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4001. Harley MS 556

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 556
Title:
Excerpts from the Chronicle of John of Worcester, 703-1101
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-122r: Excerpts from the Chronicle of John of Worcester (703-1101) or Chronicon ex chronicis by John of Worcester (fl. 1095–1140), a monk of Worcester Priory; with additional extracts annotated by Laurence Nowell (d. 1576), Archdeacon of Derby and then Dean of Lichfield. The ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

4002. Harley MS 1260

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1260
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (The Percy Hours)
Scope & Content:
This prayer book contains items that are typical of a Book of Hours, including a Calendar, the Hours of the Virgin, the Seven Penitential Psalms, and a Litany of Saints. However, its larger part comprises prayers in Latin and Anglo Norman that are not organised according to the canonical hours. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1370
Extent:

1 volume

4003. Harley MS 3776

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3776
Title:
The ‘Codex ruber’ or ‘Waltham Abbey miscellany’, part 1
Scope & Content:
The first surviving fragment of a collection of miscellaneous religious and historical tracts. The medieval numeration of the contents indicates that the folios were formerly in a different order, with ff. 25–62 coming after ff. 94–117. Four other 14th-century manuscripts, which may or may not b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1345-1360s
Extent:

Parchment codex

4004. Harley MS 612

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 612
Title:
Birgitta of Sweden, Liber Celestis Revelacionum, with tracts and documents relating to her canonisation
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of texts from and about St Birgitta of Sweden, divided into 14 books, and copied by Thomas Colyngbourn for the Bridgettine abbey of St Saviour, St Mary the Virgin and St Bridget of Syon [Syon Abbey], Isleworth, Middlesex. It is one of three surviving Latin m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1435 and 1457
Extent:
1 volume

4005. Harley MS 4763

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4763
Title:
Thomas Beckington, De iure regis Angliae ad Franciscam; poem in praise of Henry V
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-275r: Thomas Beckington, De iure regis Angliae ad Franciscam; treatise including state letters and other documents concerning the right of England to France, and literary works such as an excerpt from the Somnium viridarii, Chapter 186 (ff. 35r-41r); the Bucolicum carmen XII [...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4006. Harley MS 2946

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2946
Title:
Breviary, Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:
Breviary, Use of Sarum, including: 1. Temporale, incipit (rubric): 'Dominica prima adventus domini', including an office for the dedication of the church (f. 176v); ends imperfectly in 'lectio I' of the dedication of the church, explicit: 'Etiam fratres videte quam pulcrum est templum quod edif...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1405
Extent:
1 volume

4007. Harley MS 3225

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3225
Title:
Biblical commentaries; Revelation (fragment)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is formed of two independent parts: ff. 1r-34v and ff. 35r-42v. The first part includes: ff. 2r-19r: Commentary on Revelation. ff. 19r-30v: Commentary on Zacharias. ff. 31r-434v: Commentary on the Song of Songs. f. 1 is a palimpsest. The second part includes a fragment of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

4008. Harley MS 7184

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7184
Title:
John Gower, Confessio Amantis
Scope & Content:
Contents: John Gower, Confessio Amantis; beginning: 'Torpor ebes sensus scola parva labor minimusque / Causam ergo minimus ipse minora canam'; ending : 'hath do wherof his kniȝthiede / Is yit comended over all'. Imperfect: the text lacks 1 folio after f. 25 (containing English Works 1900-1901,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

4009. Harley MS 296

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 296
Title:
A collection of original letters and transcripts, concerning Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Russia and Morocco
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A discourse in French, concerning the enterprise that could be arranged for Don Antonio (b. 1531, d. 1595), a claimant for the Portuguese throne, for the recovery of his kingdom, and the effect and usefulness of this for the Netherlands and England. ff. 3r-4v: An origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4010. Harley MS 2361

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2361
Title:
Collection of theological treatises and poems, including Honorius of Autun, Elucidarium, and Richard Rolle, Expositio super symbolum apostolorum
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains a large collection of theological treatises, excerpts and poems. The manuscript consists of at least seven parts that were produced separately in England between the 2nd half of the 13th century and 15th century. Part 1 (ff. 1r-4v) dates to the 15th century. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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