Archive Reference (shelfmark): Harley MS 1-7661 / Level: [41] Item - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 321, ff 24v-28r
Title:: Simon Bredon, Nomina instrumentorum astrolabii, sive Astrolabii declaratio et usus
Scope & Content:: Simon Bredon, Nomina instrumentorum astrolabii, sive Astrolabii declaratio et usus.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 5 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 321, ff 30r-33v
Title:: Descriptio machine mundane cum situ et figuris corporum eam constituentium ac eorundem motus
Scope & Content:: Rubric: 'Descriptio machine mundane cum situ et figuris corporum eam constituentium ac eorundem motus'; incipit: 'Intentio mea in hoc tractatu est describere figuram machine mundane.' Decoration: Initials in red at the beginning of paragraphs.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 4 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 321, ff 34r-36r
Title:: Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum
Scope & Content:: Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum; 16th century title: Metrica precipuarum gemmarum descriptio. Decoration: Space with guide letters left for initials at the beginning of each entry .
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 3 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 337, ff 1r-11r
Title:: A fragment from a cartulary from the Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-11r: A fragment from a cartulary from the Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, (imperfect), including: Pope Innocent III, confirmation of privilege given at the Abbey (ff. 1r-2v), beginning: 'Innocentius episcopus servus servorum dei Hugoni abbati monasterii Sanctorum...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 337

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 337, ff 12r-31v
Title:: William of Waddington, Manuel de Pechiez (‘The Harleian Roll’)
Scope & Content:: ff. 12r-31v: William of Waddington, Manuel de Pechiez, imperfect, also known as 'The Harleian Roll' for the series of shields painted around 1314 in the upper margins of the leaves (only 161 surviving). Decoration: The shields may have been painted in the upper margins around 1314, according t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 337

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 337, ff 32r-53v
Title:: Sentences on the Scripture with numerous extracts from Origen's Homilies
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 32r-53v: Sentences on the Scripture borrowing extracts from Origen, Homilia super Leviticum (Homily on Leviticus), Homilia super Genesim (Homily on Genesis), Homilia super Exodum (Homily on Exodus), Homilia in Jeremiam (Homily on Jeremiah), including extracts from Gregory the Grea...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 13th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 337

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 337, ff 54r-71v
Title:: Innocent III, De contemptu mundi; Expositio super Missam
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 54r-65v: Innocent III, De contemptu mundi (On the contempt of the world), beginning with Book 1, chapter 20, beginning: 'Militia est ergo vita hominis super terram', followed by a table of contents of the 3 books of De contemptu mundi (f. 57r), including a short summary for every ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 337

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 393
Title:: Poetry miscellany
Scope & Content:: Quarto manuscript in a single fair hand, containing a miscellaneous collection of poetry. Contents: ff. 1-4: 'A Pastorall Dialogue Betweene Corridon [Corydon] and Thyrsis occasioned by the Thirtieth of January 1648 [1649?]'. First line: 'Corydon: Deare Thyrsis thy Corydon'. ff. 5-6: 'On two Inc...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 455
Title:: Articles of the Treaty of London, 1641
Scope & Content:: Articles of the Treaty between the Commissioners of England and Scotland, known as the Treaty of London. This manuscript belonged to Sir John Burroughs [or Borough], late Keeper of the Records in the Tower. He has annotated the manuscript, showing the various places the manuscript differs from ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1641?
Extent:: 1 item

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