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1. Harley MS 438

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 438
Title:
A 'palaeographical' transcript of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 190 ('Archbishop Wulfstan's Handbook')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: notes by John and William Retchford. ff. 3r-413v: A 'palaeographical' transcript of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 190 ('Archbishop Wulfstan's Handbook').
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 1287

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1287
Title:
A Bible
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-416v: A Bible. Decoration: Puzzle initials in red and blue at the beginning of the prologue to Genesis and at the beginning of Genesis (ff. 2r, 4v). Plain initials in blue or red, many initials not added. Running titles.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 2442

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2442
Title:
A Bible
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-432v: A Bible, without the Psalms, imperfect. Decoration: Puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue or purple and red at the beginning of each book. Smaller initials in red with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Running titl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 634

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 634
Title:
A Bible
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-394v: a Bible. Decoration: Numerous large puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in both colours. Smaller initials in red or blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in the alternate colour. Display script in red and blue. Simple in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 507

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 507
Title:
A Bible followed by Interpretatio Nominorum Hebreorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-476v: A Bible with numbered chapters. ff. 477r-519r: Interpretatio Nominorum Hebreorum (Interpretation of Hebrew Names). ff. 519v-520v: Theological notes based on Hugh of Saint-Victor. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 1v, 2r, 521r-526r: Notes and lists of bible ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 1280

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1280
Title:
A Bible including Interpretatio Nominorum Hebreorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-427v: A Bible including Interpretatio Nominorum Hebreorum. Decoration: 1 historiated initial with bird and resting on an ox, Luke’s symbol, at the beginning of Luke’s Gospel (f. 337v). Large initial ‘I’(n principio) with foliate scrolls and dragons runs the whole height of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd or 4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 1748

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1748
Title:
A Bible-Missal
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-170r, 174r-346v: A Bible. The manuscript contains various additions: Marginal notes throughout the Bible, some relate to the standardisation of the order of the books on the Bible, e.g.: '[…] Ita q[uo]d lib[er] apocal[ipsis] sit u[l]tim[us] lib[er] totius biblie s[ecundum] n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 5751

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5751
Title:
A book for the instruction of young clerks proceeding to holy orders
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-327r: A book for the instruction of young clerks proceeding to holy orders, containing guides to confession and penance, practice translations into English (f. 146r), beginning ‘Grammatica vel Grammatice est literalis sciencia radix omni scienciarum cum qua omnia sine qua nichi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 814

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 814
Title:
A book on forests
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A treatise on ‘A Forest’. ff. 2r-2v: A treatise on ‘A Chase’. ff. 2v-4v: The ‘differences betwene beasts of the forest and beast of the chace’. ff. 4v-6v: A treatise ‘Of Verte’. ff. 6v-8r: A treatise on the 'Swanimote'; ff. 8r-17r: A treatise on 'Matters taken out...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 1921

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1921
Title:
A catalogue of alphabets and specimens of handwriting
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-80r: A catalogue of alphabets and specimens of handwriting, including 2 printed page fragments on the topic of writing (ff. 51, 80).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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