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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2771
Title:: Cicero, Orator; De claris oratoribus
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains two works by the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC): Orator, his last work on rhetoric, written three years before his death, and De claris oratoribus (On famous orators), a history of Roman oratory. The anonymous scribe of the manuscript was also...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: c. 1430-c. 1440
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2789
Title:: Bible, Proverbs to Apocalypse
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-13r: Proverbs, with preface and capitula, imperfect in the middle (Proverbs 25-29 are not included). ff. 13v-17v: Ecclesiastes, with capitula. ff. 18r-20r: Song of Songs. ff. 20r-29r: Wisdom, with capitula. ff. 29r-53r: Sirach, with preface and capitula. ff. 53r-80r: Isa...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2843
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: Added inscription by librarian Humfrey Wanley: '20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22.' f. 2v: A prayer to St Christopher, in Italian, added in the 16th century. ff. 3r-14v: Calendar. ff. 15r-134v: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 135r-154v: Penitential Psalms. ff. 155r-169v: Litan...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1440-c 1460
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3110
Title:: Lactantius, Institutiones divinae; De ira Dei; De opificio Dei; Epitome divinarum institutionum
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a collection of the major works of the early Christian author Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (b. c. 250, d. c. 325), commonly known as Lactantius. It was written by the Italian scribe Ser Niccolò Berti Martine de Gentiluccis de Sanctogeminiano (N.) (b. c. 1389, d. 1468) an...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3229
Title:: Bonaventure, Legend and Life of Francis of Assisi
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-24v: Alphabetical subject index, entitled: 'Tabula alphabetica in legenda in beati Francisci'. ff. 26r-115r: Bonaventure, Legend and Life of Francis of Assisi (with Miracles), entitled: 'Legenda et Vita Beati Patris nostri Francisci'. Decoration: Prologue miniature surrou...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1504
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3445
Title:: Gregory of Nazianzus, Apologeticus; Sermones
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a number of theological works written by the theologian and archbishop of Constantinople Gregory of Nazianzus (b. c. 329, d. 390), in a Latin translation from the Greek, attributed to the monk and historian Rufinus of Aquileia (b. 344/45, d. 411). According to the colo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1448
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3467
Title:: The Statutes of the Università di Por San Piero
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the Statutes of one of the four 'universities' (minor guilds) of Florence known as the Università di Por San Piero (University of St. Peter's Gate). Contents: ff. 1r-41v: The Statutes of the Università di Por San Piero, preceded by a title page ('MDLXXIX STATVTI, ORDIN...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 1579
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3472
Title:: Arms of the noble families of Florence
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume titled 'Il Feciale de Tutta la Nobilità Fiorentina'. Two shields are drawn and coloured on each folio, with the family name written above.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3480
Title:: Catherine of Siena, Lettere
Scope & Content:: Contents: 86 letters of Catherine of Siena,preceded by a titulus: ''Incipiunt epistole gloriose virginis beatissime k[a]terine desenis recollecte per reverendum in christo p[at]rem do[mi]num stephanum de senis priore[m] monasterii sancte Marie de gratiis p[...]pe papiam ordinis cartuse. Questo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3485
Title:: Plutarch, Parallel Lives
Scope & Content:: This 15th-century manuscript contains a copy of the Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, written by the Greek philosopher and writer Plutarch (b. 46, d. after 119). The biographies are arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1478
Extent:: 1 volume

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