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1. Add MS 40000

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 40000
Title:
The Gospels ('The Thorney Gospels'); added Liber Vitae and list of relics of Thorney Abbey
Scope & Content:
This early 10th-century book of Gospels was produced in France, but, as is indicated by Old English glosses, was at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Botoph at Thorney (Cambridgeshire) by the late 10th or early 11th century. At Thorney Abbey, a Liber Vitae (Book of Life) was add...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 10th century-15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Arundel MS 348, ff 180r-276v

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Arundel MS 348, ff 180r-276v
Title:
Boethius, Commentary on Aristotle's De Interpretatione
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 180r-276v: Boethius, Commentary on Aristotle's De interpretatione (Perihermeneias) (On Interpretation). Decoration: Red and brown or red simple initials. Diagrams with red and some with line-fillers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Arundel MS 348

3. Harley MS 2795

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2795
Title:
The Four Gospels
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: Prologus Quattuor Evangeliorum ex Commentario Hieronymi in Mattheum (Prologue to the Four Gospels from St Jerome's commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew), beginning: 'Plures fuisse qui evangelia scripserunt'. ff. 4r-6v: St Jerome, Epistula ad Damasum Papam (St Jerome's e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

4. Harley MS 2797

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2797
Title:
The Four Gospels
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: The Eusebian Canon tables. ff. 7r-8v: St Jerome, Epistula ad Damasum Papam (Epistle to Pope Damasus), preceded by the prologue (ff. 7r-8r). ff. 8v-9v: St Jerome, Prologus Quattuor Evangeliorum (The Prologue of St Jerome's commentary on St Matthew). ff. 9v-10v: Eusebius,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

5. Harley MS 2812

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2812
Title:
Bible including the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-644r: Bible including the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 600r-644v). The manuscript contains a later addition: ff. 484r-537r: Concordance between the different Gospels added in red ink in the margins of these folios throughout; added in the 13th or 14th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1250
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 2819

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Harley MS 2819
Title:
Bible, with the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-493r: Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 208v-231v; imperfect) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 494r-533r), imperfect at the beginning (starts in the middle of Exodus) and featuring lacuna between ff. 231v and 232r: the Psalms stop in the middle of Psalm 145 and chapter 1 o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 2824

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2824
Title:
Bible, including the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-576r: Bible, including the Psalms (ff. 242r-269r) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 543r-576r). The manuscript contains a few later additions: Marginal annotations throughout the manuscript. f. 576v: Additions in different hands, including a list with biblical ref...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1230-c 1250
Extent:
1 volume

8. 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

9. 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

10. Harley MS 3249

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3249
Title:
Peter Lombard, Commentary on the Pauline Epistles, glossed
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-228v: Peter Lombard, Commentary on the Pauline Epistles, glossed. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 228v (parchment pastedown): 'Nota de predestinationis ad Ro. viij'; added in the (?) 15th century. Decoration: Large historiated or decorated initials in colo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

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