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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2352
Title:: William Lyndwood, Provinciale
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r–118r: William Lyndwood, Provinciale, with an index (ff. 113r–118r). Decoration: Full bar border in red and blue with 1 large initial in blue (f. 1r). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Smaller plain initials in red. Paraphs in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2353
Title:: Bible, including the Interpretation of Hebrew Names
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-430v: Bible, including the Interpretation of Hebrew Names. Decoration: 1 historiated initial in gold and colours with foliate decoration and winged dragon, containing Matthew seated with open book for the beginning of Matthew's Gospel (f. 320r). 1 large initial in gold and col...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2357
Title:: Stephen of Bourbon, De diversis materiis predicabilibus distinctis in septem partibus secundum septem dona Spiritus
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3r-177v: Stephen of Bourbon, De diversis materiis predicabilibus distinctis in septem partibus secundum septem dona Spiritus, imperfect. [ff. 58v, 175v are blank; ff. 1-2v is a paper bifolium with post-medieval inscriptions.]. Decoration: Puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2360
Title:: Collection of theological tracts
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-2r: Table of contents, written in red ink. f. 3r: Locus Ezechielis Prophetæ 'Ve pastoribus Israel qui pascebant semetipsos'. f. 3r: Locus Ysaiæ Prophetæ, 'Pro eo quod elevate sund filie Syon, et ambulaverunt extento Collo'. f. 3v: De modo confitendi Peccata. ff. 3v-4r: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2361
Title:: Collection of theological treatises and poems, including Honorius of Autun, Elucidarium, and Richard Rolle, Expositio super symbolum apostolorum
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript contains a large collection of theological treatises, excerpts and poems. The manuscript consists of at least seven parts that were produced separately in England between the 2nd half of the 13th century and 15th century. Part 1 (ff. 1r-4v) dates to the 15th century. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 13th century-15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2365
Title:: Honorius of Autun, Elucidarium
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-123v: Honorius of Autun [Honorius Augustodunensis], Elucidarium. The manuscript contains several additions: ff. 74r, 97r, 114v, 125v: Added annotations. ff. 124v-125r: A text providing an introduction to the Elucidarium headed 'Lectori Philippus Prince S.', written in the ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2367
Title:: A prayer book
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-74v: A prayer book, including a calendar (ff. 1r-6v), a litany (ff. 31r-32v), lacking leaves at the beginning. Decoration: Full border in colours and gold, the initial removed (f. 36r). Initials in gold on coloured grounds with gold balls and green leaves (f. 7r). Small initi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2370
Title:: Ars moriendi; Chronicle of England from the Creation to the year 1427
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-39v: Ars moriendi, beginning: ‘Cum de praesentis exilii miseria mortis transitus’; an added title inscription on f. 1r, written in a 16th-century hand, spuriously attributes the work to ‘Albertus Castellanus’. This may refer to Albertus de Castello, a Dominican friar, who edite...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2371
Title:: John Mirk, Festial
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-141v: John Mirk, Festial (Group B version); beginning imperfectly towards the end of Advent and ending imperfectly with the opening of the Dedication of the Church; the sermon for the feast of St Thomas of Canterbury has been largely cut out (see ff. 73*-[73c]), and the remaini...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2373
Title:: The Cloud of Unknowing, The Book of Privy Counselling, and other works by the same author
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains one of seventeen extant medieval copies of The Cloud of Unknowing, a guide on contemplative prayer and meditation from the second half of the 14th century. It contains five other works by the author of The Cloud of Unknowing: The Epistle of Discretion of Stirrings, Treat...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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