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Project / Collection Harley Collection Place Avignon, France Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Harley MS 2979

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2979
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Clermont (Hours of the Virgin), and Use of Brioude (Hours of the Dead)
Scope & Content:
This late 14th-century Book of Hours is especially known for it miniatures by the Workshop of Jean of Toulouse at Avignon. However, the manuscript contains also contains unusual textual items. Amongs these are previously unknown excerpts of the Prologue and Epilogue of Robert of Sorbonne (b. 120...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390- c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 3854

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3854
Title:
The Constitutions of the Council of Avignon, 1596
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-39v: The Constitutions of the Council of Avignon of 1596 called by Francesco Maria Tarugi, the Archbishop of Avignon. Decoration: Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1596
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 4920

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4920
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistolae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-150r: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistolae. Decoration: Full border in colours and gold with a coat of arms, supported by two angels, and an historiated initial in colours and gold with a man at a lecturn (f. 1r). Partial border with rinceaux decoration, a quadripartite square in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1450-1464
Extent:
1 volume