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1221. Harley MS 5363

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5363
Title:
A Prosopoeia, fiction, or devise, bringing in the Piramis or pillar of the Pallace of Parris, speaking for itself, and advertisinge others
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a previously unnoticed work by Thomas Wilcox (b. c. 1549, d. 1608), Church of England clergyman, dedicated to Henry Frederick (b. 1594, d. 1612), Prince of Wales. Wilcox also revised Sir Philip Sidney's English translation of Philippe de Mornay's Traité de la vérité de l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1605
Extent:
1 volume

1222. Harley MS 5366

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5366
Title:
Pseudo-Isidore, Liber de Ortu et Obitu Patriarcharum; a Eucharist miracle; Pseudo-Caesarius, De Tribus Habitaculis Animae; Pseudo-Bernard, Speculum Peccatoris
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-39r: Pseudo-Isidore (here attributed), Liber de Ortu et Obitu Patriarcharum, here entitled: ‘Liber ysidori de obitu patriarcharum et apostolorum ceterorumque sanctorum et ubi nati sunt et ubi sepulti’. ff. 39v-44r: The history of a Eucharist miracle at the church of a Cisterc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1223. Harley MS 5367

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5367
Title:
Bible, without the Psalms
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-569v: Bible, without the Psalms, imperfect; ending in the middle of Acts of the Apostles. Lacking Revelation. The manuscript contains various additions: Occasional marginal annotations in English hands, 14th century. ff. 1*v, 274v-275v, 571-574: Added list for Sunday readin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1224. Harley MS 5373

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5373
Title:
Gaius Julius Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium; Rorgo Fretellus, Liber locorum sanctorum terrae Jerusalem
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two parts. The first part (ff. 1-53) was written in the 12th century (before c. 1175); the second part (ff. 53-59) was written during the 13th century. Contents: ff. 1r-53r: Gaius Julius Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium. ff. 53v-59v: Rorgo Fretell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century-13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1225. Harley MS 5375

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5375
Title:
A treatise on theological subjects, organised alphabetically
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-154v: A treatise on theological subjects, organised alphabetically (‘C’-‘U’). ff. 155r-170v: A table of contents. Decoration: Small blue initials with red pen-work and pen-flourishing. Small (one line) initials in yellow. Blue and red paraphs. Underlining in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1226. Harley MS 5386

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5386
Title:
Notes on Cornelius Tacitus, De Moribus Germanorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-93v: Notes on Cornelius Tacitus, De Moribus Germanorum.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1227. Harley MS 5398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5398
Title:
Collection of religious texts, including Richard Rolle, De modo vivendi; sermons by Johannis Schyrborn, John Haynton, and Rainold of Gloucester; Tract on the Ten Sibyls; Speculum peccatoris; Richard of Saint-Victor, Benjamin minor; Formula Dictaminis; Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Speculum conscientiae, Contemplationes de passione Christi, Epistola de honestate morum, Meditiationes de miseria humane conditiones, and De ingratitudine
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: Poem on the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac: Est aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo / Libra que scorpio architenens capra urna que pisces / Semper quindenis ponuntur signa kalendis'; followed by a prose explanation on the Signs of the Zodiac. f. 2r: Mnemonic verse on the Kalenda...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1228. Harley MS 5408

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5408
Title:
An abridgement of law reports
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-235r: An abridgement of law reports; featuring a note in English on f. 158r: ‘After 4 leaves a day this book is r[...] on in 10 dayes’ ff. 236v-238v: Memoranda in English concerning legal matters, dated to the 14th year of Henry VIII (1522-1523).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English., French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1229. Harley MS 5417

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5417
Title:
Jean Poingdestre, Caesarea or A Discourse of the Island of Jersey in two Parts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-44v: Jean Poingdestre (b. 1609, d. 1691), Caesarea or A Discourse of the Island of Jersey in two Parts: The First, An Accompt of It as It Is at Present; The second, Some Historical Observations Relating to Antiquity.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1230. Harley MS 5418

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5418
Title:
Brut Chronicle; Chronicon Angliae ab anno 75 ad 1192; Mirabilia Angliae; a fragmentary political work; Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo, De bello italico adversus Gotos
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three parts that were produced separately. Part 1 (ff. 1r-82v) was written in England in the 4th quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Part 2 (ff. 83r-105v) may have been written in Italy in the 17th century. Part 3 (ff. 106r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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