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2321. Harley MS 2316

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2316
Title:
Scope & Content:
Collections of Theological, Hagiographical and Legendary Prose and Verse; 14th cent., 2nd half. Latin. Copies. The manuscript is a composite miscellany of theological, hagiographical and legendary prose and verse, including verses on plague (f. 16; item 1) and a medical recipes (f. 26v; item ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

2322. Harley MS 2318

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2318
Title:
Arthur Capell's prayers and devotional texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: ‘Made by Docter Willet of Barle and by him sent to Sir Arthure Capell in his long sicknes’. ff. 2r-7v: ‘A frughtfull exhortation to a sicke person to prepare against his end’. ff. 8r-10r: ‘A prayer for one that is sick’. ff. 11r-13v: English prayers with biblical citatio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1600-1638
Extent:
1 volume

2323. Harley MS 2319

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2319
Title:
Mrs. Babylon's Looking-glass: or, a Brief Description of the Doings in Satan's Synagogue, otherwise called the Church of England, who is mounted upon the Beasts, and agoing with Speed in the Wide Way of Destruction
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was recorded missing in 1824. The contents according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'A thin Book in 8vo. seeming to have been copied, incorrectly enough, by some Lawyers Clerk, toward the end of King Charles the seconds Reign. It is entituled, "Mrs. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2324. Harley MS 2320

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320
Title:
Miscellany of treatises relating to prognostication, astrology and braiding in verse and prose
Scope & Content:
The miscellany comprises texts on prognostication, astrology and braiding. Medical recipes and other notes were added at a later stage to the endleaves (ff. 71r, 74r). Contents include: 1. Calendar (ff. 1r-4v); 2. Prognostication attributed to Bartholomew of Parma (ff. 5r-30v); 3. A lunar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2325. Harley MS 2320, f 71r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320, f 71r
Title:
Medical recipe
Scope & Content:
Medical recipe, incipit: 'Take fetherwoy mylfoyle, mogewort / Rodeworte scabeiyse and merche / off eche off these'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 folio, followed by two folios.

2326. Harley MS 2320, f 73r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320, f 73r
Title:
Prognostication by dominical letter
Scope & Content:
Prognostication by dominical letter; listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2006), no. 589.00.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

2327. Harley MS 2320, ff 1r-4v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320, ff 1r-4v
Title:
Calendar
Scope & Content:
Calendar, imperfect at the beginning (missing January-April).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
4 folios.

2328. Harley MS 2320, ff 5r-30v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320, ff 5r-30v
Title:
Prognostication attributed to Bartholomew of Parma
Scope & Content:
Prognostication attributed to Bartholomew of Parma; listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2006), nos. 636.00 and 1594.00.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
26 folios.

2329. Harley MS 2320, ff 31r-52r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320, ff 31r-52r
Title:
A lunar prognostication in verse
Scope & Content:
A lunar prognostication in verse; edited from the present manuscript in Means 1993, pp. 112-147; listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2006), nos. 2119.00 and 6735.00, and in New...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
22 folios.

2330. Harley MS 2320, ff 52r-70v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320, ff 52r-70v
Title:
Directions for braiding
Scope & Content:
Directions for braiding; listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2006), no. 2947.00.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
19 folios.

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