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601. Harley MS 671

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 671
Title:
Collection of geomantic treatises
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Two astronomical tables, entitled: ‘Tabula terminorum planetarum’ and ‘Tabula facibus Planetarum’. f. 1v: A brief note in English on the interpretation of geomantic figures for different types of man, for example: ‘Thies [two geomantic figures] signify men of trost’. f. 2r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1477-c 1489
Extent:
1 volume

602. Harley MS 672

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 672
Title:
'Bonus Lombardus de Ferraria', Preciosa margarita novella
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-169r: 'Bonus Lombardus de Ferraria', Preciosa margarita novella; according to an explicit in Italian (f. 169r) the work was composed in 1330. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 171v: Two verses in English: 'The good done to a good man / Is the greatest b[...] he ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

603. Harley MS 673

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 673
Title:
Laws and statutes of England; Genealogia Llewelini Principis Wallie; Natura Brevium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-100v: Laws and statutes of England. f. 101r-v: Erased inscriptions, possibly originally a flyleaf. ff. 102r-115v: Statute of Ruddlan. ff. 116r: Genealogia Llewelini Principis Wallie (The Genealogy of Llywelyn of Wales). ff. 117r-130v: Natura Brevium (a treatise on English...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

604. Harley MS 674

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 674
Title:
Treatise of Discretion of Spirits; The Epistle of Discretion; The Epistle of Prayer; The Cloud of Unknowing; The Book of Privy Counselling; Benjamin Minor; Denis Hid Divinity
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of seventeen extant medieval copies of The Cloud of Unknowing, a guide on contemplative prayer and meditation from the second half of the 14th century. It is one of the two manuscripts which contains all seven works that are attributed to the anonymous author (the ot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

605. Harley MS 679

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 679
Title:
Sebastiano Bartadas, Commentary on Genesis and Commentary on Apocalypse
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-208v: Sebastiano Bartadas, Commentary on Genesis. f. 209r: An Deus liberavit Abrahamum ex Incendio Caldaeorum. ff. 209r-210v: Quot annis fuerint Israelitae in Aegypto. f. 210v: Quae sit Generatio quarta. ff. 211r-338v: Sebastiano Bartadas, Commentary on Apocalypse, followe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

606. Harley MS 682

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 682
Title:
Charles of Orléans, Collected poems
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of English poems by Charles, Duke of Orléans, composed during his captivity in England (1415-1440). The manuscript was probably produced under the Duke's supervision at the end of this period, as it includes Ballades 111 and 113, which were rewritten by the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1439-1440
Extent:

1 volume

607. Harley MS 683

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 683
Title:
Grammatical miscellany
Scope & Content:
A schoolbook compiled from at least four pre-existing manuscripts, dating from the early 13th century (ff. 2–19), late 13th century (ff. 32–35, 36–62), and 14th century (ff. 20–31): f. 1r: Effaced page opening with the word ‘Debeat’ with a decorated six-line initial. f. 1v: Fragment of the Off...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
9th century-14th century
Extent:

1 volume

608. Harley MS 684

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 684
Title:
William Somner, Commentary and glossary on the laws of Henry I
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title-page: ‘Gulielmi Somneri Commentarius in Leges Henrici I cum Glossario’. ff. 1r-55r: William Somner (bap. 1598, d. 1669), antiquary and Anglo-Saxon scholar, Commentary on the laws of Henry I; dedicated to Roger Twysden (b. 1597, d. 1672), second baronet, antiquar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

609. Harley MS 685

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 685
Title:
Asser, The Annals of St Neots; Chronicon Johannes Pike; Chronicon Roberti de Redding; Chronica Adami Myrimouth
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*r: A table of contents. f. 2*r: A title-page: ‘Asserij Menevensis Annales ex antiquissimo Codice descripti’. ff. 1r-45r: Asser, The Annals of St Neots, here entitled: ‘Annales ad annum 914’ ['ex antiquissimo Codice descripti'; ‘Codice Doctoris Gale ad A. D. 914’]. ff. 46r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

610. Harley MS 686

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 686
Title:
Thomas of Elmham, Historia Monasterii Sancti Augustini Cantauriensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r*: A note about the manuscript: ‘Ex Codice MS in Biblioth: Aulae Trinit: Cantebrig:’ [probably Cambridge, Trinity Hall, MS 1]. ff. 1r-320r: Thomas of Elmham, Historia Monasterii Sancti Augustini Cantauriensis; containing copies of charters. Decoration: A drawing of a key in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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