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51. Harley Ms 57, ff 2r-25v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ms 57, ff 2r-25v
Title:
Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus
Scope & Content:
Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus. This treatise by Albertus Magnus (1206-1280), scientist, philosopher, and theologian, relates to the nature of minerals, stones and metals, and was probably composed in stages between 1248 and 1262. Rubric 'Incipit liber primus mineralium qui est ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

23 folios.

52. Harley MS 57, ff 26r-27v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 57, ff 26r-27v
Title:
Excerpt from the Distinctiones de vita eterna
Scope & Content:
The manuscript also includes a fragment from the 'Distinctiones de vita eterna', a collection of concordances of biblical sentences, imperfect; incipit: 'In euangelio super illum locum faciamus hic tria tabernacula' (Math. 17: 4), explicit: 'Dixit custos. Venit mane et nox. Si queritis' (Isaiah ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

2 folios.

53. Harley MS 79, f 46v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 79, f 46v
Title:
Medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

54. Harley MS 79, ff 1r-1v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 79, ff 1r-1v
Title:
Correspondence relating to Osney Abbey at Oxford
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to Osney Abbey at Oxford of 1302: inscribed 'Tempore fr[at]ris Joh[an]is de Weybur[n] abb[at]is Osen[sis] a festo s[anc]ti Egidii Anno domini m ccc ii' (f. 1v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1302-c 1320
Extent:
1 folio.

55. Harley MS 79, ff 2r-26r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 79, ff 2r-26r
Title:
Statuta Angliae (Vetera Statuta)
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises the texts of Magna Carta and of the Charter of Forest as reissued by Henry III in 1225, followed by a number of Statutes of England; imperfect, incipit (f. 2r): 'Henricus Dei gratia Rex Anglie dominus Hibernie Dux Normannie et Aquitanie / Archiepiscopis … salutem. Sciatis qu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
24 folios.

56. Harley MS 79, ff 27r-46r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 79, ff 27r-46r
Title:
Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus
Scope & Content:
Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus, imperfect. This treatise by Albertus Magnus (1206-1280), scientist, philosopher, and theologian, relates to the nature of minerals and metals, and was probably composed in various stages between 1248 and 1262. According to Wyckoff (Albertus Magnus, B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
20 folios.

57. Harley MS 80, ff 1r-57r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 1r-57r
Title:
Texts on mathematics and geometry
Scope & Content:
The first unit relates to mathematics and geometry and comprises: Roger Bacon, De Scientia Perspectiva (ff. 1r-33v); Richard of Wallingford, Tractatus Albionis (ff. 34r-54r) and Tractatus rectanguli (ff. 54v-57r). Decoration: Chapter initials (3 lines; ff. 1r-8v and 34r-57r) in blue, with p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1350-1499
Extent:
57 folios.

58. Harley MS 80, ff 58r-74v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 58r-74v
Title:
Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), Texts on astronomy
Scope & Content:
The second unit relates to and contains two texts by Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), De interrogationibus or Liber introductorius ad astrologiam (ff. 58r-68r), and De Electionibus (ff. 68v-74r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

17 folios.

59. Harley MS 80, ff 75r-84v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 75r-84v
Title:
Texts on astronomy and the making of talismans
Scope & Content:
The third unit of the manuscript relating to astronomy and to the making of talismans includes: Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra) De imaginibus (ff. 75r-76r); De imaginibus super facies signorum, attributed to Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy) (ff. 76r-77v); Hermes, Trismegistus (or Belenus), L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
10 folios.

60. Harley MS 80, ff 85r-98r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 85r-98r
Title:
Texts on astronomy
Scope & Content:
The fourth unit of the manuscript relates to astronomy and contains: Jean de Lignières [Jean de Picard], Canones (ff. 85r-93r); Jacob ben Machir ibn-Tibbon (Profatius Judaeus), Novus quadrans seu Practica novi Quadrantis (ff. 94r-97r); Notes relating to astronomy and the quadrant (ff. 98r-98...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1375-1424
Extent:
14 folios.