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1841. Harley MS 3489

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3489
Title:
An atlas of portolan charts by Joan Martines
Scope & Content:
This atlas consists of a collection of sea charts, executed by the Italian cartographer and cosmographer Joan Martines (d. 1591) in 1578. The atlas's seven charts are laid down on a plane scale and span each verso and its opposing recto. Contents: ff. [1v-2r]: A map of the two hemispheres (Cha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1578
Extent:
1 volume

1842. Harley MS 3765

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3765
Title:
Register of the chantry of St Saviour, Waterford
Scope & Content:
The only known surviving register of a medieval Irish chantry: f. 1*r: Original cover, with inscriptions. f. 1*v: Added theological commonplaces. ff. 1r–4v: Added documents on gifts to the chantry. ff. 5r–38r: General register, arranged topographically, opening with the chantry’s foundation ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1482-1480s
Extent:

Parchment codex

1843. Harley MS 4795

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4795
Title:
Register of the Guild of Corpus Christi, Boston
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–3r: Fragments of an agreement of 1383 between the alderman of the guild, John de Rocheforth, and the brothers and sisters; inventory of goods belonging to the guild. ff. 3v–4v: Added obits. f. 5r–v: Preface explaining the methodology of the register (translated by Thompson, pp. 115–16)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

1844. Harley MS 4929

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4929
Title:
Cicero, De Officiis, De Amicitia, and De Senectute
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-26r: Cicero, De Officiis, books 1-3; imperfect at the beginning. ff. 26v-37v: Cicero, De Amicitia. ff. 38r-46r: Cicero, De Senectute. f. 46v: Index of chapters. Decoration: Large blue initials in frames of red penwork. Capitals (1-line) highlighted in red. Paraphs in re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

1 volume

1845. Harley MS 5291

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5291
Title:
Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum and Academica
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two works of the Roman statesman and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106 BC, d. 43 BC): De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (On the Ends of Good and Evil) and Academica (On Academic Skepticism). Contents: ff. 1r-68v: Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum; ff. 69r-75...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1846. Harley MS 2504

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2504
Title:
Johannes de Floremontis, Commentarius in Valerium Maximum; Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-152r: Johannes de Floremontis, Commentarius in Valerium Maximum. ff. 153r-182r: Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia. Decoration: 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red pen-flourishing (f. 1r). 9 smaller blue and red puzzle initials with red pen-flourishin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1458
Extent:
1 volume

1847. Harley MS 3263

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3263
Title:
Jean du Temps of Blois (Ioannes Temporarius), Organon Astronomicon ex hypothesibus Copernici extractum.
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes Jean du Temps of Blois (Ioannes Temporarius), Organon Astronomicon ex hypothesibus Copernici extractum. Decoration: 2 maps of the southern and northern hemispheres (ff. 2v-3r) in ink, brown and yellow. The contents consist of a series of tables, diagrams and volvelles ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4rt quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
89 folios.

1848. Harley MS 5158

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5158
Title:
Book of law cases for the reigns of Henry IV to Henry VI
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three distinct parts that were produced separately. Together the manuscript contains reports on law cases from the reigns of Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI. Contents: Part 1: ff. 3r-17r: Law cases from the time of Henry V and Henry VI [with additions on ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1480-c 1560
Extent:
1 volume

1849. Harley MS 6156

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6156
Title:
Pedigrees and coats of arms of English and Welsh kings, nobility and gentry
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A full-page drawing of the coat of arms of Navarre, with a comment in French. f. 2*recto: An alphabetical index of family names included in this manuscript. f. 3*recto: A Latin note on the origin of the word ‘honour’ from the Hebew Hon ('Riches') and the French Or ('Go...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1600-1609
Extent:
1 volume

1850. Harley MS 7357

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7357
Title:
Radulphus Brito, Quaestiones super Isagogen Porphyrii; Quaestiones super Praedicamenta Aristotelis; Quaestiones super Peri hermeneias Aristotelis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains three works by Radulphus Brito (b. c. 1270, d. 1320), an influential grammarian and philosopher and one of the Modistae, based in Paris. Contents: ff. 1r-41r: Radulphus Brito, Quaestiones super Isagogen Prophyrii. ff. 41v-73v: Radulphus Brito, Quaestiones super Pra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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