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1571. Harley MS 2506

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2506
Title:
Collection of astronomical and astrological treatises
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: 1. Hyginus, De astronomia (ff. 1r-30r); 2. Priscian, De duodecim signis (ff. 30r-30v); 3. Abbo of Fleury, De differentia circuli et sphere, and De cursu septem planetarum per zodiacum circulum (ff. 30v-32r); 4. De nominibus stellarum (ff. 33r-35r); 5. Marcus Tullius...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 990-c 1000
Extent:
93 folios.

1572. Harley MS 2940

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2940
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Paris
Scope & Content:
This illuminated Book of Hours is one of only two known surviving products of the collaboration of the workshops of the Boucicaut Hours master (active c. 1390-1430) and of the Rohan master (active c. 1410-1440), who were the leading illuminators in 15th-century Paris. The other Book of Hours tha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1420
Extent:

1 volume

1573. Harley MS 3199

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3199
Title:
Collection of computistical and musical texts
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is composed of two independent parts (ff. 2r-94v and 95r-126v). The first part is a miscellany of treatises relating to computus and music, including: Helperic of Auxerre, Computus (ff. 2r-55v); Guido of Arezzo, De Constitutionibus in Musica (ff. 55v-56r); Guido of Arezzo, Pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1100-c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

1574. Harley MS 3205

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3205
Title:
Nova Statuta for 1-50 Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 14-245r: Nova Statuta for 1-50 Edward III, written in Law French; imperfect. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 1r-1v: Short texts, enumerating the number of churches, parishes and good clergymen ('bonorum ecclesiasticorum') in England, and explaining distances (e..g ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1575. Harley MS 4260

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4260
Title:
John Lydgate, Life of Our Lady
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-108r: John Lydgate, Life of Our Lady, in 6 books. f. 108r: A Latin verse prayer for the king, copied twice entirely, and once partially, attributed to ‘quod Clerk .J.’. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1v: A Latin note about other copies of Lydgate’s Life of O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

1576. Harley MS 5293

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5293
Title:
Pseudo-John of Damascus, Baarlam et Josaphat
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-57r: Pseudo-John of Damascus, Baarlam et Josaphat; imperfect. Decoration: Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour or in both colours. Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked with red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1577. Harley MS 5370

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5370
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Angers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 13r-17v: The life of Christ according to the Four Gospels. ff. 17v-24r: Obsecro te. ff. 24r-30r: O intemerata. ff. 30r-30v: Salve regina. ff. 30v-32r: Short prayers ('antiphons') to the Virgin Mary, beginning: 'Ave regina celo', 'Regina celi letare',...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 volume

1578. Harley MS 5762

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5762
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Paris
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-9v: Calendar, including SS Amand of Maastricht, Anthony of Bourges, Aubert, Aventin of Chartres, Blanchart, Boniface of Mayence, Brice of Tours, Clair of Vexin, Desiderius of Langres, Eloy of Noyon, Eleutherius of Tournai, Fara of Meaux, Fiacre of Meaux, Fortunat of Poitiers, F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1460
Extent:
1 volume

1579. Harley MS 6041

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6041
Title:
William Langland, Vision of Piers Plowman
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-96r: William Langland, Vision of Piers Plowman. ff. 97r-102v: A form of confession in Middle English prose; added below the text is ‘Explycit pere [p] Symele’. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 96v: Latin sayings: ‘ego sum bonus puer quem Deus amat’ and 'Equore ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1580. Harley MS 7643

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7643
Title:
Memorandum book of Colonel Thomas Colepeper
Scope & Content:
Duodecimo manuscript volume. Memorandum book of Colonel Thomas Colepeper, including autograph notes and drawings, many of which have been crossed through, but are still legible.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1689-1690
Extent:
1 volume

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