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411. Harley MS 2579

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2579
Title:
Miscellany including Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a humanistic miscellany including: Pseudo-Ovidius, Liber facetus (ff. 1r-12r); Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum (ff. 13r-66r); M. Porcius Cato, De re rustica or De agri cultura (ff. 67r-115r). Decoration: Large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
116 folios.

412. Harley MS 2579, ff 1r-12r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2579, ff 1r-12r
Title:
Pseudo-Ovidius, Liber facetus
Scope & Content:
Pseudo-Ovidius, Liber facetus, incipit: 'Moribus et vita quisquis vult esse facetus', distich verse.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
12 folios.

413. Harley MS 2579, ff 13r-66r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2579, ff 13r-66r
Title:
Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum
Scope & Content:
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung), De viribus herbarum. A humanistic copy of the Latin poem in hexameters describing the medical virtues of herbs written under the pseudonym of Macer (with reference to the Roman poet Aemilius Macer, d. 15 BC). The author apparently is the French physician Odo de Meu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
54 folios.

414. Harley MS 2579, ff 67r-115r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2579, ff 67r-115r
Title:
M. Porcius Cato, De re rustica or De agri cultura
Scope & Content:
M. Porcius Cato, De re rustica or De agri cultura, with late 15th-century glosses, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 67r-70v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
49 folios.

415. Harley MS 2650

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2650
Title:
Martianus Capella, De astronomia and Baudri de Bourgueil, De tribus mundi partibus et de distribucione tocius orbis
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 8 (De astronomia) (ff. 1r-33v); Baudri de Bourgueil, De tribus mundi partibus et de distribucione tocius orbis, montium et fluminum (fragment of carmen 134 Adelae Comitissae, v. 749-945) (ff. 33v-37r); Astro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

39 folios.

416. Harley MS 2650, f 39v item 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2650, f 39v item 1
Title:
Astronomical text 'Cuiuslibet totus ut astris (?) un partes xvi divisi'.
Scope & Content:
An astronomical text, incipit: 'Cuiuslibet totus ut astris (?) un partes xvi divisi'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

1 folio.

417. Harley MS 2650, f 39v item 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2650, f 39v item 2
Title:
Medical recipe
Scope & Content:
A medical recipe, incipit: 'Ad omnes febres'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 folio.

418. Harley MS 2650, ff 1r-33v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2650, ff 1r-33v
Title:
Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 8 (De astronomia).
Scope & Content:
Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 8 (De astronomia). Decoration: 7 diagrams in red or brown ink (ff. 20r, 23v, 26v, 28r, 28v, 32r, 32v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

33 folios.

419. Harley MS 2650, ff 33v-37r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2650, ff 33v-37r
Title:
Baudri de Bourgueil, De tribus mundi partibus et de distribucione tocius orbis, montium et fluminum.
Scope & Content:
Baudri de Bourgueil, De tribus mundi partibus et de distribucione tocius orbis, montium et fluminum (fragment of carmen 134 Adelae Comitissae, v. 749-945).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

4 folios.

420. Harley MS 2650, ff 37r-39r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2650, ff 37r-39r
Title:
Astronomical text, incipit 'Sit tabula Walzalchore imposita per quatuor equissimas partes divisa.'
Scope & Content:
An astronomical text, incipit 'Sit tabula Walzalchore imposita per quatuor equissimas partes divisa.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

3 folios.