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911. Harley MS 866, f 48v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 866, f 48v
Title:
A treatise on chiromancy [imperfect], incipit: 'Benedictus Deus omnipotens qui machinam mundanam...'
Scope & Content:
Includes the beginning of a treatise on chiromancy. The same text is preserved in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 607.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1390-c 1410
Extent:

1 folio.

912. Harley MS 941, ff 72r-79v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 941, ff 72r-79v
Title:
Petrus Candidus Decembrius, Cosmographia seu Liber de Historia peregrina, Book 1
Scope & Content:
Petrus Candidus Decembrius, Cosmographia seu Liber de Historia peregrina, Book 1. Edited in K. Kretschmer, 'Die Kosmographie des Petrus Candidus Decembrius', in Festschrift Ferdinand Freiherrn von Richthofen zum sechzigsten Geburtstag am 5. mai 1893, dargebracht von seinen Schülern (Berlin, 189...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
8 folios.

913. Harley MS 2650, ff 1r-33v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2650, ff 1r-33v
Title:
Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 8 (De astronomia).
Scope & Content:
Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 8 (De astronomia). Decoration: 7 diagrams in red or brown ink (ff. 20r, 23v, 26v, 28r, 28v, 32r, 32v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

33 folios.

914. Harley MS 941, ff 80r-90r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 941, ff 80r-90r
Title:
David Pencaer or Penkaer, Tractatus de coloribus rhetoricae
Scope & Content:
David Pencaer or Penkaer, Tractatus de coloribus rhetoricae.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
11 folios.

915. Harley MS 2506, ff 53r-54v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2506, ff 53r-54v
Title:
C. Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), Excerpts from the Historia naturalis: De positione et cursu VII planetarum (II, c. viii-ix, 32-44); De intervallis earum (II, c. xx-xxii, 83-84); De absidibus earum (II, c. xv-xvi, 59-64); De cursu earum per zodiacum circulum (II, c. xvi, 66-67)
Scope & Content:
Excerpts from C. Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), Historia naturalis: De positione et cursu VII planetarum (II, c. viii-ix, 32-44); De intervallis earum (II, c. xx-xxii, 83-84); De absidibus earum (II, c. xv-xvi, 59-64); and De cursu earum per zodiacum circulum (II, c. xvi, 66-67). Decorati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 990 - c 1000
Extent:

2 folios.

916. Harley MS 55, ff 3v-4v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55, ff 3v-4v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Laws of King Edgar (r. 959-975), with the Latin title 'Lege Eadgari' added in the upper margin.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
2 folios.

917. Harley MS 2650, ff 37r-39r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2650, ff 37r-39r
Title:
Astronomical text, incipit 'Sit tabula Walzalchore imposita per quatuor equissimas partes divisa.'
Scope & Content:
An astronomical text, incipit 'Sit tabula Walzalchore imposita per quatuor equissimas partes divisa.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

3 folios.

918. Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 99r-106r
Title:
Texts on alchemy, theology, birds and trees, and the making of talismans
Scope & Content:
The fifth unit of the manuscript relates to alchemy and consists of treatises relating to alchemy, theology, birds and trees, and the making of talismans: Marbodus Redonensis, Liber lapidum seu de Gemmis (ff. 99r-101v); 'Figurae divisionis' (f. 102v); Anonymous treatise on precious stones (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
8 folios.

919. Harley MS 625, ff 8r-84v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 625, ff 8r-84v
Title:
Geber (Jabir ibn Aflah Abu Muhammad al-Ishbili), Elementa astronomica, in the Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona.
Scope & Content:
Geber (Jabir ibn Aflah Abu Muhammad al-Ishbili), Elementa astronomica, in the Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona. Decoration: Large initial with pen-flourished decoration including foliate motifs in red and blue, with a partial border, at the beginning of the text (f. 8r). Puzzle initials ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century, before 1372
Extent:
72 folios.

920. Harley MS 625, ff 85r-123r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 625, ff 85r-123r
Title:
Geber (Jabir ibn Aflah Abu Muhammad al-Ishbili), commentary on Ptolemy's Almagest, Almagesti Minoros libri IV
Scope & Content:
Geber (Jabir ibn Aflah Abu Muhammad al-Ishbili), commentary on Ptolemy's Almagest, Almagesti Minoros libri IV. Decoration: Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and purple (ff. 85, 94, 100, 111v). Initials and paraphs in red or blue. Diagrams relating to math...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century, before 1372
Extent:
38 folios.

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