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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3083
Title:: St Ambrose, Epistulae, De Obitu Theodosii and De Nabuthe Jezraelita
Scope & Content:: This volume preserves most of St Ambrose (b. c. 339, d. 397)'s Epistulae (Letters). It also includes two other works by Ambrose: De Obitu Theodosii (On the Death of Theodosius I) and De Nabuthe Jezraelita (On Naboth the Jezreelite). The manuscript may initially have been part of a larger volume ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3094
Title:: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis Christianae fidei; Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti ex opusculis S. Gregorii
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-56v: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis Christianae fidei (On the Sacraments of the Christian Faith); imperfect at the beginning. f. 57r: A single verse: 'Omnia qui libras diademata celica vibras'. ff. 58r-127v: Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti ex opuscul...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3108
Title:: Augustine, De disciplina christiana; De diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII; De libero arbitrio; De duodecim abusionum gradibus; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis; De arca Noe morali et mystica
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-36v: Augustine, De disciplina christiana. ff. 36v-64v: Augustine, De diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII. ff. 64v-92r: Augustine, De libero arbitrio. ff. 92r-95v: Augustine, De duodecim abusionum gradibus. ff. 95v-98v: Augustine, De disciplina christiana. ff. 99r-249r: Hugh...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3111
Title:: Augustine, De Civitate Dei and De Trinitate
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3r-177v: Augustine, De Civitate Dei; from book 11. Each book is preceded by a capitula list (ff. 69r, 74v-75, 80r-80v, etc.); the text is divided into sections designated by letters a-g written between the columns, indicating scholastic use. ff. 179r-244v: Augustine, De Trinitate...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 13th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3118
Title:: Collection of Latin and English sermons
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 3r: A preface ('Ad lectorem prefacio'), beginning: 'Hunc librum rudi minerva cusum pie lector ne despicias . sed lecturus in eo si nil offendas quo moreris . sine mora transeas ne offendaris'. f. 3v: A table of contents for the manuscript, entitled: 'Tabula sermonum sequentium'. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3119
Title:: De sacramentis
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-352r: An anonymous treatise known as De sacramentis, with the title: 'De Sacramentis in genere', and beginning: 'Sequitur huius partis tractatus secundus de Sacramentis, instrumentis, quibus nobis applicatur Redemptionis nostrae meritum'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3124
Title:: Florilegium of Old Testament books
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-67r: Florilegium of Old Testament books, to Jeremiah. Decoration: Large (2-line) plain red initials. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3126
Title:: Collection of sermons for the liturgical year
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-125v: A collection of sermons, beginning: 'Cum appropinquasset Iesus'; imperfect at the end. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red, some with pen-flourishing. Highlighting in red. Running titles in black and red. Manicules in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3130
Title:: Collection of sermons; Distincciones Johannes Lathbury
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-146v: A collection of sermons, containing some in Middle English ('lovesums lykyng' on f. 2v), and distinctions. Includes the Distincciones Johannes Lathbury or Alphabetum morale (ff. 17r-76v), containing references to Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon. The manuscript contains a f...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3131
Title:: Glossed Pauline Epistles; table of Psalms; excerpts from the Gospel of John; excerpts from Kings with an allegorical and moral exposition
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: A title-inscription (vertically written in the outer margin): 'Epistole Pauli Excerpta de libris regum'. ff. 1r-69v: Glossed Pauline Epistles, beginning with the letter Epistle to the Laodiceans and ending with the Epistle to the Hebrews. ff. 70r-71v: A table with incipits of...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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