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1. Harley MS 498

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 498
Title:
Cartulary of Roger de Asphale
Scope & Content:
ff. 2–4, 24–29: Copies of approximately 25 deeds belonging to Roger de Asphale, from the time of Edward I. Parts of a roll, originally c. 1525 × 215 mm, now cut into pieces. ff. 5–23: Fragmentary memoranda of debts and payments. Decoration: Marginal titles.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century–14th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 4980, ff 1-2v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 1-2v
Title:
Fragment from Augustine, De civitate Dei
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-v: St Augustine, De civitate Dei (City of God), Book 16 chapter 8 to 16. Decoration: A quire signature (f. 2v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 8th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980

3. Harley MS 4980, ff 3-75

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 3-75
Title:
Bede, Expositio actuum apostolorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r–75v: Bede, Expositio actuum apostolorum (Commentary on Acts), beginning imperfectly: '[...] postulationis contempneretur auctoritas'. Decoration: Initials highlighted in red (oxidised) or/and yellow. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980

4. Harley MS 4980, ff 76-143

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 76-143
Title:
Alcuin, De fide Sanctae Trinitatis et de incarnatione Christi; Invocatio ad Sanctam Trinitatem; Questiones de Sancta Trinitate; De animae ratione: liber ad Eulaliam virginem
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 76r-123r: Alcuin, De fide Sanctae Trinitatis et de incarnatione Christi (On faith in the Holy Trinity and on the incarnation of Christ), preceded by the dedicatory epistle (ff. 76v-78v) and capitula (ff. 78v-80v). ff. 123v-126r: Alcuin, Invocatio ad Sanctam Trinitatem (Invocation...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980

5. Harley MS 4981

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4981
Title:
The Old Testament Books of the Minor Prophets, with glosses
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-112v: The Old Testament Books of the Minor Prophets, with glosses. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r: List of Old Testament kings; written in the late 12th or early 13th century. f. 1r: Note on the gloss, attributing it to Anselm of Canterbury, Ralph of Laon, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 4985

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4985
Title:
The Old Testament books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth and Proverbs, with glosses
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-125r: The Old Testament books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth and Proverbs, with glosses. Decoration: 3 large initials in green and red or blue, green, and red at the beginning of each book (ff. 2r, 33v, 69r). Blank space left for initial (f. 84r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 4987

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4987
Title:
Visio Tnugdali; Pseudo-Bernard, Meditationes; Regula Beati Augustini; Hugh of Saint-Victor, Soliloquium de arra animae; Pseudo-Basil, Admonitiones; Anselm of Canterbury, Meditatio 3 and 1; Robert Grosseteste, Templum domini;Pope Innocent III, Liber de contemptu mundi; Libellus de septem artibus philosophiae coelestis; Ambrose, De Virginitate
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of theological texts that were copied by a single hand. Its contents strongly resemble those of Oxford, Magdalen College, MS 109 [CIX], as described by Henry Octavius Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque Oxoniensibus (Oxford: Oxford Univers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 4988

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4988
Title:
Reports in the Court of the Queen's Bench
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-93v: Reports in the Court of the Queen's Bench, 21-34 Elizabeth [1578/1579-1591/1592]; written in Law French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1578-1592
Extent:
1 volume