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161. Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 103r-104r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 103r-104r
Title:
Treatise on precious stones
Scope & Content:
An anonymous treatise on precious stones; imperfect?; Rubric 'Liber de virtutibus lapidum preciosorum quem scripsit Bar/lamazar [or Ga/lamazar] Thesaurarius regis Babiloniae ipso presente et / preci/piente', incipit: '[L]apidum preciosorum diversa sunt genera . et diversi colores', explicit: 'an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
2 folios.

162. Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 105r-105v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 105r-105v
Title:
Treatise on precious stones
Scope & Content:
An anonymous treatise on precious stones; imperfect? The text is possibly an extract from De virtutibus lapidum; incipit: 'Amethistus est lapis colorem habens ut flores viole', explicit: 'sic mollificantur / lapides preciosi ut vitrum'. The number '116' in red in upper margin of f. 105r.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
1 folio.

163. Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 105v-106r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r, ff 105v-106r
Title:
Liber magnus sigillorum attributed to Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili)
Scope & Content:
Liber magnus sigillorum attributed to Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), a text on seals or engraved gems. Rubric 'Incipit liber secretus filiorum Israel', incipit: '[S]i inveneris sigillum in lapide sculptum', explicit: 'hic sigillus fertur habuisse galienum. Explicit'. Published from Oxford,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
2 folios.

164. Harley MS 81

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 81
Title:
Acts of the Privy Council under Henry VI, 1442-1461
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-74v: The 'Actes of Counsyll of Hary the sixte This tyme from the 26 of october in the 20 yeare [1442] of his Raigne to the 26 of July in the 24th yeare [1446]'; followed by further acts from 19 March 1447 to 9 August 1461; transcribed by John Claxton and Ralph Starkey.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

165. Harley MS 82

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82
Title:
Register of Reading Abbey; Usuard, Martyrology; 'Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d’outre mer
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains three parts that were separately produced: I: ff. 1r–3v (Register); II: ff. 4r–34v (Martyrology); III: ff. 35r–104v (Voyage d'outre mer). The martyrology was written in the 12th century at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin in Reading. The first pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-14th century
Extent:

1 volume

166. Harley MS 82, ff 1-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82, ff 1-3
Title:
A register of Reading abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–3v: Three leaves from a register of Abbot Nicholas of Whapelode (r. 1305–28), containing entries for 1305–1311. [ff. 1v-2r are blank].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 82

167. Harley MS 82, ff 4–34

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82, ff 4–34
Title:
Usuard, Martyrology
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r–34v: Usuard, Martyrology, organized by calendar (January through December, ff. 4r–32v) with a second section by the church year (beginning with Advent, ff. 32v–34v). Many sections lacking. Decoration: Large and small initials that alternate in colour between red, blue, and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 82

168. Harley MS 82, ff 35-104

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82, ff 35-104
Title:
'Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d’outre mer (Latin translation)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 35r–104v: ‘Sir John Mandeville’, Voyage d’outre mer, Latin translation, ending imperfectly. Decoration: A marginal drawing in brown ink (possibly of one of the nails of the Crucifixion) in the margin of f. 35v
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 82

169. Harley MS 84

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 84
Title:
Chartae Antiquae in Arce Londinensi [‘A’-‘Z’]
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-307r: Chartae Antiquae in Arce Londinensi [‘A’-‘Z’].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

170. Harley MS 85

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 85
Title:
Chartae Antiquae in Arce Londinensi [‘AA’-‘RR’]
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-266r: Chartae Antiquae in Arce Londinensi [‘AA’-‘RR’]; copied in the same hand as Harley MS 84.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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