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Container Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661

3181. Harley MS 4390

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4390
Title:
Peter of Peckham, Lumiere as lais
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-82r: Peter of Peckham, Lumiere as lais. Decoration: 7 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour including leaves extending into the margin (ff. 1r, 7v, 18r, 26r, 51r, 68v, 82r), including a dog (f. 18r), a face (f. 26r), a dragon (f. 68v)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

3182. Harley MS 4392

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4392
Title:
Octavien de Saint-Gelais, l'Histoire d'Euralius et Lucresse (C.22.b.1.)
Scope & Content:
Harley MS 4392 is a printed book that was transferred to the Department of Printed Books in May 1867. It now has the shelfmark C.22.b.1. The book contains the only printed version on vellum of the French translation of the Historia de duobus amantibus (The Tale of Two Lovers), an epistolary nove...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1493
Extent:
1 volume

3183. Harley MS 4393

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4393
Title:
Explication des actes des apôtres
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2v-157r: Explication des actes des apôtres. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. 1r: A title inscription: 'Explication des actes des apostres en forme de paraphrase'; added in a 16th-century hand. f. 1v: A summary description of the manuscript; added in the (?) 17t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1531-1543
Extent:
1 volume

3184. Harley MS 4397

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4397
Title:
M. de Saint Thomas, Le livre de l'imagination; Michault Le Caron, Le Passe-temps; Pierre Chastellain, Le Temps perdu; Pierre de Nesson, Chronicle of the kings of France; Guillaume Fillastre, Complainte sur Isabelle de Bourbon, comtesse de Charolais; Testament de Pierre de Nesson; Traité de conseil
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-167r: M. de Saint Thomas, Le livre de l'imagination (ff. 1r-81v); Michault Le Caron, Le Passe-temps (ff. 84r-95r); Pierre Chastellain, Le Temps perdu (ff. 96r-104r); Pierre de Nesson, Chronicle of the kings of France (ff. 104v-109v); Guillaume Fillastre, Complainte sur Isabelle de Bo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3185. Harley MS 4398

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4398
Title:
Coustumes de Bretaigne, with ordinances of Geoffrey, John and other dukes of Brittany
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-65v: Coustumes de Bretaigne, with ordinances of Geoffrey, John and other dukes of Brittany. Decoration: 3 large initials in colours and gold with red and black pen-flourishing (ff. 1r, 58r, 65r). Large plain initials in red or blue. Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Rubr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3186. Harley MS 4399

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4399
Title:
Guillaume de Diguleville, Pèlerinage de la vie humaine
Scope & Content:
Contents: Pèlerinage de la vie humaine (Pilgrimage of the life of man), by Guillaume de Diguleville (or Guilleville, Digulleville, Degulleville, Deguileville), a Cistercian monk of Chaalis, or Chailly, near Senlis. This is a copy of the first recension of the text, in 4 books with a prologue: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1375-1415
Extent:

1 volume

3187. Harley MS 4400

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4400
Title:
Compilations concerning the nobility, magistrates and antiquities of Metz, including Jehan Praillon's Chronique des comtes, des voués et des échevins de Metz
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains compilations written in French, concerning the nobility, magistrates and antiquities of the city of Metz. It includes the Chronique des comtes, des voués et des échevins de Metz, also known as the Chronique de Metz, which records the history of the city between 960 and 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3188. Harley MS 4401

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4401
Title:
Gautier de Coincy, Les Miracles de Nostre-Dame
Scope & Content:
An imperfect copy of Gautier de Coincy's miracles of the Virgin Mary, including his lyrics (with musical notation) dedicated to her. Contents: ff. 1r-189v: Gautier de Coincy, Les Miracles de Nostre-Dame. Four- and three-line staffs with C-clefs and quasi-square neumes: f. 3v: 'Amors, qui b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
c 1250–c 1275
Extent:

1 volume

3189. Harley MS 4404

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4404
Title:
Doon de la Roche, les enfances Ogier, letter of Prester John
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-88r: Doon de la Roche, a chanson de geste from the end of the 12th century, relating the story of 'Don L'alemant de la Roche' or Doon of Cologne who married Olive, the daughter of King Pepin. This is the only complete surviving copy, though it is imperfect, with some lines unf...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
A paper codex, 87 folios

3190. Harley MS 4406

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4406
Title:
Pierre Choisnet, Le Rosier des guerres, and other texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar. ff. 7r-15v: Prayers to the Virgin Mary, beginning: 'Virgo templum trinitatis deus summe bonitatis et misericordie'. ff. 15v-16r: Memoria of St Michael the Archangel, beginning: 'Archangele Christi Michael princeps mlicie celestis'. f. 16v: Prayer to Holy He...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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