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3291. Harley MS 4950

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4950
Title:
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, Institutiones
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-217v: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian), Institutiones. Decoration: Partial border and initial with foliate decoration in colours and gold, with two winged putti supporting a laurel medallion with arms in the bas-de-page (f. 2r). Initials in gold with foliate decoration...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3292. Harley MS 4951

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4951
Title:
John Halgren of Abbeville, Sermones dominicales; Roman Gradual
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is formed of two parts that were produced separately in Southern France. The first part (ff. 1-118) was produced in the last quarter of the 12th or 3rd quarter of the 13th century and contains the sermons for Sundays attributed to John Halgren of Abbeville (d. 1237), Fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century -1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

3293. Harley MS 4951, ff 1-118

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4951, ff 1-118
Title:
John Halgren of Abbeville, Sermones dominicales
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-118v: John Halgren of Abbeville, Sermones dominicales, beginning ‘Dominicales sermones iohannis de abbatis villa · episcopi Sabinensis’. Decoration: 1 large red initial with blue penwork decoration (f. 1r). Small initials in red or brown ink. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 4951

3294. Harley MS 4951, ff 119-301

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4951, ff 119-301
Title:
Roman Gradual
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 120r-301v: Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse with neumes, and including a tonary on ff. 295v-301v, beginning ‘Autentus protus ad sonales . Tonum .I.’. This part contains a number of later (11th- and 12th-century) additions: f. 119r: A latin text in the upper margin, faded ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4951

3295. Harley MS 4952

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4952
Title:
A martyrology for the period from 6 August to 6 February; Passion of St Catherine of Alexandria
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-167r: A martyrology for the period from 6 August to 6 February. ff. 168r-171v: Passion of St Catherine of Alexandria. Decoration: 1 large initial with foliate motifs in silver, blue, mauve, green, red and beige (f. 18v). 1 large initial with foliate motifs and a clasp on a c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

3296. Harley MS 4954

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4954
Title:
Placita Forestae de Shirewood
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [ii]recto (parchment pastedown): A title inscription: 'Placita forestæ de Shirwood et diversæ Cartæ terrarum ibidem'. ff. 1r-47r: Placita Forestae de Shirewood [Pleas of the Forest of Sherwood], from the time of 8 Edward III until the reign of Henry VI, entitled: 'Placita foreste...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3297. Harley MS 4955

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4955
Title:
Verse compilation (‘The Newcastle MS’)
Scope & Content:
Collection of poetry and drama compiled by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676), between 1620 and 1634. In the hand of Cavendish’s secretary John Rolleston (1597?-1681) (Kelliher, ‘Donne, Jonson, Richard Andrews and the Newcastle Manuscript’, 1993). Contains poems and entertainm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1620-1634
Extent:
1 volume

3298. Harley MS 4957

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4957
Title:
An English heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*verso-2*recto: A full-page drawing of a composite coat of arms with supporters (mermaids). ff. 1r-23v: Genealogies of English families with arms and seals, entitled: ‘Genealogia Nobilissime et Honoratissimae familiae Baronum de Berklay necnon aliarum ornatissimarum familiarum ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3299. Harley MS 4958

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4958
Title:
Breviary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-145v: A Breviary, imperfect at the beginning and end. The manuscript contains later additions: Marginal notations throughout, some in English inscriptions from the late 15th or early 16th century, e.g.: 'Jesus of nazareth' (f. 102r). Decoration: 1 large (4 line) puzzle ini...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

3300. Harley MS 4960

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4960
Title:
Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Iudaicae (Books 1-7)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first of four volumes comprising the Antiquae Iudaicae (Antiquities of the Jews), a history of the Jewish people, and De Bello Iudaico (On the Jewish War), an account of the First Jewish-Roman War, written by the historian Titus Flavius Josephus (b. 37, d. c. 100). This vo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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