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441. Harley MS 526

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526
Title:
Bede, Vita Sancti Cuthberti metrica (BHL 2020); Vita Venerabilis Bedae (BHL1069); Vita Ædwardi Regis (BHL 2421); fragment of Aelred of Rievaulx's Vita Sancti Edwardi regis and confessoris (BHL 2423) and the papal commissioners' report on St Hugh of Lincoln and Avalon; Vita Adae et Evae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains five parts: Bede's verse Vita S Cuthberti (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2020), copied in northern France at the end of the 9th century (ff. 1-27); a vita of Bede, copied in France or England in the first half of the 12th century (ff. 28-36v); the only surviving, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
late 9th-14th century
Extent:
1 volume

442. Harley MS 528

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 528
Title:
William of Malmesbury, De gestis rerum anglorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-243v: William of Malmesbury, De gestis rerum anglorum, imperfect at the beginning.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

443. Harley MS 529

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 529
Title:
A collection of English statutes; Henry Bracton, De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: An untitled legal tract in Law French, beginning: '[D]e quo warento'. ff. 1v-2r: A table of contents for De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae. ff. 2v-3r: Two legal tracts in Latin, entitled 'Statutum de bigamis' and 'tractatus corone'. ff. 3v-4r: A table of contents for ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

444. Harley MS 530

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 530
Title:
A miscellany of transcripts and original copies of historical works
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a miscellany largely containing early modern transcripts from medieval historical works, mostly dating to the second half of the 16th century. Several entries were copied by the antiquaries John Stow [Stowe] (b. 1524/5, d. 1605) and William Camden (b. 1551, d. 1623). However, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1450-c 1626
Extent:
1 volume

445. Harley MS 531

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 531
Title:
Miscellaneous texts on astronomy, astrology and meteorology
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was probably assembled before 1474 by the Cambridge scholar and physician Roger Marschall from 8 booklets of different dates and origin (ff. 1-32; 33-47; 48-63; 64-103 + i; 104-116 + ii; 117-131 + i; 132-172; 173-184). Texts included: Table of contents (f. 1*r); Iohannes de Sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1272-1474
Extent:
185 folios.

446. Harley MS 532

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 532
Title:
A poem addressed to Queen Elizabeth I, A Discourse of the Buisines of Ambyona in Anno Domini 1624, and other texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1. A poem addressed to Queen Elizabeth I, Hymnus pastoralis in laudem serenissimae Reginae Elizabethae, ex Anglico sermone in Latinum traductus (ff. 1r-4r); 2. Correspondence between Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and Sir Francis de Vere (ff. 6r-9v); 3. A Discourse of the B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

447. Harley MS 533

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 533
Title:
Symeon of Durham, De exordio ecclesiae Dunelmensis; Charta Ecgfridi Northumbriae Regis; Historia de Ranulfo et alijs aliquot; Historia de sancto Cuthberto et de commemoratione Locorum Regionumque eius prisce possessionis a primordio usque nunc temporis; De situ Dunelmi et de Sanctorum reliquijs que ibidem continentur
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-99v: Symeon of Durham, De exordio ecclesiae Dunelmensis. f. 100r: Charta Ecgfridi Northumbriae Regis. ff. 100v-114r: Historia de Ranulfo et alijs aliquot. ff. 114r-129v: Historia de sancto Cuthberto et de commemoratione Locorum Regionumque eius prisce possessionis a primo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

448. Harley MS 534

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 534
Title:
Arnold of Bonneval, De operibus sex dierum; De sex verbis Domini in cruce; Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-30r: Arnold of Bonneval, De operibus sex dierum. ff. 31r-49v: Arnold of Bonneval, De sex verbis Domini in cruce. ff. 49v-53r: Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons. Decoration: 1 large initial in red and blue on a light brown ground, with penwork decoration and reserved designs (f....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Last quarter of the 12th century or 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

449. Harley MS 535

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 535
Title:
Memoriale Credencium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r-142r: Memoriale Credencium, beginning: 'Man and woman þat wilneþ to fle synne and lede clene lyif: takeþ heede to þis litle tretys þat is iwrite in english tong for lewed men þat conneþ nouȝt understande latyn ne frensch. And hit is ydrawe out of holy write bi techyng of holy d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

450. Harley MS 538

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 538
Title:
John Stow's historical papers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-154v: Historical papers in the hand of John Stow. Decoration: A drawing of stamp of a unicorn in red ink (f. 62r, foldout).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1590s
Extent:
1 volume

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