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Name Vincent of Beauvais, 1189/94 - c 1264

1. Add MS 6416 art. 5

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Add MS 6416 art. 5
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6416 MINIATURES FROM THE 'SPECULUM HISTORIALE': forty-eight fine miniatures cut from the third volume of a copy of Jean de Vignay's French version of the 'Speculum Historiale' of Vincent of Beauvais; late 14th cent., bef. 1380. Origin: France. The manuscript was written and illuminated in France for King Charles V (d. 1380), and was later owned by Jean, Duc de Berry, who gave it to John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy. The work appears in the catalogues of the library of Philip the Good, and...
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Jean de Vignay, Hospitaller of the Order of Haut Pas: Miniatures illustrating vol. iii of his translation of the 'Speculum Historiale' of Vincent de Beauvais: late 14th cent., bef. 1380. Vincent, of Beauvais: Miniatures illustrating vol. iii of the 'Speculum Historiale' of: late 14th cent., bef...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 38689

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Add MS 38689
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MEDICAL and theological works, viz.: 1. "Liber uite humane magistri Bernardi de Gordonio": the fourth and last "particula," called sometimes "De regimine sanitatis" and sometimes "De conservatione vitae humanae," of the longer work in four parts "De conservatione vitae humanae" begun 22 Feb. and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Harley MS 108

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Harley MS 108
Title:
Historia Caroli Magni et Rolandi, an account of an expedition against Egypt, a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III, the Navigatio S. Brendani, extracts from the Speculum Historiale, and a chronicle of the archbishops of York
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains: f. 1r: Title page with post-1600 title: ‘Liber Turpini Archiepiscopi Remensis De gestis Karoli et pugna inter Rotholand et Gigantem Feracutum et morte eiusdem’. f. 2r: Title page with post-1600 label: ‘Volumen sive Tomus 80’. f. 3v: Table of contents, with heading: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Harley MS 2423

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Harley MS 2423
Title:
Vincent of Beauvais, Tractatus consolatorius de morte amici, ad Ludovicum Regum Francorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38v: Vincent of Beauvais, Tractatus consolatorius de morte amici, ad Ludovicum Regum Francorum. Decoration: 1 large initial in red with red pen-flourishing (f. 1r). Smaller initials in red with reserve designs. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 2667

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Harley MS 2667
Title:
Miscellaneous compilation
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is composed of two parts (booklets): 1. ff. 2-20 (+ 1 blank page, f. 21) and 22-70 (+1 unfoliated blank page); 2. ff. 71-160; with a table of contents added by a 15th century hand (f. 1r). Part 1: ff. 2r-20r: Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militati. ff. 22r-70v: Vincen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
Parchment codex.

6. Harley MS 3689

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Harley MS 3689
Title:
Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Speculum historiale (Mirror of History), written by the Dominican friar Vincent of Beauvais (b. c. 1184/1194, d. c. 1264). The work is a history of the world from Creation to Vincent's own lifetime. Contents: ff. 1r-285r: Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume