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4391. Harley MS 4718

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4718
Title:
An inventory of the rarities of King Charles I in the Privy Gallery at Whitehall
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-85v: An inventory of the rarities of King Charles I (b. 1600, d. 1649) in the Privy Gallery at Whitehall, in the King’s new erected Cabinet Room, beginning: ‘By the King’s Especial command his Pictures & rarities which he had kept at St James’ in the Cabbenett Room were tra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1625-1649
Extent:
1 volume

4392. Harley MS 4719

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4719
Title:
Hagiographies
Scope & Content:
A collection of hagiographies, mostly of early saints, particularly those of Egypt and the Middle East. Contents: f. 1r: doodles of faces and erased ownership inscriptions. ff. 1v-2r: table of contents. ff. 3r-39v: Vitae monachorum aegyptiorum (Lives of the Egyptian Monks). ff. 40r-65v: Pal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

4393. Harley MS 4720

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4720
Title:
Collections of medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-69v: Collection of medical recipes in Latin and English; written in the 16th or 17th century. ff. 70r-71v, 73r-74v: Alphabetical indices of subjects. ff. 75r-75v: A fragment of a work on ‘Arithmaticke’ in English; written in the 17th century. ff 76rv: Collection of medic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4394. Harley MS 4722

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4722
Title:
Commentary on the Institutiones Justiniani
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-359r: Commentary on the Institutiones Justiniani (Institutes of Justinian); with the colophon: 'finis coronat opus / labor elapsus est victoria parta - Anno Domini nostril 1587 22 Die Augusti horas 5a'. ff. 360r-370v: Alphabetical subject index, entitled: 'Index seu series ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1587
Extent:
1 volume

4395. Harley MS 4725

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4725
Title:
A theological miscellany including Usuard's Martyrology
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a composite codex comprising 8 parts made in different periods of time between the 12th and 14th century and assembled together at a later date. Parts 1-6 formed one volume some time at the beginning of the 15th century when the the table of contents was added (f. 2*v). Part 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century-14th century
Extent:
1 volume

4396. Harley MS 4725, ff 1r-19v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4725, ff 1r-19v
Title:
Bonaventure, Itinerarium mentis in Deum and Testamentum patriarcharum
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-10r: Bonaventure, Itinerarium mentis in Deum, with a prologue, incipit: 'In principio primum principium'; incipit (text): 'Beatus vir cuius est auxilium (...) Cum beatitudo nihil alius'; explicit: 'Explicit meditatione Bonaventur. magistri'. The text on ff. 1r-2v was added at the end of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1275-c 1300
Extent:
19 folios.

4397. Harley MS 4725, ff 20r-47v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4725, ff 20r-47v
Title:
Augustine, De mirabilibus sacrae scripturae with a collection of sermons and Boethius, De trinitate
Scope & Content:
ff. 20r-40v: Augustine, De mirabilibus sacrae scripturae, incipit: 'Cum omnipotentis dei auxilio de mirabilibus rerum cupimus tractare'; with a preface (imperfect), incipit: 'mortem ipsam paulo', and a list of contents. ff. 41r-41v: Augustine, Sermo 350, rubric: 'Incipit liber augustini de lau...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
28 folios.

4398. Harley MS 4725, ff 48r-55v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4725, ff 48r-55v
Title:
M. Tullius Cicero, De amicitia
Scope & Content:
M. Tullius Cicero, De amicitia, title: 'Tulius de vera amicicia', incipit: 'Ego ipse mea legens sic afficior'; with added notes (late 13th/early 14th century) including references to Anselm and Bede (f. 55v). Decoration: Initials in red. Capital letters highlighted in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
8 folios.

4399. Harley MS 4725, ff 56r-81v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4725, ff 56r-81v
Title:
Martyrologium
Scope & Content:
Martyrologium, with a preface attributed to Usuardus, here attributed to Gregory, rubric: 'Incipiunt institutiones beati gregorii quomodo venerandi sunt sancti', incipit (preface): 'Estivitates sanctorum apostolorum seu martirum antiqui patres', incipit: 'Cum sanctorum fortia gesta ad memoriam'....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
26 folios.

4400. Harley MS 4725, ff 82r-155v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4725, ff 82r-155v
Title:
Richard of Saint-Victor, De duodecim patriarchis and John Beleth, Summa de ecclesiasticis officiis
Scope & Content:
ff. 82r-82v: Definitions of terms, incipit: 'Intellectus est potencia naturalis'. ff. 83r-119r: Richard of Saint-Victor, De duodecim patriarchis (Beniamin minor) incipit: 'Beniamin adolescentulus in mentis excessu (...) Audiant adolescentuli sermonem de adolescente'. ff. 119v-155v: John Beleth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1200
Extent:
74 folios.

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