Archive Reference (shelfmark): Harley MS 1-7661 / Language: Latin - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4664, ff 9-125
Title:: Breviary
Scope & Content:: ff. 9r-124r: Breviary (the 'Coldingham Breviary'), including the Temporale, with many additional instructions added in the margins. f. 125v: An instruction, written in Old French, about reading a sundial or astrolabe. Decoration: One full-page miniature on f. 125v: a Benedictine monk (pres...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Old and Latin
Date Range:: c 1270 - c 1280
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 4664

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4664, ff 126-332
Title:: Calendar; Psalter with litany of saints, hymns and biblical readings; Hymnal; Sanctorale
Scope & Content:: ff. 126r-132v: Calendar with computes for easter (ff. 132r, 132v). ff. 133r-180v: Psalter with litany of saints (ff. 175r-176v), hymns and biblical readings. ff. 181r-197v: Hymnal, including a hymn for St Cuthbert, with music notation. ff. 198r-332v: Sanctorale with several prayers added in ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 4664

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4665
Title:: John Lathbury, Alphabetum morale siue Distinctiones theologicae; De articulis passionis Christi
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–152v: John Lathbury, Alphabetum morale siue Distinctiones theologicae. ff. 153r–159v: Alphabetical index to John Lathbury. ff. 160r–201r: De articulis passionis Christi. ff. 201v-203v: Pseudo-Origen, De Maria Magdalena, ending imperfect. Decoration: Large initial in colours and gold ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Mid 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4695
Title:: Marsilio Ficino, Commentary on St Paul’s Epistle to the Romans
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1*r-v: pastedown with ownership marks, some excised, 16th century. ff. 1r-114v: Marsilio Ficino, Commentary on St Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, written 1497, including a prologue (ff. 1r-3r), a summary of Paul’s life (ff. 3r-v), and a summary of the epistle (ff. 3v-4v). f. 115r: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1497 to the 1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4699
Title:: Collection of saints' Lives, including Paul the Deacon, Vita Sancti Gregorii Magni
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Sulpicius Severus, Liber de Vita Sancti Martini; imperfect at the beginning. ff. 4r-33v: Paul the Deacon, Vita Sancti Gregorii Magni. ff. 33v-57v: Leontius of Neapolis, Vita Joanni Elemosynari. ff. 58r-62v: Constantius of Lyon, Vita Germani (fragment). ff. 63r-66v: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4700
Title:: Laws and statutes of Scotland
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 4r-17r: 'The baron Lawis - Modus tenendi curias baronum'; written in Middle Scots. ff. 18r-22r: Tables of contents for the Regia maiestatis. f. 22v: A poem, beginning: 'Hoc trahit ad lumen antiqua statute volumen'. ff. 23r-81v: Regia maiestas, in 4 parts, ff. 82r-86v: Misc...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin and Scots
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4701
Title:: A formulary of English legal instruments
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3r-215v: A formulary of English legal instruments. This manuscript contains later additions: ff. 1v-2r, 216r-217v: various notes in 15th/16th-century hands pasted on the paper (f. 1v) and parchment (ff. 2r, 216r-217v) leaves. Decoration: A large gilded initial on a red and blu...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4703
Title:: Sermons
Scope & Content:: Collection of sermons. The manuscript is a composite volume comprising five parts written by different but contemporary scribes: part 1: ff. 3r-26r; part 2: ff. 27r-132r; part 3: ff. 133r-196v; part 4: ff. 197r-293v; part 5: ff. 294r-313r. The text is preceded by a list of contents added in th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of 13th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4704
Title:: Titus Maccius Plautus, Comoediae, with prologues and arguments
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains copies of a number of Latin comedies written by the Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus (b. c. 254, d. 184 BC): Amphitryon, Asinaria (The One with Asses), Captivi (The Captives), Curculio (The Weevil), Casina, Cistellaria (The Casket), Epidicus, and Aulularia (The Lit...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4714
Title:: Cartulary of Biddlesden Abbey
Scope & Content:: General cartulary, arranged in sections with charters individually numbered in each, including royal and episcopal charters. f. 1*r: Fragment of an effaced indenture, 1620. f. 1r–6v: Foundation charters. ff. 7r–352v: Sections arranged topographically. ff. 353r–363r: Three 16th-century additi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: Early 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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