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3931. Harley MS 5209

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5209
Title:
Albius Tibullus, Elegiae; Pseudo-Ovidius, Sappho; Lactantius Firmianus, De ave Phoenice; Pseudo-Virgilius, Moretum; Publius Ovidius Maro, Epistulae ex Ponto
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-43r: Albius Tibullus, Elegiae. ff. 43v-48r: Pseudo-Ovidius, Sappho. ff. 48v-52r: Lactantius Firmianus, De ave Phoenice. ff. 52v-54v: Pseudo-Virgilius, Moretum. ff. 55r-78v: Publius Ovidius Maro, Epistulae ex Ponto.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3932. Harley MS 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 38
Title:
A miscellany of political papers and letters and tracts on coinage, transcribed largely by Ralph Starkey; original letters addressed to Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, and Sir Simonds D'Ewes, 1642-1648; A Licence to travayle for Francis Davison and Edward Smith granted by Queen Elizabeth I, 1595
Scope & Content:
This manuscript mostly contains 17th-century English letters and transcripts of 16th-century documents. It also features an original licence on parchment to travel outside of England for three years granted to a ‘Francis Davison’ and ‘Edward Smith’, signed by Queen Elizabeth I and with her wax s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1595-1648
Extent:
1 volume

3933. Harley MS 2374

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2374
Title:
A miscellany of medical texts, including a botanical glossary, a collection of medical recipes, and a Middle English translation of the Antidotarium Nicolai
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made up of two booklets (ff. 1-28 and 29-64), both made in the 15th century. The first booklet comprises a botanical glossary, a partial copy of an antidotary (book of antidotes) and a collection of medical recipes in Middle English and Latin. The second contains an ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3934. Harley MS 3103

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3103
Title:
Bede, Commentaries on Proverbs and the Acts of the Apostles; Jerome, Commentary on Ecclesiastes; Nomina regionum et locorum de Actibus Apostolorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-43r: Bede the Venerable, Commentary on Proverbs. ff. 43v-71r: Jerome, Commentary on Ecclesiastes. ff. 72r-91v: Bede the Venerable, Commentary on Acts of the Apostles. ff. 91v-93v: Nomina regionum et locorum de Actibus Apostolorum; imperfect at the end. The manuscript con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1128-c 1150
Extent:
1 volume

3935. Harley MS 4660

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4660
Title:
Miscellaneous collection of transcriptions of Old English charters and the Narratio de Sanctis qui in Anglia quiescunt; fragments of a Latin work on the Old English language
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A catalogue of fifteen charters held at Worcester Cathedral, entitled: ‘Cartarum aliquod pervetustarum quae extant in Archivis Ecclesiae Cathedralis Wirogn; Apographa’; ending with the note: ‘Harum Cartarum nulla exhibetur in Monastico Anglicana’. f. 1v: A transcription of a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, English, Old, and Germanic languages
Date Range:
c 1643-c 1700
Extent:
1 volume

3936. Harley MS 1605/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1605/1
Title:
Fragments of an anonymous Anglo-Norman metrical translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Brittaniae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first of three volumes that comprise Harley MS 1605 (the others being Harley MS 1605/2 and Harley MS 1605/3). It contains fragments of an anonymous Anglo-Norman verse translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Brittaniae. The text is known as the 'Harley Brut' bu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and English
Date Range:
c 1250
Extent:

1 volume

3937. Harley MS 1879

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1879
Title:
Catalogues of the books of Henry Savile of Banke, Robert Bruce Cotton, and John Dee
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10r: Catalogue of the library of Henry Savile of Banke (d. 1617) in English and Latin, written in the hand of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. f. 10v: List of books wanted by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, headed: 'Books I want', fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1583-c 1612
Extent:
1 volume

3938. Harley MS 2252

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2252
Title:
The Commonplace Book of John Colyns, including Ipomydon, B version, and the stanzaic Morte Arthur
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript comprises two booklets of Middle English poetry and prose (ff. 54-85, 86-133) that were compiled into one volume in the early 16th century by John Colyns (d. c. 1542), mercer, of the parish of St Mary Woolchurch Haw, London. The manuscript contains the unique copies o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century-Early 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

3939. Harley MS 3037

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3037
Title:
Baldwin of Forde, De sacramento altaris; Julian of Toledo, Prognosticorum futuri saeculi; and other works
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a previously unidentified collection of theological works by Baldwin (b. c. 1125, d. 1190), abbot of the Cistercian monastery at Forde, Dorset, Bishop of Worcester from 1180 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1184. (b. c. 1125, d. 1190). Among the theological works that B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

3940. Harley MS 3096

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3096
Title:
Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones super Cantica Canticorum; Honorius Augustodunensis, De Cognitione Verae Vitae; Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-147v: Bernard of Claivaux, Sermones super Cantica Canticorum (Sermons on the Song of Songs), preceded by a list of 86 chapters in continuous prose (ff. 2v-4v). ff. 148r-151v: Honorius Augustodunensis, De Cognitione Verae Vitae, imperfect at the end (Chapter 1-16). As in other ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

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