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811. Harley MS 4361, ff 7r-97v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4361, ff 7r-97v
Title:
Livre de Sydrac
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
c 1280-c 1300
Extent:
90 folios.

812. Harley MS 4486

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4486
Title:
A treatise on alchemy and medicine, and the Livre de Sydrac
Scope & Content:
Two manuscripts bound together including a treatise on alchemy and medicine (ff. 1r-67r) and the Livre de Sydrac (ff. 69r-146r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1350-1631
Extent:
148 folios.

813. Harley MS 4486, ff 1r-67r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4486, ff 1r-67r
Title:
Treatise on alchemy and medicine
Scope & Content:
Copied from the original dedicated to baron de Tracy (see f. 1r), first chapter: Secret compendium ou Memorial final en forme de Recapitulation sur mes precedents devis et chapitres, incipit: 'Preface dicel livre de chapitre premier. Noble de preux chevallier en qui toute bonte gist...'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1631
Extent:
67 folios + 2 unfoliated leaves at the end.

814. Harley MS 4486, ff 69r-146r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4486, ff 69r-146r
Title:
Livre de Sydrac
Scope & Content:
Decoration: Large puzzle initial in blue and red with red pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the text (f. 69r). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, including foliate motifs (when the page contains several initials, the pen-flourishing joins together to form a continuous border along t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
77 folios.

815. Harley MS 4735

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4735
Title:
Commentary on Aristotle, Physica; Nicolaus Lakmann, Formalitates
Scope & Content:
Contents: A commentary on Aristotle's Physica (ff. 1r-74v); Nicolaus Lakmann, Formalitates (ff. 75r-78r). Decoration: Initial in red at the beginning of the book 1. Space left for initials at the beginning of other books and Nicolaus Lakmann's Formalitates. Paraphs in red and first letters ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

816. Harley MS 4735, ff 1r-74v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4735, ff 1r-74v
Title:
Commentary on Aristotle, Physica
Scope & Content:
A commentary on eight books of Aristotle's Physica.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
74 folios.

817. Harley MS 4735, ff 75r-78r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4735, ff 75r-78r
Title:
Nicolaus Lakmann, Formalitates
Scope & Content:
The Formalitates by Nicolaus Lakmann (b. 1415, d. 1479), a German Franciscan theologian, composed in 1442.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
4 folios.

818. Harley MS 4924

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4924
Title:
Thomas Osborne, Treatise on arithmetic
Scope & Content:
A treatise on arithmetic by Thomas Osborne. Decoration: The decoration of the manuscript imitates that of printed books. It comprises: A title page with the royal arms of Queen Elizabeth I supported by a lion and a dragon and encircled by the Garter, with Elizabeth's initials E R held by ang...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1601-1602
Extent:

1 volume

819. 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.

820. 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.