Archive Reference (shelfmark): Harley MS 1-7661 / Material Type: Archives and Manuscripts - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 210
Title:: Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–24v: Mixed Hours of the Virgin and of the Cross (imperfect) ff. 25r–26v: Hours of the Passion (imperfect). ff. 34v–36v: Various prayers and suffrages, prayers in English. ff. 36v–43v: Psalms of the Passion. ff. 47r–59r: The Penitential Psalms followed by the Litany and prayers (includ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 211
Title:: Pastoral manual
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–3v: Versicles and psalms, ‘Hic incipiunt quindecim psalmi.’ ff. 3v–15v: ‘Matutine beate uirginis marie per totum annum.’ ff. 16r–18r: ‘Ad completorium.’ f. 18r: Invocation of the Trinity, ‘Deus pater in primo folio ✠ deus filius in secundo filio ✠ deus spiritus sanctus in tercio folio ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: Early 13th century-Early 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 212
Title:: `Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d'outre mer
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the popular 14th-century text Voyage d'outre mer by the supposed author 'Sir John Mandeville', commonly known as 'The Travels of Sir John Mandeville'. This 15th-century copy of the text belongs to group A of the so-called 'vulgate or insular version'. Contents: ff. 1r-...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century - 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 213
Title:: Alcuin, Expositio in Ecclesiasten with prologue by Alcuin; Alcuin, Carmina lxxvi; Pseudo-Alcuin, Vox ecclesie (a commentary on the Song of Songs); Augustine's homily De disciplina Christiana; Anonymous, Homily (extracts from Gregory homiliae .xl. in Evangelia)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-3v: Alcuin, Prologue to the Expositio in Ecclesiasten. ff. 4r-99r: Alcuin, Expositio in Ecclesiasten. Chapter 3 ends on the middle of f. 30v. Five underlined lined linked to Chapter 3 at the beginning of chapter 4 (f. 31r). Chapter 7 ends imperfectly on f. 57r (f. 57 remains b...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 214
Title:: Proterologus, or the Nobilitie described
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-146r: A heraldic treatise, entitled ‘Proterologus, or the Nobilitie described; in which the Armes, Creations, and failing or determining of most of the Dukes, Marquesses, Carles and Viscountes with manie of the Barons of this Kingdome from the Norman Conquest untill the beginni...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 215
Title:: Thomas Becket, Epistolae; a legend of the body of St Thomas the Apostle; Hrabanus Maurus, Cena Cypriani; Alan of Tewkesbury, Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis; The Gospel of Nichodemus; Northern Passion (fragment)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-106v: Thomas Becket, Epistolae, beginning ‘Desiderio desideravi videre faciem vestram’. ff. 106v-197r: A legend of the body of St Thomas the Apostle, beginning 'Thomas apostolus Ihesu Christi in ulteriori india sedens in hoc modi admirabili cathedra’. ff. 107r-113v: Hraban...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 216
Title:: Collection of numismatic and heraldic texts
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-236v: A numismatical work, recording coins in Belgium from 1500-1600. The manuscript contains several additions: f. 1*recto: Sayings in Latin and Greek, beginning 'Nummus vincit, nummus regnat, nummus imperat universis', added in the 17th century by 'Robert Appletont'. f. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1600
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 217
Title:: Meditationes uitae Christi; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r–156r: Meditationes uitae Christi. ff. 156v–160v: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis. Decoration: Numerous large initials in blue. Text initials with some penwork decoration (ff. 2-109). Descenders and ascenders of letters alongside the writing frame often with penwork ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter 14th century-1st quarter 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 217/1
Title:: Detached former binding of Harley MS 217
Scope & Content:: Detached brown leather binding, blind-tooled. The binding was formerly attached to Harley MS 217 (Meditationes uitae Christi; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis) and is now stored separately.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Former binding of Harley MS 217

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 218
Title:: Collection of scientific, historical, and theological works, including Johann Lichtenberger, Prognosticatio; Pseudo-Aristotele, Problemata; John Lydgate, Testament; Meditations on the Supper; Honorius of Autun, Imago Mundi; Sextus Aurelius Victor, De viris illustribus; Jerome of Hereford's predictions for 1472; Commentary on the Ten Commandments; Treatise on the Computus
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is a composite miscellany consisting of eight different parts that were produced at different times. Parts 1 (ff. 2-49), 2 (ff. 50-51), and 5 (ff. 122-146) were all printed in the late 15th century. Part 3 (ff. 52-103) and 6 (ff. 147-158) were written by different 15th-century ha...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 13th century-15th century
Extent:: 1 item

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