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1031. Harley MS 3919/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3919/1
Title:
A discourse written by Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, in defence of his marriage with Penelope Rich
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8v: Charles Blount (b. 1563, d. 1606), 1st Earl of Devonshire, 'A discourse written by me Earle of Devonshire in defence of his marriage with the Lady Riche [Penelope Rich (b. 1563, d. 1607)]'. The manuscript contains an addition: ff. [vi]recto-[vi]verso: A fragmentary leaf...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

1032. Harley MS 3923

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3923
Title:
Collection of theological texts including Peter of Blois, Compendium super Job; Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Meditationes; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De Institutione Novitiorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Pseudo-Augustine, De Conflictu Vitiorum. ff. 4r-10v: Pseudo-Augustine, De Spiritu et Anima. ff. 11r-17r: Peter of Blois, Compendium super Job. ff. 17r-24v: Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Meditationes. ff. 25r-36r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De Institutione Novitiorum. ff. 36r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1033. Harley MS 3927

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3927
Title:
King Edward VI's Catechism
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3r, 4r-59r: King Edward VI's Catechism, entitled: 'Catchismus brevis Christianæ disciplinæ summam continens omnibus Ludimagistris authoritate Regia commendatus'; with the note: 'Huic Catechismo adiuncti sunt articuli de quibus in ultra Synodo, ad tollendam opinionum dissentione...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1547-1553
Extent:
1 volume

1034. Harley MS 3930

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3930
Title:
De natura locorum; Eberhardus de Valle Scholarum, Sermones de Sanctis; an exposition of the New Testament
Scope & Content:
A composite miscellany that consists of three different parts, each produced separately in the 14th century as indicated by differences in script, decoration, layout and quality of parchment. Each of the three parts contains a single text, meaning that their beginnings and endings correspond wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1035. Harley MS 3935

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3935
Title:
The Life and Miracles of St Norbert; exposition on the Rule of St Augustine; Hugh of Fouilloy, De duodecim abusionibus claustri; Sermo de tribus amicis
Scope & Content:
The contents of this later 12th-century manuscript suggest that it may have been made for a community of Augustinian or Praemonstratensian canons regular. The latter were also known as Norbertines, and followed a revised version of the Rule of St Augustine. This manuscript contains a life of St ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1036. Harley MS 3937

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3937
Title:
Statuta Angliae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-297r: Statuta Angliae, including Magna Carta, charters of Edward III, various statutes, and the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton and the Proposiciones digestorum) attributed to John le Breton. Decoration: Partial border with a large puzzle initial in red...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1037. Harley MS 3939

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3939
Title:
Gospel of St John with gloss
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-49v: Gospel of St John with glossa ordinaria. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 49v: A practice sentence in English: 'Ryght worshypfull [crossed out]'; written in the (?) 16th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1038. Harley MS 3942

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3942
Title:
Registrum Brevium of King Edward III; Statutes of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-113v: Registrum Brevium of King Edward III. ff. 112r-162v: Statutes of England. Decoration: Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
late 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1039. Harley MS 3943

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3943
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-116r: Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde [see Boffey and Edwards, A New Index (2005), no. 3327; for an edition, see Riverside Chaucer (1987), pp. 472-575], beginning: 'The double sorow of Troilus to tellen / that was kyng Pryamys sonne of Troye / In lovyng how his aventuris...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1040. Harley MS 3945

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3945
Title:
Prose Brut
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-117v: The Prose Brut; Common Version to 1333. Decoration: A large gilded initial with foliate decoration in the margin reaching down to the bas de page (f. 1r). Large (3-line) initials in red up to f. 41r; after that, empty spaces for initials have occasionally been filled w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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