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531. Egerton MS 2167

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2167
Title:
"JOURNALS of Simon Clements," etc., viz.-"Of what I found remarkable in my travailing with my Lord Peterborow to Vienna;" 13 Jan.-25 Feb. 1710[1], f. 2;-"Of my travails into ye Lower Hungary, Sclavonia, Croatia, Frium, Carniola and Stiria;" 19 July-30 Sept. 1715, f. 12;-"Of my travels from Vienna through Austria, Bavaria, the Upper and Lower Saxony and Westphalia, into Holland;" 11 Nov. 1715-1 Feb. 1716, f. 30. Autograph. See Sloane MS. 3,811. Paper. Small Quarto.
Scope & Content:
Germany, General: Travels by S. Clements: 1710-1716. Voyages and Travels: In Austria, Germany, etc., by S. Clements: 1710-1716. Sclavonia: Travels in, by S. Clements: 1715. Simon Clements: Journal of his travels in Germany and Austria: 1710-1716. includes: f. 2 Charles Mordaunt, 1st Earl ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1710-1716
Extent:
1 item

532. Harley MS 1725

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1725
Title:
Hildegard von Bingen, Collectio epistolarum and other texts
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an extensive collection of letters and other Latin works by Hildegard von Bingen (b. c. 1098, d. 1179), a German Benedictine abbess, polymath and medieval mystic. The volume is an early 16th-century copy of the Wiesbaden Codex, also known as the 'Riesencodex' (now Wiesbaden,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

533. Harley MS 1891

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1891
Title:
Hans Lencker, Perspectiva (Nuremberg: Gerlass, 1571); German treatises on gauging and perspective
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-36r: A printed work by Hans Lencker, Perspectiva: Hierinnen auffs kürtzte beschrieben / mit exempeln eröffnet und an tag gegeben wird / ein newer besonder kurtzer / doch gerechter unnd sehr leichter weg / wie allerley ding/ es seyen Corpora / Gebew / oder was möglich zu erdenck...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1571-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

534. Harley MS 2429

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2429
Title:
A German-Latvian dictionary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-48v: A German-Latvian dictionary with example sentences, entitled: ‘Vocabularium Germanico-Curlandicum’ (f. 1r) or ‘Lellipses Wörter-Büchlein’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German and Latvian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

535. Harley MS 2430

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2430
Title:
German prayer-book
Scope & Content:
This prayer-book presents a carefully designed programme of devotional exercises and prayers contemplating Christ’s suffering for a female reader who is identified as a servant in a household. The prayer-book’s compiler seeks to engage its female reader with the contents by using a range of imag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

536. Harley MS 2475

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2475
Title:
Petrarch, Vita Terentii; Publius Terentius Afer, Comoediae, with prologues and arguments; Sallust, De coniuratione Catilinae and De Bello Jugurthino; Cicero, Orationes; Vegetius, De re militari
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of works by Classical authors, including Cicero, Sallust, Vegetius, and the playwright Publius Terentius Afer (b. c. 195/185, d. c. 159 BC), commonly known as Terence. Contents: ff. 1r-2r: Petrarch, Vita Terentii (Life of Terence), imperfect at the begin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

537. Harley MS 2489

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2489
Title:
Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses; Fasti
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-201r: Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses, with commentary. ff. 202r-202v: An incomplete Roman calendar with Roman Gods/festivals (January-June). ff. 203r-285r: Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti. Decoration: Large initial in pink and brown ink with acanthus leaves and a hybrid dra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

538. Harley MS 2505

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2505
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-150r: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares. ff. 150r-150v: Fabritius and Emilius, letter to Pyrrhus; ending with the colophon: 'Per manus Johannis de Westphalia'. ff. 150v-151r: Ovid, De Pulice (The Flea). ff. 151r-151v: 'Carmen illustris quondam ducis Mediolani...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

539. Harley MS 2562

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2562
Title:
Vita Terentii; Terence, Comoediae
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Vita Terentii. f. 1v: Argumentum fabulae Andriae. ff. 2r-277v: Terence, Comoediae; including Andria, Eunuchus, Heauton Timoroumenos, Hecyra, Phormio, Adelphi, and versuum distinctione; imperfect at the end. Decoration: Large initials in red. Abbreviations of protagonis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1469
Extent:
1 volume

540. 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

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