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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Place Rouen, France Level [40] File

1. Harley MS 1251

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1251
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1: Added paper fragment of a printed 15th- or 16th-century book concerning canon law, inscribed on the recto with a book curse in Middle English verse, ‘Thys boke ys one and godes kors ys anoder they that take the ton god gef them the toder’ (DIMEV no. 5660-3), late-15th/16th cent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1430-c 1440
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2900

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2900
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Added prayers to the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Holy Cross and for the Communion ('Ego sum panis vivus'), suffrages to saints, the Short Hours of the Holy Spirit (f. 3r-v), and various prayers including prayers for the dead (ff. 3v-4r). ff. 5r-16v: A calendar, includi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
The third decade of the fifteenth century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 3921

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3921
Title:
Cicero, De officiis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of De officiis (On duties), a Latin treatise in three books, written by the Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC). Contents: ff. 1r-197v: Cicero, De officiis. Decoration: Large initials with blue grisaille on gold panels with ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 4917

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4917
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De la vieillesse (De Senectute) and De l'amitié (De Amicitia) translated by Laurent du Premierfait
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Laurent du Premierfait's translation of Cicero's De Senectute and De Amicitia. It was written around 1470 in Rouen and decorated by an artist of the circle of the Master of the Echevinage of Rouen. Contents: ff. 1r-108v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, De la vieillesse (De Sene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1470
Extent:
1 volume