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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5550
Title:: Collection of prayers and exorcisms
Scope & Content:: Collection of prayers and exorcisms. On ff 1r-3v, 59v-63v, magic spells and symbols were added in February 1642.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Modern
Date Range:: 1st half of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6773
Title:: Two letters from Peterhouse, Cambridge
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Two letters in Latin sent from Peterhouse, Cambridge, to its patron; undated but probably written in the 15th century. The printed Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts (1808), III, p. 394, suggests a date from the reign of Mary or Elizabeth, in the 16th century.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7335
Title:: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-163v: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales; imperfect. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 139v: a practice alphabet and inscriptions (‘essavyd offe my master’) Decoration: The manuscript is minimally decorated. Occasional small-scale strap-work in brown ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1750
Title:: Collection of sermons
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 4r-203v: Collection of Latin sermons, including excerpts from the Summa de vitiis et virtutibus of Denis the Carthusian (b. 1402, d. 1471), entitled: 'Sequitur aliqua excerpta dyonisii cartusiensis valde utilia: ex libello quodam qui intitulatur Illuminatorium salutaris sciencie ....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2394
Title:: Prick of Conscience
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-129r: Prick of Conscience; imperfect at the beginning: loss of text on ff. 1-7 due to damage to folios; ff. 128r-129r have been substituted for lost leaves in the 16th century. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 77r: A Middle English verse, ‘After my warkes deme no...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4016
Title:: A cookery book
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-1v: The banquet for King Richard II, organised by John Fordham, Bishop of Durham, at Durham House, London, in 1387, ‘[T]his is the purviaunce made for King Richard being with þe Duc of lancastre at the Bisshoppes place of Durham at London the xxiij day of September the yere of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: c 1450
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4059
Title:: Albius Tibullus, Elegies
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the collected works of Albius Tibullus (c. 55 BC–19 BC), a Roman poet and writer of elegies. Contents: ff. 1r-24v: Tibullus, Elegies, bk I. ff. 24v-57v: Tibullus, Elegies, bk II. Vertical catchwords. Decoration: 1 miniature in colours of a winged horse (Pegasus),...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1485-c 1495
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4863
Title:: Silius Italicus, Punica
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the Punica, an epic poem in 17 books, written by the Roman consul and orator Silius Italicus (b. c. 28, d. c. 103). The poem relates the story of the Second Punic War and the conflict between the two generals Hannibal and Scipio Africanus. Contents: ff. 1r-117v: Sili...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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