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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2640
Title:: Extracts from Boccacio and Roman poetry
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r-51r, Giorgio Bevilacqua da Lazise, letter praising Jacopo Antonio Marcello’s conduct during the siege of Trieste, dated 1463.ff. 51v-55r, calendar of saints days, particularly Italian ones, including Bernardino, Zeno, Nicola de Tolentino, and Toscana:ff. 56r-57r, incipit for the story of G...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2759
Title:: Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-217v: Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, with marginal and interlinear gloss, and, at the end of each book, the list of rubrics of the following book. f. 219: A a former pastedown. Decoration: Historiated initial in colours and gold of Valerius Maximus standing ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2857
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-12v: a calendar, including Sts Bernardino and Niccolo da Tolentino; ff. 13r-168v: the Hours of the Virgin; ff. 169r-268v: the Office of the Dead; ff. 269r-318v: the Penitential Psalms and Litany followed by prayers; ff. 319r-324v: the Hours of the Cross. Decoration: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2884
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-11v: Calendar. ff. 13r-20r: Gospel readings. ff. 20r-21v: Eight verses of St Bernard, beginning 'Illumina oculos meos'. f. 21v: Prayer, beginning 'Omnipotens semiterne deus'. ff. 23r-112v: Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome. ff. 114r-161r: Long Hours of the Cross. ff...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Mid 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2919
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Bourges
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1-2: Parchment flyleaves. ff. 3r-14v: Calendar in French, with numerous added saints' days, late 16th-early 17th century. ff. 15r-16v: Reading from the Gospel of St John, followed by the prayer 'Protector in te sperantium'. ff. 17r-18r: Prayer to St Mary Magdalene, beginnin...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2921
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1: Flyleaf with added inscriptions (see Provenance). ff. 2-4: Ruled parchment leaves (see Provenance). ff. 4v: Added almanac for the years 1550-1567, in French. ff. 5r-10v: Calendar, with added saints' days. ff. 11r-14r: Gospel readings. f. 14r: Added prayer, in French, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2929
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Paris
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1: Medieval parchment flyleaf with added inscriptions (see Provenance). ff. 2r-13v: Calendar, in French. ff. 14r-19r: Gospel readings. ff. 19v-22r: 'Obsecro te'. f. 23r: Added prayers in French, beginning 'Au despourueu ne me', 16th century. f. 23v: Added beginning of th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: c 1490-c 1510
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2933
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, including calendar (ff. 2r-13v). Written by two scribes, one for ff. 14r-157r and the other for ff. 157r-190v, both for the calendar (ff. 2r-13v). f. 1v is blank. Decoration: 14 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1440
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2959
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rouen
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r-v: Added inscriptions (see Provenance). ff. 2r-13v: Calendar, in French, including the feasts of St Audoin ('Ouen', 24 August) and St Romanus of Rouen ('Romain', 23 October) in red. ff. 14r-17v: Gospel readings. ff. 17v-19v: 'Obsecro te'. ff. 19v-21v: 'O intemerata'. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3258
Title:: Collected theological poems of Henry Holland
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-86v: Collected theological poems of Henry Holland (b. 1550, d. 1625), beginning with: 'De Deo puro'. Including poems such as 'In Laudem Joannis Fecknami Abbatis Westmonasteriensis'; 'In mortem illustris Confessoris Baronis Pagetti obsidem Exulis'; 'In mortis viri nobilis Samps...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1600
Extent:: 1 volume

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