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1671. Harley MS 490

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 490
Title:
Walter of Bibbesworth, Tretiz de langage
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-31v: Walter of Bibbesworth (b. 1235, d. 1270), Tretiz de langage, imperfect at the beginning and end, also known as 'Aprise de franceis', 'Femme' and Femina.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

1672. Harley MS 647

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 647
Title:
Collection of astronomical and astrological texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1. Astronomical texts based on Isidore of Seville, with two short prayers (ff. 1r-2r); 2. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratea, with 22 constellation figures containing extracts from Hyginus, Astronomica (ff. 2v-17v); 3. Excerpts from Pliny, Natural History; Macrobius, Commentary on the So...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 820-11th century
Extent:

1 volume

1673. Harley MS 942

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 942
Title:
Notebook of Richard Symonds in Italy
Scope & Content:
One of several notebooks used by Richard Symonds, royalist soldier and antiquary, during his visit to Italy 1649-1651. Consists of rough notes on churches, and some ancient monuments in Rome and Padua, with ink and chalk sketches. The pages are unnumbered, unlike Symonds’ other notebooks, and ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1649-1651
Extent:
1 volume

1674. Harley MS 1086

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1086
Title:
Arms of various Gentlemen of London
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing the arms of the gentlemen of London, recorded 1664-1665 by Sir Edward Bysshe Clarenceux, drawn by John Withie. At the end of the volume is an alphabetical index of names. Inserted into this volume at f. 27 is a folio containing arms of some older citizens of L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1665
Extent:
1 volume

1675. Harley MS 1396

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1396
Title:
Visitations of Shropshire 1584 and 1623
Scope & Content:
Copy of the Visitation book of Shropshire, 1584, supplemented by material from the Visitation of 1623. Mostly written and tricked in the hand of John Withie (1593-c. 1678), arms painter, in imitation of the hands of those who gave the information in 1623. Seals and arms well drawn by John Withie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1676. Harley MS 3394

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3394
Title:
Andres de Vega, Fabrica Horologa Universal
Scope & Content:
Contains the Fabrica Horologa Universal, a work on dialling, by Andres de Vega, a confessor of Observant Franciscans in the province of Granada, which he dedicated to Luis de Guzmán, advisor to the Minister Provincial of the Franciscans of the province of Granada. The work on the manuscript prob...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Spanish
Date Range:
1627
Extent:
1 volume

1677. Harley MS 3717

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3717
Title:
Thomas of Cantimpré, De naturis rerum
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes De naturis rerum by Thomas of Cantimpré, in the first shorter version of 19 books, written between 1228 and 1244. The core of the book (ff. 36r-130v) of c. 1230-1240, and the added section at the beginning (ff. 2r-33v) of c. 1250 date from the author's lifetime. The manus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1230-c 1450
Extent:
159 folios.

1678. Harley MS 4052

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4052
Title:
Collection of extracts from Greek authors
Scope & Content:
Contents: A collection of extracts from Greek authors, arranged by subject in 63 chapters. In Greek with a Latin translation. Index ff 99r-102r.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1623
Extent:

1 volume

1679. Harley MS 56

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 56
Title:
Osbern, Life of Dunstan
Scope & Content:
f. 1r–v: Cassiodorus, Expositio in Psalterium 104.11–18, fragment: a flyleaf with 12th-century text in two columns, lemmata in red. ff. 2r–24r: Osbern, Life of Dunstan, ending in chapter 16: ‘Epistula de vita sancti dunstani archiepiscopi et confessoris. Vniuersis catholicę matris ecclesię fili...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

1680. Harley MS 2376

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2376
Title:
William Langland, Piers Plowman
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-124r: William Langland, Piers Plowman (the 'C' (N) text). Decoration: Numerous large initials in red ink with purple penwork decoration, with oak leaves in red ink decorating the rubric (f. 1r). Rubric on a scroll drawn in red ink (f. 51r). Parts of the text framed in red in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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