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81. Harley MS 3333

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3333
Title:
Poggio Bracciolini, Facetiae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript containing the Facetiae (Jokes) by the Italian humanist Poggio Bracciolini (b. 1380, d. 1459) was completed on 10 June 1456. The Facetiae was one of the most popular joke books of the Renaissance. Contents: ff. 1r-87r: Poggio Bracciolini, Facetiae. Decoration: Initials in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1456
Extent:
A parchment codex

82. Harley MS 3340

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3340
Title:
Guarino da Verona, letters to Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, and Poggio Bracciolini, Apostolic Secretary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: Guarino da Verona [Guarino Veronese] (b. 1374, d. 1460), Letter to Leonello d'Este (b. 1407, d. 1450) in 1435, Marquis of Ferrara, entitled: 'Guarinus ill. domino Leonallo estensi salutem'; beginning: 'Nuncius ecce novus affertur'. ff. 1v-55r: Guarino da Verona, Letter t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1435-c 1500
Extent:
1 volume

83. Harley MS 3387

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3387
Title:
El libro di perfecta penitentia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-85r: Italian treatise on penance, beginning: 'In nomine domini. Amen. In comincia una operetta intitulata el libro di perfecta penitentia'. Decoration: Large and small plain initials in blue or red. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

84. Harley MS 3392

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3392
Title:
Regula Beati Augustini with the exposition of Hugh of Saint-Victor
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-106v: Regula Beati Augustini with the exposition of Hugh of Saint-Victor, entitled: 'Incipit Regula Beati Augustini Episcopi patris nostri: cum expositione edita per beatum Vgonem de sancto Victore'; written in Latin and Italian. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

85. Harley MS 3397

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3397
Title:
Hesiod, Theogonia, and Opera et Dies
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-28v: Hesiod, Theogonia; translated from Greek into Latin by Bonino Mombrizio [Boninus Mombritius] (b. 1424, d. c. 1500), and preceded by his prefatory verse to Borsius d'Este, Duke of Modena (ff. 1r-2v); ending with the note 'Hoc opus Impressum est Anno legis gratiæ .M. cccclx...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1474-c 1500
Extent:
1 volume

86. Harley MS 3398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3398
Title:
Plutarch, Apophthegmata ad Traianum, and Apophthegmata Laconica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-45r: Plutarch, Apophthegmata ad Traianum; translated from Greek into Latin by Francesco Filelfo in 1437, with his prefatory letter to Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (ff. 2r-3v). ff. 46r-84v: Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica; translated from Greek into Latin by Frances...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

87. Harley MS 3406

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3406
Title:
Collection of sonnets, epistles and canzoni of Niccolò da Correggio
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8r: An index of incipits, organised alphabetically. ff. 9r-191v: Collection of sonnets, epistles and canzoni of Niccolò da Correggio (b. 1450, d. 1508), beginning: '[A]more fortuna e mia natura in parte'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

88. Harley MS 3431

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3431
Title:
Gospel of Matthew, glossed
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-147r: Gospel of Matthew, glossed (ff. 7r-147r), with prologues (ff. 1r-6r). The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 8r, 18v, 20r, 21v, and 148r: Contemporary notes in the margins. Decoration: Some initials in red with penwork decoration in blue, occasionally with a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

89. Harley MS 3435

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3435
Title:
Account of the 1623 papal conclave; legal documents concerning taxes
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two parts that were written separately. The first part (ff. 1-130) contains an Italian account of the 1623 papal conclave in which Urban VIII was elected. The second part (ff. 131-161r) contains legal documents concerning taxes, dating to 1465-1466. Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1465-1623
Extent:
1 volume

90. Harley MS 3439

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3439
Title:
Plautus, Commediae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-107r: Plautus, Commediae: Amphitruo, Asinaria, Captivi, Curculio, Casina, Cistellaria, Epidicus, and Aulularia, which is imperfect at the end. Decoration: Spaces for large decorated initials left empty throughout the manuscript. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume