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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1946
Title:: Heraldic book of Welsh names
Scope & Content:: Heraldic book with arms in colours of the old founders of Welsh families, starting with Brutus. British Museum printed catalogue attributes the writing to Thomas Chaloner (d 1598), deputy to the Office of Arms, whose widow married Randall Holme I. Many coats of arms lack written description. Fol...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1598
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2644
Title:: Virgil, Liber fabularum; Bucolica; Georgica
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: Capitula list. ff. 1r-22r: Virgil, Liber fabularum. ff. 22v-34v: Virgil, Bucolica. ff. 34v-67r: Virgil, Georgica, imperfect. Decoration: Large arabesque initial in red with foliate decoration (f. 1v). Coloured initials in red ink.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd or 3rd quarter 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2860
Title:: Collection of masses and rites
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-3v: Mass of the Trinity (‘Officium de trinitate’). ff. 3v-4v: Mass of the Nativity of Christ (‘In die natalis domini’. ff. 4v-6v: Mass of the Invention of the Holy Cross (‘Officium in invencione sancte crucis’). ff. 6v-7v: Mass of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (‘In exa...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2875
Title:: Mass of the Virgin Mary
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-14v: 'Missa de beata maria virgine' (Mass of the Virgin Mary). Decoration: 1 historiated initial in colours and gold of a priest and attendant before an altar, combined with a full border with penwork decoration in brown ink, flowers and a scroll (f. 2r). Large initial i...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2876
Title:: Book of Hours, Use unidentified
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar. f. 7r-11v: Prayers to the Virgin, beginning 'Saluto te sanctissima', 'Obsecro te' and 'O intemerata'. f. 12r-v: Opening of the Gospel of John. ff. 13r-16r: Hours of the Cross. ff. 16v-18r: Hours of the Holy Spirit. ff. 18v-50v: Hours of the Virgin. ff...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1480-c 1490
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3124
Title:: Florilegium of Old Testament books
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-67r: Florilegium of Old Testament books, to Jeremiah. Decoration: Large (2-line) plain red initials. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3136
Title:: Gospel of John with gloss
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-110v: Gospel of John with gloss. Decoration: 2 large initials in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 4r). 1 large plain initial in brown ink (f. 1r). Small initials in blue or green with red penwork decoration or in red with blue penwork decoration.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3162
Title:: John of Freiburg, Summa confessorum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-241v: John of Freiburg (b. c. 1250, d. 1314), Summa confessorum (Handbook for confessors), with a prologue and a list of contents at the beginning (ff. 1r-2v) and after book 4 (ff. 238r-241v). ff. 241v-250v: John of Freiburg, Tabula Summae confessorum ex sexto libro decretaliu...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1300-1340
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3453
Title:: Memorie de l’Anno Santo MDCLXXV
Scope & Content:: Manuscript diary of the Jubilee Year of 1675 presided over by Pope Clemens X, in Italian, written by Abbott Ruggiero Caetano of Rome. Presentation volume dedicated to James II, King of Great Britain, bound. Contents: f. 1: Title page inscribed within an engraved border and decorated with the ar...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 1675-1688
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3718
Title:: Boniface VIII, Liber Sextus Decretalium
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1v-375v: Boniface VIII (b. 1235, d. 1303), Liber Sextus Decretalium, glossed, written by more than one scribe. f. 376 is a blank parchment leaf. f. 377 is a former parchment pastedown. Decoration: Full white vine border in colours and gold with a presentation miniature and a coa...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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