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Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 498 Level [41] Item

1. Harley MS 4980, ff 1-2v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 1-2v
Title:
Fragment from Augustine, De civitate Dei
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-v: St Augustine, De civitate Dei (City of God), Book 16 chapter 8 to 16. Decoration: A quire signature (f. 2v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 8th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980

2. Harley MS 4980, ff 3-75

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 3-75
Title:
Bede, Expositio actuum apostolorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r–75v: Bede, Expositio actuum apostolorum (Commentary on Acts), beginning imperfectly: '[...] postulationis contempneretur auctoritas'. Decoration: Initials highlighted in red (oxidised) or/and yellow. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980

3. Harley MS 4980, ff 76-143

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 76-143
Title:
Alcuin, De fide Sanctae Trinitatis et de incarnatione Christi; Invocatio ad Sanctam Trinitatem; Questiones de Sancta Trinitate; De animae ratione: liber ad Eulaliam virginem
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 76r-123r: Alcuin, De fide Sanctae Trinitatis et de incarnatione Christi (On faith in the Holy Trinity and on the incarnation of Christ), preceded by the dedicatory epistle (ff. 76v-78v) and capitula (ff. 78v-80v). ff. 123v-126r: Alcuin, Invocatio ad Sanctam Trinitatem (Invocation...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980

4. Harley MS 4986, f 44v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4986, f 44v
Title:
Epistula ad Marcellinum
Scope & Content:
Incipit: 'Cum te pene omnium bona/rum artium', explicit: 'in agnoscendo varietas frustraretur. Vale'. Published from this manuscript in V. Rose, 'Ueber die Medicina Plinii', Hermes, 8 (1874), 18-66 (p. 38). The text is listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:
1 folio.

5. Harley MS 4986, ff 1*r-2*v, 1r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4986, ff 1*r-2*v, 1r
Title:
Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica liber
Scope & Content:
The text belong to the α branch of the tradition, with interpolations. Rubric mostly effaced (f. 1*r): '….. / Antonius Marcu* Agrippae salutem / Caesari Augusto praestantissimo', prologue incipit: '[O]mnium mortalium sed et iudicibus ipsius / Scitote proximum esse auxilium', explicit: 'redactam ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:
3 folios.

6. Harley MS 4986, ff 1r-44r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4986, ff 1r-44r
Title:
Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, De medicaminibus herbarum liber
Scope & Content:
The text belongs to the α branch of the tradition. Rubric (f. 1r): 'Incipit liber / apulei platonici de medicaminibus herbarum / Apuleius Platonicus Madaurensis Civis suis salutem', prologue incipit: '[E]x pluribus / Paucas vires herbarum et curationes / corporis ad fidem veritatis', explicit: '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German and Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:
44 folios.

7. Harley MS 4986, ff 44v-45r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4986, ff 44v-45r
Title:
De taxone liber
Scope & Content:
Rubric (f. 44v) 'De usu taxonis et aliarum / bestiarum', prologue incipit: 'De taxone quem Latini mele / dicunt Iapartus rex egiptiorum / Octavio suo salutem. Plurimis / exemplis experti sumus virtutes', explicit: 'quidam etiam / melen vocant', text incipit: 'Hunc apprehendens vivo dentes exime ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:
2 folios.

8. Harley MS 4986, ff 45r-50r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4986, ff 45r-50r
Title:
(Pseudo-?) Sextus Placitus, Liber medicinae ex animalibus, with additions
Scope & Content:
The text belongs to the α branch of the tradition. Rubric added by a later hand (f. 45r) 'De cervo', incipit: 'Ad omnes homines. Cervinum cornu habet vim omnes humo/res siccandi ', explicit (f. 49v) '['De elefante' rubric added by a later hand (f. 49v)]: … faciem suam fricaverit plagas mundabit'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:
6 folios.

9. Harley MS 4986, ff 51r-56v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4986, ff 51r-56v
Title:
Anthimus, De observatione ciborum
Scope & Content:
Rubric (f. 51r): 'Incipit epistula Antimii viri illustrissimi comitis ad glorio/sum regem francorum Theodericum. De observati/one ciborum', incipit: 'Racio observationis vostre pietatis secundum precepta auctorum medicina/lium', explicit (ff. 56r-56v): 'et raucam vocem / (f. 56v) habent bona sun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:

6 folios.

10. Harley MS 4986, ff 56v-64r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4986, ff 56v-64r
Title:
Gargilius Martialis, Medicinae ex holeribus et pomis, excerpt
Scope & Content:
Rubric (f. 56v) 'De Rafano', incipit: 'Rafanum calidam inesse virtutem omnium medicorum opinione compertum est sed et nobis / intellegere de usu eius licet', explicit (f. 64r): 'dato per hanc potionem mi/re ob viam posse. si plusquam necesse sit purget'. Edited in Gargilius Martialis 2002.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 11th century-Early 12th century
Extent:

9 folios.