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2441. Harley MS 2378

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2378
Title:
Miscellany of medical, culinary and alchemical texts and recipes
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a composite miscellany of medical, culinary and alchemical texts and recipes. It was probably assembled by Nicholas Spalding, its 15th-century owner (his ex-libris on f. 135v and his name on ff. 5r and 61v). The two larger collections of medical recipes in the book (ff. 17r-61v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1360-1722
Extent:
1 volume

2442. Harley MS 2889/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2889/1
Title:
Detached binding from Harley MS 2889 (the 'Siegburg Lectionary')
Scope & Content:
A former binding from Harley MS 2889 (the 'Siegburg Lectionary'), including two 11th-century carved ivory plaques, probably made of whalebone or walrus tusk, now set in 19th-century brown diced leather. The plaque on the upper cover depicts St Paul, holding an open book (according to Foot, Pictor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:

Detached binding with 2 ivory plaques

2443. Harley MS 3022

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3022
Title:
Collection of texts on theology, instruction and natural history
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: 1. Giles of Rome (Aegidius Romanus), De regimine principum (ff. 1r-32r); 2. Aristotle, De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); 3. The Life of St Veridianus (ff. 55r-57v); 4. Cassiodorus, Varia (ff. 57v-67v); 5. Cassiodorus, De anima (ff. 68r-79v); 6. Augustine, Speculu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

139 folios.

2444. Harley MS 3443

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3443
Title:
Sallust, The Conspiracy of Catiline and The Jugurthine War
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-20v: Sallust, The Conspiracy of Catiline. ff. 20v-54v: Sallust, The Jugurthine War, ending with the colophon: 'Laus tibi sit Christe qui liber explicit iste amen'; and the poem: 'Qui cupit ignotum Jugurte noscere letum / Tarpeie rupis pulsus ad ima ruit / Historie scriptor ne...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2445. Harley MS 6189

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6189
Title:
'The Rise and Progress of Mahometanism' by Henry Stubbe
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a text by physician Henry Stubbe on Islamic theology, the life of the prophet Mohammed, and religious tolerance, here titled 'The Rise and Progress of Mahometanism'. Written in a fair hand. At the end of the volume is inscribed '7 July 1718 Exam. of W. S.'. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1718
Extent:
1 volume

2446. Harley MS 6391

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6391
Title:
A Relation of Prince Henryes noble and vertuous Disposition
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8v: An anonymous author's account of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), entitled: ‘A Relation of Prince Henryes noble and vertuous Disposition and of Sundry his wittie and pleasant Speeches diverted to the right honourable the Lord Lumley and his Lady’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
1 volume

2447. Harley MS 6553

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6553
Title:
Collection of explanations of Biblical passages and philosophical texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of tracts on Biblical passages, written in a hand that may date to the 1st half of the 17th century, and another collection with philosophical texts in a hand that may date to the 2nd half of the 16th century. Contents: ff. 1r-4r: '2 Pol. 6 - Recte Hippod...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2448. Harley MS 599

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 599
Title:
An inventory of Cardinal Wolsey’s household goods
Scope & Content:
A manuscript, in folio, titled ‘An Inventorie of Cardinall Woolsie’s rich Househould stuffe. Temp H. 8. The Originall Booke as it seems, Kept by his owne Officers’. This may be one of the books which, at the time of Cardinal Wolsey’s fall [1530], contained an inventory of all his goods. After 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1527-1530
Extent:
1 volume

2449. Harley MS 1242

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1242
Title:
Henry Bracton, De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5v: A table of contents. ff. 6r-224v: Henry Bracton (d. 1268), De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2450. Harley MS 1788

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1788
Title:
Raymond of Peñafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-167v: Raymond of Peñafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae; imperfect at the end. Decoration: Large initials in colours and gold with foliate stems extending into the margin (ff. 1, 90v, 162). Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour. Coloured initials ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

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