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191. Harley MS 3859

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3859
Title:
Vegetius, De rei militari; Macrobius, Saturnalia; Pseudo-Sallust, Investiva in Ciceronem; Historia Brittonum and Annales Cambriae; Augustine, De heresibus; Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium; Pseudo-Ovid, Cantus avium; De bestiis; Cosmographia; Pollio, De architectura
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38r: Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De rei militari (On military matters) (Books 1-4), beginning: 'Antiquis temporibus mos fuit bonaru[m] artium'; ending: 'frequentior usus invenit qua[m] vet[us] doctrina monstraverat'. ff. 40v-41r: Astrological and geographical diagrams. ff. 42r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Welsh
Date Range:
Early 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

192. Harley MS 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2
Title:
Collection of historical and theological texts, including Elias of Evesham, ‘Quadrilogus’ of materials relating to Thomas Becket; Eustace of Faversham, Vita sancti Edmundi Cantuariensis;and William of Malmesbury, De Gesta Pontificum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains ten parts written in England during the 2nd half of the 12th century or the 1st half of the 13th century. Most likely they were once part of different manuscripts (as suggested by a quire mark (‘III’) on f. 257v). A (? late) 13th-century table of contents that lists all...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

193. Harley MS 4984

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4984
Title:
Collection of texts about St Martin of Tours: Sulpicius Severus, Vita Sancti Martini, Epistolae, Dialogi (books 1-3); Gregory of Tours, De Virtutibus Sancti Martini and Libri Octo Miraculorum
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains a collection of texts on the life, miracles and translation of St Martin of Tours (d. 397) by Sulpicius Severus (b. c. 363, d. c. 425) and Gregory of Tours (b. c. 538, d. 594). The manuscript was written for a monastic audience, as is indicated by a contempo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

194. Harley MS 402

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 402
Title:
Twelve collections (Distinctiones) of excerpts from Church Fathers and other authorities
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains twelve collections of excerpts from, or attributed to: the Church Fathers St Ambrose (b. c. 340, d. 397), St Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), St John Chrysostom (b. c. 349, d. 407), St Augustine (b. 354, d. 430), St Gregory the Great (b. c. 540, d. 604), and St Isid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

195. Harley MS 7002

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7002
Title:
State papers, 1584-1619
Scope & Content:
Letters and state papers from the years 1584 to 1619. ff. 1r-2v: Letter from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 4 June 1584. f. 3r-3v: Letter from Mary Vaughan to Mr Lyons, a servant to Sir John Puckering. 7 September 1586. ff. 4r-5v: Letter from Walter V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1619
Extent:

1 volume

196. Harley MS 104

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 104
Title:
Stephen Langton, Expositio Libri Duodecim Prophetarum; Gregory the Great, De Cura Pastorali; Richard of St-Victor, Allegoriae Novi Testamenti and De Oratione Dominica; Innocent III, De Missarum Mysteriis and Sermo VI
Scope & Content:
This English manuscript from the 1st quarter of the 13th century (before c. 1225 and after 1206 or 1215) was probably written for a clerical audience since it contains works that would have helped priests in explaining biblical texts to the laity and instructed them in their duties of pastoral c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

197. Harley MS 7368

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7368
Title:
The Booke of Sir Thomas Moore, by Anthony Munday and others, possibly including William Shakespeare
Scope & Content:
A collaborative manuscript play concerning the life of Sir Thomas More (1478–1535), Lord Chancellor, humanist and martyr. Likely to have been written in the 1590s, primarily by Anthony Munday (bap. 1560, d. 1633), playwright and translator, possibly aided by Henry Chettle (d. 1603-07), printer a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1590-1604
Extent:
1 volume

198. Harley MS 7003

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7003
Title:
A collection of letters, many of them written by, or addressed to, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
Scope & Content:
A volume of original letters and copies, including correspondence on public foreign and domestic affairs, 1610–1717. A number of the letters are written by, or addressed to, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. ff. 1r–10v: 'A Letter to a person of Honour, Concerning the King's Disavowing the haueing...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1610-1717
Extent:
1 volume

199. Harley MS 3941/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3941/2
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:
The second of two volumes of the Etymologiae (Etymologies) of Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636), an encyclopedia in twenty books dedicated to Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa (b. 590, d. 651), the editor of the text. The first volume is Harley MS 3941/1. Contents: ff. 140r-151r: Isidore of S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Breton and Latin
Date Range:
9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

200. Harley MS 4804/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4804/1
Title:
Prologue on Psalms attributed to St Augustine; Book of Psalms including Gilbert of Poitiers, Commentarius in Psalterium
Scope & Content:
The first volume of two separate volumes with continuous foliation: Harley MS 4804/1 (ff. 1-167v), and Harley MS 4804/2 (ff. 168-336v). The first volume is a book of Psalms containing the commentary on the Psalms written by Gilbert of Poitiers (b. after 1085, d. 1154), copied in Chartres durin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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