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241. Harley MS 5299

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5299
Title:
Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (French translation)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-73r: Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (published in its complete form in 1532); French translation by 'Helye Bonnet' of the first five books; dedicated to the ‘Dauphin’. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 2r, 72v, 73r: Inscriptions of numbers (possibly a cyp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1532-c 1540
Extent:
1 volume

242. Harley MS 5319

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5319
Title:
Compilations of French texts with German vocabulary and practice sentences; Arabic book with Qur'an text; The Fifteen Oes
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three distinct parts, containing a 17th-century compilation of French letters and German vocabulary and practice sentences (ff. 2r-69v); an Arabic book that may have been written in the 15th or 16th century (ff. 70r-109v); and a copy of the Fifteen Oes, date...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, French, German, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1475-1654
Extent:
1 volume

243. Harley MS 5325

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5325
Title:
Helperic of Auxerre, Computus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*r-1*v: a fragment from an unidentified scientific text written in a 13th-century hand. ff. 1r-56v: Helperic of Auxerre, Computus. Decoration: Initials in blue or red, some with foliate motifs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
late 11th century-early 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

244. Harley MS 5373

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5373
Title:
Gaius Julius Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium; Rorgo Fretellus, Liber locorum sanctorum terrae Jerusalem
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two parts. The first part (ff. 1-53) was written in the 12th century (before c. 1175); the second part (ff. 53-59) was written during the 13th century. Contents: ff. 1r-53r: Gaius Julius Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium. ff. 53v-59v: Rorgo Fretell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century-13th century
Extent:
1 volume

245. Harley MS 5391

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5391
Title:
Statutes for the Collège du Plessis, Paris
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Statutes for the Collège du Plessis, Paris, drawn up in 1571, entitled: ‘Sequuntur Regulæ et Statuta in omni bene constituta societate hominum perpetuo observanda, et observari solita ab omni ævo et antiquitate et præcipue in coetu et corona aulicorum Plessæorum quæ Vetusta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1571
Extent:
1 volume

246. Harley MS 5440

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5440
Title:
Jacobus de Cessolis, Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium sive super ludum scaccorum, translated into French by Jean de Vignay
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-82v: Jacobus de Cessolis [Jacopo da Cessole] (b. c. 1250, d. 1322), Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium sive super ludum scaccorum; a translation in French out of Latin by Jean de Vignay (b. c. 1285, d. 1348), beginning: ‘A Tres noble et excellent prince Jehan de fran...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

247. Harley MS 5766

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5766
Title:
L'Office de la Conception de la Vierge Marie and other prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-27v: L'Office de la Conception de la Vierge Marie and other prayers. Includes a prayer to the Virgin Mary for protection against the plague introduced by the rubric 'Oraison à la V. Marie, laquelle fut trouvee au Monastere S. Claire, au Royaume de Portugal, laquelle disant la ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

248. Harley MS 6201

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6201
Title:
Le Livre de la Magie et Astrologie des Anciens Philosophes
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2*recto: A title-page: ‘Le Livre de la Magie et Astrologie des Anciens [Philosophes] - Descouvers & Experimenté Par les Auteurs les plus celebres en cette science secrete. Mise en Francois Par J. H Ace les Figures Necessaire’. ff. 3*recto-8*verso: A table of contents. pp. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

249. Harley MS 6508

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6508
Title:
Wace, Roman de Brut
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-100r: Wace, Roman de Brut. Decoration: Two puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (ff. 1r, 8v). Initials with penwork decoration in red and brown at the top of the page, one with a human head in profile (f. 82v). Decorated catchwords (e.g. f....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

250. Harley MS 6814

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6814
Title:
Collection of sermons in Latin and French; Quaestiones problematicae; Exemplar epistolae scriptae ad Anglum nobilem Catholicam; Catalogus librorum Sacrae canonicae scripturae veteris testamenti; collection of theological tracts from biblical excerpts; biblical proverbs in Middle English; Moralium dogma philosophorum; Aesop, Fabulae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38v: A collection of sermons in Latin and French, written between 1650 and 1653. ff. 39v-40r: Quaestiones problematicae [inscribed on f. 39r: ‘in Sidney College’], written around the mid-16th century. ff. 40v-69r: Exemplar epistolae scriptae ad Anglum nobilem Catholicam. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1435-1653
Extent:
1 volume

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