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3131. Harley MS 3582

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3582
Title:
Geoffrey de Vinsauf, Poetria nova
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Poetria nova (New poetry), an influential Latin textbook written in hexameter verse, which gives advice to future writers about the composition of poetry. The text is attributed to the Anglo-Norman poet Gualterus Anglicus (fl. 1175), but was in fact written by the gr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

3132. Harley MS 1643

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1643
Title:
Accounts of Sir George Henry Carteret, 1st Baronet, Treasurer of His Majesties Navy
Scope & Content:
Manuscript volume, containing the accounts of Sir George Henry Carteret, 1st Baronet, Treasurer of His Majesties Navy, as to all sums of money received and disbursed by him from 1 January 1664 [1665] to 31 December 1665. Each page is signed by many different hands to authorise the accounts, inc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1665
Extent:
1 volume

3133. Harley MS 3459

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3459
Title:
Dante Alighieri, Commedia; the canzone 'Guai a chi nel tormento' attributed to Dante
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-138r: Dante Alighieri, Commedia, with a commentary subjoined to each canto, the metrical prologue by Jacopo Alighieri and arguments in verse and prose for the three canticles. ff. 138r-138v: A canzone attributed to Dante, beginning: 'Guai a chi nel tormento / sua non puo spand...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3134. Harley MS 5145

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5145
Title:
Year Books for the reigns of Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-186r: The Year Books of 5 Henry V; 2 Henry IV; 3 Henry IV; 1 Henry V; 3 Henry IV; 9 Henry V; 11 Henry IV; 14 Henry IV; 19 Henry VI; written in Law French with Latin headings by various hands. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r (parchment pastedown): A (?) table ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3135. Harley MS 1333

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1333
Title:
'The Soveraigntie of the Seas of England' by Sir John Borough
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a text by Sir John Borough, Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London, titled 'The Soveraigntie of the Seas of England. Proved by Records, Historie and the Municipall Lawes of the Kingdome. Alsoe A particular Relation concerning the inestimable Riches and co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3136. Harley MS 1866

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1866
Title:
Excerpts from Textus Roffensis, in a modern facsimile by Elizabeth Elstob
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-9v: Excerpts from Textus Roffensis, including a copy of King Æthelberht's charter of the foundation or endowment of the church of Rochester (bearing the date ‘4 kal. Maias, indictione 7’), a facsimile on parchment made by Elizabeth Elstob. Decoration: 1 large historiated in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1700-1719
Extent:

1 volume

3137. Harley MS 4486

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4486
Title:
A treatise on alchemy and medicine, and the Livre de Sydrac
Scope & Content:
Two manuscripts bound together including a treatise on alchemy and medicine (ff. 1r-67r) and the Livre de Sydrac (ff. 69r-146r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1350-1631
Extent:
148 folios.

3138. Harley MS 5041

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5041
Title:
A Patristic florilegium, imperfect; Vita Sancti Fursei, prayers and chants, imperfect.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two nearly contemporary parts that were bound together at an early period. The first text, dating to the 2nd half of the 8th century, is a unique Patristic florilegium (ff. 1r-78v): it quotes several authors, but its direct source has not been identified. It was produ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
8th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

3139. Harley MS 80

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80
Title:
Collection of texts on astronomy, optics, astrology and stones from a Merton College manuscript
Scope & Content:
This composite volume is formed by five parts (1-5), of which items 2-4 are identifiable as independent booklets or libelli. 1. ff. 1r-57r: the first unit relates to mathematics and geometry and comprises texts by Roger Bacon, (De Scientia Perspectiva, ff. 1r-33v) and Richard of Wallingford, (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-1499
Extent:

1 volume

3140. Harley MS 452

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 452
Title:
Year book of King Henry VI for the first 11 years of his reign
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-234v: The Year Book of King Henry VI for the first 11 years of his reign; the 5th, 6th and 8th years have been removed. The manuscript contains a few additions: ff. 1r-1v, 236r-236v: St Augustine of Hippo, De Civitate Dei; fragments from a 14th-century manuscript. f. 2v: A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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