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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2701
Title:: Virgil, Bucolica; Eclogues; Georgica; Aeneis; Appendix
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: Added inscription 'G[irolamo?] Baruffaldi' ( f. 1), perhaps G[irolamo?] Baruffaldi (b. 1675, d. 1755) [of Ferrara?]. f. 1v: A pastedown includes an added inscription in Humphrey Wanley's hand, 'Hic codex olim fuit Aldi Manutij', and 'Andrea Haii Venetia 1722'. ff. 2r-19v: Vir...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1477
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2899
Title:: Psalter (the 'Psalter of Queen Philippa')
Scope & Content:: Psalter (the 'Psalter of Queen Philippa'), with a calendar (ff. 2r-7v), Psalms (ff. 8r-109), Canticles (ff. 109-116v), prayers and litany, with some musical notation. The calendar is a Sarum calendar. Decoration: Initials and partial bar borders in gold, red, blue, and white, some with wh...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1328-1340
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3463
Title:: A collection of Italian historical texts
Scope & Content:: Manuscript volume of Italian historical texts. Contents: ff. 1-16: ‘Instruzione a V.S. Monsignori Arcivescovo di Patras, Nuntio ord. di N. Sre. in Fiandra’. Inscribed at the end ‘In Roma il primo di Maggio 1621’. ff. 18-39: ‘Instruzione a Monsignori Lancellotti Vescovo di Nola destinato da N.S....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: c 1587-c 1628
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 493/1
Title:: Statuta Angliae
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is the first of two volumes (the other is Harley MS 493/1) containing the Statuta Angliae (The Statutes of England). Contents: ff. 2r-289v: Statuta Angliae. [f. 1r is blank]. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Paragraph signs in red and blue.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 493/2
Title:: Statuta Angliae
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is the second of two volumes (the other is Harley MS 493/1) containing the Statuta Angliae (The Statutes of England). Contents: ff. 1r-218v: Statuta Angliae. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Paragraph signs in red and blue.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 546
Title:: Medical miscellany
Scope & Content:: The manuscript includes translations of and elaborations on Latin medical treatises and recipes as follows: Walter Agilon, 'De dosibus medicinarum' in the translation by Cormac MacDonlevy for Dermot MacDonall (ff. 1r-11r); Medical compendium relating to ailments of the body (ff. 12r-19v, 37r-...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Irish and Latin
Date Range:: 1459
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1118
Title:: Registrum brevium
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-218v, 220v-289r: Registrum brevium. Including a list of contents (ff. 1r-10r); beginning on f. 13r: 'Edwardus dei gracia Rex Anglie Dominus Hibernie Dux Aquitanie Ballivis suis Lincolniensis salutem precipimus vobis quod sine dilatione plenum rectum teneatis Ade de Cerleton. de...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2269
Title:: Astrological compendium
Scope & Content:: An astronomical compendium with horoscopes and texts relating to the practice of medicine. The manuscript includes: 1. Astrological compendium attributed to 'Frater Rogerius Bacon' (ff. 1r-8r); 2. Astrological diagrams and notes (ff. 8v-10r); 3. Two astrological notes about the moon and the ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2894
Title:: Prayer book
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 7r: Prayer to God: ‘[D]eus qui nos pastores in populo vocari voluisti. presta quesumus: ut per hec que humano ore dicimus. in tuis oculis esse valeamus. Per dominum nostrum iesum’. f. 8r: Prayer to God, beginning: ‘Omnipotens sempiterne deus meritis et precibus tue matris’. ff...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3730
Title:: Brut Chronicle
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r-1v: John Hardyng, Metrical Chronicle, containing only the verses from the epilogue. ff. 2r-119v: The Brut Chronicle. Decoration: Several large initials in black ink.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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