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2891. Harley MS 3754

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3754
Title:
Collection of classical texts, including Virgil's Bucolica, Georgica and Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses, with annotations by Petrarch
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Virgil, Bucolica. ff. 4v-14v: Virgil, Georgica. ff. 14v-61r: Virgil, Aeneid, with a verse preface. ff. 61v-101r: Lucan, De Bello Civili (On the Civil War) or Pharsalia. ff. 101r-120v: Statius, Thebaid, imperfect, comprising Bks. I-VI (up to l. 482). ff. 121r-155v:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2892. Harley MS 3059

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3059
Title:
Collection of theological works by Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux, Jerome and Augustine of Hippo; a treatise on the plague
Scope & Content:
A collection of works by Anselm of Canterbury (b. 1033/4, d. 1109), Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090, d. 1153), Jerome (d. 420), and Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430). Compendium de epidemia, a treatise on plague compiled by the Paris medical faculty, has been added to the end of the volume, as w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

1 volume

2893. Harley MS 3061

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3061
Title:
Paschasius Radbertus, De corpore et sanguine domini; St Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 52; Lanfranc of Canterbury, De corpore et sanguine domini; Caesarius of Arles, De igne purgatorio
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains theological texts and sermons mainly focusing on the Eucharist. The last text of the manuscript is probably a contemporary addition written by a different scribe, according to Gullick, 'Professional Scribes' (1995). Contents: f. 1r: List of contents, added in the 14th ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2894. Harley MS 2897

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2897
Title:
Breviary (the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria')
Scope & Content:
Breviary of the Use of Rome, known as the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria'. The manuscript is composed of two parts: Part 1 (ff. 154r-452v) is the summer portion of the breviary made for John the Fearles and his wife, Margaret of Bavaria, which formed originally a single v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1410-c 1440
Extent:
1 volume

2895. Harley MS 641

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 641
Title:
Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De bello Troiano; Flores historiarum, attributed to John Bever; Martin of Troppau, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum; Richard de Ledrede, 'Account of the proceedings against Lady Alice Kyteler'
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two different parts (ff. 1-115 and ff. 118-206) that were bound together for Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650) in 1645. The first part of the manuscript (ff. 1-115) was written between the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the 14th century, and contains De bello ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2896. Harley MS 4733

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4733
Title:
Miscellany of Middle English verse containing 'Parvus Cato' and 'Cato Major' by Benedict Burgh, 'Proverbs of Old Philosophers' and 'Destruction of Jerusalem' ('Titus and Vespasian')
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1. (ff. 3r-30r): 'Parvus Cato' and 'Cato Major': the Disticha Catonis, translated into English verse by Benedict Burgh (d. in or before 1483). See Boffey and Edwards 2005, nos. 854 and 3955. For an edition of the Benedict Burgh translation, see Fumio Kuriyagawa, Paruus Cato Magnus Ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2897. Harley MS 627

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 627
Title:
Peter of Poitiers, Compendium; Petrus Riga, Aurora
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: ff. 1v-6v, Peter of Poitiers Genealogia historiarum, incipit: 'Considerans historie'; a genealogical diagram of interconnected roundels including diagrams of the Tabernacle (f. 2v) and the Mansions in the desert (f. 5v). f. 7v: Petrus Riga, prologue to Aurora, incipit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2898. Harley MS 2729

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2729
Title:
Frontinus, Strategemata, Paul the Deacon, Historia Romana
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Strategemata (Stratagems) by Sextus Julius Frontinus (b. c. 30, d. 104), a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history. It also contains Books 1-10 of the Historia Romana (History of Rome) by Paul the Deacon (b. c. 720, d. 799). This wo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2899. Harley MS 3910

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3910
Title:
Verse miscellany of Latin and English poems
Scope & Content:
Octavo verse miscellany of Latin and English poems by various authors, in several hands. Many of the texts are presented in parallel Latin and English versions. Compiled c. 1620s-30s and probably associated with a university or inns of court. Contents: ff. 1r-3v: ‘Lidford Journey’. First line:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1620-1639
Extent:
1 volume

2900. Harley MS 3859

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3859
Title:
Vegetius, De rei militari; Macrobius, Saturnalia; Pseudo-Sallust, Investiva in Ciceronem; Historia Brittonum and Annales Cambriae; Augustine, De heresibus; Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium; Pseudo-Ovid, Cantus avium; De bestiis; Cosmographia; Pollio, De architectura
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38r: Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De rei militari (On military matters) (Books 1-4), beginning: 'Antiquis temporibus mos fuit bonaru[m] artium'; ending: 'frequentior usus invenit qua[m] vet[us] doctrina monstraverat'. ff. 40v-41r: Astrological and geographical diagrams. ff. 42r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Welsh
Date Range:
Early 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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