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31. Harley MS 2509

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2509
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-186v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares, imperfect. Decoration: Numerous small initials in blue or red with dark red pen-flourishing. 7 initials have been excised (ff. 32r, 55r, 81r, 88r, 158r, 165r, 178r). Spaces for initials left blank.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

32. Harley MS 2512

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2512
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-264v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares; ending with an inscription in Greek ('τέλος'). The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 265r: A poem, headed: 'In virtutis laudem'; added in the (?) 15th century. f. 265v: A note: 'Corectio ad amicus'; added in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

33. Harley MS 2514

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2514
Title:
Papias, Ars grammatica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-66v: Papias, Ars grammatica. Decoration: Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours including flowers and foliate motifs (f. 1r). Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour including flowers and foliate motifs (ff. 6r,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

34. Harley MS 2518

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2518
Title:
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-31r: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae, with a gloss at the start of the text. The manuscript contains several later additions: ff. 29r-31r: Erased text; perhaps a palimpsest. f. 31v: Added inscriptions in various hands including one on a scroll reading 'amore me port...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

35. Harley MS 2520

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2520
Title:
Sallust, The War with Catiline; The War with Jugurtha
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-79v: Sallust, The War with Catiline; The War with Jugurtha. Decoration: 2 large interlace initials in yellow or yellow and mauve ink (ff. 1r, 28r). Smaller plain initials in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

36. Harley MS 2521

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2521
Title:
Sallust, The War with Catilina; The War with Jugurtha
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-22r: Sallust, The War with Catilina. ff. 22v-62r: Sallust, The War with Jugurtha. f. 62r: De morte Jugurthe disicon, 'Qui cupis ignotum Jugurte noscere letum / Tarpeie rupis trusus ad yma ruit'. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1v: Seneca the Younger, Epistula...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

37. Harley MS 2531

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2531
Title:
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a glossed copy of Lucan's Pharsalia. The manuscript's former binding is now stored separately as Harley MS 2531/1. Contents: ff. 3r-164v: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia; with marginal glosses in red frames and maniculae. The manuscript contains various later add...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-14th century
Extent:
1 volume

38. Harley MS 2539

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2539
Title:
Sallust, De coniuratione Catilinae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-20v: Sallust, De coniuratione Catilinae (The Conspiracy of Catiline). Decoration: 1 large (3-line) red initial in a red frame with green and yellow ground (f. 1r). 1 unidentified coat of arms (argent per fess indented gules and argent, inscribed 'I.A.8') in the lower margin ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

39. Harley MS 2547

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2547
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Disputationes tusculanae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-159r: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Disputationes tusculanae. f. 159v: A list of books in this manuscript, entitled: 'Questione in tuscanis'. Decoration: 5 large initials in gold on a blue and pink or green and pink panel (ff. 1r, 3v, 42r, 64r, 121v). 1 initial has been excised ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

40. Harley MS 2551

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2551
Title:
Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Epitoma rei militaris
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-80v: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Epitoma rei militaris; with marginal annotations. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 80r: A reused leaf from a 15th-century Italian missal (formerly a pastedown), featuring a (?) 16th-century inscription: 'Estimatur liber iste quattuor ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume