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Project / Collection Harley Collection Place Austria, Europe Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Harley MS 2569

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2569
Title:
Plutarch, Apophtegmata ad Traianum Cesarem and Apophtegmata laconica; Guarino da Verona, Dedifferentia veri amici et adulatoris; Gaius Julius Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-47r: Plutarch, Apophtegmata ad Traianum Cesarem; introduced by a letter of Francesco Filelfo (b. 1398, d. 1481), to Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (r. 1412, d. 1447). ff. 48r-75r: Plutarch, Apophtegmata laconica; translated by Francesco Filelfo and by Guarino da Verona...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2854

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2854
Title:
Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
Contents f. 2r: A 'bleeding table', in which Golden Numbers (1-19) are correlated with the 12 signs of the Zodiac, with indications of their influence: 'Aries bonum - Thaurus malum - Gemini malum [etc.]'. ff. 3r-14v: Latin Calendar with Cisioianus; the name of each month is translated into Ge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High and Latin
Date Range:
c 1440-c 1460
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 5128

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5128
Title:
Dictionary of canon law
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-438v: A dictionary of canon law, beginning: 'Quoniam memoria hominum labilis'. Decoration: 2 large initials in pink, green, and blue with floral and foliate motifs (ff. 1r, 53v). 1 large historiated initial in colours (f. 65v). 15 large initials in red, some with simple flor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume