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151. Harley MS 176

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 176
Title:
Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae
Scope & Content:
Guido delle Colonne ['de Columnis' or 'de Columna'], Historia destructionis Troiae (A History of the Destruction of Troy) or Historia troiana, in 35 books with a prologue and epilogue. Explicit: 'Factum est autem presens opus Anno dominice incarnacionis millesimo ducentesimo octuagesimo septimo ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

152. Harley MS 177

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 177
Title:
Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r–84r: Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica. Abbreviated text, α-recension, omitting most non-historical content. Decoration: Numerous marginal drawings in brown ink of animals, birds, fish, people, hybrid creatures, and a dog chasing a rabbit (f. 11v). 2 puzzle initials in red and brown...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

153. Harley MS 178

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 178
Title:
Anselm of Canterbury, Meditationes
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–93v: Anselm of Canterbury, Meditationes. Decoration: Numerous puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing and infill in red and some blue; infill frequently includes trifoliate leaf motifs; tendrils of pen-flourishing frequently end in heart-shaped leaf. Rubrics in red. Capital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

154. Harley MS 179

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 179
Title:
Regulae grammaticales
Scope & Content:
f. 1v: Paper fragment pasted to the leaf, with a list of grammarians and their dates, attributing the text to William Heytesbury. ff. 2r–196v: Regulae grammaticales, ‘Omnia nomina latina terminantia …’. The passage beginning on f. 76v is recopied on an inserted paper leaf (f. 77), ‘Precianus di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

155. Harley MS 181

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 181
Title:
Ars Notoria
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains three texts of the Ars Notoria, including a set of prayers, holy and angelic names, diagrams and rituals used to gain knowledge and understanding by supernatural revelation, apparently as revealed by God to Solomon. Contents: ff. 1r-17v: Ars Memorativa, beginning: 'Yf ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

156. Harley MS 182

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 182
Title:
Notebook of Simonds D’Ewes
Scope & Content:
Manuscript notebook of Simonds D’Ewes. Collected extracts from Latin authors, and passages in Latin, including some draft letters. Contents: ff. 2-21: Draft indexes, each folio marked into 3 columns, with letter headings in alphabetical order (apparently unrelated to the text of the notebook)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1618?
Extent:
1 volume

157. Harley MS 183

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 183
Title:
Law notes
Scope & Content:
Small manuscript book of notes in Law French on legal matters, with contents arranged under various headings. Simonds D’Ewes' name appears on the final folio, and his hand occurs at places in the manuscript. An earlier foliation has many gaps, suggesting that the manuscript was formerly part of a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

158. Harley MS 184

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 184
Title:
Law commonplace book
Scope & Content:
Manuscript book of legal notes, in Law French, arranged in alphabetical sections, in the hand of Simonds D’Ewes. Entries arranged alphabetically: only sections from A to E present in the volume. Table of legal books of authority on folio 1v. The Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the Brit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

159. Harley MS 185

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 185
Title:
Latin verse and prose by Simonds D’Ewes, with some goods inventories of Paul D’Ewes
Scope & Content:
Various Latin poetic works, essays, and exercises written by Simonds D’Ewes as a boy, with some Greek. Includes a section of inventories of household goods in the hand of his father, Paul D’Ewes (ff. 39-44). Contents: f. 1: Decorative title page for Acta Apostulorum, a Latin poem on the Acts of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1615-1618
Extent:
1 volume

160. Harley MS 186

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 186
Title:
Notebook of Simonds D'Ewes
Scope & Content:
Manuscript notebook of Simonds D’Ewes, chiefly genealogical notes on the life of his grandfather Garrat (Geerhard) D’Ewes and other relatives. Includes ‘Notae quaedam ex Francisci Modij Juris Consultus Brugensis Pandectis Triumphalibus sumptis’, selections from the Pandectae Triumphales (1586) by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1620s
Extent:
1 volume

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