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511. Harley MS 651, ff 1-184

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 651, ff 1-184
Title:
Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronici Canones; St Jerome, Continuation of Eusebius; Prosper of Aquitaine, Epitoma Chronicorum; Sigebert of Gembloux, Chronica; Robert de Torigni, Chronica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r–57v: Eusebius of Caesarea (b. c. 260, d. 339), Bishop of Caesarea, Chronici Canones (Chronological Canons), translated by St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), with his prologue; ending ‘Huc usque historiam scribit eusebius pamphili martiris contubermalis [sic]; cui nos ista subiecimus’...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 651

512. Harley MS 651, ff 185-191

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 651, ff 185-191
Title:
Lists of ecclesiastical provinces, dioceses, cities, churches and offices
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 185r–191v: Lists of ecclesiastical provinces, dioceses and their cities, the churches of Rome, offices for cardinals, cardinal deacons, (arch)bishops, and patriarchs. Decoration: Numerous initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. 1 small initial in red with violet pen-flourish...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 651

513. Harley MS 651, ff 192-196

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 651, ff 192-196
Title:
Chronicle from the creation of the world to 1384; England from Alfred to Richard II (with continuations); Names of the kings of Britain and the Heptarchy; Miracle at the shrine of Our Lady of Ipswich
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 192r–193v: Chronicle from Creation to 1384. ff. 193v–194r: Series of kings of England from Alfred to Richard II, continued up to Edward VI by a different hand, writing in Middle English (lower margin of f. 194r). f. 194v: Names of the kings of Britain and of the Anglo-Saxons in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 651

514. Harley MS 653

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 653
Title:
Henry Bratton [Bracton], De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-212v: Henry Bratton [Bracton] (d. 1268), De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae, imperfect at the end. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 1v-2r: A table of contents, added in the 14th century. f. 2v: Notes about marriages, issue and obits concerning nine fam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

515. Harley MS 654

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 654
Title:
Eutropius, Historiae Romanae; Orosius, Historiae adversus paganos
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-20v: Eutropius, Historiae Romanae. ff. 20v-31r: Additions of Paul the Deacon to Eutropius. ff. 31v: List of Roman emperors. ff. 31v-96r: Orosius, Historiae contra paganos. The manuscript contains a few additions: Annotations in several 16th and 17th-century hands throu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

516. Harley MS 655

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 655
Title:
Ranulf Higden Polychronicon, to 1345, with additions including the Vita Merlini
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-13r: Alphabetical index to the Polychronicon. Incipit: 'Ad sub sequentis tabule noticiam . considerentur primo numeri foliorum'. the index includes references by book and chapter, and ends partway down column 1 of f. 13r, leaving the rest of the page ruled but blank. Explicit:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
last quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

517. Harley MS 656

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 656
Title:
Henry Bratton (Bracton), De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-11r: A table of contents. ff. 12r-315r: Henry Bratton [Bracton] (d. 1268), justice and supposed author of the legal treatise known as Bracton, De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae, Books I-V. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: Three small pastedowns with var...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 volume

518. Harley MS 657

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 657
Title:
A copy of Fleta, transcribed by Simonds D'Ewes
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a copy of Fleta, a treatise originally written around 1290 on the common law of England. This manuscript copy was transcribed by Simonds D'Ewes from Cotton MS Julius B VIII. Contents: f. 1*: Illustrated title page, on vellum. ff. 2*-2*v: 'Prolegomena'. ff. 3*-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

519. Harley MS 659

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 659
Title:
Peter Lombard, Commentary on the Pauline Epistles
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-252r: Peter Lombard, Commentary on the Pauline Epistles. Decoration: Large and medium puzzle initials and initials in blue or red, with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing in combinations of blue, red, green and yellow (ff. 2r, 3r, 66r, 108v, 133r, 153r, 166v, 176r, 185r,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

520. Harley MS 662

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 662
Title:
Cartulary of Little Dunmow Priory
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: Letter from William Nicolson to Humfrey Wanley. ff. 3r–5r: Memoranda, added in the 14th century. ff. 6r–113v: General cartulary, arranged topographically. Includes copies of royal and episcopal charters, mainly in the first section for Little Dunmow. ff. 114r–130v: Miscellaneous additi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

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