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1. Harley MS 2882

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2882
Title:
Prayerbook
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-61r: A collection of prayers, in both prose and verse, written in several different hands, now imperfect (folios lacking between f. 35 and 36 and between ff. 55 and 56). Includes prayers to: the Virgin Mary, St John, John the Baptist, St Peter, St Paul, the Trinity, St Stephen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century - 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 6551

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6551
Title:
Prayer book
Scope & Content:
This composite prayer book consists of two parts. The first part (ff. 1-4) was written in the late 14th century. The second one (ff. 5-43) was written in the first half of the 15th century. Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Exposition on Psalm 50, entitled: 'Incipit Exposicio psalmi subsequentis'; beginni...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 2807

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2807
Title:
Bible (without the Psalms)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-336r: Bible (without the Psalms); The Prologue to Esdras (f. 129v) is immediately followed by Proverbs, Esdras begins on f. 240 after another prologue on f. 239v (following Esther). Numbered subdivisions in the Gospels. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 1r-2r: Post...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 1663

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1663
Title:
Book of Hours (Use of York)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar. ff. 7r-46v: The Hours of the Virgin Mary. ff. 47r-58v: The Seven Penitential Psalms. ff. 58v-69r: Litany of Saints, followed by several prayers. ff. 70r-122r: Office of the Dead, featuring musical notation: black neumes on four-line red staves. ff. 123r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 1022

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1022
Title:
A miscellany of religious prose and verse
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A tract on the nativity of John the Baptist (Latin). f. 1v: A short account of a ‘John the Hermit’ (Latin). f. 1v: The nun Eulalia whom the Virgin Mary asked to say the Ave more slowly (Latin). f. 1v: A priest who saw a woman clad in demons, translated from Caesarius of He...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390-c 1425
Extent:

1 volume

6. Harley MS 3641

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3641
Title:
William of Malmesbury, Gesta pontificum Anglorum, imperfect
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-95r: William of Malmesbury, Gesta pontificum Anglorum, imperfect. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r: 3 unfoliated parchment pastedowns, 2 with Harleian shelfmarks ('117. C. 17 / 3641' and '31/V C') and 1 inscribed by Humfrey Wanley: 'Hunc Codicem pervetustem Lond...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 3864

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3864
Title:
Bede, In epistolas catholicas
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-92v: Bede, In epistolas catholicas; with marginal notes by Symeon of Durham (fl. c. 1090–c. 1128), Benedictine monk and historian. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1v: A title inscription: 'Epistola [added: Iacobi]'; added in the 12th century. f. 1v: A title ins...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 1503

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1503
Title:
Collection of coats of arms of English kings, earls, nobility and gentry, and kings of the world
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-92v: Collection of coats of arms (16 per page) of English kings, earls, nobility and gentry; and kings of the world, among whom are many attributed arms such as those of Prester John. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: Coats of arms and ownership inscriptions o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 6718

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6718
Title:
Collection of sermons; tract on the Pater Noster from William of Nassyngton’s Speculum Vitae; treatise on making testaments
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three distinct parts that were produced separately in England in the 15th century. Part 1 (ff. 2-15) contains a collection of Latin sermons with occasional quotations in Middle English. Part 2 (ff. 16-33), contains a Middle English verse commentary on th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 4172

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4172
Title:
Collection of theological texts, including the Sacerdos parochialis and De Festis Duplicibus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains various items that appear to have been compiled for the use of a priest. The first part (ff. 1r-63r) contains one of the seven extant copies of the Sacerdos parochialis, a manual for parish priests in Middle English and Latin, including tracts on the Pater noster, Ave Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume