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1. Harley MS 234

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 234
Title:
Gospel of John, with marginal and interlinear Glossa Ordinaria
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century French manuscript contains the Gospel of John with commentary by Church Fathers and medieval authorities (Glossa Ordinaria) added to its margins and between the text's lines. ff. 1r–56r: The Gospel of John, with marginal and interlinear Glossa Ordinaria, imperfect at the begin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. 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

3. Harley MS 658

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 658
Title:
Glossed Gospel of St John; Peter of Poitiers, Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi; Theological and computistical tracts; Richard of St Victor, Commentary on Joel and Nahum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a miscellany of study aids for the Bible, bound together with a collection of scientific, poetic and theological diagrams. It includes the Gospel of St John with glosses, the Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi (A Compendium of History in the Genealogy of Christ) ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of 12th-1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

4. Harley MS 1700

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1700
Title:
The Twelve Minor Prophets with marginal and interlinear glosses.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament with prologues and commentary in interlinear and marginal glosses. Contents: f. 1* recto: A prologue to the Book of Amos, Chapter 2 (‘Prefatio Jeronimi in Amos propheta super secundum librum’). ff. 1r-1v: A prologue to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

5. Harley MS 2608

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2608
Title:
Publius Papinius Statius, Thebais
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the epic poem Thebais (Thebaid) by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius (b. 45, d. 96). Contents: ff. 2r-110r: Publius Papinius Statius, Thebais, with marginal and interlinear glosses, preceded by a verse of the 5th-century poet Coelius Sedulius (fl. 5th century): ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 2652

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2652
Title:
Cicero, Somnium Scipionis; Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis; Calcidius, Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Cicero (b. 106 BC, d. 43 BC)’s Somnium Scipionis (The Dream of Scipio), Macrobius (fl. 400)'s commentary on it, as well as Calcidius (4th century)’s commentary of Plato (b. 429 BC, d. 347 BC)’s dialogue Timaeus (Timaios). These philosophical works stood as the basis of m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

7. Harley MS 2700

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2700
Title:
Martial, Epigrams
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains the Epigrams by the Roman poet Martial (b. c. 41-d. c. 102). Parts of the original text are missing and have been supplemented by an anonymous 15th-century scribe, possibly working in Padua, and by the scribe Bartolomeo Sanvito (b. 1435, d. 1518). The manu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

1 volume

8. Harley MS 2713

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2713
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae (excerpts from books 1-2); Glosulae super Priscianum minorem; Boethius's commentary on Porphyry's Isagoge
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of three different parts, bound together at the early modern period. The first part (ff. 1r-34v) was produced in Northeastern France, in the fourth quarter of the 9th century. The second part (ff. 35r-42v) was written in 12th-century France, while the last volume (ff. 4...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
9th century-12th century
Extent:

1 volume

9. Harley MS 2725

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2725
Title:
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Opera
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Carmina (Odes), Ars Poetica (Art of Poetry), Epodae (Epodes), Carmen Saeculare (Hymn for a New Age), Epistulae (Letters) and Satirae (Satires) by the Roman poet Horace (b. 65 BC, d. 8 BC). It also includes marginal and interlinear glosses for the entire text. Conten...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

10. Harley MS 2763

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2763
Title:
Priscian: Institutiones grammaticae (1-16); Ausonius: Idyllium 20
Scope & Content:
This volume preserves the first sixteen books of Priscian (fl. 500)’s Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar), a key work for learning Latin in the Middle Ages, including marginal and interlinear glosses in various hands of a later date. The glosses suggest that the manuscript was used...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

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