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1. Harley MS 2472

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2472
Title:
Virgil, Aeneid, including the Letter of Lentulus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-141r: Virgil, Aeneid; with a collection of texts relating to Roman history, including the Letter of Lentulus (ff. 37v-38r). Ending with a colophon: 'Scriptor qui libri post mortem sit paradisi incola sed sospes mundi dum manserit hospes'. f. 141v: 3 lines from the Aeneid: 'Tan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2484

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2484
Title:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Tragoediae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-126v: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Tragoediae, with argumenta: Hercules furens (ff. 1r-17v), Thyestes (ff. 17v-31v), Oedipus (ff. 31v-45r), Phaedra (ff. 45r-61v), Phoenissae (ff. 61v-69v), Troades (ff. 69v-84v), Medea (ff. 84v-97v), Agamemnon (ff. 97v-110r), Octavia (ff. 110r-132v),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 2548

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2548
Title:
Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium; Marcus Tullius Cicero, Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium; epitaph of St Bernardino
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-76r: Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium. ff. 77r-93r: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium. f. 93v: Epitaph of St Bernardino. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 94v: An excerpt from Quintilian, beginning: 'Nempe enim in hoc plurimum laboris exhau...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1470
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 2714

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Harley MS 2714
Title:
Juvenal, Satirae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript a collection of Satirae (Satires) by the Roman poet Juvenal (fl. late 1st century-early 2nd century). Contents: ff. 1r-88r: Juvenal, Satirae. f. 89v: added pen-trials in a later hand. ff. 88v-89r are ruled, unwritten parchment leaves. Decoration: Large initial in blue ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 2872

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2872
Title:
Breviary, Use of Rome, with a Calendar and Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Computus table. f. 1v: Added readings for Trinity Sunday, in 15th-century hands. ff. 2r-7v: Calendar, with added entries in 15th-century hands for St Birgitta (f. 2v) and St Vincent Ferrer (f. 3v), who was canonized in 1455. ff. 8r-79r: Psalter with hymns. ff. 79r-91r: Te...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 4859

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4859
Title:
Aulus Gellius, Noctes atticae, with an index of Latin words and phrases
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-201r: Aulus Gellius, Noctes atticae, written in Latin prose, with numerous marginal notes; beginning with a list of contents (f. 1r-v); the text beginning, 'Plutarcus in libro quem de Herculis...' ff. 201v-205r: Index of Latin words, arranged alphabetically, followed by an in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume