Eusebius of Caesarea, Historiae ecclesiasticae, imperfect
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Contents: ff. 1r-v: Preface to Eusebius of Caesarea, Historiae ecclesiasticae (Ecclesiastical History), translated by Rufinus of Aquileia, imperfect, and partial table of contents for bk 1, missing ff. 2-237 (bound separately as Harley MS 3452/1). Decoration: Damaged white vine border in colo...
Contents: The text of this manuscript is copied or derived from the 1469 Rome edition: see de la Mare, 'New Research' (1985), written by Hubertus W. ff. 1v-151r: Livy, Ab urbe condita, Fourth Decade. ff. 152r-186v: Epitomies. ff. 187r-214v: Periochae. Decoration: Title page with gold maju...
Formulary for legal processes (Formularius Instrumentorum)
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ff. 1r-56v: Formularius Instrumentorum; formulary for legal processes in four books (one of which is missing), beginning: 'De principio et forma instrumentorum'. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r (lower margin): A practice alphabet; added in the later Middle Ages. f. 1r (parchm...
Contents: f. 1v: a parchment slip containing a fragment from a theological text. ff. 2r-130v: Sermones de Sanctis. ff. 131r-144v: a theological treatise, beginning: 'Adam prope pomum'. ff. 145r-236v: a theological treatise, beginning: 'capitalibus cum umbra'. ff. 237r-239v: several notes an...
This early 17th-century miscellany contains sections from different English heraldic works that, at some point, were rebound, causing some items that originally belonged together to become separated from one another. Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Coats of arms and crests of English families (4-5 per p...
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title-page: ‘Disceptationes aliquot Christianorum – principium, de regnorum principatuumque iuribus & titulis, hæc nostra memoria invicem contendentium’. f. 1*verso: A table of contents, entitled: ‘Disceptationum Catalogus’. f. 1r: A preface by Robert Glover (b. ...