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3241. Harley MS 5114

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5114
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De legibus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-226v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, De legibus. Decoration: 12 large white vine initials in gold, red, green and blue, some with bird or animal heads (ff. 1r, 9r, 21r, 30r, 61r, 80r, 106v, 122r, 144r, 167v, 191v, 206v). The initial 'P'(ublium) on f. 206v features a gold dragon's hea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1420-c 1430
Extent:
1 volume

3242. Harley MS 5117

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5117
Title:
Justinian, Codex and Tres libri
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is composed of two parts: a copy of Justinian's Codex (ff. 3r-199v) datable to the 1st half of the 12th century; Justinian's Tres libri Codicis (ff. 200r-239r) copied in the last quarter of the 12th century. It also includes three additions of the early 13th century: a table ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century-Early 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

3243. Harley MS 5117, f 139v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5117, f 139v
Title:
Libri feudorum, fragment
Scope & Content:
Libri feudorum, fragment including two laws of the Diet of Roncaglia, promulgated by Frederick I in 1157: Constitutio 'Imperialem decet sollertiam' (LF.2.53), and Constitutio 'Hac edictali lege' de pace (LF.2.55); with glosses (edited by Meijers 1959). Decoration: 1 puzzle initial in red and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 folio.

3244. Harley MS 5117, ff 3r-199v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5117, ff 3r-199v
Title:
Justinian, Codex
Scope & Content:
Justinian, Codex, incipit (rubric): 'In nomine nostri iesu christi codicis domini iustiniani repetite prelectionis liber primus incipit. R. de novo codice componendo R.'; preface: Constitution 'Hec que necessario', incipit: '[I]mperator Iustinianus as senatem. [h]ec que necessario'; in 9 books (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
197 folios.

3245. Harley MS 5117, ff 200r-239r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5117, ff 200r-239r
Title:
Justinian, Tres libri Codicis
Scope & Content:
Justinian, Tres libri Codicis (i.e. Codex, books 10-12), incipit (rubric): 'Incipit liber X de fiscis', (text): 'Si prius quam fisci '; with some glosses by the scribe of the main text and several other glosses attributed to Placentinus, Iohannes, Albericus, Cyprianus and Rogerius (see Dolezalek...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
240 folios.

3246. Harley MS 5118

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5118
Title:
Expositio in IV libri Regum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-193r: Expositio in IV libri Regum, a commentary on the Old Testament books of Kings. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 1*r-3*v, 195r-198v: Hitherto unidentified fragments of the Summa logicae et philosophiae naturalis that John Dumbleton (d. ? 1349), a natural phil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3247. Harley MS 5127

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5127
Title:
Tracts on the characters of princes and notable persons; a history of tenures in England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-62r: ‘Breife Characters, and Descriptions of Some Moderne Princes and other Persons and the time of their Birth and Death. Also, A Short glance upon their Conditions, Qualities, and Fortunes – Collected out of severall Authors – By R.D.’; beginning with ‘Ferdinand the 2nd Empe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

3248. Harley MS 5128

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5128
Title:
Dictionary of canon law
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-438v: A dictionary of canon law, beginning: 'Quoniam memoria hominum labilis'. Decoration: 2 large initials in pink, green, and blue with floral and foliate motifs (ff. 1r, 53v). 1 large historiated initial in colours (f. 65v). 15 large initials in red, some with simple flor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3249. Harley MS 5134

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5134
Title:
Britton
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Britton, the earliest summary of the laws of England in French, purportedly written by command of King Edward I and uncertainly attributed to John le Breton [Bretun] [John Brito] (d. 1275), justice and bishop of Hereford. Contents: ff. 2*verso-4*verso: T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

3250. Harley MS 5139

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5139
Title:
Petrus Hispanus, Thesaurus Pauperum, in an anonymous Italian translation; alchemical and medical recipes; fragment of the Livre de Sydrac
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an anonymous Italian translation of the Thesaurus pauperum (Treasury of the poor), a comprehensive medical manual of diseases and remedies by Petrus Hispanus (or Peter of Spain), traditionally identified with the Portuguese scholar and ecclesiastic Peter Juliani (b. c. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Italian
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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