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641. Harley MS 4350, ff 68r-113r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4350, ff 68r-113r
Title:
Robert Grosseteste, Computus correctorius with a commentary and tables preceded by a canon (ff. 111r-113r)
Scope & Content:
Decoration: Historiated initial 'C'(omputus) of an astronomer consulting tables, at the beginning of the text (f. 68v). Large foliate initial 'C'(apitulum) at the beginning of the list of contents. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
45 folios.

642. Harley MS 208, f 112r (item 2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 208, f 112r (item 2)
Title:
A letter 'Praeconio eximiae sanctitatis recolendo'
Scope & Content:
A letter, incipit: 'Praeconio eximiae sanctitatis recolendo Domino R episcoporum sanctissimo divina miseratione Wilelmus devotus episcopus'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

1 folio.

643. Harley MS 531, ff 4v-12r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 531, ff 4v-12r
Title:
Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, De sphera
Scope & Content:
Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, De sphera. Decoration: 4 diagrams in red ink of planetary spheres (f. 4v), and lunar and solar eclipses (f. 12r). Initials in red and blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1272
Extent:

9 folios.

644. Harley MS 2378, ff 136r-136v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378, ff 136r-136v
Title:
Medical recipes (8 recipes)
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes (8 recipes). Rubric 'For þe rede flixe', incipit: 'Take a penny wyhte of lapis caluminaris'. Listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2006), no. 4767.00.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

645. Harley MS 3271, ff 93r-113v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3271, ff 93r-113v
Title:
Grammatical treatise 'Dialogus de VIII partibus orationis'.
Scope & Content:
A grammatical treatise entitled 'Dialogus de VIII partibus orationis', incipit: 'Beatus quid est? Oratio est. Et quae pars orationis? Nomen.' An interpolation (?) on f. 102v includes a table of lucky and unlucky days of the moon, entitled 'De sanguine minuere.' Decoration: Large initial in red ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 11th century
Extent:
20 folios.

646. Harley MS 7656, f 20r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7656, f 20r
Title:
Unidentified text, incipit: 'Bucolica ut ferunt inde dicta sunt...'
Scope & Content:
The same text beginning 'Bucolica ut ferunt inde dicta sunt...' is found in Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvt., MS 7, f. 1r.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

647. Harley MS 6, ff 1*v-2*r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6, ff 1*v-2*r
Title:
Title and table of contents
Scope & Content:
Two flyleaves at the beginning of the volume include: a title 'D. Ysydori Liber Etymologiarum / Corrogationes Promethei. / Correctiones (ut opinor) D. Ysi/dori sive Lucubrationes in / libros S.S. Scripturarum' (f. 1*v) and an imperfect table of contents of the first two books of the Etymologiae ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
2 folios

648. Harley MS 13, ff 129r-133v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 13, ff 129r-133v
Title:
Euclid, Catoptrica (sometimes also attributed to Jordanus de Nemore as De speculis)
Scope & Content:
Euclid, Catoptrica (sometimes also attributed to Jordanus de Nemore as De speculis). Decoration: 1 historiated initial 'V'(isum) of a scholar holding a mirror, at the beginning of the text; with an instruction for an illuminator reading 'miroer' (f. 129r). Includes a series of marginal diagra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1290-c 1310
Extent:

5 folios.

649. Harley MS 531, ff 64r-75v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 531, ff 64r-75v
Title:
Calendrical tables, 'Elevationes mediorum motuum omnium planetarum.'
Scope & Content:
Calendrical tables, entitled (in the table of contents) 'Elevationes mediorum motuum omnium planetarum.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century, before 1474
Extent:
12 folios.

650. Harley MS 3969, ff 63r-74v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3969, ff 63r-74v
Title:
Censorinus, Ad Cerellium de natali die (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Incipit: 'reperiri aves que ante ova...' Decoration: Decorated initial 'G'(eometria) in gold and colours (f. 73v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
12 folios.

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