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1. Harley MS 1725

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1725
Title:
Hildegard von Bingen, Collectio epistolarum and other texts
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an extensive collection of letters and other Latin works by Hildegard von Bingen (b. c. 1098, d. 1179), a German Benedictine abbess, polymath and medieval mystic. The volume is an early 16th-century copy of the Wiesbaden Codex, also known as the 'Riesencodex' (now Wiesbaden,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2430

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2430
Title:
German prayer-book
Scope & Content:
This prayer-book presents a carefully designed programme of devotional exercises and prayers contemplating Christ’s suffering for a female reader who is identified as a servant in a household. The prayer-book’s compiler seeks to engage its female reader with the contents by using a range of imag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 2652

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2652
Title:
Cicero, Somnium Scipionis; Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis; Calcidius, Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Cicero (b. 106 BC, d. 43 BC)’s Somnium Scipionis (The Dream of Scipio), Macrobius (fl. 400)'s commentary on it, as well as Calcidius (4th century)’s commentary of Plato (b. 429 BC, d. 347 BC)’s dialogue Timaeus (Timaios). These philosophical works stood as the basis of m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

4. Harley MS 2713

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2713
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae (excerpts from books 1-2); Glosulae super Priscianum minorem; Boethius's commentary on Porphyry's Isagoge
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of three different parts, bound together at the early modern period. The first part (ff. 1r-34v) was produced in Northeastern France, in the fourth quarter of the 9th century. The second part (ff. 35r-42v) was written in 12th-century France, while the last volume (ff. 4...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
9th century-12th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Harley MS 3008

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3008
Title:
Augustine of Hippo, De Medela animae and Tractatus ex Epistola Sancti Johannis; Passio Altera Sancti Andreae Apostoli
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two theological works by St Augustine of Hippo and a work concerning the miracles and martyrdom of St Andrew (Passio Altera Sancti Andreae apostoli). Its place of origin is unknown but it was probably produced in France or Germany: other copies of the Passio that have be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
1 volume