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651. Harley MS 3915, ff 143v-144v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3915, ff 143v-144v
Title:
A text on the preservation of health
Scope & Content:
A text on the preservation of health, incipit: 'Si quis corpus sanum custodere desiderat...'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
2 folios; followed by a blank page.

652. Harley MS 3915, ff 145v-146r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3915, ff 145v-146r
Title:
Medical and chemical recipes
Scope & Content:
Medical and chemical recipes, incipit : 'Dentifricium .r. pumicis...'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

2 folios.

653. Harley MS 3915, ff 146v-147r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3915, ff 146v-147r
Title:
Recipe for making glaze
Scope & Content:
A recipe for making glaze, incipit 'Ad vitrum laterum faciendum.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

2 folios.

654. Harley MS 3915, ff 147r-147v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3915, ff 147r-147v
Title:
Two recipes, one for spiced wine
Scope & Content:
Two recipes: 1. incipit: 'Cura de cant...' (?); 2. a recipe for spiced wine, incipit: 'Cum vis facere claretum...'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 folio.

655. Harley MS 3915, ff 148v-149r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3915, ff 148v-149r
Title:
Two recipes for making ink
Scope & Content:
Two recipes for making ink, incipit: 'Accipe vas de terra...', with added 15th-century notes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

2 folios.

656. Harley MS 3941/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3941/1
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:
The first of two volumes of the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville (b.c. 560, d. 636), an encyclopedia in twenty books dedicated to Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa (b. 590, d. 651), the editor of the text. The second volume is Harley 3941/2. Contents: f. 1r: Letter of Braulio to Isidore, imperfec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Breton and Latin
Date Range:
9th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

657. Harley MS 3941/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3941/2
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:
The second of two volumes of the Etymologiae (Etymologies) of Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636), an encyclopedia in twenty books dedicated to Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa (b. 590, d. 651), the editor of the text. The first volume is Harley MS 3941/1. Contents: ff. 140r-151r: Isidore of S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Breton and Latin
Date Range:
9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

658. Harley MS 3969, ff 3r-40v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3969, ff 3r-40v
Title:
William of Malmesbury, De dictis et factis memorabilibus philosophorum (Polyhistor), imperfect
Scope & Content:
The text starts in chapter 2, incipit: 'Ex libro ubi...' Decoration: Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
37 folios.

659. Harley MS 3969, ff 41r-52r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3969, ff 41r-52r
Title:
Cassiodorus Senator, De orthographia
Scope & Content:
Decoration: Historiated initial 'E'(x Cassiodoro) with the author Cassiodorus pointing at an open book, with a blue figure depicted in the body of the letter, and a foliated tendril extending into the margin, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 41r). Smaller historiated initial 'C'(um) with t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
11 folios.

660. Harley MS 3969, ff 52r-53v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3969, ff 52r-53v
Title:
Caprus, Liber de orthographia
Scope & Content:
Decoration: Initial in gold with two lion heads, at the beginning of the text (f. 52r). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Paraphs in red or blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
2 folios.