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1. Harley MS 337, ff 72r-v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 337, ff 72r-v
Title:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Capsula Eburnea; Pseudo-Hippocrates, Indicia valetudinum
Scope & Content:
Contents: These two anonymous texts deal with medical prognostics and indications of illnesses. ff. 72r-v: Pseudo-Hippocrates, Capsula Eburnea (Ivory Chest), beginning: 'Peritissimus omnium domestica sapientia in omnibus corporibus', ending: 'scias eum vivere egrotum'. f. 72v: Pseudo-Hippocr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 337

2. 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

3. Harley MS 2688, ff 55r-66v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2688, ff 55r-66v
Title:
Boethius, De musica (books 1-2)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 55r-66v: Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524), De musica (On music), books 1-2, with marginal glosses, beginning: '[O]mnium quidem percepcio sensum'; ending: 'Nunc voluminis seriem fastidii vitator astringam'. Decoration: Space left for an initial at the beginning of the text. Initials...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 2688

4. Harley MS 2688, ff 17r-22v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2688, ff 17r-22v
Title:
A circular diagram of the winds; John Scotus Eriugena, epitaph for Hincmar of Reims; Greek and Latin grammatical lists; Excerpt from Proverbs; Hymn to St Michael (with neumes)
Scope & Content:
This miscellanous collection of texts originally formed the initial gathering of Harley MS 3095, a 10th-century manuscript of Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524)'s works. A later scribe has added in the 11th century the hymn (ff. 17v-18r). This part includes: Contents: f. 17r: A circular diagram of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 2688