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371. Harley MS 2510

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2510
Title:
Miscellany of texts on rhetoric, astrology and mathematics.
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is composed of 4 parts (ff. 1r-123v; 124r-131v; 132r-135v; 136r-167v). Part 1 is a palimpsest in late Carolingian script and the text and some of the coloured initials are still partly visible (ff. 1r-123v). f. 123 is the end flyleaf of part 1. Contents: Marcus Tullius Cicero,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 12th century-early 13th century
Extent:
167 folios.

372. Harley MS 2510, ff 1r-64r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2510, ff 1r-64r
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De inventione.
Scope & Content:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De inventione. Decoration: Decorated initial 'S'(epe) in the shape of a snake in red, brown and yellow at the beginning of the text (f. 1r). Decorated initials in yellow and red or in yellow red and black (ff. 29v, 39v, 60r, 61v). Paraphs in red. Visible initials in red ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 12th century
Extent:
64 folios.

373. Harley MS 2510, ff 65r-122r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2510, ff 65r-122r
Title:
Rhetorica ad Herennium
Scope & Content:
Rhetorica ad Herennium. Decoration: Large interlace initial 'E'(tsi) in red, yellow, and brown ink, at the beginning of the text (f. 65r). Initials in red/and or brown highlighted in yellow, some with display script (ff. 71v, 72r, 75r, 94r, 98r, 101r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 12th century
Extent:
57 folios.

374. Harley MS 2510, ff 124r-131v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2510, ff 124r-131v
Title:
Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (book 8).
Scope & Content:
Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (book 8: De Astronomia), with glosses.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
8 folios.

375. Harley MS 2510, ff 132r-135v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2510, ff 132r-135v
Title:
Thierry of Chartres, Commentary on Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 7.
Scope & Content:
Thierry of Chartres, Commentary on book 7 of Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
4 folios.

376. Harley MS 2510, ff 136r-167v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2510, ff 136r-167v
Title:
Boethius, De institutione arithmetica.
Scope & Content:
Boethius, De institutione arithmetica. Decoration: Large zoomorphic initial 'I'(n) dandis of a bird in red ink on green background, at the beginning of the text. Initials in red or green. Tables and diagrams in red and green ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
31 folios.

377. Harley MS 2558

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558
Title:
Thomas Fayreford, Medical miscellany and commonplace book
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a composite miscellany of botanical, surgical, medical, magical, astrological and prognostication texts written in the 13th-14th centuries and assembled with his own autograph additions by the 15th-century English physician, Thomas Fayreford. The texts include: 1. Two dictiona...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-15th century
Extent:
227 folios.

378. Harley MS 2558, f 12v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, f 12v
Title:
De saporibus et gradibus
Scope & Content:
De saporibus et gradibus (culinary recipe); Thomas Fayreford's autograph. Title 'De saporibus et gradibus', incipit: 'Novem sunt species saporum'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

379. Harley MS 2558, f 151v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, f 151v
Title:
Alchemical treatise
Scope & Content:
An alchemical treatise; Thomas Fayreford's autograph. Incipit: 'Thesasauro [sic] nomine ponite intentionem vestram ad medicinam / alicui thesasauro'. Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

380. Harley MS 2558, f 166r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2558, f 166r
Title:
Note on how to facilitate human conception and embryonic development
Scope & Content:
Note on how to facilitate human conception and embryonic development. Title (added later) 'De conceptione et formatione embryi', incipit: 'Omnibus horis quibus connubit homo omni muliere'. Another copy in Harley MS 3383 (f. 77r). Listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
1 folio.