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4781. Harley MS 5279

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5279
Title:
Justin, Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi (Summary of the Histories of Pompeius Trogus) by the Roman historian Marcus Junianus Justinus (mid-2nd century to late 4th century), also known as Justin. Contents: ff. 1r-154v: Justin, Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4782. Harley MS 5280

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5280
Title:
Collection of Irish historical, mythological and religious texts
Scope & Content:
A collection of Irish texts from the Ulster, Finn and mythological cycles. Also some religious and glossarial material. A detailed catalogue description is provided in O'Grady and Flower, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts, II, pp. 298-323. Contents: ff. 1-10 are later inserted paper leaves. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

4783. Harley MS 5281

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5281
Title:
Book of Assizes held in the reign of Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 7r-160r: The Book of Assizes held in the reign of Edward III. The manuscript contains several additions: ff. 1v, 2v: Memorandi for payments, several referring to ‘Ricardus Mancipill’ and ‘Thomas Lyddy[n]’; added in the (?) 16th century. f. 4r: Nomina regum Angliae post Conqu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4784. Harley MS 5284/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5284/1
Title:
Breviary
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–101v: Fragments of a noted breviary. Decoration: Major sections open with initials in colours (ff. 24v, 48v, 66v, 72r, 83v); other divisions marks with two-line initials alternating in red and blue with penwork in the opposite colour; staves in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

4785. Harley MS 5284/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5284/2
Title:
Smaragdus, Diadema monachorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-60v: Smaragdus, Diadema monachorum; beginning: 'Hunc librum Smaragdus composuit qui nomen diadema monachorum illi imposuit: quia sicut diadema gemmis ita et hic liber virtutibus’. Decoration: Large red or brown initials with minor penwork decoration in the same colour. Small...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

4786. Harley MS 5285

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5285
Title:
Plautus, Comoediae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*r-v: Short texts concerning Plautus, with excerpts from Horace, De arte poetica; Quintilian, Instituto Oratoria; Gellius (Agellius), Noctes atticae; Pliny the Elder, Naturalis historia; Eusebius of Caesaria, Chronica; Augustine of Hippo, De civitate Deo; Paulus Diaconus, De sig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1415
Extent:
1 volume

4787. Harley MS 5286

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5286
Title:
Scope & Content:
Collection of Medical Texts; 2nd half of 14th cent. Latin. Copies. A miscellany including surgical and medical treatises by Albucasis (art. 1, ff. 1-54v), Constantinus Africanus (art. 2, ff. 55-68), and Taddeo Alderotti (art. 3, ff. 68v-87v), with additional medical annotations (ff. 87v-88) ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

4788. Harley MS 5287

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5287
Title:
John Taylor's oration held at the admittance of King Francis I of France into the Order of the Garter in 1527
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10v: John Taylor (d. 1534), Catholic priest and diplomat, Master of the Rolls, oration held at the admittance of King Francis I of France into the Order of the Garter in 1527, entitled: ‘Oracio habita in tradicione garterij ad Christanissinum Franciscum Galliarum Regem praesen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1530
Extent:
1 volume

4789. Harley MS 5288

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5288
Title:
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Epistolae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-153v: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger), Epistolae. Decoration: 8 large initials in colours on burnished gold grounds (ff. 2r, 21r, 44v, 62v, 77v, 95r, 115v, 134v). Numerous small initials in gold or purple. Rubrics in red. Epigraphic capitals in red (ff. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4790. Harley MS 5289

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5289
Title:
Missal for monastic use, including a calendar
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 9r-493r: Missal for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v), highlighting the feasts of the Deposition of St Cuthbert (f. 3r) and St Oswald (f. 5v) in gold; and musical notation (ff. 274r-276r; 285v-286r). The manuscript contains various additions: f. 1r: An inscription b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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