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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Name Gibson, John, book-dealer, fl 1720-1726

1. Harley MS 1322

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1322
Title:
Aristotle, Ethica
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, Ethica (Nicomachean Ethics), in the Latin translation by Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo (Leonardo Aretino), with the translator's preface (ff. 1r-4r), rubric (preface): 'Leonhardi Aretini prefacio in conversione librorum moralium Aristotilis summum phylosoph [erased] etc.', incipit: 'Aristo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2454

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2454
Title:
Commentaries on T. Maccius Plautus, Comediae
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes commentaries on eight comedies of Plautus: ff. 1r-23r: Commentary on the Amphitryon, incipit: 'Ut vos in vostris pro introductione huius comedie que inscribitur Amphitrio notandum est quod [thebis] fuit quidam princeps.' This commentary is also included in Biblioteca Ap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Harley MS 2476

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2476
Title:
T. Maccius Plautus, Comediae
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes eight commedies by T. Maccius Plautus, with marginal glosses: ff. 1r-21r: Amphitryon, rubric: 'Plauti poete comici clasissimi Prima comedia Amphytrio incipit Argumentum', incipit: 'In faciem vorsus Amphitrionis.' ff. 21r-36v: Ansinaria, rubric: 'Plauti comici comedia se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 2507

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2507
Title:
M. Annaeus Lucanus, De bello civili
Scope & Content:
M. Annaeus Lucanus, De bello civili (also known as Pharsalia), incipit: '[B]ella per Emathios plus quam civilia campos'; prefaced by Lucan's epitaph, incipit: 'Corduba me genuit rapuit nero.' Includes numerous added commentaries in the margins. Decoration: Space left for large initials. 1 init...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 2522

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2522
Title:
Gian Mario Filelfo, Laurentias
Scope & Content:
A copy of the poem Laurentias by Gian Mario Filelfo (1426-1480), with an added poem (ff. 244v-245v) written by Filelfo himself. Contents: f. [iii]: An effaced inscription. ff. 1r-2r: Incomplete Latin poem, probably the verse prologue of the following text, begins 'qui fuit aetatis Gloria sum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1474
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 2541

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2541
Title:
Sallust, Catilina and Jugurtha, with letters of Petrarch and others
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-34v: C. Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), Catilina, title: 'CRISPI SALUSTI LIBER DE BELLO CATILINARIO INCIPIT FOELICITER', incipit: 'Omnis homines qui sese student.' ff. 35v-100r: C. Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), Jugurtha, rubric: 'Eiusdem Salustii de bello Iugurtino Liber', incip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1469
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 2544

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2544
Title:
M. Tullius Cicero, De officiis
Scope & Content:
M. Tullius Cicero, De officiis, title: M.T.C Ciceronis primus officiorum liber incipit', incipit: '[Q]uanquam te marce fili annum iam'; with marginal and interlinear glosses. Decoration: Spaces left fopr initials. Display script is black and red ink (f. 1r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
Paper codex

8. Harley MS 2550

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2550
Title:
Propertius, Elegies
Scope & Content:
A humanist copy of the poetry of Propertius from Renaissance Florence. Contents: ff. lr-82v: Propertius, Elegies, books 1-4. The title. 'Propertii aurelii nautae liber foeliciter incipit' has been added by a second scribe, who also wrote ff. 39r-82r. Decoration: No initials executed. Rubrica...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 2557

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2557
Title:
L. Annaeus Florus, Epitoma de Tito Livio and other texts
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-52r: L. Annaeus Florus, Epitoma de Tito Livio, incipit: 'Adventus Enee in italiam.' ff. 53r-111v: Mythographus Vaticanus secundus, incipit: '[H]ii quos pagani deos asserendo venerantur ... cognita morbi causa.' ff. 112r-114r: 'De duodecim signis et primum de capricorni', incipit: 'Capri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
Paper codex

10. Harley MS 2576

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2576
Title:
Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Saturae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-69v: Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal), Saturae.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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