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2931. Harley MS 7578

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7578
Title:
Middle English verse, including ballads by Chaucer and Lydgate; 'The Flyting of Montgomerie and Polwart' by Alexander Montgomerie; 'Nebuchadnezzar's Fierie Furnace'; the 'Annals of Oskell'; grammatical exercises in Latin and Greek; Old songs of Durham
Scope & Content:
Miscellany compiling pages from a number of other manuscripts, which vary greatly in size and period. Major sections within the miscellany are f. 1 (verse and prose on the Ten Commandments and Seven Deadly Sins), ff. 2-20 (various ballads and other verse, some by Chaucer and Lydgate), f. 21 (a s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1400-1700
Extent:

1 volume

2932. Harley MS 6989

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6989
Title:
Letters and state warrants, 1377-1557
Scope & Content:
Letters and state warrants, from the years 1377-1557. f. 1r-1v Letter from Johannes Haukewood, Capitanus Defensoribus Civitates Senarum. 3 February 1377. Latin. f. 2r-2v Letter from Matheus Beccharis, Thomae Cardinali Eboracensi. Abinton, 30 May 1518. Latin. ff. 3r-4v Letter from L. Campegiu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1377-1557
Extent:
1 volume

2933. Harley MS 7008

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7008
Title:
Correspondence of Prince Henry, 1611-1612
Scope & Content:
Letters, state warrants and correspondence of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594–1612). Volume 2 of Harley MSS 7007-7009. ff. 1r-2v: Letter from Wilhelm Kettler, Duke of Courland, to Prince Henry. Goldinga, 1 January 1611. Latin. ff. 3r-4v: Letter from François de Lorraine, Duke of Vaudemo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1611-1612
Extent:
1 volume

2934. Harley MS 2528

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2528
Title:
Marcus Valerius Probus De notis antiquis and Fabius Victor, De XIV urbis regionibus et vetustatibus opusculum
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes two late-antique tracts: ff. 1r-17r: Marcus Valerius Probus, De notis antiquis, a catalogue of abbreviations found in Latin inscriptions, incipit: 'Valerii Probi de notis antiquis. Est etiam circa perscribundas vel paucioribus litteris notandas studium necessarium.' ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1502
Extent:
Parchment codex.

2935. Harley MS 4843

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4843
Title:
Lives of St Cuthbert and other texts relating to the Cathedral Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes a collection of lives of St Cuthbert, lives of other saints and historical texts relating to the Cathedral Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham: f. 1r: Life of St Nicasius, incipit 'Sancti Nicasius quirinus et scroniculus (sic) socii' (added). f. 1v: Table of contents. ff. 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1528
Extent:
Paper and parchment codex

2936. Harley MS 1035

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1035
Title:
Ludolf of Saxony, Meditationes vitae Iesu Christi;Richard Rolle, Parvum Iob sive Libellus in novem lectiones mortuorum; Walter Hilton, The Scale of Perfection
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: ff. 1r-85v: Ludolf of Saxony, Meditationes vitae Iesu Christi, rubric: 'Hic incipit de vita domini nostri ihesu christi prologus', incipit: 'Fundamentum aliud nemo potest ponere.' ff. 85v-136v: Richard Rolle, Parvum Iob sive Libellus in novem lectiones mortuorum, inci...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2937. Harley MS 4984

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4984
Title:
Collection of texts about St Martin of Tours: Sulpicius Severus, Vita Sancti Martini, Epistolae, Dialogi (books 1-3); Gregory of Tours, De Virtutibus Sancti Martini and Libri Octo Miraculorum
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains a collection of texts on the life, miracles and translation of St Martin of Tours (d. 397) by Sulpicius Severus (b. c. 363, d. c. 425) and Gregory of Tours (b. c. 538, d. 594). The manuscript was written for a monastic audience, as is indicated by a contempo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

2938. Harley MS 635

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 635
Title:
Simon Alcock, Tractatus de modo dividendi thema pro materia sermonis dilatanda; Thomas Waleys, De modo praedicandi; Augustine, Retractationes; and other theological works by Pelagius, William Woodford, John Wycliffe, Nicholas Radcliffe, Anselm of Canterbury, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Ambrose, Hugh of Saint-Victor, and Evagrius of Antioch
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5r: Simon Alcock, Tractatus de modo dividendi thema pro materia sermonis dilatanda; two other copies of this work survive in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 52, ff. 102–108, and Oxford, Lincoln College, MS 101, item 2. f. 5r: Jerome, Vita Malchi monachi captivi (prologue)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2939. Harley MS 1729

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1729
Title:
Polychronicon by Ranulf Higden with a continuation to the reign of Richard II (c. 1398), vol. 2
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is the second of two related volumes, Harley MS 1728 being the first. The text is a copy of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon, with a continuation to the reign of Richard II (c. 1398). Incipit (f. 1r): 'lunares qui gravidatis feminis deputantur . ita quod . quilibet mensis sit 30 dier...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

2940. Harley MS 402

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 402
Title:
Twelve collections (Distinctiones) of excerpts from Church Fathers and other authorities
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains twelve collections of excerpts from, or attributed to: the Church Fathers St Ambrose (b. c. 340, d. 397), St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), St John Chrysostom (b. c. 349, d. 407), St Augustine (b. 354, d. 430), St Gregory the Great (b. c. 540, d. 604), and St Isid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

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