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1201. Harley MS 5270

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5270
Title:
Peter Lombard, Libri Quattuor Sententiarum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Peter Lombard’s Libri Quattuor Sententiarum. This copy has previously been dated to the 14th century (see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts (1808), III, p. 257), but new analysis of the script and page layout indicates that it was produced in the late 12t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1202. Harley MS 5274

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5274
Title:
John le Breton, Britton
Scope & Content:
Previously catalogued as 'Vetera Statuta' (Ancient Statutes), this manuscript contains a copy of the Britton, the earliest summary of law in England written in French, and being an updated version of Henry Bracton's mid 13th-century De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae (Laws and Customs of Engl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1203. Harley MS 5275

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5275
Title:
Robert Grosseteste, Château d'amour
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-59v: Robert Grosseteste, Château d'amour [Latin]. Decoration: Blue initials with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1204. Harley MS 5281

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5281
Title:
Book of Assizes held in the reign of Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 7r-160r: The Book of Assizes held in the reign of Edward III. The manuscript contains several additions: ff. 1v, 2v: Memorandi for payments, several referring to ‘Ricardus Mancipill’ and ‘Thomas Lyddy[n]’; added in the (?) 16th century. f. 4r: Nomina regum Angliae post Conqu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1205. Harley MS 5284/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5284/2
Title:
Smaragdus, Diadema monachorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-60v: Smaragdus, Diadema monachorum; beginning: 'Hunc librum Smaragdus composuit qui nomen diadema monachorum illi imposuit: quia sicut diadema gemmis ita et hic liber virtutibus’. Decoration: Large red or brown initials with minor penwork decoration in the same colour. Small...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1206. Harley MS 5287

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5287
Title:
John Taylor's oration held at the admittance of King Francis I of France into the Order of the Garter in 1527
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10v: John Taylor (d. 1534), Catholic priest and diplomat, Master of the Rolls, oration held at the admittance of King Francis I of France into the Order of the Garter in 1527, entitled: ‘Oracio habita in tradicione garterij ad Christanissinum Franciscum Galliarum Regem praesen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1530
Extent:
1 volume

1207. Harley MS 5290

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5290
Title:
Collection of English statutes
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of English statutes. The manuscript's former binding is now stored separately as Harley MS 5290/1. Contents: ff. 5r-224v: A collection of English statutes, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1r-4v). The manuscript has a later addition: f. 1*v: a parch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1208. Harley MS 5293

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5293
Title:
Pseudo-John of Damascus, Baarlam et Josaphat
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-57r: Pseudo-John of Damascus, Baarlam et Josaphat; imperfect. Decoration: Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour or in both colours. Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked with red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1209. Harley MS 5306

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5306
Title:
John Mirk, Manuale Sacerdotis; Honorius Augustodunensis, Elucidarius
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: A table of contents for the Manuale Sacedotis. ff. 3v-61v: John Mirk, Manuale Sacerdotis [I-V]. ff. 62r-93v: Honorius Augustodunensis, Elucidarius [I-III]. Decoration: Small blue initials with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing throughout the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1210. Harley MS 5309

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5309
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-133v: The Book of Psalms; with a Litany of Saints. ff. 1r, 133v, 134v: Prayers added in the 15th and 16th century. Decoration: 1 large green initial (‘B’) with red penwork decoration inside the letter. Large and small initials in blue, green, or red throughout the manuscr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 volume

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