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1. Harley MS 2928

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2928
Title:
Psalter; Expositio Hymnorum; an Old Occitan translation of the Gospel of St John (Chapters 13 to 17); a Benediction in verse; Alcuin, De Laude Psalmorum; the canon Si Quis Suadente from the II Lateran Council (1139)
Scope & Content:
Contents: This 12th-century manuscript from the South of France (Aquitaine) consists of a Psalter with litanies, hymns and an Old Occitan version of the Gospel of St John (chapters 13 to 17). It ends with Alcuin's treatise about the use of the book of Psalms, followed by a canon from the II Lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Occitan, Old
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2. Harley MS 4830

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4830
Title:
Laws of the city of Avignon
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-17v: Laws of the city of Avignon, beginning with the rubric 'Aiso es la carta del covenes de la civitat de Avigno[n]', followed by the 'Convention de Beaucaire', a charter dated May 1251 ending the civil liberties of the city, as agreed between the municipal authorities of Avi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Occitan, and Occitan, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 4940

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4940
Title:
Matfre Ermengaud, Breviari d'amor
Scope & Content:
Contents: Matfre Ermengaud (Matfres Ermengau, Eymengau) de Beziers, Breviari d'Amor. An encyclopedic work explaining how the world is an emanation of love, it consists of 34,550 lines in verse in the Occitan dialect composed between 1288 and 1292. Decoration: 2 full-page miniatures with fol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Occitan, Old
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
A parchment codex, 232 folios