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1. Harley MS 4970

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4970
Title:
Aristotle, De animalibus
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, De animalibus (ff. 1r-65r) with an added table of contents (ff. 65v-66r). Decoration: Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in both colours extending into the margin (f. 1). Initials in blue with pink and blue pen-flourishing (ff. 4r, 7r, 10v, 14r, 17r, 20r, etc.). Ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century-17th century
Extent:
66 folios.

2. Harley MS 4970, ff 1r-65r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4970, ff 1r-65r
Title:
Aristotle, De animalibus
Scope & Content:
The title 'Liber de animalibus' is inscribed in a 14th-century hand (f. 1r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
65 folios.

3. Harley MS 4970, ff 1*r-1*v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4970, ff 1*r-1*v
Title:
Flyleaf, original pastedown
Scope & Content:
The flyleaf includes a text in a 14th-century English hand, incipit: 'Mater mellenius...'; and 16th or 17th-century pen trials.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century-17th century
Extent:
1 folio.

4. Harley MS 4970, ff 65v-66r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4970, ff 65v-66r
Title:
Table of contents
Scope & Content:
A table of contents in a 14th-century English hand, unfinished: contains only chapters of book 1 and ends with 'capitula secundi libri', although the manuscript does not contain the division in chapters. Both folios also include 16th or 17th century pen trials and notes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century-17th century
Extent:
2 folios; f 66 is an original pastedown.

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