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221. Harley MS 1121, ff 1*r-2v*

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1121, ff 1*r-2v*
Title:
Table of contents and inscriptions
Scope & Content:
Table of contents in a 17th-century hand; an added ownership (?) inscription of Lucas Anstiy (Anstis?) (f. 2*r); and a dedication of the book to Robert Harley from John Anstis (f. 2*v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1400-1724
Extent:
2 parchment flyleaves

222. Harley MS 1121, ff 1r-140r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1121, ff 1r-140r
Title:
Livre de Sydrac
Scope & Content:
Livre de Sydrac. Decoration: Diagram in blue, brown and red ink of the planets (f. 117v); large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours forming a three-sided border including foliate motifs and a dragon, at the beginning of the text (f. 1r). Initials in blue wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
140 leaves; 3 unfoliated leaves at the end.

223. Harley MS 1121, ff 141r-156r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1121, ff 141r-156r
Title:
Edmund of Abingdon, Mirour de seinte eglyse (French translation of Speculum religiosorum)
Scope & Content:
Edmund of Abingdon, Mirour de seinte eglyse (French translation of Speculum religiosorum). Decoration: Historiated initial of saint Edmund of Abingdon as a bishop holding a mirror, with a partial foliate bar border with a dragon and a dog pursuing a hare, at the beginning of the text (f. 141)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
16 folios.

224. Harley MS 1121, ff 156r-168r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1121, ff 156r-168r
Title:
Robert Grosseteste, Château d’amour
Scope & Content:
Robert Grosseteste, Château d’amour. Decoration: Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

13 folios.

225. Harley MS 1585, ff 1v-6v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1585, ff 1v-6v
Title:
Table of contents
Scope & Content:
Table of contents relating to the herbals attributed to Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica liber (ff. 13v-16v) and Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, Herbarium or De medicaminibus herbarum liber (ff. 16v-58r). Prologue incipit: 'In hoc continentur libri quatuor me/dicine ypocratis. platonis. apo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
6 folios.

226. Harley MS 1585, ff 6v-9v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1585, ff 6v-9v
Title:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Antiochum regem
Scope & Content:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Antiochum regem; Rubric '[D]e quatuor hu/moribus ex quibus / constat humanum / corpus', incipit: 'Quatuor / humores / sunt in humano / corpore. idest san/guis. flegma. cole/ra rubea. colera ni/gra. Hij humores / sunt commixti', explicit: 'id est / lassitudo. vel d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
4 folios.

227. Harley MS 1585, ff 10r-12r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1585, ff 10r-12r
Title:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Maecenatem (De regenda sanitate)
Scope & Content:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Maecenatem (De regenda sanitate); incipit: 'Ypochrates mecennati suo salutem / Libellum quem tibi roganti promisi om/ni cura adhibita', explicit: 'sanus transiges omne / tempus etatis nec medicis indige/bis'. Other copies are Additional MS 8928 (ff. 25r-26r), Ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
3 folios.

228. Harley MS 1585, ff 12v-13v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1585, ff 12v-13v
Title:
Precatio Terrae and Precatio omnium herbarum
Scope & Content:
Precatio Terrae, prayers to the earth goddess and herbs; incipit: 'Dea sancta tellus. Rerum nature / parens que cuncta generas', explicit: 'ut hoc mihi tua maiestas prestet; quod te supplex rogo'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter ofthe 12th century
Extent:
2 folios.

229. Harley MS 1585, ff 13v-58r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1585, ff 13v-58r
Title:
Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica liber and Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, Herbarium or De medicaminibus herbarum
Scope & Content:
Two herbals written continuously as one text: 1. ff. 13v-16v: Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica liber. The text belongs to the β branch of the tradition. Prologue incipit: 'Antoni musus mecennati Agrip/pe salutem. Cesari augusto / praestantissimo omnium mor/talium se et iudicibus ipsius....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
45 folios.

230. Harley MS 1585, ff 58r-78v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1585, ff 58r-78v
Title:
De taxone and (Pseudo-?) Sextus Placitus, Liber medicinae ex animalibus
Scope & Content:
1. De taxone (ff. 58r-58v). The text belongs to the β branch of the tradition. Rubric (f. 58r): 'Incipit Epystola de bestiola quam / aliqui melem vocant. Quidam ve/ro Taxonem. A Rege egyptiorum / Octaviano missa', incipit: 'Rex egyptiorum Octaviano au/gusto salutem. Plurimis exem/plis expertus s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
21 folios.