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3011. Harley MS 2591

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2591
Title:
Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an imperfect copy of the Epistulae ad familiares (Letters to Friends), a collection of letters sent between the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC) and various public and private figures. Contents: ff. 1r-192v: Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares, imper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3012. Harley MS 2696

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2696
Title:
Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-99v: Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium. Decoration: Three-sided floral border with a large white vine initial and an unidentified coat of arms in colours and gold (f. 1r). 5 smaller white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 12v, 35v, 42v, 44r, 48v). Initials in blue...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3013. Harley MS 3864

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3864
Title:
Bede, In epistolas catholicas
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-92v: Bede, In epistolas catholicas; with marginal notes by Symeon of Durham (fl. c. 1090–c. 1128), Benedictine monk and historian. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1v: A title inscription: 'Epistola [added: Iacobi]'; added in the 12th century. f. 1v: A title ins...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

3014. Harley MS 2450

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2450
Title:
Breviary, Use of Le Mans
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is one of only six known surviving liturgical manuscripts than can be localised to the diocese of Le Mans (see Davis, 'Canons, Huguenots, Movie Stars, and Missionaries', p. 297, n. 2). It has suffered later damage and excision of several leaves, as well as the excision of some in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3015. Harley MS 2771

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2771
Title:
Cicero, Orator; De claris oratoribus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two works by the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC): Orator, his last work on rhetoric, written three years before his death, and De claris oratoribus (On famous orators), a history of Roman oratory. The anonymous scribe of the manuscript was also...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1430-c. 1440
Extent:
1 volume

3016. Harley MS 3104

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3104
Title:
Hrabanus Maurus, Commentariorum in Matthaeum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Hrabanus Maurus, Commentariorum in Matthaeum libri octo (Commentary on Matthew in eight books), preceded by a prologue (ff. 1r-v) and capitula (ff. 1v-2v), beginning of the Prologue: 'Memor itaque illi precepti quod per vas sibi aptum olim sapientia protulit'. ff. 3r-157v:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

3017. Harley MS 3321

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3321
Title:
Johannes de Laet, Glossarium Latino-Barbarum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-288v: Johannes de Laet, Glossarium Latino-Barbarum; explaining vernacular words from Latin Germanic Laws.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3018. Harley MS 3974

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3974
Title:
Aimoin of Fleury, Historia Francorum
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains the Historia Francorum (History of the Franks) by Aimoin of Fleury (b. c. 960, d. c. 1010), a French chronicler and monk at the Benedictine abbey of Fleury. It is thought to have been produced for Henri I (b. 1127, d. 1181), Count of Champagne, since it was ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1165-c 1170
Extent:
A parchment codex

3019. Harley MS 4904

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4904
Title:
St Augustine, Enarrationes in Psalmos
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Enarrationes in Psalmos (Commentary on the Psalms) by the Church Father St Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430). It was produced in the 2nd half of the 12th century, perhaps at the Cistercian abbey of Sancta Maria de Rupe (St Mary of the Rock) at Maltby in South Yorks...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

3020. Harley MS 5001

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5001
Title:
A copy of the household expenses of Edward Prince of Wales (the future King Edward II)
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A later (17th- or 18th-century) title inscription: ‘The account of the Wardrobe, or of the Household of Edward Prince of Wales, (after King Edward the second) in the xxxvth or last year of his ffather King Edward the ffirst.’ ff. 2r-63r: A copy of the household expenses of Ed...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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