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2741. Harley MS 2724, ff 132r-136v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2724, ff 132r-136v
Title:
Miscellaneous texts on the life and works of Horace
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous texts on the life and works of Horace, including: Vita Horatii, incipit: 'Horatius quintus flaccus precone patre naus'; explicit: 'Inde monocolos unimembre carmen' (f. 132r); C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Vita Horatii, incipit:' Horatius habitu corporis'; explicit: 'esquiliis iuxta tum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:
5 folios.

2742. Harley MS 2725

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2725
Title:
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Opera
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Carmina (Odes), Ars Poetica (Art of Poetry), Epodae (Epodes), Carmen Saeculare (Hymn for a New Age), Epistulae (Letters) and Satirae (Satires) by the Roman poet Horace (b. 65 BC, d. 8 BC). It also includes marginal and interlinear glosses for the entire text. Conten...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2743. Harley MS 2727

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2727
Title:
Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-182r: Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni (History of Alexander the Great). [f. 182v is blank]. Decoration: 1 historiated white vine initial with the head of a king (Alexander), with the white vine forming a partial border. The white vine border features 2 bu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2744. Harley MS 2728

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2728
Title:
M. Annaeus Lucanus, De Bello Civili with scholia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-152r: M. Annaeus Lucanus, De Bello Civili with scholia including the titulus 'lucanus debello'. The first 5 lines of Book 1 are written twice on ff. 1v and 2r. [ff. 1r, 152v are blank]. Decoration: Several large initials with interlace and foliate decoration in red, possibi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
1 volume

2745. Harley MS 2729

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2729
Title:
Frontinus, Strategemata, Paul the Deacon, Historia Romana
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Strategemata (Stratagems) by Sextus Julius Frontinus (b. c. 30, d. 104), a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history. It also contains Books 1-10 of the Historia Romana (History of Rome) by Paul the Deacon (b. c. 720, d. 799). This wo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2746. Harley MS 2732

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2732
Title:
Commentaries on Horace
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: ownership inscription. ff. 1v-23r: Anonymous commentary on Horace's Carmina (Odes). ff. 23r-27v: Anonymous commentary on Horace's Epodae (Epodes). ff. 28r-v: Anonymous commentary on Horace's Carmen Saeculare (Secular Song). ff. 28r-37v: Anonymous commentary on Horace's Ars ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

2747. Harley MS 2733

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2733
Title:
Cicero, De Oratore and De Claris Oratoribus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-59v: Cicero, De Oratore (On Oratory); ff. 60r-138r: Cicero, De Claris Oratoribus (On Famous Orators). [f. 138v is blank]. Decoration: 1 white vine partial border in colours and gold with flowers, a winged putto, birds, a gem, and 2 compartments with rabbits, combined w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1470-c. 1480
Extent:
1 volume

2748. Harley MS 2735

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2735
Title:
Epitome libri Glossarum, with additions by Heiric of Auxerre
Scope & Content:
The Epitome libri glossarum has been glossed by Heiric of Auxerre (b. 841, d. 876), monk of the Benedictine abbey of St-Germain d'Auxerre, theologian, philosopher and hagiographer. He composed and copied ff. 206v-208v. ff. 1r-206r: Epitome libri glossarum (Summary of the Book of Glosses), abbr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2749. Harley MS 2736

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2736
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De oratore; Lupus of Ferrières, Carmina 8; excerpts from Venantius Fortunatus's Carmina
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Cicero (b. 106 BC, d. 43 BC)'s De oratore, copied by Lupus of Ferrières (b. 800, d. 863) around 836, according to Beeson, Lupus of Ferrières (1930). Lupus produced this manuscript perhaps from Eginhard's exemplar (see Beeson, Lupus of Ferrières (1930)). This volume als...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2750. Harley MS 2737

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2737
Title:
Ovid, Metamorphoses, Fasti, and calendar
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-103r, Ovid, Metamorphoses, imperfect, with partial gloss. ff. 104r-111v, Ovid, Fasti 1.1-2,156, with partial gloss. ff. 111v-115v, Ovid, Fasti 6.365-812, with partial gloss. ff. 116r-117r, calendar of Roman festivals for March to June. f. 117r-v, notes on Ovid. Decoration: Large in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1175 - c 1250
Extent:
1 volume

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