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1. Harley MS 337, ff 12r-31v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 337, ff 12r-31v
Title:
William of Waddington, Manuel de Pechiez (‘The Harleian Roll’)
Scope & Content:
ff. 12r-31v: William of Waddington, Manuel de Pechiez, imperfect, also known as 'The Harleian Roll' for the series of shields painted around 1314 in the upper margins of the leaves (only 161 surviving). Decoration: The shields may have been painted in the upper margins around 1314, according t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 337

2. Harley MS 337, ff 32r-53v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 337, ff 32r-53v
Title:
Sentences on the Scripture with numerous extracts from Origen's Homilies
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 32r-53v: Sentences on the Scripture borrowing extracts from Origen, Homilia super Leviticum (Homily on Leviticus), Homilia super Genesim (Homily on Genesis), Homilia super Exodum (Homily on Exodus), Homilia in Jeremiam (Homily on Jeremiah), including extracts from Gregory the Grea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 337

3. Harley MS 337, ff 54r-71v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 337, ff 54r-71v
Title:
Innocent III, De contemptu mundi; Expositio super Missam
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 54r-65v: Innocent III, De contemptu mundi (On the contempt of the world), beginning with Book 1, chapter 20, beginning: 'Militia est ergo vita hominis super terram', followed by a table of contents of the 3 books of De contemptu mundi (f. 57r), including a short summary for every ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 337

4. Harley MS 3020, ff 1-35

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3020, ff 1-35
Title:
Bede, Homiliae in Evangelia, Historia Abbatum; Vita Sanctissimi Ceolfridi
Scope & Content:
The Life of Ceolfrid contains an account of the making of Ceolfrid's three great pandects (f. 27r). The Life, written by an anonymous monk, survives in only two manuscripts. Harley MS 3020 is the earliest (see Backhouse, The Making of England (1991)). Contents: ff. 1r-6r: Bede, Homiliae in Eva...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10th century-11th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 3020

5. Harley MS 4980, ff 1-2v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 1-2v
Title:
Fragment from Augustine, De civitate Dei
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-v: St Augustine, De civitate Dei (City of God), Book 16 chapter 8 to 16. Decoration: A quire signature (f. 2v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 8th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980

6. Harley MS 4980, ff 3-75

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 3-75
Title:
Bede, Expositio actuum apostolorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r–75v: Bede, Expositio actuum apostolorum (Commentary on Acts), beginning imperfectly: '[...] postulationis contempneretur auctoritas'. Decoration: Initials highlighted in red (oxidised) or/and yellow. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980

7. Harley MS 4980, ff 76-143

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 76-143
Title:
Alcuin, De fide Sanctae Trinitatis et de incarnatione Christi; Invocatio ad Sanctam Trinitatem; Questiones de Sancta Trinitate; De animae ratione: liber ad Eulaliam virginem
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 76r-123r: Alcuin, De fide Sanctae Trinitatis et de incarnatione Christi (On faith in the Holy Trinity and on the incarnation of Christ), preceded by the dedicatory epistle (ff. 76v-78v) and capitula (ff. 78v-80v). ff. 123v-126r: Alcuin, Invocatio ad Sanctam Trinitatem (Invocation...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980