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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2485
Title:: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Tragoediae
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-197v: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Tragoediae. Decoration: Originally 8 decorated initials: 6 have been excised (ff. 22r, 40r, 51r, 91r, 111r, 147r). The 2 remaining decorated initials in blue, magenta, and green with floral sprays and bezants (ff. 130r, 163r). Initials in red or bl...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1460
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2488
Title:
Scope & Content:: Valerius Maximus, Memorabilia, and Texts relating to Medicine and Romances; early 15th cent. Latin. Copies. The cataloguing of this manuscript was funded by the Wellcome Trust. Only the text relating to medicine is itemised in the description; the non-medical texts are mentioned only summari...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: Early 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2489
Title:: Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses; Fasti
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-201r: Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses, with commentary. ff. 202r-202v: An incomplete Roman calendar with Roman Gods/festivals (January-June). ff. 203r-285r: Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti. Decoration: Large initial in pink and brown ink with acanthus leaves and a hybrid dra...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2490
Title:: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Disputationes Tusculanae
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-58v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Disputationes Tusculanae. Decoration: Several small initials in blue.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2491
Title:: Cicero, Epistulae ad Brutum, Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem, and Epistulae ad Atticum; Pseudo-Ovid, Epistula ad Octavianum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Brutum. ff. 12v-39v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem. ff. 40r-41v: Pseudo-Cicero, Epistula ad Octavianum. ff. 41v-217v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum. Decoration: 21 white vine initials in gold and co...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2493
Title:: Titus Livius, Ab Urbe condita (the 'Codex Aginnensis')
Scope & Content:: The copy of Titus Livius, Ab Urbe condita known as 'Codex Aginnensis' or 'Codex Agenensis' because of the ownership inscription of the Jesuit College in Agen (f. 1r); imperfect, the initial and final quires are missing; incipit: 'ipsius quoque tribunis' (III lv 6); explicit: 'facinoris decus ad ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Late 12th century-c 1329
Extent:: 313 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2494
Title:: Ovid, Metamorphoses
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-223v: Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC, AD 17/18), also known as Ovid, Metamorphoses, some sections with interlinear and marginal glosses. Decoration: Blank spaces left for decorated initials. Rubricated numbers at the beginning of books.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1456
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2495
Title:: Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-139r: Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae. ff 139r-139v: a chapter list of Book 8 which does not survive. Decoration: Large white vine initial in gold and colours with white vine partial border, including a wreath surrounding an unidentified coat of arms (f. 1r). 18 large white vi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2496
Title:: Terence, Comoediae
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-83v: Publius Terentius Afer (b. c. 195, d. 159 BC), also known as Terence, Comoediae (Comedies), with interlinear and marginal glosses. f. 84v: Excerpts from Terence, Adelphoe (The Brothers). [ff. [83a]recto, [83a]verso, 84r are blank]. Decoration: Medium decorated initi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1465
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2497
Title:: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Epistulae; Albert Berdini of Sarteano, Laudatio ad Poggium
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-71v: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger), Epistulae (Letters). ff. 72r-74r: Albert Berdini of Sarteano, O.F.M (b. 1385, 1450), Laudatio ad Poggium (Eulogy to Poggio). The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 75v: a note in a French hand from around the 1...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: middle of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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