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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Place Southwestern England Level [40] File

1. Harley MS 1027

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1027
Title:
Statutes of Exeter Cathedral
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r-76r: Statutes of Exeter Cathedral, beginning with a statute by Bishop William [? Warelwast, bishop 1107-1137] and ending with those issued in 1387 by Thomas Brantingham, bishop 1370-1394. For a detailed list of contents, see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, I (1808), p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2277

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2277
Title:
South English Legendary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-232v: South English Legendary (Legends of the saints in verse, listed according to their feast days), imperfect at the beginning. Decoration: Large plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 2398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2398
Title:
Middle English collection of devotional treatises and sermons
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an early 15th-century collection of devotional treatises and sermons in Middle English, including writings influenced by the ideas of and (anonymously) citing John Wyclif [Wycliffe] (d. 1384), theologian, philosopher and religious reformer. Contents: ff. 1r-69r: Memo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Harley MS 3447

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3447
Title:
Hugh Ripelin of Strasbourg, Compendium theologicae veritatis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-135v: Hugh Ripelin of Strasbourg (b. 1210, d. 1268), Compendium theologicae veritatis or Compendium theologiae [Compendium of Theological Truths]; with an alphabetical index (ff. 128r-135v); written in seven books that are entitled: 1. De natura divinitatis; 2. De creaturis; 3....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 4076

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4076
Title:
Collection of medical recipes
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a 16th-century collection of medical and cosmetic recipes in English and Latin, most likely compiled by a physician in the county of Devon. Its first known owner was William Raulyngs [Ralyngs], who appears to have been closely related to the manuscript's compiler. The la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1550
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 5444

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5444
Title:
Votive masses; Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg, Compendium theologicae veritatis; William of Pagula, Oculus Sacerdotis; Jacobus de Lausanne, Commentaries on Genesis, Exodus and Job
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of four parts that were separately produced and joined together at a later point, possibly in the Harleian Library. The first part (ff. 1r-8v) is a single booklet with votive masses that was commissioned by Alicia Lygh (d. in or after 1525) of Chippenham, Wil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-1503
Extent:
1 volume