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Project / Collection Harley Collection Name Vincent of Beauvais, 1189/94 - c 1264 Level [40] File

1. Harley MS 108

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 108
Title:
Historia Caroli Magni et Rolandi, an account of an expedition against Egypt, a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III, the Navigatio S. Brendani, extracts from the Speculum Historiale, and a chronicle of the archbishops of York
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains: f. 1r: Title page with post-1600 title: ‘Liber Turpini Archiepiscopi Remensis De gestis Karoli et pugna inter Rotholand et Gigantem Feracutum et morte eiusdem’. f. 2r: Title page with post-1600 label: ‘Volumen sive Tomus 80’. f. 3v: Table of contents, with heading: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 2423

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2423
Title:
Vincent of Beauvais, Tractatus consolatorius de morte amici, ad Ludovicum Regum Francorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38v: Vincent of Beauvais, Tractatus consolatorius de morte amici, ad Ludovicum Regum Francorum. Decoration: 1 large initial in red with red pen-flourishing (f. 1r). Smaller initials in red with reserve designs. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 2667

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2667
Title:
Miscellaneous compilation
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is composed of two parts (booklets): 1. ff. 2-20 (+ 1 blank page, f. 21) and 22-70 (+1 unfoliated blank page); 2. ff. 71-160; with a table of contents added by a 15th century hand (f. 1r). Part 1: ff. 2r-20r: Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militati. ff. 22r-70v: Vincen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
Parchment codex.

4. Harley MS 3689

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3689
Title:
Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Speculum historiale (Mirror of History), written by the Dominican friar Vincent of Beauvais (b. c. 1184/1194, d. c. 1264). The work is a history of the world from Creation to Vincent's own lifetime. Contents: ff. 1r-285r: Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume