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Place Durham, England Level [40] File

51. Add MS 75000 W

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 75000 W
Title:
Scope & Content:
W. Letter from Robert Surtees, antiquary and topographer, to George F [?T] Fox of Durham, promising him a fossil from the works being carried on at Cleves Cross Cliff, Durham, and giving historical details of New Place and Crook Hall; Rushyford [postmark], 23 Jan. 1832. Purchased from J. L. M. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1832
Extent:
1 item

52. Harley MS 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 12
Title:
John the Deacon of Rome, Vita Gregorii Magni; Pseudo-Gregory, Versus sancti Gregorii papae; Vita S. Katherinae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-140v) was written in the 2nd half of the 11th century. The second part (ff. 141r-143v) was written in the 1st half of the 12th century. Contents: f. 1*recto: 'Joh[ann]es Levita'; added in the (?) 16th century. ff. 1r-140v: John th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

53. Harley MS 1799

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1799
Title:
Statuta Ecclesiae Dunelmensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-77r: Statuta Ecclesiae Dunelmensis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1555
Extent:
1 volume

54. Harley MS 2729

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2729
Title:
Frontinus, Strategemata, Paul the Deacon, Historia Romana
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Strategemata (Stratagems) by Sextus Julius Frontinus (b. c. 30, d. 104), a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history. It also contains Books 1-10 of the Historia Romana (History of Rome) by Paul the Deacon (b. c. 720, d. 799). This wo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

55. Harley MS 3049

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3049
Title:
Ambrose, De Fide; Joachim of Fiore, Enchiridion super Apocalypsim; and other theological works
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: Table of contents. ff. 2r-30v: Ambrose, De Fide ('Liber de fide sancte trintatatis ad Gracianum imperatorem'). ff. 30v-51v: Ambrose, De Spiritu Sancto ('Liber de Spiritu Sancto ad Gracianum imperatorem'); imperfect at the end. ff. 52r-56v: Ambrose, De Incarnationis Domini...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1458
Extent:
1 volume

56. Harley MS 3864

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3864
Title:
Bede, In epistolas catholicas
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-92v: Bede, In epistolas catholicas; with marginal notes by Symeon of Durham (fl. c. 1090–c. 1128), Benedictine monk and historian. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1v: A title inscription: 'Epistola [added: Iacobi]'; added in the 12th century. f. 1v: A title ins...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

57. Harley MS 5289

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5289
Title:
Missal for monastic use, including a calendar
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 9r-493r: Missal for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v), highlighting the feasts of the Deposition of St Cuthbert (f. 3r) and St Oswald (f. 5v) in gold; and musical notation (ff. 274r-276r; 285v-286r). The manuscript contains various additions: f. 1r: An inscription b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

58. Seal CL.19

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CL.19
Title:
Scope & Content:
Consistory Court, Durham, 15th cent. city of Durham: Seal of the Consistory court: 15th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

59. Seal CLXXXIX.5

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CLXXXIX.5
Title:
Scope & Content:
Dean and Chapter of Durham, second seal, 1660. Cf. C. H. Hunter Blair, Archaeologia, lxxvii, 1928, p. 177 and pl. xx, nos. 5, 6. includes: a, b city of Durham: See of. Seal of the Dean and Chapter: 1660.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

60. Seal CVIII.64

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CVIII.64
Title:
Scope & Content:
city of Durham: Cathedral seal.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item