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1881. Harley MS 1395

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1395
Title:
Arms of English nobility
Scope & Content:
Heraldry volume in the hands of Jacob Chaloner (1586-1631) and John Saunders (died c. 1687), arms painters. Contents: ff. 1*-2*: Catalogue of the nobility of England, during the reign of King Charles II, by John Saunders. ff. 2*-5*: Achievements of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, James Butler...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1882. Harley MS 1780

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1780
Title:
Pedigree of Oliver Cromwell
Scope & Content:
Pedigree of Oliver Cromwell going back to Adam, with his coat of arms painted in colours (f. 12)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

1883. Harley MS 2420

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2420
Title:
John Mirk, Liber Festivalis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-64v: John Mirk (b. 1382, d. c. 1414), Liber Festivalis (The Book of Festivals), imperfect at the end. The Liber is a collection of homilies for the festivals of the liturgical year as it was celebrated in Mirk's time in Shropshire. The Liber was the most widely read English ser...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1884. Harley MS 2522

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2522
Title:
Gian Mario Filelfo, Laurentias
Scope & Content:
A copy of the poem Laurentias by Gian Mario Filelfo (1426-1480), with an added poem (ff. 244v-245v) written by Filelfo himself. Contents: f. [iii]: An effaced inscription. ff. 1r-2r: Incomplete Latin poem, probably the verse prologue of the following text, begins 'qui fuit aetatis Gloria sum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1474
Extent:
1 volume

1885. Harley MS 2559

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2559
Title:
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-34v: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 34r: Marginal commentary, accessus fragment, and Vita Boetii by William of Conches with interlinear notes; added by a contemporary hand (see Codices Boethiani, I (1995), pp. 139-40 (no. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

1886. Harley MS 2895

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2895
Title:
Psalter ('La Charité Psalter')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the so-called 'La Charité Psalter', named after the Cluniac priory of La Charité-sur-Loire where the manuscript was produced at the end of the 12th century. A prayer for a community's abbess on f. 90v suggests that the Psalter was written for a nunnery affiliated with th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1887. Harley MS 3051

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3051
Title:
Augustine of Hippo, Epistulae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-198r: Augustine of Hippo, Epistulae; with a table of contents in the hand of the scribe (ff. 1r-2v). The letters are listed at an item level in the Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts (1808), pp. 729-31. The manuscript contains various additions: f. [ii]recto: Two inscripti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

1888. Harley MS 3135

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3135
Title:
Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*recto-3*verso: List of 'capitula' of Bernard of Clairvaux's sermons. ff. 1r-204v: Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones. Decoration: Large (2-line) initials in red with red penwork decoration. Capitals (1-line) highlighted in red. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1889. Harley MS 3672

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3672
Title:
Peter of Blois, Epistolae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-162v: Peter of Blois, Epistolae (Letters); ending with the colophon: 'Expliciunt docti Blensensis epistole petri per me Philippus Römer clericum pataviensis diocesis'. ff. 163r-167v: 'Planctus Petri Blesensis super scisma et pressura ecclesie ab infidelibus'. ff. 168r-176v: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1890. Harley MS 3676

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3676
Title:
Regino of Prüm, Chronicon
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-114v: Regino of Prüm (d. 915), Chronicon. Decoration: 1 small initial in black ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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