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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3083
Title:: St Ambrose, Epistulae, De Obitu Theodosii and De Nabuthe Jezraelita
Scope & Content:: This volume preserves most of St Ambrose (b. c. 339, d. 397)'s Epistulae (Letters). It also includes two other works by Ambrose: De Obitu Theodosii (On the Death of Theodosius I) and De Nabuthe Jezraelita (On Naboth the Jezreelite). The manuscript may initially have been part of a larger volume ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3084
Title:: Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia Ecclesiastica, Latin translation by Rufinus of Aquileia
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-173v: Eusebius of Caesarea (b. c. 260-265, d. c. 340), Historia Ecclesiastica (Church History), in Latin translation by Rufinus of Aquileia (b. c. 345, d. 411), with capitula preceding each book. Decoration: 12 large puzzle initials in red and blue or red and green, with pen...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3085
Title:: Leviticus with Glossa Ordinaria (Hrabanus Maurus, Commentary on Leviticus)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-111v: Book of Leviticus with Glossa Ordinaria (Commentary on Leviticus by Hrabanus Maurus), preceded by a prologue, beginning: 'Esicius. Pre omnibus necesse est interpretationem legis ab anagogem trahi'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3086
Title:: Joshua and Judges, glossed
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1v-68v: Book of Joshua with gloss. ff. 69r-128r: Book of Judges with gloss.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3094
Title:: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis Christianae fidei; Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti ex opusculis S. Gregorii
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-56v: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis Christianae fidei (On the Sacraments of the Christian Faith); imperfect at the beginning. f. 57r: A single verse: 'Omnia qui libras diademata celica vibras'. ff. 58r-127v: Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti ex opuscul...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3098
Title:: Liber Pancrisis
Scope & Content:: This 12th-century manuscript contains the oldest of three existing copies of the Liber Pancrisis (The All-Golden Book) (the other manuscripts are Avranches, Bibliothèque Municipale, 19 and Troyes, Médiathèque du Grand Troyes (olim Bibliothèque Municipale), Fonds ancien 425). This is an anthology...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1160-1170
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3117
Title:: Biblical commentaries
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-37v: Gilbert Universalis (d. 1134), Glossa ordinaria in Lamentationes (Ordinary Gloss on Lamentations), with prothemata (ff. 1r-2r), ending with an author attribution: ‘que de patrum fontibus hausi ego Gillebertus autisiodorensis ecclesie archidiaconus'. Imperfect, lacking seve...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3122
Title:: Achard of Saint-Victor, Sermo in Dedicatione Ecclesiae
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-39v: Achard of Saint-Victor, Sermo in Dedicatione Ecclesiae, imperfect at the end, beginning: 'Sapientia aedificavit sibi domum excidit columnas septem'. Decoration: 1 large (2-line) initial in red (f. 1r). Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century - 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3123
Title:: Innocent III, De missarum mysteriis; Pseudo-Hugh of Saint-Victor, Speculum de mysteriis ecclesiae
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-68v: Innocent III [Lotharius de Segnis] (b. 1160/61, d. 1216), De missarum mysteriis f. 69v: A short tract on John 13:34: 'Mandatum novum do vobis diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos'. f. 70r: A theological note, beginning: 'peccatum originale est corruptio'. ff. 71r-119v: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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