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1131. Harley MS 2432

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2432
Title:
Vita Adae et Evae; Tractatus metricus penitentia; Richard Horton, Confessional formulary; Bernard of Clairvaux, De diligendo deo; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De tribus diebus; Tria sunt; Smaragdus, Diadema monachorum, and other theological works
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of theological works that were copied by 'Richard Horton' in the 15th century. The larger part of the manuscript contains hitherto unknown copies of a guide on Latin prose and poetry known as Tria sunt, based on Geoffrey of Vinsauf's Documentum de modo et ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1132. Harley MS 624, ff 144-217

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 624, ff 144-217
Title:
Chronicles
Scope & Content:
This part of Harley MS 624 has been written by Sir Simonds d'Ewes, who compiled the manuscript between c. 1639-1643. Contents: ff. 144r-144v: A Latin inscription followed by a fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century. f. 145r: A drawing of king W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1639-1643
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 624

1133. Harley MS 337, ff 72r-v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 337, ff 72r-v
Title:
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Capsula Eburnea; Pseudo-Hippocrates, Indicia valetudinum
Scope & Content:
Contents: These two anonymous texts deal with medical prognostics and indications of illnesses. ff. 72r-v: Pseudo-Hippocrates, Capsula Eburnea (Ivory Chest), beginning: 'Peritissimus omnium domestica sapientia in omnibus corporibus', ending: 'scias eum vivere egrotum'. f. 72v: Pseudo-Hippocr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 337

1134. Harley MS 4967, ff 77r-193v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4967, ff 77r-193v
Title:
Liber Catonianus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 77r-77v: A damaged fragment from an unidentified manuscript. ff. 78r-185v, 192r-193v: Liber Catonianus, with marginal and interlinear glosses, beginning: 'Lux beata'. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 186r-191v: John of Garland (d. after 1258), Synonyma (The Synonyms...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1250-1250
Extent:

A part of Harley MS 4967

1135. Harley MS 337, ff 32r-53v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 337, ff 32r-53v
Title:
Sentences on the Scripture with numerous extracts from Origen's Homilies
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 32r-53v: Sentences on the Scripture borrowing extracts from Origen, Homilia super Leviticum (Homily on Leviticus), Homilia super Genesim (Homily on Genesis), Homilia super Exodum (Homily on Exodus), Homilia in Jeremiam (Homily on Jeremiah), including extracts from Gregory the Grea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 337

1136. Harley MS 337, ff 54r-71v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 337, ff 54r-71v
Title:
Innocent III, De contemptu mundi; Expositio super Missam
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 54r-65v: Innocent III, De contemptu mundi (On the contempt of the world), beginning with Book 1, chapter 20, beginning: 'Militia est ergo vita hominis super terram', followed by a table of contents of the 3 books of De contemptu mundi (f. 57r), including a short summary for every ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 337

1137. Harley MS 337, ff 12r-31v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 337, ff 12r-31v
Title:
William of Waddington, Manuel de Pechiez (‘The Harleian Roll’)
Scope & Content:
ff. 12r-31v: William of Waddington, Manuel de Pechiez, imperfect, also known as 'The Harleian Roll' for the series of shields painted around 1314 in the upper margins of the leaves (only 161 surviving). Decoration: The shields may have been painted in the upper margins around 1314, according t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 337

1138. Harley MS 82, ff 35-104

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82, ff 35-104
Title:
'Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d’outre mer (Latin translation)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 35r–104v: ‘Sir John Mandeville’, Voyage d’outre mer, Latin translation, ending imperfectly. Decoration: A marginal drawing in brown ink (possibly of one of the nails of the Crucifixion) in the margin of f. 35v
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 82

1139. Harley MS 651, ff 192-196

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 651, ff 192-196
Title:
Chronicle from the creation of the world to 1384; England from Alfred to Richard II (with continuations); Names of the kings of Britain and the Heptarchy; Miracle at the shrine of Our Lady of Ipswich
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 192r–193v: Chronicle from Creation to 1384. ff. 193v–194r: Series of kings of England from Alfred to Richard II, continued up to Edward VI by a different hand, writing in Middle English (lower margin of f. 194r). f. 194v: Names of the kings of Britain and of the Anglo-Saxons in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 651

1140. Harley MS 624, ff 1v-83

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 624, ff 1v-83
Title:
Chronicles
Scope & Content:
This part of Harley MS 624 has been written by Sir Simonds d'Ewes, who compiled the manuscript between c. 1639-1643. Contents: f. 2r: A title-page. f. 2v: A table of contents. ff. 4r-20v: Anonymous, Chronica de veteribus Brittanis et Anglo-Saxonibus (Chronicle on the Old Britons and Anglo-Sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1639-1643
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 624

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