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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 1811, ff 34r-36v
Title:: Nicholas of Lynn, Calendar canons (abbreviation)
Scope & Content:: An abbreviation of the calendar canon by Nicholas of Lynn, incipit: 'Pro declaracione punctorum...'; with 2 astrological diagrams (ff. 35v, 36r), one of which is in the form of a volvelle (f. 36r). Decoration: Initials in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: Early 15th century
Extent:: 3 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5425, ff 141r-174r
Title:: Galen, Commentarium in Hippocratis de regimine acutorum (Books 1-3)
Scope & Content:: A Latin paraphrase of the first three books (lacking Book 4) of the treatise on general precepts of medical pathology by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC), accompanied by a commentary attributed to Galen (c. 130-200). In the upper and lower margins, alongside the paraphrase and the commentary, a l...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: 33 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6046, ff 308r-358v
Title:: Commentary on Aristotle, De ortu et interritu
Scope & Content:: A commentary on Aristotle, De ortu et interritu, entitled Scholia in libros de ortu et interitu.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1605-1606
Extent:: 50 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6878, ff 62r-65v
Title:: Les traicte des armilles pour verifier des estoires selon la tradition de Ptholemeo
Scope & Content:: Les traicte des armilles pour verifier des estoires selon la tradition de Ptholemeo. Decoration: 2 diagramatic images of the sphere (ff. 63v, 65r).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 4 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 866, ff 8r-17r
Title:: Ranulf Higden, Ars componendi sermones.
Scope & Content:: Ranulf Higden, Ars componendi sermones, with a title: 'De arte predicandi sed Ranulphum castrensis.'
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1390-c 1410
Extent:: 9 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 941, ff 104r-120v
Title:: 'De sufficientia partium epistole'
Scope & Content:: 'De sufficientia partium epistole', incipit: 'Secundum quodam sufficit parte epistole'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: 17 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 546, ff 47v-48r
Title:: Text relating to the cure of flatulence and of worms in the stomach
Scope & Content:: Text relating to the cure of flatulence and of worms in the stomach, excerpt, incipit: 'Dentur clisteri ar tus sa cas so le neitib ana mbia brisidh gaotmuireachta ocus murbhtha / na piast', explicit: 'ocus do pudur sinsir ocus biadha ínm / olta ele et cetera'.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Irish
Date Range:: 1459
Extent:: 2 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3719, ff 175v-177v
Title:: Pythagorean sphere with prognostication texts and diagrams
Scope & Content:: The Pythagorean sphere, a diagram of the sphere of life and death used in prognostications, preceded by the title 'Sphera Pictagore' (f. 175v), and followed by explanatory texts: a text in verse, 5 lines, incipit (f. 175v): 'Collige per numerum quicquid cupis esse probandum', explicit 'Quod ret...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 3 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3595, ff 68r-73v
Title:: Geometria incerti auctoris; Mensura fistularum.
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 68r-73r: A compilation of practical geometry written in the 9th or 10th century, generally called Geometria incerti auctoris since Nicolaus Bubnov's edition (see: Nicolaus Bubnov, Gerberti postea Silvestri II papae Opera Mathematica (972-1003) (Berlin: R. Friedländer and Sohn), pp...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Middle of the 11th century
Extent:: A part of Harley MS 3595.

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