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4211. Harley MS 4148

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4148
Title:
Lez droix et lez establissemenz de Normendie
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-243r: Lez droix et lez establissemenz de Normendie (A treatise on the rights and laws of Normandy in verse). Decoration: 3 large puzzle initials in blue and gold with extensions in the same colours (ff. 1r, 5r, 11r). Smaller initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4212. Harley MS 4150

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4150
Title:
Jerome, De officiis liberorum erga parentes; Plutarch, De liberis educandis; Pier Paolo Vergerio, De ingenuis moribus; Poggio Bracciolini, Letter to Guarino da Verona; Guarino da Verona, Letter to Nicolaus Leonardus; Francesco Barbaro, De re uxoria
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5v: Jerome, De officiis liberorum erga parentes. ff. 6r-39v: Plutarch, De liberis educandis; translated into Latin by Guarino da Verona, with a preface. ff. 40r-93v; Pier Paolo Vergerio, De ingenuis moribus. ff. 94r-95v: Poggio Bracciolini, Letter to Guarino da Verona. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

4213. Harley MS 4151

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4151
Title:
Greek grammar
Scope & Content:
A Greek grammar. Entitled Compendium Graece et Latine.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

4214. Harley MS 4154

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4154
Title:
Collection of theological sayings
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1r-68v: Theological compendium, consisting of theological sayings, beginning with: 'Credendum est esse unum aliquid quod est quicquid alius est'; ending with: 'Singula de nobis anni prædantur euntes'. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r (upper margin): 'Anselmi, Sola sap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 volume

4215. Harley MS 4165

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4165
Title:
Aeneas of Gaza, Theophrastus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-70r: Aeneas of Gaza, Theophrastus; imperfect at the beginning due to missing folios, now opening with the line: 'quandoquidem amantes ut fui invicem fruantur contubernio studiose molitur'. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. [70e]recto: A single inscription: 'Busara...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4216. Harley MS 4166

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4166
Title:
Collection of tracts on geomancy, onomancy and onomeirancy; a tract on ars memoriae; instructions for making fires and candles
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains a collection of seven parts that were written separately in the 14th and 15h century. The first part (ff. 1r-51v) contains two untitled geomantic works that were copied in the 15th century. The second part (ff. 52r-70v) contains another geomantic work that ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4217. Harley MS 4167

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4167
Title:
Tommaso Campanella, La monarchia di Spagna
Scope & Content:
A copy of La monarchia di Spagna, which was written by the Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and theologian Tommaso Campanella (b. 1568, d. 1639) in 1598, and contains advice for the King of Spain on how to attain universal monarchy of the world. Contents: ff. 1r-120v: Tommaso Campanella, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1600-c 1650
Extent:
1 volume

4218. Harley MS 4169

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4169
Title:
Cicero, De Senectute, De Amicitia, and Paradoxica stoicorum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains copies of three treatises by the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC): De Senectute (On Old Age), De Amicitia (On Friendship), and Paradoxica stoicorum (Stoic Paradoxes). The manuscript features added marginal annotations in Latin and Greek. Content...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4219. Harley MS 4172

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4172
Title:
Collection of theological texts, including the Sacerdos parochialis and De Festis Duplicibus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains various items that appear to have been compiled for the use of a priest. The first part (ff. 1r-63r) contains one of the seven extant copies of the Sacerdos parochialis, a manual for parish priests in Middle English and Latin, including tracts on the Pater noster, Ave Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4220. Harley MS 4182

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4182
Title:
Register of Council causes, 30 July 1598-10 April 1599
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-264r: A register of Council causes from 30 July 1598 to 10 April 1599, entitled: 'A register booke of Counsell causes begon the 30th day of July 1598 of the Court at Grenwich'. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: A date inscription: 'Anno 1598: 30 Julij 1598 - E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

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