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1. Harley MS 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 12
Title:
John the Deacon of Rome, Vita Gregorii Magni; Pseudo-Gregory, Versus sancti Gregorii papae; Vita S. Katherinae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-140v) was written in the 2nd half of the 11th century. The second part (ff. 141r-143v) was written in the 1st half of the 12th century. Contents: f. 1*recto: 'Joh[ann]es Levita'; added in the (?) 16th century. ff. 1r-140v: John th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 46
Title:
Glossed Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-v: Capitula referring to quires and folios of the manuscript. ff. 3r-4r: Preface on the Gospels, excerpted from Genesis, beginning: ‘Fecit deus duo magna luminaria’ ff. 4r-6v: Glossed prologue to the Gospel of St Matthew, beginning: ‘Mattheus ex iudea sicut in ordine’; gloss on the pro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Harley MS 59

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 59
Title:
Pseudo-Hegesippus, Historia Iosephi de Bello Iudaico et Excidio Urbis Hierosolymitanae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript preserves the work known as Historia Iosephi de Bello Iudaico et Excidio Urbis Hierosolymitanae (The History of Josephus on the Jewish Wars and the Destruction of the City of Jerusalem), a 4th-century adaptation of Josephus' (b. 37, d. 100) Jewish Wars. The work was attributed to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Harley MS 104

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 104
Title:
Stephen Langton, Expositio Libri Duodecim Prophetarum; Gregory the Great, De Cura Pastorali; Richard of St-Victor, Allegoriae Novi Testamenti and De Oratione Dominica; Innocent III, De Missarum Mysteriis and Sermo VI
Scope & Content:
This English manuscript from the 1st quarter of the 13th century (before c. 1225 and after 1206 or 1215) was probably written for a clerical audience since it contains works that would have helped priests in explaining biblical texts to the laity and instructed them in their duties of pastoral c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Harley MS 225

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 225
Title:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum; Epistre de Sibille
Scope & Content:
ff. 3r–78r: Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum (Historia Regum Britanniae), including 15th-century annotations. ff. 78v–79v: Epistre de Sibille (Epistle to Sibille), with the heading: ‘Ceste lepistre de Sibille Ffraunce’, prophecy in Old French added in the mid-14th century, beginning: 'L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

6. Harley MS 303

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 303
Title:
Patents granted to Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a series of patents granted by Henry VIII (r. 1509–1547), King of England, to Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke. It was made for her after she was created Marquess of Pembroke on 1 September 1532, but before she became Queen of England in March 1533. The parchment, sil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1532-1533
Extent:

1 volume

7. Harley MS 402

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 402
Title:
Twelve collections (Distinctiones) of excerpts from Church Fathers and other authorities
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains twelve collections of excerpts from, or attributed to: the Church Fathers St Ambrose (b. c. 340, d. 397), St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), St John Chrysostom (b. c. 349, d. 407), St Augustine (b. 354, d. 430), St Gregory the Great (b. c. 540, d. 604), and St Isid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

8. Harley MS 549

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 549
Title:
Boethius, De institutione arithmetica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-57v: Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524), De institutione arithmetica (On the Principles of Arithmetic), with a preface, incipit: 'In dandis et accipiendis muneribus'. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 58r-58v: An unidentified religious poem, added in the late 12th ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 628

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 628
Title:
Psalter with gloss in Latin
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscripts contains a Psalter with Glossa Ordinaria. Its style of decoration (Channel style) indicates that it was produced in England or France. Contents: ff. 1v-227r: The Book of Psalms with Glossa Ordinaria. ff. 227r-238r: Canticles of Isaiah, Hezekiah, Anna, Moses (E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

10. Harley MS 633

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 633
Title:
Pseudo-Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Liber pontificalis; Pseudo-Isidore, Decretales pseudo-Isidorianae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Liber pontificalis (the Book of the Popes), a collection of biographies of popes from St Peter until Pope Clement III (b. 1130, d. 1191), attributed to Anastasius Bibliothecarius (b. c. 810, d. c. 878). It also contains the Decretales Pseudo-Isidorianae (Pseudo-Isido...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

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