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851. Harley MS 632

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 632
Title:
John of Wales, Ordinarium sive Alphabetum vite religiose, Communiloquium, Summa Justiciae, and other works
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains some of the most popular works of John of Wales [John Wallensis] (d. 1285), a Franciscan theologian who taught theology at the universities of Oxford and Paris. Among them is the Breviloquium de virtutibus antiquorum principum et philosophorum, a moral work with many exe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1438
Extent:
1 volume

852. Harley MS 633

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 633
Title:
Pseudo-Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Liber pontificalis; Pseudo-Isidore, Decretales pseudo-Isidorianae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Liber pontificalis (the Book of the Popes), a collection of biographies of popes from St Peter until Pope Clement III (b. 1130, d. 1191), attributed to Anastasius Bibliothecarius (b. c. 810, d. c. 878). It also contains the Decretales Pseudo-Isidorianae (Pseudo-Isido...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

853. Harley MS 634

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 634
Title:
A Bible
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-394v: a Bible. Decoration: Numerous large puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in both colours. Smaller initials in red or blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in the alternate colour. Display script in red and blue. Simple in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

854. Harley MS 635

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 635
Title:
Simon Alcock, Tractatus de modo dividendi thema pro materia sermonis dilatanda; Thomas Waleys, De modo praedicandi; Augustine, Retractationes; and other theological works by Pelagius, William Woodford, John Wycliffe, Nicholas Radcliffe, Anselm of Canterbury, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Ambrose, Hugh of Saint-Victor, and Evagrius of Antioch
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5r: Simon Alcock, Tractatus de modo dividendi thema pro materia sermonis dilatanda; two other copies of this work survive in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 52, ff. 102–108, and Oxford, Lincoln College, MS 101, item 2. f. 5r: Jerome, Vita Malchi monachi captivi (prologue)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

855. Harley MS 636

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 636
Title:
John of Canterbury, Polistorie del Eglise de Christ de Canterbury
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only surviving complete copy of the Polistorie del Eglise de Christ de Canterbury, written by John, a Benedictine monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, at the request of his 'cher amy Johan' (dear friend John) in 1314. The work is an Anglo-Norman chronicle (with rubrics...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

856. Harley MS 637

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 637
Title:
Collection of astronomical texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of five parts, dated respectively to the 15th century (ff. 1-143; and f. 153), the second half of the 13th century (ff. 144-147; and ff. 148-151), and the early 14th century (f. 152). The 15th-century table of contents indicates that the first two parts belonged together...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

857. Harley MS 638

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 638
Title:
‘Werketone’ register of Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Scope & Content:
ff. 1v–2v: Modern additions, with Harley’s titles. ff. 3r–12v: Alphabetical index with numbers of folios. The hand responsible for these pages has also lettered the documents in the register in the margins. ff. 13r–14r: Survey of Risby manor. ff. 14v–21v: Cellarer’s rents and customs in Bury....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-15th century
Extent:

1 volume

858. Harley MS 640

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 640
Title:
Transcripts concerning Essex from escheat rolls in the Tower of London and the Rolls Chapel
Scope & Content:
Transcripts of escheat records, selected for the purpose of a description of Essex and its distinguished families, from the reign of Henry III to the end of the reign of Queen Mary I and King Philip. Compiled at the command and expense of Simonds D’Ewes. Manuscript not in his hand, but with his ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

859. Harley MS 641

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 641
Title:
Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De bello Troiano; Flores historiarum, attributed to John Bever; Martin of Troppau, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum; Richard de Ledrede, 'Account of the proceedings against Lady Alice Kyteler'
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two different parts (ff. 1-115 and ff. 118-206) that were bound together for Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650) in 1645. The first part of the manuscript (ff. 1-115) was written between the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the 14th century, and contains De bello ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

860. Harley MS 642

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 642
Title:
'Basilica Oeconomia, or Several Ordinances, Rules and Orders for the Government of the Howsehold of the Kings and Queens of England...'
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume, titled ''Basilica Oeconomia, or Several Ordinances, Rules and Orders for the Government of the Howsehold of the Kings and Queens of England and their Children both of former and of later times; An Exact Index of which particulars is inserted in the next page ensuinge. An...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1610-1650
Extent:
1 volume

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