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1401. Harley MS 2509

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2509
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-186v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares, imperfect. Decoration: Numerous small initials in blue or red with dark red pen-flourishing. 7 initials have been excised (ff. 32r, 55r, 81r, 88r, 158r, 165r, 178r). Spaces for initials left blank.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1402. Harley MS 2551

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2551
Title:
Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Epitoma rei militaris
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-80v: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Epitoma rei militaris; with marginal annotations. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 80r: A reused leaf from a 15th-century Italian missal (formerly a pastedown), featuring a (?) 16th-century inscription: 'Estimatur liber iste quattuor ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1403. Harley MS 2604

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2604
Title:
Caius Julius Solinus, Collectanea rerum mirabilium
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Collectanea rerum mirabilium (Collection of Curiosities), by the Latin grammarian and compiler Gaius Julius Solinus (fl. early 3rd century). Contents: ff. 1r-80v: Gaius Julius Solinus, Collectanea rerum mirabilium. f. 81r: an unidentified Latin inscription, add...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1404. Harley MS 2774

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2774
Title:
Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Facta et dicta memorabilia (Memorable Deeds and Sayings), a collection of short stories written by the Roman author Valerius Maximus, who was active during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius (r. 14-37). Contents: ff. 1r-v: A list of chapters; ff. 2r-95v: Valeriu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

1405. Harley MS 2863

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2863
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r-13v: Calendar. ff. 14r-20v: the Gospel Lessons. ff. 21r-29v: prayers to the Virgin, Christ and St Bernard. ff. 30r-64v: the Hours of the Virgin. ff. 65r-70v: the Hours of the Cross. ff. 71r-79v: the Penitential Psalms. ff. 80r-84v: the Litany, followed by prayers. ff. 85r-10...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1485
Extent:
1 volume

1406. Harley MS 3217

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3217
Title:
Julian of Toledo, Prognosticon futuri saeculi
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-77v: Julian of Toledo (b. 642, d. 690), Prognosticon futuri saeculi libri tres (Prognostics on future ages, in three books); ff. 1r-2v, 77r-v are written in an Italian humanist hand and were added in the 16th century to replace lost leaves (see Hillgarth, Sancti Iuliani Toletan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
1 volume

1407. Harley MS 3650

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3650
Title:
Cartulary of St Mary’s Priory, Kenilworth
Scope & Content:
Parts of three former cartularies, in five sections, bound together by the early 17th century. Now approximately arranged by grantors (founders, magnates, episcopal, lay), with some repetition of material. f. 1r: Modern ownership inscriptions. ff. 2r–33v: Grants or confirmations of grants issu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century-Early 13th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

1408. Harley MS 3898

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3898
Title:
Carta caritatis; Clement IV, Parvus Fons
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-46v: Carta Caritatis [Constitution of the Cistercian Order], with two prologues: the first (ff. 1r-6v) begins: 'Antequam abbacie cistercienses florere inciperent'; and the second (f. 7r) begins: 'Ut de facili quod querit lector inveniat diligenter attendat subsequentium institu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1257-c 1275
Extent:
1 volume

1409. Harley MS 3961

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3961
Title:
Terrier of Glastonbury Abbey for Wiltshire
Scope & Content:
Terrier of lands in Wiltshire from 10 Henry VIII. Part of a survey of the Glastonbury lands conducted under abbot Richard Beere (d. 1525); other volumes survive as Egerton MS 3034, Egerton MS 3134, and Society of Antiquaries MS 653. Many sections have contemporary paper slips added with a patter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1518-1519
Extent:

Parchment codex

1410. Harley MS 4844/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4844/1
Title:
Sir Thomas Littleton, Littleton's Tenures
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first volume of a set of two volumes with legal texts, together comprising Harley MS 4844. The second volume is Harley MS 4844/2. Contents: ff. 3r-112r: Sir Thomas Littleton [Lyttleton], Littleton's Tenures, divided in three books written in French (ff. 3r-50v), and begi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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