanctissima maria’. ff. 73v-77v: Short prayers to the Image of Christ on th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2866
Title:: Recapitulationes veteris et novi testamenti from Petrus Riga's Aurora; benedictions of Praemonstratensian and Cistercian abbots and abbesses; ordination rites for holy orders; benedictions for priests
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: Prayer to God, beginning: '[O]mnipotens deus qui unigenitum suum hodierna die in assumpta carne in templo voluit praesentari, benedictionis suae vos munere fultos bonis operibus faciat exornari'. ff. 2r-11r: 'Recapitulationes veteris et novi testamenti' from Petrus Riga (b. c...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2976
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar, containing numerous English saints; including, in red: 'Ambrosii', 'Augustini primi angelorum', 'Barnabe', 'Translatio sancti Thome', 'Anne', 'Remigii et Bavonis' (Flanders), 'Translatio sancti Edwardi', 'Martini'; and in brown: 'Vulfranni', 'Batildis', 'Cedde', '...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2982
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3r-8v: Calendar. ff. 9r-13r: The Fifteen Oes [Quindecim Orationes]. ff. 13v-14v: Memoria for St Thomas Becket. ff. 15r-15v: Memoria for St Mary Magdalene. ff. 16r-43v: The Hours of the Virgin Mary ('Incipiunt hore beate marie viringis secundum consuetudinem anglie'). ff...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3000
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, and Psalter; Augustine, Contra Epistolam Manichæi Quam Vocant Fundamentum
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript consists of two parts. Part 1 (ff. 2-271) is a Book of Hours made in the Southern Netherlands for the English market between c. 1460 and c. 1470. Part 2 (ff. 272v-277r) is a letter by Augustine against the Manichaeans that was copied in England in 1554. Contents: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1460-1554
Extent:: 1 volume

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