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1. Harley MS 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1
Title:
Treatises on astronomy, astrology, mathematics and geometry
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: Table of contents, f. 1v; Alpetragius (Abu Ishaq al-Bitruji al-Ishbili), De motibus caelorum (ff. 2r-15v); Thebit ben Corat, De hiis que indigent expositione antequam legatur Almagesti (ff. 16r-17r); Thebit ben Corat, De figura sectore (ff. 17r-18v); Thebit ben Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1250 - c 1324
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, and Alexander Neckam, Corrogationes Promethei
Scope & Content:
The volume is composed of two parts that comprise: Isidore of Seville Etymologiae (ff. 1r-149r), and Alexander Neckam Corrogationes Promethei (ff. 150r-196r). The manuscript also includes a title and a table of contents (ff. 1*v-2*r) added on two flyleaves at the beginning of the book.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Harley MS 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 13
Title:
Scientific miscellany
Scope & Content:
The volume is composed of 6 semi-independent parts (ff. 3r-128r; 129r-140r; 141r-164v; 165r-198v; 199r-230; 231r-241v). It was probably made for John of London (fl. c. 1290- c. 1330), the first recorded owner of the manuscript. The manuscript includes: 1. Flyleaf with ownership inscriptions ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1290-16th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Harley MS 55

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55
Title:
Anglo-Saxon miscellany including medical remedies and Anglo-Saxon laws by Edgar and Cnut
Scope & Content:
The volume is made up of fragments from two different manuscripts. The first fragment (ff. 1r-4v; unit A) probably formed the end of the original manuscript, and includes: Bald, Leechbook, book 2, chapter 59 (ff. 1r-3r); Laws of King Edgar (r. 959-975) (ff. 3v-4v); Oswald, archbishop of Yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Early 11th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Harley MS 57

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 57
Title:
Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus (ff. 2r-25v) and an excerpt from the Distinctiones de vita eterna (ff. 26r-27v). A small parchment label pasted on f. 1r includes a 14th-century inscription providing a table of contents for the volume signed by an early owner...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

6. Harley MS 79

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 79
Title:
Statuta Angliae; Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is composed of two parts (ff. 1r-26r and 27r-46v) and includes: 1. Correspondence relating to Osney Abbey at Oxford, 1302 (ff. 1r-1v); 2. Statuta Angliae (ff. 2r-26r); 3. Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus (ff. 27r-46r). 4. Medical recipes (f. 46v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1300-1499
Extent:

1 volume

7. Harley MS 80

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80
Title:
Collection of texts on astronomy, optics, astrology and stones from a Merton College manuscript
Scope & Content:
This composite volume is formed by five parts (1-5), of which items 2-4 are identifiable as independent booklets or libelli. 1. ff. 1r-57r: the first unit relates to mathematics and geometry and comprises texts by Roger Bacon, (De Scientia Perspectiva, ff. 1r-33v) and Richard of Wallingford, (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-1499
Extent:

1 volume

8. Harley MS 208

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 208
Title:
Letters of Alcuin and Dungal
Scope & Content:
Contents: Alcuin, Epistolae (91 letters) (ff. 1r-112r); Two added letters, incipit: 'Eximiae indolis honore fulgido...'; and 'Praeconio eximiae sanctitatis recolendo Domino R episcoporum sanctissimo divina miseratione Wilelmus devotus episcopus' (f. 112r); Dungalus, Epistolae (5 letters) (ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
9th century-17th century
Extent:

1 volume

9. Harley MS 270

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 270
Title:
Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Vie de Saint Thomas Becket; Matthaeus Platearius (attributed), Liber de simplici medicina or Circa instans
Scope & Content:
The volume is made up of two separate manuscripts (ff. 1r-122v, 123r-149v), as follows: Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Vie de Saint Thomas Becket (ff. 1r-122v); Matthaeus Platearius (attributed), Liber de simplici medicina or Circa instans (ff. 123r-149v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1175-1249
Extent:

1 volume

10. Harley MS 273

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273
Title:
Compilation of religious and secular texts
Scope & Content:
A composite miscellany of religious and secular texts written in England (mostly in Anglo-Norman) and assembled for devotional and instructive purposes. It is made of six parts: First unit (ff. 1r-69v) includes a French Psalter with a calendar, followed by other liturgical prayers, and Hours of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1300-1349
Extent:

1 volume