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1. Harley MS 1321

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1321
Title:
Chansons from the cycles of William of Orange and Aimeri de Narbonne
Scope & Content:
Contents: Chansons de Geste from the cycles of William of Orange (Guillaume d'Orange): and Aimeri de Narbonne (Aymeri de Nerbonne) ff. 4r-38v: Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube, Girart de Vienne (Girard de Viane), 5,560 lines, lacking 1 leaf at the beginning that perhaps contained a miniature; ff. 3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1225-1275
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 2450

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2450
Title:
Breviary, Use of Le Mans
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is one of only six known surviving liturgical manuscripts than can be localised to the diocese of Le Mans (see Davis, 'Canons, Huguenots, Movie Stars, and Missionaries', p. 297, n. 2). It has suffered later damage and excision of several leaves, as well as the excision of some in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 2879

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2879
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-268v: the Psalter. ff. 269r-v: the Magnificat. Decoration: 9 large initials in blue or pink, often with a ribbon pattern, on gold grounds with flower, strawberry, or foliate decoration in the same colour as the body of the letter (ff. 1v, 45r, 72r, 99r, 126r, 160r, 192r, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 2927

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2927
Title:
Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris
Scope & Content:
Breviary for the use of the Abbey church of Ste Genevieve, Paris, including: ff. 3r-8v: Calendar, use of Paris, with St Genevieve included 3 times (see Provenance). ff. 9r-102v: Psalter; ff. 102v-105v: Canticles: Benedictus, Magnificat, Nunc dimittis, and Quiqumque vult. ff. 105v-111r: Lit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1420
Extent:
Parchment codex.

5. Harley MS 2949

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2949
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-114r: the Psalter. ff. 114r-123v: the Canticles. ff. 123v-125r: the Athanasian Creed. ff. 125r-v: prompts for the Penitential Psalms. ff. 125v-129r: the litany (Parisian saints). ff. 129r-130v: prayers. Decoration: Numerous 1-5 line initials with grisaille foliat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 3176

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3176
Title:
Sermons on the Virgin Mary; Arnold of Bonneval, Commentarius in Psalmum CXXXII; excerpts from theological works
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-65r: Sermons on the Virgin Mary for the Marian feasts, with a list of headings (f. 1v). f. 65r: A 4-line verse in praise of the Virgin Mary, beginning: ‘Ne queras nomen cui gratia contulit omen’ (printed in full in Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, III (1808), p. 8). ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

7. Harley MS 3711

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3711
Title:
Paulus Aemilius, De rebus gestis Francorum (Books 4 and 5)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Books 4 and 5 of De rebus gestis Francorum (On the deeds of the Franks), a history of the Frankish kings written by the Italian historian Paulus Aemilius (b. c. 1455, d. 1529), also known as Paolo Emilio da Verona. Contents: ff. 1r-35v: Paulus Aemilius, De rebus gest...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 3769

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3769
Title:
Wilhelm Horborch, Decisiones Romanae Rotae novae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Decisiones Romanae Rotae novae (New decisions of the Roman Rota), a summary of decisions made by the Roman Rota concerning canon law between 1376 and 1381, written by the German canonist Willhelm Horborch (b. 1320, d. 1384). Contents: ff. 1r-v, 251r-v: frag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 4377

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4377
Title:
Charles Perrault, Jean Chapelain, and Jacques Cassagnes, Devises pour les tapisseries du Roy, où sont représentez les quatre Élémens et les quatre Saisons de l’année
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Devises pour les tapisseries du Roi, où sont représentez les quatre Élémens et les quatre Saisons de l’année (Emblems for tapestries of King Louis XIV of France on the themes of the four elements and the four seasons), by Charles Perrault (b. 1628, d. 1703), Jean Cha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1669
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 4389

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4389
Title:
Roman de Tristan
Scope & Content:
Roman de Tristan in prose. For an edition of the text, see Curtis, Le Roman de Tristan (1985). Opening rubric (in red) now worn into illegibility. Incipit (f. 1; see Roman 1985, I, p. 120): 'En ceste partie dit li contes que tant demora li rois Apollo a la cort li roi Clodovex'. Explicit (f. 61...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1275-1324
Extent:

1 volume

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