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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3926
Title:: Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on 1 John
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-86v: Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on 1 John, imperfect at the end. Decoration: Large initials in red (some oxidised). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century or 1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4051
Title:: Extracts from Isaac Causabon, Theophrasti notationes morum
Scope & Content:: Extracts from Isaac Causabon, Theophrasti notationes morum. Arranged in two parts (ff 6r-26r, 45r-77v), each part preceded by an index.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 17th century-3rd quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4922
Title:: Marcus Junianus Justinus, Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-127r: Marcus Junianus Justinus (Justin), Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi. Decoration: Historiated initial with a man in profile combined with a full foliate border with birds, coats of arms, a lion and putti (f. 1r). 42 white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 7r, 16r, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1450-1466
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5397
Title:: Johann von Muralt, Clavis Medicinae Dialogo Tradita
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r- 285v: Johann von Muralt, Clavis Medicinae Dialogo Tradita (1685). ff. 286r-290v: An index of subjects. Decoration: An engraved title-page by Johannes Meyer (f. 1r); inserted smaller pages with either multiple panels or a full-page drawing in black ink; mostly containing an...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1685
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1325
Title:: Thomas Hobbes, The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
Scope & Content:: The Elements of Law, a treatise on political theory and the origins of the state, was completed by Thomas Hobbes on 9 May 1640 (see f. 2v), dedicated to William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and distributed in manuscript copies produced by professional scribes. Contents: f. 1: Title page ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1640s
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1329
Title:: Memoirs of Marquis Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume containing a transcription of part of the memoirs of Marquis Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy, Secretary of State under four Kings of France. This manuscript is written in a French hand and appears to have been copied directly from the originals.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2772
Title:: Fragments of works by Virgil, Juvenal, Sedulius and Macrobius
Scope & Content:: A collection of Latin texs bound together: ff. 1r-15v: Virgil, Aeneid; ff. 16r-25v: Juvenal, Satires; ff. 26r-27v: Juvenal, Satires; ff. 28r-43v: Caelius Sedulius, Carmen paschale; ff. 44r-74v: Macrobius, Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis; ff. 75r-90v: Commentary on Juvenal's Satires
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1000-1100
Extent:: A parchment codex, 90 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2872
Title:: Breviary, Use of Rome, with a Calendar and Psalter
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: Computus table. f. 1v: Added readings for Trinity Sunday, in 15th-century hands. ff. 2r-7v: Calendar, with added entries in 15th-century hands for St Birgitta (f. 2v) and St Vincent Ferrer (f. 3v), who was canonized in 1455. ff. 8r-79r: Psalter with hymns. ff. 79r-91r: Te...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3291
Title:: Pseudo-John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew (Opus Imperfectum in Mattheum)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-145v: Pseudo-John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew (Opus Imperfectum in Mattheum); imperfect at the beginning, the first line is: 'non resistat Abrahe cum vellet'. ff. 145v-159v: An alphabetical index, beginning: 'Abhominacio desolacionis quadrupliciter exponitur omelia .57.' ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4424
Title:: Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Chronique, with a continuation until 1471
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains Enguerrand de Monstrelet (b. c. 1400, d. 1453)'s Chronique, a chronicle covering the period from 1400 to 1444 (the latter part of the Hundred Years' War), with a continuation by the 'Monstrelet continuator' until the year 1471. Contents: ff. 2r-278r: Enguerrand de Mon...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: c 1475-c 1480
Extent:: 1 volume

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