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411. Harley MS 485

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 485
Title:
Collection of theological works, including the Speculum peccatoris; Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis, De sacramentis christianae fidei, and De virtute orandi; Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermon on Canticle of Canticles; John Chrystostom, Sermo de poenitentia; Peter of Blois, De duodecim utilitatibus tribulationis; Guigo II, Scala claustralium; Legend of Pachomius; Tripoli Prophecy
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Speculum peccatoris. ff. 8v-16r: Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion. ff. 16r-22r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis. ff. 22r-24r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei. ff. 24r-26v: Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo super illum locum in Cantico: 'Ecce ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

412. Harley MS 486

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 486
Title:
English miscellany of historical papers; an alchemical poem; copies from testaments; rentals; a tract on fasting; notes of a sermon
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: Ex Fastis Idatianis ab exordio Neronis usque ad Aurelianum. ff. 2r-10v: Descriptio consulum ex quo primum ordinati sunt; followed by another list of Roman consuls ‘Ex Fastis Idatij’. ff. 11r-15r: Historical notes about England, partially in the hand of John Stow, beginning ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
first quarter of the 16th century-first quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

413. Harley MS 487

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 487
Title:
A Psalter with the Hours of the Holy Spirit
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar with astronomical information; featuring additional saints added in the late 15th- or early 16th-century. ff. 7r-177r: The Psalter. ff. 177r-193v: Canticles, hymns and Athanasian creed (Quicumque Vult). ff. 193v-200v: Litany and prayers; featuring St Bridget ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

414. Harley MS 488

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 488
Title:
Robertus de Tumbalena, Commentary on the Song of Songs; Rule of St Benedict
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-52r: Robertus de Tumbalena (Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of St Vigor of Bayeux), Commentary on the Song of Songs. ff. 52r-84r: Rule of St Benedict Decoration: 1 initial in gold (f. 1r). 1 initial in green with penwork decoration in green and red (f. 54v). Some large and s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

415. Harley MS 489

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 489
Title:
Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-153v: Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton. Decoration: Small initials in blue, some with pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

416. Harley MS 491

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 491
Title:
William of Jumièges, Gesta Normannorum ducum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–2v: Two leaves from a Mass lectionary, probably written in Lotharingia, mid-11th-century (see Gneuss, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts (2003)). ff. 3r–46v: William of Jumièges, Gesta Normannorum ducum (Deeds of the Norman Dukes). ff. 47r–48v: Two leaves from a mortuary roll for Turgot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

417. Harley MS 492

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 492
Title:
Alanus de Rupe, De Planctu Naturae; Richard de Bury, Philobiblon
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-54v: Alanus de Rupe, De Planctu Naturae. ff. 55r-95r: Richard de Bury [here attributed to Robert Holcot], Philobiblon. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 1*r-1*v: An endleaf from a legal manuscript, written in the 14th century. ff. 1r*, 96v: Latin inscription...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

418. Harley MS 493/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 493/1
Title:
Statuta Angliae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first of two volumes (the other is Harley MS 493/1) containing the Statuta Angliae (The Statutes of England). Contents: ff. 2r-289v: Statuta Angliae. [f. 1r is blank]. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Paragraph signs in red and blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

419. Harley MS 493/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 493/2
Title:
Statuta Angliae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the second of two volumes (the other is Harley MS 493/1) containing the Statuta Angliae (The Statutes of England). Contents: ff. 1r-218v: Statuta Angliae. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Paragraph signs in red and blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

420. Harley MS 494

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 494
Title:
Anne Bulkeley's prayer-book
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r-v: Elevation prayer, beginning ‘I do salute the moste holy body’. ff. 2r-4r: Latin prayers on the Five Joys, beginning ‘laudo amo adoro’, based on the Liber Specialis Gratiae, I.19. ff. 4r-4*r: Latin prayers for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, beginning ‘Veni sancte spiritus’....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1532-1535
Extent:

1 volume

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