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4131. Harley MS 3977

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3977
Title:
Register of custumaries (‘Consuetudinarium’) of Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Scope & Content:
ff. 1v–2v: Table of contents (added in gothic cursive of the early 15th century). ff. 3r–6r: ‘Doctrina noviciorum’ (also found in Harley MS 1005, ff. 200r–202v). ff. 6r–11r: Infirmary, choir, refectory, and disciplinary customs (also found in Harley MS 1005, ff. 212r–217r). ff. 11r–12r: Sacri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

4132. Harley MS 3978

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3978
Title:
A French translation of the Psalter and Canticles, with Peter Lombard's prologue to the Psalms in French, and other spiritual and moral texts, including 'Les Dits de saint Augustin'; the Office of the Dead in French; 'Les meditations Saint Anseaume'; 'Le Mireoir du monde'
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a French translation of the Psalter and Canticles, with Peter Lombard's prologue to the Psalms in French, and other spiritual and moral texts, dating from the second half of the 14th century. It is written in a dialect that replaces the 'c' sound with 'ch', as in 'cheulx...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

4133. Harley MS 3983

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3983
Title:
Aimon de Varennes , Florimont; Chronicle of Rheims
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-82v: Aimon (or Aimé) de Varennes, Florimont, incipit: 'Cil qui a cuer de vacelage', explicit: 'Adonc fu retrais par Aymon' with the colophon ending 'Le tiers jour de lassumption acompli sa devotion'. The poem was composed by Aimon de Varennes at Chatillon d'Azergues in the For...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Old
Date Range:
1323
Extent:
A parchment codex, 114 folios

4134. Harley MS 3986

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3986
Title:
Collection of theological texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: A charm against eye ailments, beginning: 'alia neglia negalina super ripam maris sedebant maculam de oculo famulo dei'. f. 1v: A charm against epilepsy ('morbo caducus'), beginning: 'Ad caducum morbum de piretro et gingibe et cynoglossa et de astricia'. f. 1v: A theological ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century - 1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

4135. Harley MS 3988

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3988
Title:
Maniere de Langage; Fatrasie; Dialogues and Reflections; Thomas Sampson of Oxford, Ars dictaminis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-23r: Maniere de Langage, a manual of French conversation revised between 1396 and 1415, including a drinking song known as 'On wine' (ff. 5r-5v). 23r-23v: Fatrasie, a brief slanging-match in prose concerning some strayed sheep, written after 1396. ff. 23v-26r: Dialogues and R...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century - 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4136. Harley MS 3990

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3990
Title:
Petrarch, Trionfi, sonnets, and songs
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-31r: Petrarch, I Trionfi (Triumphs), imperfect, the first 10 leaves wanting. ff. 31v-169r: Petrarch, sonnets and songs. ff. 170r-175r: examples of address for different churchmen, late 15th century. f. 175v: late 15th century inscription of a form of address, Latin. 2 blank are ruled ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1467
Extent:
1 volume

4137. Harley MS 3991

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3991
Title:
Verse miscellany of songs, poems and drama
Scope & Content:
A quarto verse miscellany in several hands, including poems, songs and extracts from plays by various authors, many anonymous. The volume was once owned by Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725), and f. 1r contains an ownership inscription by Robert Harley: ‘Oxford. B. H. bought in the Rawlinsons sale’. C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4138. Harley MS 3992

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3992
Title:
Jacques de Longuyon, Les Voeux du Paon
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes Les Voeux du Paon composed in 1312 by Jacques de Longuyon for Tibaut de Bar, bishop of Liege; imperfect: following verses are missing: 1-980; 2560-2833; 6967-7080; 7248-8784; incipit: 'Oncles dist gadifer se vostre conseil niere'; explicit: 'Si grant quil li fance et perc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

4139. Harley MS 3993

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3993
Title:
Marco Girolamo Vida, De Bombyce; letters and poems of Antonio Beccadelli
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-27v: Marco Girolamo Vida (b. ? 1485, d. 1566), Bishop of Cremona, 'De Bombyce' [ad Isabellam Estensem Marchionissam Mantuae] from his De arte poetica (first published in 1527), entitled: 'Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonen: Canonici Regularis de Bombyce Libri Duo'; beginning: 'Dii ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1527-c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

4140. Harley MS 3994

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3994
Title:
Statutes of England; a register of the English chancery
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-6v: Lists of chapters for major English statutes included in this manuscript. ff. 7r-11r: Magna Carta. ff. 11v-13r: Carta de Foresta. ff. 13r-13v: 'Confirmacio duarum Cartarum'. ff. 13v-14v: Sentencia Cartarum. ff. 14v-15v: Assisa Foresta. ff. 15v-18v: Statuta Glouc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1325
Extent:
1 volume

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