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4091. Harley MS 3950

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3950
Title:
Psalter with Anglo-Norman and Latin verses
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r-v: a prayer to the Wounds of Christ in Latin (beginning 'Sacratissimo capiti tuo et beatissime corone tue'). f. 2r: the Creed in Anglo-Norman French verse (beginning 'Jo crei en Deu verrayement'; ed. Brayer and Bouly de Lesdain, 'Les prières usuelles' (1969), pp. 114-15). f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English., and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

4092. Harley MS 3952

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3952
Title:
John Lydgate, Life of Our Lady; The lamentacione of ladyes for the deth of king Edward IV
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: A table of contents. ff. 2r-105v: John Lydgate, Life of Our Lady. f. 105v: A poem on the death of King Edward IV, entitled ‘for the deth of king Edward the iiijth’; beginning ‘[In Ma]y whan every herte is lyghte’. The manuscript contains a number of additions: f. 105v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4093. Harley MS 3954

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3954
Title:
English miscellany with Mandeville's Travels, Piers Plowman, catechetical texts, and devotional poems.
Scope & Content:
The main part of this miscellany contains catechetical texts, some with exempla and devotional poems about the Passion in Middle English with rubricated headings in Latin. However, the manuscript is especially known for its copy of William Langland's dream-vision Piers Plowman and an illustrated...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Parchment manuscript

4094. Harley MS 3955

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3955
Title:
Virgil, Aeneid
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1 and 133 are a flyleaves made of fragments of book 6 of Justinian's Codex (Italy, late 14th-century) with initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with purple pen-flourishing. f. 2r: Added inscription: Stefanus, early 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber est mei stefa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1385
Extent:
1 volume

4095. Harley MS 3957

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3957
Title:
Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronici canones
Scope & Content:
Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronici canones, title (preface): 'VERBA SANCTISSIMI LITTERARUM PRINCIPIS HIERONIMI ADIURO TE QUICUNQUE HOS DESCRIPSERIS LIBROS...'; rubric: INCIPIT CRONICA EUSEBII HIERONIMI CUM SUPER ADDITIS PROSPERI PRAEFATIO HIERONIMI; incipit: 'Eusebius Hierominus Vincencio et Galieno...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

4096. Harley MS 3958

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3958
Title:
Pseudo-John of Damascus, Liber gestorum Barlaam et Josaphat; Life of St Brendan; sermons by Peter Comestor and others
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: Life of St Alexis [Vita Sancti Alexii]; imperfect (the text is a fragment of the text's end). ff. 1v-103v: Pseudo-John of Damascus (translator), Liber gestorum Barlaam et Josaphat ('Liber gestorum Barlaam et Josaphat servorum dei greco sermone editus Johanne damaceno viro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

4097. Harley MS 3960

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3960
Title:
Cartulary of Melrose Abbey
Scope & Content:
f. ir: Fragment of a former flyleaf with inscription. f. 1r–109r: Cartulary, arranged topographically. Includes copies of numerous royal and occasional papal and episcopal charters throughout (with contemporary additions: ff. 65r–66v, 76v, 100r, 102r–109r). f. 110v: Added text of an indulgance...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1488-1490s
Extent:

Parchment codex

4098. Harley MS 3961

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3961
Title:
Terrier of Glastonbury Abbey for Wiltshire
Scope & Content:
Terrier of lands in Wiltshire from 10 Henry VIII. Part of a survey of the Glastonbury lands conducted under abbot Richard Beere (d. 1525); other volumes survive as Egerton MS 3034, Egerton MS 3134, and Society of Antiquaries MS 653. Many sections have contemporary paper slips added with a patter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1518-1519
Extent:

Parchment codex

4099. Harley MS 3962

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3962
Title:
Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicon, with continuations by Jerome and Prosper of Aquitaine
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-74v: Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicon, with continuations (ff. 69v-74v) by Jerome and Prosper of Aquitaine. ff. 75r-82r: Alphabetical index of names in the Chronicon, attributed to Andreas Julianus of Venice (b. 1384, d. 1452), entitled: 'Andreæ Juliani viri patritii veneti et...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4100. Harley MS 3963

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3963
Title:
Virgil, Bucolica; Georgica; Aeneis; Appendix; Epitaphs
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-16v: Virgil, Bucolica. ff. 16v-57r: Georgica. ff. 57v-245r: Aeneis. ff. 245r-263r: Appendix. ff. 263r-268r: Epitaphs. Decoration: 18 large, usually inhabited, initials in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 26r, 36v, 47r, 57v, 58r, 72v, 87v, 101v, 114v, 131r, 148r, 163v, 177v, 193r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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