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961. Harley MS 3969, ff 225r-231v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3969, ff 225r-231v
Title:
Hieronimus, Epistola ad Helvidium
Scope & Content:
Decoration: Large puzzle initial 'N'(uper) in red and blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs, at the beginning of the text (f. 225r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
7 folios.

962. Harley MS 4114

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4114
Title:
Jacques Despars, Commentary on Avicenna, Canon Medicine
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the commentary by Jacques Despars (c. 1380-1458), regent master of medicine at the University of Paris, on the Canon Medicine, Book 3, Fen iv-vi by Ibn Sīnā, Abú 'Ali Al-Husain ibn 'Abd Allah (Avicenna) (d. 1037), in its Latin translation by Gerardus Cremonensis (Gerard of Cr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1486
Extent:

195 folios.

963. Harley MS 4205

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4205
Title:
'Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms': anonymous verses on the kings of England, to Henry VI; Military Roll of Arms; Legh's Men of Arms
Scope & Content:
'Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms'. This manuscript, together with two other manuscripts (London, British Library, Add. 45133 and London, Guildhall Library, Print Room (s.n.)) is known as 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book' because his arms appear in two of these manuscripts (the present volume (f. i recto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1445-1524
Extent:
1 paper codex, 112 + i folios

964. Harley MS 4235

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4235
Title:
Thomas Hobbes, The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
Scope & Content:
The Elements of Law, a treatise on political theory and the origins of the state, was completed by Thomas Hobbes on 9 May 1640 (see f. 2v), dedicated to William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle, and distributed in manuscript copies produced by professional scribes. The manuscript includes: a t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640
Extent:
1 volume

965. Harley MS 4236

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4236
Title:
Thomas Hobbes, The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
Scope & Content:
The Elements of Law, a treatise on political theory and the origins of the state, was completed by Thomas Hobbes on 9 May 1640 (see f. 2v), dedicated to William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle, and distributed in several manuscript copies produced by professional scribes. Another copy manuscrip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640
Extent:
1 volume

966. Harley MS 4241

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4241
Title:
Aristotle, Metaphysica
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, Metaphysica. Decoration: Initials in red or blue at the beginning of chapters.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1450-1464
Extent:
88 folios.

967. Harley MS 4324

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4324
Title:
Guy du Faur, Les Quatrains and Les Cinquante octonaires sur la vanité et inconstance du monde, written by Esther Inglis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Les Quatrains and Les Cinquante octonaires sur la vanité et inconstance du monde, two poetic works by Guy de Faur (b. 1529, d. 1584), Seigneur de Pibrac, written by the English calligrapher and artist Esther Inglis (b. 1570/71, d. 1624) in 1614. The manuscript features...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1614
Extent:
1 volume

968. Harley MS 4335

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4335
Title:
Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (Book I)
Scope & Content:
Le livre de Boece de Consolacion, Book 1, with prologues and table of contents. This is the first volume of a five-volume set (Harley MSS 4335-4339) containing Boethius, Philosophiae consolatio (The Consolation of Philosophy), with an anonymous French verse-prose translation. Each chapter in L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1477
Extent:

1 volume

969. Harley MS 4336

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4336
Title:
Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (Book II)
Scope & Content:
Contents: This is the second volume of a five-volume set (Harley MSS 4335-4339) containing Boethius, Philosophiae consolatio (The Consolation of Philosophy), with an anonymous French verse-prose translation. Each chapter in Latin (alternating verse and prose) is followed by a commentary in Lati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1477
Extent:

1 volume

970. Harley MS 4337

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4337
Title:
Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (Book III)
Scope & Content:
Contents: This is the third volume of a five-volume set (Harley MSS 4335-4339) containing Boethius, Philosophiae consolatio (The Consolation of Philosophy), with an anonymous French verse-prose translation. Each chapter in Latin (alternating verse and prose) is followed by a commentary in Latin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1477
Extent:

1 volume

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