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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2986
Title:: Breviary, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar. ff. 7r-277r: Breviary ['Ordo Breviarii secundum consuetudinem curie romane']; with a Litany of Saints (ff. 61v-62v). Decoration: 2 large illuminated intials in colours and gold with acanthus extensions and bezants (ff. 7r, 159r). 1 large initial in blue with...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2987
Title:: Martyrology, Franciscan use
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-7r: Calendar, with numerous entries now erased or emended. ff. 8r-82v: Martyrology of Franciscan use, with the heading 'Incipit martyrologium pro anni circulum. Secundum sanctam romanam curiam et secundum consuetudinem fratrum [?minorum (erased)]'; added obit in lower margin ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2988
Title:: Breviary, Use of Rome for the Augustinian Hermits
Scope & Content:: Contents: Breviary, Use of Rome for the Augustinian Hermits. ff. 1-6v: Calendar; ff. 7-72: Psalter; ff. 73-272: Ordinal, including a Litany (ff. 149r-v); ff. 273-407v: Sanctoral (ff. 273-407v); ff. 408-430v: Common of the saints, possibly imperfect at the end (ff. 408-430v); ff. 431-447v: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: last quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2989
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Lisieux
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar, in French, with some added saints' days. ff. 13r-16r: 'Obsecro te'. ff. 16v-20r: 'O intemerata'. ff. 20v-25v: Gospel readings. ff. 25v-26r: Prayer to St Sebastian. ff. 27r-72r: Mixed Hours of the Virgin, the Cross and the Holy Spirit (ends imperfectly d...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2990
Title:: Ritual, Ambrosian Use
Scope & Content:: Contents: Ritual, Ambrosian (i.e. Milan) Use, including a prayer for the duke of Milan and count of Pavia (ff. 42r-v, 48v) and one for the congregation of St Innocent (f. 48v), imperfect. Additional texts (ff. 1r-4v, 50-52v, 122v-124v) and prayers (in the margins) added by 15th- and 16th-cent...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2991
Title:: Gregorian sacramentary, with benedictions
Scope & Content:: This manuscript and Harley MS 2992 are companion volumes; Harley MS 2992, which is the continuation of Harley MS 2991, has suffered more extensive water damage. Contents: ff. 1r-138v: Gregorian sacramentary, with benedictions. It includes musical notation, in the form of neumes, and was made N...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 9th century-1st quarter of the 10th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2992
Title:: Gregorian sacramentary
Scope & Content:: This manuscript and Harley MS 2991 are companion volumes. This volume is the continuation of Harley MS 2991, and has suffered more extensive water damage. Contents: ff. 1r-108v: Gregorian sacramentary. Decoration: Large initials in brown or red. Rubrics in red. Highlights in red between ff....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Late 9th century-Early 10th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2993
Title:: Roman martyrology; lectionary for the use of Crutched Friars; an astronomical treatise
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-86v: Roman martyrology (Martyrologium romanum); imperfect at the beginning. ff. 86v-88v: Lectionary for the use of Crutched Friars; imperfect at the end. ff. 89r-101v: Astronomical work, identified as 'Liber computi Magistri boni', including headings such as 'Tractatus de s...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1437
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2994
Title:: Evangelistary
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-159r: an Evangelistary. The manuscript contains several later additions: The manuscript contains a ?16th-century foliation and pagination in red ink as follows: folio numbers 1-126 between ff. 1r-126v; page numbers 1-70 between ff. 127r-161v. ff. 1*r-6*r: an index of Gospel ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century-15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2996
Title:: A Missal for votive masses
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-3r: a prayer to the Virgin Mary. ff. 3v-34r: various masses (of the Holy Spirit, of the Holy Trinity, of the Holy Sacrament, of the Holy Cross, of the Crown of the Lord, of the Five Wounds of the Lord, of the Virgin Mary to be said on the Sabbath, for Easter time, of the ble...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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