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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4913, ff 112r-113r
Title:
Scope & Content:: [Ovid], De sompnio (in the MS as De Somno). Inc. Nox erat et placido capiebam pectore somnum.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4913, ff 114r-119v
Title:
Scope & Content:: Pius II, Papal Bull initiating the Congress of Mantua. Inc. Vocavit nos pius et misericors deus.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 119 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4914
Title:: Alexander of Tralles, Therapeutics, books I-III
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-316v: Books I-III of a Latin translation of the Therapeutics [or 'Twelve Books of Medicine'] by the Byzantine physician Alexander of Tralles [Trallianus] (b. c. 525, d. c. 605), here named: 'Alexander Yatros'. Each book is preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1r-4v; ff. 112v-11...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4916
Title:: Diodorus Siculus, Historia, translated by Jacopo de S. Cassiano of Cremona for Nicholas V
Scope & Content:: This manuscript was written in 1469 by Michel Laurenti in Rome and contains the History of Diodorus Siculus in the translation made by Jacopo de S. Cassiano of Cremona for Pope Nicholas V. Contents: ff. 2r-209r: Diodorus Siculus, Historia, translated by Jacopo de S. Cassiano of Cremona, preced...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1469
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4917
Title:: Marcus Tullius Cicero, De la vieillesse (De Senectute) and De l'amitié (De Amicitia) translated by Laurent du Premierfait
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains Laurent du Premierfait's translation of Cicero's De Senectute and De Amicitia. It was written around 1470 in Rouen and decorated by an artist of the circle of the Master of the Echevinage of Rouen. Contents: ff. 1r-108v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, De la vieillesse (De Sene...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: c 1470
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4919
Title:: Noted Missal, use of Sarum
Scope & Content:: Noted Missal, use of Sarum, imperfect. ff. 1r-6v: Calendar. ff. 7r:-226v: Temporale. ff. 226v-229v: Mass for the dedication of the church. ff. 229v-293v: Sanctorale. ff. 293v-338v: Common of the Saints with votive masses (ff. 221v-338v). Decoration: Full bar borders and initials in colou...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1390-c 1400
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4920
Title:: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistolae
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-150r: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistolae. Decoration: Full border in colours and gold with a coat of arms, supported by two angels, and an historiated initial in colours and gold with a man at a lecturn (f. 1r). Partial border with rinceaux decoration, a quadripartite square in...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1450-1464
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4922
Title:: Marcus Junianus Justinus, Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-127r: Marcus Junianus Justinus (Justin), Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi. Decoration: Historiated initial with a man in profile combined with a full foliate border with birds, coats of arms, a lion and putti (f. 1r). 42 white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 7r, 16r, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1450-1466
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4926
Title:: Coats of arms of English families
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-73v: Coats of arms with crests (4 per page) of English families; mostly dated between c. 1560-1600. ff. 74r-75v: An alphabetical index of surnames included in this manuscript. Decoration: Coats of arms, tricked in black ink, some with red and yellow highlights.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4929
Title:: Cicero, De Officiis, De Amicitia, and De Senectute
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-26r: Cicero, De Officiis, books 1-3; imperfect at the beginning. ff. 26v-37v: Cicero, De Amicitia. ff. 38r-46r: Cicero, De Senectute. f. 46v: Index of chapters. Decoration: Large blue initials in frames of red penwork. Capitals (1-line) highlighted in red. Paraphs in re...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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