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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4793
Title:: Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum; Eutropius, Breviarium ab urbe condita
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-53v: Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum. ff. 54r-119v: Eutropius, Breviarium ab urbe condita, in the version of Paul the Deacon, Historia Romana.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4794
Title:: Macrobius, Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-74v: Macrobius, Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis. f. 74v: Added pen-trials and drawing of a bearded head, 16th century. Decoration: White vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1r, 5r, 46v). Display script in gold (f. 5r). Circular diagram in brown ink (ff. 46...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4795
Title:: Register of the Guild of Corpus Christi, Boston
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–3r: Fragments of an agreement of 1383 between the alderman of the guild, John de Rocheforth, and the brothers and sisters; inventory of goods belonging to the guild. ff. 3v–4v: Added obits. f. 5r–v: Preface explaining the methodology of the register (translated by Thompson, pp. 115–16)....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4796
Title:: Cicero, Selected Works, in a Castilian translation by Alonso de Cartagena
Scope & Content:: A selection of Cicero's philosophical and rhetorical works in a Castilian translation by the bishop, diplomat and historian Alonso de Cartagena (b. 1384, d. 1456). Contents: f. 1r-v: Numerous pen trials and inscriptions in different hands, including 'hic Liber est / Maiocenchari', probably ad...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Spanish
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4797
Title:: Lactantius, Divinarum Institutionum; Eiusdem poema quod inscribitur Phoenix; De Ira Dei; De Opificio Dei
Scope & Content:: Contents: Written in Pisa by Michael de Ghuardavillis of Volterra: colophon, 'Michael Deghuardavillis de Vulterrus scripsit. Pisi' (f. 196v). f. 1: Contents list, begins 'Capitulum libri primi.' f. 2: a ruled parchment leaf with a small pastedown inscribed: 'Laurentius valle magnificus pretor ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Middle of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4798
Title:: Collection of tracts on baronies
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-38r: Collection of tracts on baronies copied from Harley MS 4749, with a title inscription on f. 1r: 'Presidents Collected out of a Number of others Proving Baronies and Titles of Honour (Created by Writt) to Descend in the Direct Line to the sole Daughter and heir, or to the ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1598
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4799
Title:: Cartulary of Lichfield Cathedral (‘Registrum Rubrum’ or ‘Registrum Tertium’), part 1
Scope & Content:: Formerly bound with Harley MS 3868 in the 15th century; known in this form as the ‘Registrum Rubrum’ or ‘Registrum Tertium’. f. 1v: Ownership inscriptions. ff. 2r–4r: Added charters, 15th century. ff. 5r–74v: Cartulary containing copies of deeds and other documents relating to the cathedral’s...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4800
Title:: Birgitta of Sweden, Revelations, Books 4-5
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-109v: Birgitta of Sweden, Revelations, a Middle English translation of the Liber Celestis, incomplete, containing Book 4 (lacking chapters 41-66, the beginnings of chapters 7 and 67, the endings of chapters 6 and 40, and a folio with the middle of chapter 89) and Book 5, Chapte...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4802
Title:: Giles of Rome, De regimine principum, libri 3
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-144r: Giles of Rome, De regimine principum, libri 3; with a list of chapters (ff. 141r-144r). The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*verso: A theological note, beginning: ‘In [...] tehologicis ut in fide spe et ut in fide spe et caritate extrema sunt’; added in the (...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4804
Title:: Book of Psalms with Gilbert de la Porrée's commentary; Papias, Vocabulista
Scope & Content:: Contents: Two separate volumes with continuous foliation: Harley MS 4804/1 (ff. 1-167v), and Harley MS 4804/2 (ff. 168-336v). The first volume is a book of Psalms containing the commentary on the Psalms written by Gilbert de la Porrée, copied in Chartres during the first half of the 12th cent...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 12th century-15th century
Extent:: 2 volumes

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