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

41. Harley MS 2627

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2627
Title:
Cicero, De Amicitia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-20r: Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Amicitia (On Friendship). [f. 20v is blank]. Decoration: Large initial in green and blue ink with reserved designs (f. 1r). 4 coloured initials in green ink (ff. 2r, 7r, 11v, 15v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

42. Harley MS 2646

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2646
Title:
Cicero, De Senectute and Paradoxica stoicorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-23r: Cicero, De Senectute (On Old Age), imperfect; ff. 23v-36v: Cicero, Paradoxica stoicorum (Stoic Paradoxes). Decoration: Large initial in gold and colours with acanthus leaves extending into the margins and besants (f. 23v). 2 smaller initials in red with brown pen-flo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

43. Harley MS 2656

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2656
Title:
Terence, Comoediae, with prologues and arguments; Vita Terencii; Epitaphium Terencii
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a 12th-century copy of six comedies written by the playwright Publius Terentius Afer (b. c. 195/185, d. c. 159 BC), also known as Terence. Contents: ff. 1r-69r: Terence, Comoediae, with prologues and arguments, including: ff. 1r-12r: Andria (The Girl from Andros). ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

44. Harley MS 2702

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2702
Title:
Marcus Terentius Varro, De re rustica
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains De re rustica, a work on agriculture by the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro (b. 116 BC, d. 27 BC). Contents: ff. 2r-245r: Marcus Terentius Varro, De re rustica (On agriculture). [ff. 1v and 245v are blank]. Decoration: 1 miniature in colours and gold, depi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Last quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

45. Harley MS 2760

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2760
Title:
Vitruvius, De architectura
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of De architectura (On architecture), a treatise by the Roman author and architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (b. c. 80–70 BC, d. after c. 15 BC). Contents: ff. 1r-77r: Vitruvius, De architectura. f. 77v is blank. Decoration: A diagram of a wind rose in the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

46. Harley MS 2775

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2775
Title:
Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar), written by the Latin grammarian Priscianus Caesariensis (fl. 500), commonly known as Priscian. The work was used as the standard textbook for the study of Latin during the Middle Ages. The text features num...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

47. Harley MS 2781

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2781
Title:
Livy, De secundo bello Punico
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-159r: Titus Livius Patavinus (b. 59 BC, d. AD 17), also known as Livy, De secundo bello Punico (On the second Punic War). Decoration: Small initials in blue and red at the beginning of the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1461
Extent:

1 volume

48. Harley MS 2783

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2783
Title:
Lucan, Pharsalia or De Bello civili
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of De Bello civili (On the Civil War), commonly referred to as the Pharsalia, an epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan (b. 39, d. 69), detailing the civil war between Julius Caesar and the forces of the Roman Senate led by Pompey the Great. Contents: ff. 1r-127r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1466
Extent:

1 volume

49. Harley MS 2792

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2792
Title:
Book of Ezekiel with gloss
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. [ii]r-[ii]v: a gloss on Ezekiel 46. ff. 4r-104r: The Book of Ezekiel with gloss, with prologues by St Gregory the Great (b. c. 540, d. 604), beginning: ‘Prophecie tempora tria sunt’ (ff. 2r-2v); and St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), beginning: ‘Ezechiel propheta cum Ioachim rege Iuda c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1100-c 1175
Extent:
1 volume

50. Harley MS 2794

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2794
Title:
Book of Ezra with gloss
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-55r: The Book of Ezra with gloss.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume