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11. Harley MS 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 13
Title:
Scientific miscellany
Scope & Content:
The volume is composed of 6 semi-independent parts (ff. 3r-128r; 129r-140r; 141r-164v; 165r-198v; 199r-230; 231r-241v). It was probably made for John of London (fl. c. 1290- c. 1330), the first recorded owner of the manuscript. The manuscript includes: 1. Flyleaf with ownership inscriptions ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1290-16th century
Extent:

1 volume

12. Harley MS 1010

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1010
Title:
Medical miscellany
Scope & Content:
Medical miscellany preceded by leaves from a liturgical manuscript (lectionary?) with musical notation (ff. ii recto-ix verso). Texts include: Treatise on urine (ff. 1r-23v); Regimen of health (ff. 23v-32r); Four medical recipes (ff. 32r-32v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1250-1399
Extent:
40 folios.

13. Harley MS 2332

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2332
Title:
Illustrated almanac
Scope & Content:
A small illustrated almanac produced during the time of Henry IV (r. 1399-1413). The manuscript includes: Calendar (ff. 1v-13r); Table of dominical letters (ff. 13v-14r); Solar eclipse diagrams from 1411 to 1479 (ff. 14v-15r); Lunar eclipse diagrams from 1406 to 1481 (ff. 15v-17r); Zodia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1411-1412
Extent:

1 volume

14. Harley MS 5201

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5201
Title:
Astrological miscellany
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is composed of three parts produced in different periods and locations that originally formed independent manuscripts (ff. 1r-83v; 84r-146v; 147r-183v). Contents: Pars oculi sacerdotis (ff. 1r-50v); Notes in English and Latin (ff. 51r-52v); Verba secundum modum alphabeticum,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1150-1524
Extent:
183 folios.

15. Harley MS 2766

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2766
Title:
Iulius Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis
Scope & Content:
Iulius Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis. Decoration: Initials in red. Place left for an initial at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
48 folios (including 1 blank folio after f. 2).

16. Harley MS 3941

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3941
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was originally a single codex, but has been divided into two volumes, now Harley MS 3941/1 and Harley MS 3941/2. The Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville (b. 599, d. 636), an encyclopedia in twenty books dedicated to Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa (b. 590, d. 651), the editor of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Breton and Latin
Date Range:
9th century
Extent:

2 volumes

17. Harley MS 5402

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5402
Title:
Astrological miscellany
Scope & Content:
Includes: A folio from an antiphonary (ff. 1*r-2*v); Pseudo-Ptolemy, Iudicia (ff. 1r-15r); Astrological tables (ff. 15v-16r); 5 works of the Arabic author Zahel (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra’ili), translated into Latin: Introductorius ad scienciam iudiciorum astrorum in interrogationibus (ff. 17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1160-1340
Extent:
104 folios.

18. Harley MS 1585

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1585
Title:
Illustrated pharmacopoeial compilation
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a compilation of late-antique and early medieval pharmacopeial texts: ff. 1v-6v: A table of contents relating to Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica liber and Pseudo-Apuleius' Herbarium; ff. 6v-9v: Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Antiochum regem. ff. 10r-12r: Pseudo-Hip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

19. 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.

20. Harley MS 3414

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3414
Title:
Theophrastus, De historia plantarum.
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes Theophrastus, De historia plantarum translated by Theodore Gaza of Thessaloniki, with the preface dedicated to Pope Nicholas V (d. 1455) for whom Theodore translated the Greek text into Latin (ff. 2r-4v). Decoration: Large initials in red with red pen-flourishing. Large...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
216 folios.

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