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681. Harley MS 526, ff 1r-27v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 1r-27v
Title:
Bede, Vita Cuthberti Metrica (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2020)
Scope & Content:
This work contains a late 9th century copy of Bede's verse Life of Cuthbert, written in the region which is now northern France. It was in England by the mid-10th century, given the Old English names inscribed in the margin and the Old English glosses in the text (see, for example, ff. 2r, 15r)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of 9th century
Extent:
27 folios, part of a parchment codex

682. Harley MS 526, ff 28r-37v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 28r-37v
Title:
Vita Venerabilis Bedae (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 1069)
Scope & Content:
This item contains prose life of Bede (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 1069), copied in France or England in the first half of the 12th century. The preface begins 'Inter catholicos sacrae Scripturae expositores...' Decoration: 2 coloured initials (f. 28r-v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 12th century
Extent:
10 folios, part of a parchment codex

683. Harley MS 526, ff 38r-57v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 38r-57v
Title:
Anonymous Vita Ædwardi Regis (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2421)
Scope & Content:
This item contains the sole surviving copy of the Vita Ædwardi, a life of Edward the Confessor (b. c 1003, d. 1066) written by an anonymous author with sections in prose and verse. The text is imperfect, possibly missing two folios each from the first and last quire. Decoration: Painted initial...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1100
Extent:
19 folios, part of a parchment codex

684. Harley MS 526, ff 58r-67v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 58r-67v
Title:
Fragment of Ailred of Rievaulx's Vita S Edwardi Regis et Confessoris (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2423) and the papal commissioners' report on the sanctity of Bishop Hugh of Lincoln (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the last page of a copy of Ailred of Rievaulx's Vita S Edwardi Regis et Confessoris (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2423) (f. 58*r). It is followed by an imperfect copy of the papal commissioners' report on the sanctity of Bishop Hugh of Lincoln, which an early modern ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 13th century
Extent:
12 folios, part of a parchment codex

685. Harley MS 526, ff 68r-77v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 68r-77v
Title:
Vita Ade et Evae
Scope & Content:
This item contains a 14th-century copy of an apocryphal text, entitled 'Vita Protoplasti nostri Ade, et Eve uxoris sue, fabulosissima' in this manuscript. Decoration: 1 large initial in blue and red (f. 68r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
10 folios, part of a parchment codex

686. Harley MS 528

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 528
Title:
William of Malmesbury, De gestis rerum anglorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-243v: William of Malmesbury, De gestis rerum anglorum, imperfect at the beginning.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

687. Harley MS 529

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 529
Title:
A collection of English statutes; Henry Bracton, De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: An untitled legal tract in Law French, beginning: '[D]e quo warento'. ff. 1v-2r: A table of contents for De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae. ff. 2v-3r: Two legal tracts in Latin, entitled 'Statutum de bigamis' and 'tractatus corone'. ff. 3v-4r: A table of contents for ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

688. Harley MS 530

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 530
Title:
A miscellany of transcripts and original copies of historical works
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a miscellany largely containing early modern transcripts from medieval historical works, mostly dating to the second half of the 16th century. Several entries were copied by the antiquaries John Stow [Stowe] (b. 1524/5, d. 1605) and William Camden (b. 1551, d. 1623). However, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1450-c 1626
Extent:
1 volume

689. Harley MS 531

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 531
Title:
Miscellaneous texts on astronomy, astrology and meteorology
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was probably assembled before 1474 by the Cambridge scholar and physician Roger Marschall from 8 booklets of different dates and origin (ff. 1-32; 33-47; 48-63; 64-103 + i; 104-116 + ii; 117-131 + i; 132-172; 173-184). Texts included: Table of contents (f. 1*r); Iohannes de Sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1272-1474
Extent:
185 folios.

690. Harley MS 531, f 1*r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 531, f 1*r
Title:
Table of contents.
Scope & Content:
The table of contents was added by Roger Marchall in 1474. The last two items on the list are not included in the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1474
Extent:
1 folio preceded by an unfoliated parchment flyleaf.

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