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91. Harley MS 3017

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3017
Title:
Miscellany of computistical and astronomical texts
Scope & Content:
Miscellany of computistical and astronomical texts including: Somniale Danielis (fragment) (ff. 1r-1v); Calendarium (ff. 2r-21r); Calendar (ff. 21v-32v); Calendarium of decennovenal cycles (ff. 32v-42r); Collection of computistical formulas (ff. 42v-50r); An excerpt from Isidore, Etymolo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
800-924
Extent:

1 volume

92. Harley MS 5325

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5325
Title:
Helperic of Auxerre, Computus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*r-1*v: a fragment from an unidentified scientific text written in a 13th-century hand. ff. 1r-56v: Helperic of Auxerre, Computus. Decoration: Initials in blue or red, some with foliate motifs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
late 11th century-early 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

93. Harley MS 2320

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2320
Title:
Miscellany of treatises relating to prognostication, astrology and braiding in verse and prose
Scope & Content:
The miscellany comprises texts on prognostication, astrology and braiding. Medical recipes and other notes were added at a later stage to the endleaves (ff. 71r, 74r). Contents include: 1. Calendar (ff. 1r-4v); 2. Prognostication attributed to Bartholomew of Parma (ff. 5r-30v); 3. A lunar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

94. Harley MS 3475

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3475
Title:
Platina (Bartolomeo Sacchi), Epitome on C. Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), Naturalis historia
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes Epitome on C. Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), Naturalis historia dedicated to Augustino Maffei (b. 1431, d. 1496), Apostolic scriptor and curial official, humanist collector of books and antiquities by the author Platina (Bartolomeo Sacchi), Italian humanist (b. 1421,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1462-c 1466
Extent:
1 volume

95. Harley MS 55

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55
Title:
Anglo-Saxon miscellany including medical remedies and Anglo-Saxon laws by Edgar and Cnut
Scope & Content:
The volume is made up of fragments from two different manuscripts. The first fragment (ff. 1r-4v; unit A) probably formed the end of the original manuscript, and includes: Bald, Leechbook, book 2, chapter 59 (ff. 1r-3r); Laws of King Edgar (r. 959-975) (ff. 3v-4v); Oswald, archbishop of Yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Early 11th century
Extent:

1 volume

96. Harley MS 3263

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3263
Title:
Jean du Temps of Blois (Ioannes Temporarius), Organon Astronomicon ex hypothesibus Copernici extractum.
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes Jean du Temps of Blois (Ioannes Temporarius), Organon Astronomicon ex hypothesibus Copernici extractum. Decoration: 2 maps of the southern and northern hemispheres (ff. 2v-3r) in ink, brown and yellow. The contents consist of a series of tables, diagrams and volvelles ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4rt quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
89 folios.

97. Harley MS 1735

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1735
Title:
John Crophill, Commonplace Book including astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, medical and alchemical treatises and recipes
Scope & Content:
A composite and miscellaneous volume put together by John Crophill (d. in or after 1485), medical practitioner and bailiff of Wix Priory in Essex. The volume includes: 1. Texts relating to astrology, Thyrtty Days of the Mone (ff. 1r-13v), prognostication, Prophecies of Esdras (ff. 13v-16v), a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1430-1485
Extent:
52 folios.

98. 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.

99. Harley MS 80

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80
Title:
Collection of texts on astronomy, optics, astrology and stones from a Merton College manuscript
Scope & Content:
This composite volume is formed by five parts (1-5), of which items 2-4 are identifiable as independent booklets or libelli. 1. ff. 1r-57r: the first unit relates to mathematics and geometry and comprises texts by Roger Bacon, (De Scientia Perspectiva, ff. 1r-33v) and Richard of Wallingford, (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-1499
Extent:

1 volume

100. Harley MS 4977

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4977
Title:
Medical compendium
Scope & Content:
Medical compendium, imperfect. The manuscript includes: Practica Petrocelli Salernitani (ff. 2r-72v); Antidotary (a collection of compound medicines) (ff. 73r -115v); Collection of pharmacopoeial recipes and medical texts, mostly relating to gynaecology (ff. 115v-120v). Decoration: Large in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

121 folios.

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