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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Name Elliott, Thomas, bookbinder, fl 1712-1763 Level [40] File

1. Harley MS 3059

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3059
Title:
Collection of theological works by Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux, Jerome and Augustine of Hippo; a treatise on the plague
Scope & Content:
A collection of works by Anselm of Canterbury (b. 1033/4, d. 1109), Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090, d. 1153), Jerome (d. 420), and Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430). Compendium de epidemia, a treatise on plague compiled by the Paris medical faculty, has been added to the end of the volume, as w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 3091

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3091
Title:
Computational and theological miscellany, including Bede, De temporum ratione
Scope & Content:
Computational and theological texts mainly by Bede and Paulinus of Aquileia, with the addition of medical recipes. The manuscript includes: 1. Herbal remedies against apostemes, paralysis and other ailments (f. 1r); 2. Paulinus of Aquileia, Regula fidei metrica (ff. 1v-3v); 3. Astronomical ta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
9th century-10th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Harley MS 3093

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3093
Title:
Juvencus, Evangeliorum libri; Prudentius, Psychomachia; Frithegod of Canterbury, De Hierusalem supera; Prosper of Aquitaine, Epigrammata; Eclogi Theoduli; Theobaldus, Physiologus; Arator, De actibus Apostolorum; Sedulius, Carmen Paschale; Sedulius, Hymnae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of late antique and early medieval texts, written in Latin verse. It is known for containing the oldest surviving copy of Theobaldus' Physiologus. The text is a compilation of animal lore from North Africa that was widely read and gave rise to the bestiary t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 3150

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3150
Title:
Gilbert of Hoyland, Sermones in Canticum Salomonis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Sermones in Canticum Salomonis (Sermons on the Song of Songs), a collection of sermons written by Gilbert of Hoyland (d. 1172), abbot of Swineshead Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in Lincolnshire. Gilbert wrote a total of 47 sermons on the biblical book, a continuation...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 3368

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3368
Title:
Michele Carcano, De commendatione virtutum et reprobatione vitiorum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of De commendatione virtutum et reprobatione vitiorum (On the praise of virtues and the rejection of vices), a Latin sermon by the Italian Franciscan preacher Michele Carcano (b. 1427, d. 1484). Contents: ff. 1r-203v: Michele Carcano, De commendatione virtutum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 3371

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3371
Title:
Collection of medical texts and recipes, including works by John of Arderne
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of medical texts and recipes, including many works by the English practitioner John of Arderne (b. 1307, d. c. 1378). This collection has been identified as the exemplar used by the author of the Middle English translation of Arderne's works and other text...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 3716

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3716
Title:
Leonardo Bruni, Commentarium rerum grecarum; the letters of St Jerome; and other texts
Scope & Content:
A collection of works and letters by Italian humanists followed by a patristic compilation of sermons and letters. Contents: ff. 1r-22v: Leonardo Bruni (b. 1370, d. 1444), Commentarium rerum grecarum, begins 'Animadverti nonnunquam o Angele te admirari solere...', ends with the colophon 'Finis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
circa 1449
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 3747

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3747
Title:
Giovanni Garzoni of Bologna, Practica medicinae secundum modum Avicennae, and other medical treatises
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of medical lectures, known as the Practica medicinae (The Practice of Medicine), composed by the physician and humanist Giovanni Garzoni of Bologna (b. 1419, d. 1506), probably between 1465 and 1471. The volume also includes a number of shorter medical texts...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1477
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 3770

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3770
Title:
Scope & Content:
Ramón Lull, Theological and Philosophical Treatises; 15th cent. Latin. Copy. The MS. comprises a number of works by the Catalan theologian and mystic Ramón Lull (circa 1232-1315). The cataloguing of this MS. was funded by the Wellcome Trust and only the text relating to medicine is itemised ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Harley MS 3840

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3840
Title:
Scope & Content:
Composite Medical Miscellany; 15th cent. Latin and Middle English. Copies. Imperfect. The manuscript comprises a large herbal in Latin (ff. 1-138; item 1) and a Middle English herbal, known as Agnus castus (ff. 139-178v; item 2) with embedded recipes. The previous ownership, and the date an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item