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2901. Harley MS 2834

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2834
Title:
The second volume of a Vulgate in two parts, containing the Book of Proverbs to the Book of Revelation
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains the second volume of an illuminated Latin Vulgate in two parts. It contains the Book of Proverbs to the Book of Revelation, with prologues that are attributed to St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420) and tables of contents, and ends with the apocryphal Epistle to the L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2902. Harley MS 2835

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2835
Title:
Missal with a calendar
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-225r: Missal with a calendar (ff. 1r-6v), the latter imperfect (begins with March); and music notation (neumes on 3-line staves). The Canon of the Mass (ff. 145r-151v) has been written in a much larger script. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 225r: A poem d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1541
Extent:
1 volume

2903. Harley MS 2836

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2836
Title:
The first volume of a Bible in two parts (Genesis-Hebrews, without the Psalms)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-336v: The first volume (containing Genesis-Hebrews, without the Psalms) of a Latin Bible in two parts; for the second volume, see Harley MS 2837. The manuscript contains various additions: f. [iv]recto: A previously unidentified legal document from Beinwil Abbey, a Benedicti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2904. Harley MS 2837

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2837
Title:
The second volume of a Bible in two parts (Proverbs-Revelation, without the Gospels)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-299r: The second volume (containing Proverbs-Revelation, without the Gospels) of a Latin Bible in two parts; for the first volume, see Harley MS 2836. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 1v: A list of biblical books; added in the 14th century. f. 125v: A note...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2905. Harley MS 2838

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2838
Title:
Speculum humanae salvationis
Scope & Content:
Contents: Speculum humanae salvationis, a handbook of typology that draws parallels between episodes and prophesies in the Old and New Testaments, historical and natural events and saints' lives. ff. 1r-2v: List of chapters; f. 3r: Introduction, explaining the purpose and composition of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1485 -1509
Extent:

1 volume

2906. Harley MS 2839

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2839
Title:
The first volume of a Bible in two parts, from Genesis to the Psalms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-317v: The first volume of a Bible in two parts, from Genesis to the Psalms. The second volume is Harley MS 2840. Added prologue to Genesis (ff. 1r-4v) written in an imitative 14th-century hand. Decoration: 27 very large historiated initials in gold and colours with foliate ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2907. Harley MS 2840

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2840
Title:
The second volume of a Bible in two parts, from Proverbs to Revelation
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-373v: The second volume of a Bible in two parts, from Proverbs to Revelation. The first volume is Harley MS 2839. Decoration: 52 very large historiated initials in gold and colours with foliate decoration, dragons, birds (ff. 1r, 13v, 18r, 20r, 29v, 54v, 83r, 118r, 147r, 151...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2908. Harley MS 2841

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2841
Title:
Middle High German prayer-book
Scope & Content:
This German prayer-book contains a large number of vernacular prayers to Christ and the Virgin Mary for personal devotional reading, and prayers, containing incipits of Psalms and liturgical prayers in Latin, for the canonical hours and the Mass. The manuscript was written for a female religious...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High and Latin
Date Range:
1480-1483
Extent:
Parchment manuscript

2909. Harley MS 2842

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2842
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. ff. 1-292v: Psalter, imperfect, beginning in Psalm 16. Decoration: 9 historiated initials in colours and gold with partial bar borders at the beginning of Psalms 26, 38, 51, 52, 68, 80, 97, 101, and 109, of David pointing to his eye (x 2), David and a devil, a fool, David pray...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2910. Harley MS 2843

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2843
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Added inscription by librarian Humfrey Wanley: '20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22.' f. 2v: A prayer to St Christopher, in Italian, added in the 16th century. ff. 3r-14v: Calendar. ff. 15r-134v: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 135r-154v: Penitential Psalms. ff. 155r-169v: Litan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1440-c 1460
Extent:
1 volume

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