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211. Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r
Title:
Texts on alchemy, theology, birds and trees, and the making of talismans
Scope & Content:
The fifth unit of the manuscript relates to alchemy and consists of treatises relating to alchemy, theology, birds and trees, and the making of talismans: Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum seu de Gemmis (ff. 99r-101v); 'Figurae divisionis' (f. 102v); Anonymous treatise on precious stones (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
8 folios.

212. Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, f 102v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, f 102v
Title:
'Figurae divisionis'
Scope & Content:
'Figurae divisionis', partly relating to the days of Creation, the days of the month associated with biblical chronology and the liturgical calendar.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
1 folio.

213. Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, f 104v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, f 104v
Title:
'Figurae divisionis'
Scope & Content:
'Figurae divisionis' including notes on precious stones, birds and trees from India, Egypt, Arabia, and Africa; Title 'Incia habet lapidem', incipit: 'Carbunculum'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
1 folio.

214. Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 99r-101v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 99r-101v
Title:
Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum seu de Gemmis.
Scope & Content:
Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum seu de Gemmis. A treatise relating to the properties of sixty-two stones written in verse by Marbod (1035-1123), bishop of Rennes, poet and writer, who made large use of material found in a 5th- or 6th-century Latin translation by Damigeron of a previous work i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
3 folios.

215. Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 103r-104r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 103r-104r
Title:
Treatise on precious stones
Scope & Content:
An anonymous treatise on precious stones; imperfect?; Rubric 'Liber de virtutibus lapidum preciosorum quem scripsit Bar/lamazar [or Ga/lamazar] Thesaurarius regis Babiloniae ipso presente et / preci/piente', incipit: '[L]apidum preciosorum diversa sunt genera . et diversi colores', explicit: 'an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
2 folios.

216. Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 105r-105v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 105r-105v
Title:
Treatise on precious stones
Scope & Content:
An anonymous treatise on precious stones; imperfect? The text is possibly an extract from De virtutibus lapidum; incipit: 'Amethistus est lapis colorem habens ut flores viole', explicit: 'sic mollificantur / lapides preciosi ut vitrum'. The number '116' in red in upper margin of f. 105r.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
1 folio.

217. Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 105v-106r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 105v-106r
Title:
Liber magnus sigillorum attributed to Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili)
Scope & Content:
Liber magnus sigillorum attributed to Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), a text on seals or engraved gems. Rubric 'Incipit liber secretus filiorum Israel', incipit: '[S]i inveneris sigillum in lapide sculptum', explicit: 'hic sigillus fertur habuisse galienum. Explicit'. Published from Oxford,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
2 folios.

218. Harley MS 81

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 81
Title:
Acts of the Privy Council under Henry VI, 1442-1461
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-74v: The 'Actes of Counsyll of Hary the sixte This tyme from the 26 of october in the 20 yeare [1442] of his Raigne to the 26 of July in the 24th yeare [1446]'; followed by further acts from 19 March 1447 to 9 August 1461; transcribed by John Claxton and Ralph Starkey.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

219. Harley MS 82

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82
Title:
Register of Reading Abbey; Usuard, Martyrology; 'Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d’outre mer
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains three parts that were separately produced: I: ff. 1r–3v (Register); II: ff. 4r–34v (Martyrology); III: ff. 35r–104v (Voyage d'outre mer). The martyrology was written in the 12th century at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin in Reading. The first pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-14th century
Extent:

1 volume

220. Harley MS 82, ff 1-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82, ff 1-3
Title:
A register of Reading abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–3v: Three leaves from a register of Abbot Nicholas of Whapelode (r. 1305–28), containing entries for 1305–1311. [ff. 1v-2r are blank].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 82

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