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881. Harley MS 3631, ff 1r-57r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3631, ff 1r-57r
Title:
Albumasar (Abu Ma‘shar Ja‘far), Maius introductorium in scientia astrorum, translated by John of Seville
Scope & Content:
Albumasar (Abu Ma‘shar Ja‘far), Maius introductorium in scientia astrorum, translated by John of Seville. Decoration: Initials in red. Added marginal drawing of a couple embracing (f. 42r). Astronomical tables: ff. 29r, 29v, 30v, 44r, 46r.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1171
Extent:
57 folios.

882. Harley MS 3719, ff 31v-32v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3719, ff 31v-32v
Title:
Pseudo-Aristotle, Epistula ad Alexandrum Magnum de corpore humano sanando (excerpt from the Secretum Secretorum)
Scope & Content:
Pseudo-Aristotle, Epistula ad Alexandrum Magnum de corpore humano sanando (from the Secretum Secretorum); Latin translation by Johannes Hispalensis (John of Seville) or Johannes (David) Toletanus (12th century). Rubric (f. 31v): 'Incipit epistola aristotilis qui / scripsit ad Alexandrum regem', ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1275-1324
Extent:
2 folios.

883. Harley MS 531, ff 59r-63v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 531, ff 59r-63v
Title:
Iohannes Danco de Saxonia, Canons on the eclipse of the sun and moon.
Scope & Content:
Iohannes Danco de Saxonia, Canons on the eclipse of the sun and moon, incipit: 'Eclipsum solis quantitatem.' Decoration: Initials in blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century, before 1474
Extent:
5 folios.

884. Harley MS 4347, ff 42v-43r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4347, ff 42v-43r
Title:
A collection of definitions and maxims, incipit: 'Doctrina est propositura rei demonstraciones partes explicans...'
Scope & Content:
The manuscript title of this collection reads: 'Axiomata quaedam philosophica' (added by a later hand).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Irish and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
2 folios.

885. Harley MS 532, ff 83r-95r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 532, ff 83r-95r
Title:
List of foundry offences
Scope & Content:
A list of foundry offences committed in January 1587.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1587
Extent:
13 folios.

886. Harley MS 3969, ff 206v-215v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3969, ff 206v-215v
Title:
De septem septenis attributed to Robertus de Cursone or John of Salisbury (imperfect: text missing at the end).
Scope & Content:
Decoration: Large foliate initial 'D'(ifficillimis) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 206v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
10 folios.

887. Harley MS 55, f 4v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55, f 4v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Oswald, archbishop of York (972-992), a statement relating to alienated lands in Otley, Ripon and Sherburn-in-Elmet and of lands obtained for York by Archbishop Oscytel (d. 1071), Oswald's predecessor; with additions possibly in the hand of Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester (1003-1016) and archbisho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1003-1023
Extent:
1 folio.

888. Harley MS 2579, ff 67r-115r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2579, ff 67r-115r
Title:
M. Porcius Cato, De re rustica or De agri cultura
Scope & Content:
M. Porcius Cato, De re rustica or De agri cultura, with late 15th-century glosses, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 67r-70v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
49 folios.

889. Harley MS 3969, ff 224r-224v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3969, ff 224r-224v
Title:
C. Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), De presagiis temporum (excerpt from the Historia naturalis, book 18, 78-90) (imperfect: text missing at the end)
Scope & Content:
Decoration: Space left for the initial 'D' at the beginning of the text (f. 224r). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 folio.

890. Harley MS 80, ff 75r-84v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 75r-84v
Title:
Texts on astronomy and the making of talismans
Scope & Content:
The third unit of the manuscript relating to astronomy and to the making of talismans includes: Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra) De imaginibus (ff. 75r-76r); De imaginibus super facies signorum, attributed to Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy) (ff. 76r-77v); Hermes, Trismegistus (or Belenus), L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
10 folios.

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