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91. Harley MS 45

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 45
Title:
A Myrour to Lewde Men and Wymmen
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–168r: A Myrour to Lewde Men and Wymmen The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 168r–169r: Antiphons with English translations; including ‘O uirgo uirginum’, as well as a verse from the Te deum, ‘In te domine’; added in in the 2nd half of the 15th century. f. 170r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

92. Harley MS 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 46
Title:
Glossed Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-v: Capitula referring to quires and folios of the manuscript. ff. 3r-4r: Preface on the Gospels, excerpted from Genesis, beginning: ‘Fecit deus duo magna luminaria’ ff. 4r-6v: Glossed prologue to the Gospel of St Matthew, beginning: ‘Mattheus ex iudea sicut in ordine’; gloss on the pro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

93. Harley MS 47

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 47
Title:
Guigo I, Epistula ad fratres de Monte Dei (fragment); Bernard of Clairvaux, Super Magnificat and Meditationes; Thomas of Celano, Vita prima sancti Francisci;Ps.-Augustine, Dialogus questionum LXV
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three parts that were separately produced. The first and second parts (ff. 1*-12 and ff. 13-43) date to the 13th century. The third part (ff. 44-60) dates to the early 14th century. Contents: f. 1* recto: Guigo I, Epistula ad fratres de Monte Dei 2.293–30...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

94. Harley MS 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 48
Title:
Le Livre de l'Informacion des Princes, and other texts concerning the nobility
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: An illegible Latin inscription. f. 1v: Two prayers to St George, beginning ‘Ave gemma anglie confors angelorum miles regis glorie spes que belatorum’; ‘Deus qui nos beati georgi martyris tui meritis et intercessione laetificas’; an unidentified Latin text (faded); with the n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

95. Harley MS 49

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 49
Title:
Roman de Tristan en prose
Scope & Content:
Roman de Tristan en prose (Prose Tristan), imperfect at the beginning, with an index or table of contents (ff. 149r-154v). Incipit: 'Sadoc vient ce part & regardoit contremont & contreval....' The missing first page has been replaced with a flyleaf that had originally been a pastedown. B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

96. Harley MS 50

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 50
Title:
Glossed Gospel of Mark
Scope & Content:
Glossed Gospel of Mark, incipit: 'Marcus evangelista dei et petri in baptismate filius' Decoration: Large puzzle initials in blue and red with red and blue pen-flourishing (ff. 1r, 2r). Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in brown. Marginal decoration in brown, including of a bird (f. 36r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

97. Harley MS 51

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 51
Title:
Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae; Jacobus Palladinus de Theramo, Consolatio peccatorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-105v: Guido delle Colonne ['de Columnis' or 'de Columna'], Historia destructionis Troiae (A History of the Destruction of Troy) or Historia troiana, in 35 books with a prologue, epilogue and colophon. Prologue begins, ‘Licet cotidie vetera recentibus obruent nonnulla tamen iamd...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 volume

98. Harley MS 52

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 52
Title:
Constitutiones clementinae and other constitutiones; theological, ecclesiastical and homiletic texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-24r: Constitutiones clementinae (Clementine Constitutions). ff. 24r-42v: Several ecclesiastical and homiletic texts. ff. 43r-81v: Several constitutiones. ff. 81v-128v: Theological and ecclesiastical texts. Decoration: Numerous initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

99. Harley MS 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 53
Title:
Brut chronicle; a genealogy of the kings of Britain
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-11v: a genealogy of the kings of Britain from Adam to Henry VI ff. 14r-164v: the Brut chronicle. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 1r-1v: various verses and pen-trials. [ff. 12r-13r are blank]. Decoration: 1 full-page coat of arms and motto ascribed to the Stoke...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

100. Harley MS 54

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 54
Title:
Roger of Howden, Chronica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-37v: Roger of Howden [Hoveden] (d. 1201/2), Chronica [895-1121]; here with the title (in a later hand) ‘Hystoria Saxonum et Anglorum’; beginning ‘In exordio huius operis genealogiam regum Norhtanhimbrorum libet demonstrare’. Decoration: Small red initials throughout. Manicule...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

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