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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 333
Title:: Constitutiones Clementinae
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-23r: Constitutiones Clementinae, with marginal notes in various hands.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 335
Title:: A collection of ecclesiastical constitutions and statutes mainly issued by the Archbishops of Canterbury from 1201 to 1413
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-111v: A collection of ecclesiastical constitutions and statutes mainly issued by the Archbishops of Canterbury from 1201 to 1413, and written in several hands. Decoration: Initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. 'Champ' initial in colours and gold with spray a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 337, ff 1r-11r
Title:: A fragment from a cartulary from the Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-11r: A fragment from a cartulary from the Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, (imperfect), including: Pope Innocent III, confirmation of privilege given at the Abbey (ff. 1r-2v), beginning: 'Innocentius episcopus servus servorum dei Hugoni abbati monasterii Sanctorum...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 337

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

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 337, ff 72r-v
Title:: Pseudo-Hippocrates, Capsula Eburnea; Pseudo-Hippocrates, Indicia valetudinum
Scope & Content:: Contents: These two anonymous texts deal with medical prognostics and indications of illnesses. ff. 72r-v: Pseudo-Hippocrates, Capsula Eburnea (Ivory Chest), beginning: 'Peritissimus omnium domestica sapientia in omnibus corporibus', ending: 'scias eum vivere egrotum'. f. 72v: Pseudo-Hippocr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 337

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 338
Title:: English historical collection, mainly written by Sampson Erdeswick and John Joscelin
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1*recto: A request to John Stow for drawing the descent of Herleva by Henry Savile of Banke (b. 1568, d. 1617). ff. 1*verso-1r: Notes on the descent of Herleva [Arlette], mother of William the Conqueror; by Sampson Erdeswicke (d. 1603). ff. 2r, 3r, 4r: Notes on the charter and ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1590-1611
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 339
Title:: Papers of Sir Simonds D'Ewes
Scope & Content:: Quarto manuscript volume containing various papers of Sir Simonds D'Ewes. Contents: ff. 1-2v: 'A breife meaning of God's law', seemingly written by Simonds D'Ewes as a school boy to his mother, along with other notes in English and Latin. ff. 3-3v: Part of a letter from Simonds D'Ewes to a cler...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1547-1650?
Extent:: 1 volume

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