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1. Harley MS 82, ff 4–34

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82, ff 4–34
Title:
Usuard, Martyrology
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r–34v: Usuard, Martyrology, organized by calendar (January through December, ff. 4r–32v) with a second section by the church year (beginning with Advent, ff. 32v–34v). Many sections lacking. Decoration: Large and small initials that alternate in colour between red, blue, and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 82

2. Harley MS 624, ff 84-143v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 624, ff 84-143v
Title:
Passionale (Lives of Saints), imperfect
Scope & Content:
This part of Harley MS 624 comes from a Passionale (Lives of Saints) that was written at Christ Church, Canterbury. It was originally bound with Cotton MS Nero C VII (ff. 29r-79r) and Harley MS 315 (ff. 1r-39r). Contents: ff. 84v-89v: Passio Sancti Theodoreti (Passion of St Theodore). ff. 89...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 624

3. Harley MS 3020, ff 1-35

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3020, ff 1-35
Title:
Bede, Homiliae in Evangelia, Historia Abbatum; Vita Sanctissimi Ceolfridi
Scope & Content:
The Life of Ceolfrid contains an account of the making of Ceolfrid's three great pandects (f. 27r). The Life, written by an anonymous monk, survives in only two manuscripts. Harley MS 3020 is the earliest (see Backhouse, The Making of England (1991)). Contents: ff. 1r-6r: Bede, Homiliae in Eva...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10th century-11th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 3020

4. Harley MS 3020, ff 36-94

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3020, ff 36-94
Title:
Vitae Sanctorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 37r-45r: Passio Sancti Caelesti pape (Passion of Pope St Celestine), beginning: 'Incipit passio Sancti Calesti Papae mense octobrio die xiiii. Temporibus Macrini et Alexandri incendio divino concremata est'. ff. 45v-62r: Vita Sancti Stephani martyris et pontificis (Life of St St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10th century-11th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 3020

5. Harley MS 3020, ff 95-132

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3020, ff 95-132
Title:
Passio Sancte Juliane; Paul the Deacon of Naples, translation of Eutychianus' Theophili Actus,
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 96r-112r: Passio Sancte Juliane (Passion of St Juliana of Nicomedia), beginning: 'Incipit Passio Sancte Iuliane martyre quod est idus februarii initium Nicomedia sub Maximiano imperatore. Tempore illo quidan senator nomine Eleusius, amicus Maximiani imperatoris'. ff. 113r-132r: P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10th century-11th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 3020