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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Name Annaeus Lucanus, Marcus, Roman poet, 39-65 Level [40] File

1. Harley MS 1865

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1865
Title:
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-102v: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia. Decoration: Large puzzle initials in blue and red with pen-flourished decoration in red, some in form of birds or creatures (ff. 1r, 8v, 13v, 25r, 36r, 46r, 56r). Two initials in blue with penwork decoration in red (f. 1r). Rubrics in r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2507

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2507
Title:
M. Annaeus Lucanus, De bello civili
Scope & Content:
M. Annaeus Lucanus, De bello civili (also known as Pharsalia), incipit: '[B]ella per Emathios plus quam civilia campos'; prefaced by Lucan's epitaph, incipit: 'Corduba me genuit rapuit nero.' Includes numerous added commentaries in the margins. Decoration: Space left for large initials. 1 init...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 2531

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2531
Title:
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a glossed copy of Lucan's Pharsalia. The manuscript's former binding is now stored separately as Harley MS 2531/1. Contents: ff. 3r-164v: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia; with marginal glosses in red frames and maniculae. The manuscript contains various later add...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-14th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 2532

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2532
Title:
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-65r: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia; begins with Lucan's epitaph on f. 1r. Numerous medieval and post-medieval inscriptions and pen-trials including the outline of white-vine decoration. Decoration: 2 historiated initials in gold and colours with a lady and a man holding...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Harley MS 2552

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2552
Title:
Lucan, Pharsalia or De Bello Civili
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-201r: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (b. AD 39, d. AD 65), also known as Lucan, Pharsalia or De Bello Civili (On the Civil War), some sections with interlinear and marginal glosses.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1444
Extent:

1 volume

6. Harley MS 2728

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2728
Title:
M. Annaeus Lucanus, De Bello Civili with scholia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-152r: M. Annaeus Lucanus, De Bello Civili with scholia including the titulus 'lucanus debello'. The first 5 lines of Book 1 are written twice on ff. 1v and 2r. [ff. 1r, 152v are blank]. Decoration: Several large initials with interlace and foliate decoration in red, possibi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 2783

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2783
Title:
Lucan, Pharsalia or De Bello civili
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of De Bello civili (On the Civil War), commonly referred to as the Pharsalia, an epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan (b. 39, d. 69), detailing the civil war between Julius Caesar and the forces of the Roman Senate led by Pompey the Great. Contents: ff. 1r-127r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1466
Extent:

1 volume

8. Harley MS 3754

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3754
Title:
Collection of classical texts, including Virgil's Bucolica, Georgica and Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses, with annotations by Petrarch
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Virgil, Bucolica. ff. 4v-14v: Virgil, Georgica. ff. 14v-61r: Virgil, Aeneid, with a verse preface. ff. 61v-101r: Lucan, De Bello Civili (On the Civil War) or Pharsalia. ff. 101r-120v: Statius, Thebaid, imperfect, comprising Bks. I-VI (up to l. 482). ff. 121r-155v:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume