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032-002045828 Place Northern Italy Level [40] File

1. Harley MS 2464

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2464
Title:
Petrus Isolellae, Summa grammaticae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-36v: Petrus Isolellae [de Isolella Cremonensis], Summa grammaticae. Decoration: Large historiated initial with the author Petrus Isolellae in profile and acanthus leaves extending into the margins to form a full border; with a female figure in the lower margin and a kneeling ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Last quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2986

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2986
Title:
Breviary, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar. ff. 7r-277r: Breviary ['Ordo Breviarii secundum consuetudinem curie romane']; with a Litany of Saints (ff. 61v-62v). Decoration: 2 large illuminated intials in colours and gold with acanthus extensions and bezants (ff. 7r, 159r). 1 large initial in blue with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 5128

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5128
Title:
Dictionary of canon law
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-438v: A dictionary of canon law, beginning: 'Quoniam memoria hominum labilis'. Decoration: 2 large initials in pink, green, and blue with floral and foliate motifs (ff. 1r, 53v). 1 large historiated initial in colours (f. 65v). 15 large initials in red, some with simple flor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 5429

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5429
Title:
Sallust, De bello Jugurthino
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-57v: Sallust, De bello Jugurthino (On the Jugurthine War). Decoration: 2 large blue initials with red penwork decoration (ff. 1r, 21r). Initials in blue or red, usually alternating. Smaller initials in blue or red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Harley MS 2532

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2532
Title:
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-65r: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia; begins with Lucan's epitaph on f. 1r. Numerous medieval and post-medieval inscriptions and pen-trials including the outline of white-vine decoration. Decoration: 2 historiated initials in gold and colours with a lady and a man holding...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

6. Harley MS 2514

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2514
Title:
Papias, Ars grammatica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-66v: Papias, Ars grammatica. Decoration: Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours including flowers and foliate motifs (f. 1r). Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour including flowers and foliate motifs (ff. 6r,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 3568

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3568
Title:
A collection of letters and orations by Italian humanists
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-68r: Antonio Beccadelli, Epistolae. f. 68r: Philippi Macedonum regis Epistola ad Aristotelem. ff. 68r-78r: Leonardo Bruni (Aretino), oration. ff. 78r-79v: Leonardo Bruni (Aretino), Letter to Johannes Marasius Siculus ff. 79v-80r: Pulex poeta de ortu et obitu hermaphrodit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1425-1463
Extent:

1 volume

8. Harley MS 5210

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5210
Title:
Jacobus de Varagine, Legenda aurea
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-252v: Jacobus de Varagine [Voragine], Legenda aurea, beginning with an introduction: 'Universum tempus presentis vite in quatuor distinguitur [tempora] scilicet in tempus deviationis, renovationis sive revocationis, reconciliationis et peregrinationis'; followed by a table of c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 6504

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6504
Title:
Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Poetria nova
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-40r: Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Poetria nova. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 40r: an inscription in a medieval hand on f. 40r: '[...] hic offert se et sivum librum Gulielmo ep[i]scop[o] nem[..]si[...]'. Numerous added annotations throughout, mainly in 15th-century h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 2987

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2987
Title:
Martyrology, Franciscan use
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-7r: Calendar, with numerous entries now erased or emended. ff. 8r-82v: Martyrology of Franciscan use, with the heading 'Incipit martyrologium pro anni circulum. Secundum sanctam romanam curiam et secundum consuetudinem fratrum [?minorum (erased)]'; added obit in lower margin ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume