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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Place Italy

131. Harley MS 4929

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4929
Title:
Cicero, De Officiis, De Amicitia, and De Senectute
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-26r: Cicero, De Officiis, books 1-3; imperfect at the beginning. ff. 26v-37v: Cicero, De Amicitia. ff. 38r-46r: Cicero, De Senectute. f. 46v: Index of chapters. Decoration: Large blue initials in frames of red penwork. Capitals (1-line) highlighted in red. Paraphs in re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

1 volume

132. Harley MS 5006

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5006
Title:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Tragoediae and Epistulae morales; Pseudo-Seneca, Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-30v: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Tragoediae. ff. 31r- 76v: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae morales preceded by Pseudo-Seneca, Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam. ff. 77r-78v: a fragment of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Tragoediae. Decoration: 6 initials in colours and go...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

133. Harley MS 5020

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5020
Title:
A history of Venice from the year 695 to 1478
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-225r: A history of Venice from the year 695 to 1478; with an account of the origins of the city's families. f. 226v: Additions to the history of Venice for the year 1577.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1577
Extent:
1 volume

134. Harley MS 5198

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5198
Title:
Persius, Satires; Claudian, De raptu Proserpinae; Ovid, De Philomena; Latin epigrams; Virgil, Moretum; Maffeo Vegio, Astyanax; Ovid, Epistula Sapphus ad Phaonem; Homer, Batrachomyomachia; Donatus, De barbarisimo; Agostino Dati, Elegantiolae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-15r: Persius, Satires. ff. 15r-39r: Claudian, De raptu Proserpinae. ff. 39r-40v: Ovid (here attributed), De Philomena. ff. 40v-42r: Latin epigrams, including (among others): 'Maro ad augustum Caesarem'; 'Supplicat Cornelius Gallus ad Augustum ne comburatur Aeneis'; 'Suppl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1430-c 1500
Extent:
1 volume

135. Harley MS 5204

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5204
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Somnium Scipionis; Macrobius, Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis; with added Latin verses by Petrarch
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Somnium Scipionis (Dream of Scipio), the sixth book of De re publica by the Roman statesman and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC). It is followed by a commentary on the text by the Roman author Macrobius. The volume features marginal an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

136. Harley MS 5205

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5205
Title:
Lucidarium Philosophi eximii
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-64r: Lucidarium Philosophi eximii, a tract on divinity in the form of a dialogue between a master and his scholar. Decoration: Initials in red with red penwork decoration. Rubrics and paraphs in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

137. Harley MS 5209

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5209
Title:
Albius Tibullus, Elegiae; Pseudo-Ovidius, Sappho; Lactantius Firmianus, De ave Phoenice; Pseudo-Virgilius, Moretum; Publius Ovidius Maro, Epistulae ex Ponto
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-43r: Albius Tibullus, Elegiae. ff. 43v-48r: Pseudo-Ovidius, Sappho. ff. 48v-52r: Lactantius Firmianus, De ave Phoenice. ff. 52v-54v: Pseudo-Virgilius, Moretum. ff. 55r-78v: Publius Ovidius Maro, Epistulae ex Ponto.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

138. Harley MS 5216

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5216
Title:
Julius Sextus Frontinus, De Aquaeductu urbis Romae; Diogenes Laërtius, Vitae philosophorum (fragment); letter by Leonardo Bruni to Panormita (fragment)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38v, 47r-52r: Julius Sextus Frontinus, De Aquaeductu urbis Romae. ff. 39r-43v: Fragment (concluding part) of an abridged translation of Diogenes Laërtius, Vitae philosophorum. ff. 44r-45r: An alphabetical index for the preceding work. ff. 46r-46v: A fragment of a letter b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

139. Harley MS 5224

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5224
Title:
Publius Terentius Afer, Comoediae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-150r: Publius Terentius Afer, Comoediae. Decoration: Initials in red and black ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

140. Harley MS 5246

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5246
Title:
Sextus Propertius, Monobiblos
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-86v: Sextus Propertius [here referred to as ‘Aurelius Propertius Nauta’], Monobiblos; ending with the colophon: 'Hoc tibi sume pater transcriptum Paule volumen / Quod tibi perpetuum nostri fore pignus amoris / Obsecro materia quando sunt vatis erotes / [...] Amor amonia vincit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume