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391. Harley MS 486

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 486
Title:
English miscellany of historical papers; an alchemical poem; copies from testaments; rentals; a tract on fasting; notes of a sermon
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: Ex Fastis Idatianis ab exordio Neronis usque ad Aurelianum. ff. 2r-10v: Descriptio consulum ex quo primum ordinati sunt; followed by another list of Roman consuls ‘Ex Fastis Idatij’. ff. 11r-15r: Historical notes about England, partially in the hand of John Stow, beginning ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
first quarter of the 16th century-first quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

392. Harley MS 487

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 487
Title:
A Psalter with the Hours of the Holy Spirit
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar with astronomical information; featuring additional saints added in the late 15th- or early 16th-century. ff. 7r-177r: The Psalter. ff. 177r-193v: Canticles, hymns and Athanasian creed (Quicumque Vult). ff. 193v-200v: Litany and prayers; featuring St Bridget ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

393. Harley MS 488

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 488
Title:
Robertus de Tumbalena, Commentary on the Song of Songs; Rule of St Benedict
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-52r: Robertus de Tumbalena (Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of St Vigor of Bayeux), Commentary on the Song of Songs. ff. 52r-84r: Rule of St Benedict Decoration: 1 initial in gold (f. 1r). 1 initial in green with penwork decoration in green and red (f. 54v). Some large and s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

394. Harley MS 489

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 489
Title:
Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-153v: Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton. Decoration: Small initials in blue, some with pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

395. Harley MS 490

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 490
Title:
Walter of Bibbesworth, Tretiz de langage
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-31v: Walter of Bibbesworth (b. 1235, d. 1270), Tretiz de langage, imperfect at the beginning and end, also known as 'Aprise de franceis', 'Femme' and Femina.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

396. Harley MS 492

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 492
Title:
Alanus de Rupe, De Planctu Naturae; Richard de Bury, Philobiblon
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-54v: Alanus de Rupe, De Planctu Naturae. ff. 55r-95r: Richard de Bury [here attributed to Robert Holcot], Philobiblon. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 1*r-1*v: An endleaf from a legal manuscript, written in the 14th century. ff. 1r*, 96v: Latin inscription...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

397. Harley MS 493/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 493/1
Title:
Statuta Angliae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first of two volumes (the other is Harley MS 493/1) containing the Statuta Angliae (The Statutes of England). Contents: ff. 2r-289v: Statuta Angliae. [f. 1r is blank]. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Paragraph signs in red and blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

398. Harley MS 493/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 493/2
Title:
Statuta Angliae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the second of two volumes (the other is Harley MS 493/1) containing the Statuta Angliae (The Statutes of England). Contents: ff. 1r-218v: Statuta Angliae. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Paragraph signs in red and blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

399. Harley MS 495

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 495
Title:
Theological miscellany
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a miscellany of tales, sermons and short treatises. Contents: ff. 1r-3r: Excerpt from the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth concerning Merlin, ending, '...proferrem taceret spiritus qui me docet nec aliter ualerem loqui quam ceteri homines. Hec sunt s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
First half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

400. Harley MS 496

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 496
Title:
? Elyās Yūsof Neẓāmī Ganjavī Eskandar, Eskandar-nāmeh (Book of Alexander the Great)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was recorded missing since before 1825. The contents according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'Codex in chartris bombycinis elegantissime scriptus, atq; more Persarum illuminatus, circa A.D. 1580. sc. Eskanderia, sive Libri v Poematum celeberrimi Poetæ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
c 1580
Extent:
1 volume

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