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3581. Harley MS 4124

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4124
Title:
Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; Life of Bede; Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-82v: Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. ff. 82v-87v: Life of Bede with a preface ('Vita Beati Bede presbiteri et Girwensis monachi'). ff. 87v-89v: Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow ('Vita Sanctorum abbatem monasterii in Wiramutha & Giruum'); i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

3582. Harley MS 6208

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6208
Title:
Dissertatio de scriptore Pentateuchi; Thomas More, A Treatise: To Receive the Blessed Body of Our Lord; Expositio precationes dominicae per Henricum Stile monachum ab utero matris rarum; sermons
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-42v: Dissertatio de scriptore Pentateuchi; written in the 17th century. ff. 43r-50r: Thomas More (b. 1478, d. 1535), A Treatise: To Receive the Blessed Body of Our Lord; here introduced as ‘A Tretice howe to Receave the Blessid Sacrament writene by Sir Thomas Moore Knighte (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-4th quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3583. Harley MS 2710

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2710
Title:
Horace, Carmina; Epodae; Carmen saeculares
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a selection of works by the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (b. 65, d. 8 BC), also known as Horace. The Carmina feature extensive marginal and interlinear glossing. According to the manuscript's colophon (f. 106v), it was written by the scribe Angelus Ariminensem. C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1443
Extent:
1 volume

3584. Harley MS 3296

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3296
Title:
Palladius, De re rustica (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of De re rustica (On Agriculture), a treatise by the Roman writer Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius (fl. late 4th to early 5th century). The work gives detailed instructions for the typical activities on a Roman farm for each month of the year, starting with Ja...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3585. Harley MS 3549

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3549
Title:
History of Venice to 1439
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-123v: a history of Venice, up to the year 1439, in Italian, beginning, 'Segondo che trouo scripto in una et piu croniche dice &'. Decoration: Large initial in grey and red ink and 2 coloured initials in alternating red or grey (f. 1r). Spaces for initials left blank or...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3586. Harley MS 3911

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3911
Title:
Cartulary of Holm Cultram Abbey
Scope & Content:
General cartulary from the time of Edward I, with additions to the time of Edward III. Arranged in 43 sections, mainly topographically. f. 1r: Table of contents (18th century). f. 2r–v: Note on feoffs of knights. ff. 3r–6r: Contemporary table of contents. ff. 6v–135v: Sections 1–34, topograp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

3587. Harley MS 58

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 58
Title:
Rental of the sacrist of Bury St Edmunds for the town of Bury
Scope & Content:
ff. 1v–2v: 16th-century notes. ff. 3r–3v: Post-Dissolution table of contents. f. 4r: 16th-century notes. ff. 5r–21v: Rents of the town belonging to the sacristy (1433–34). ff. 22r–43v: Tenancies in the town from 1354. ff. 44r–136v: Releases granted by the sacrists (1354–1529/38), in chronol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

3588. Harley MS 841

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 841
Title:
Memoirs of the life and actions of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing a draft copy of the memoirs of the Duke of Hamilton, by Gilbert Burnet, with autograph corrections. Titled 'Memoires of the life and actions of James, Duke of Hamiltoun etc' [James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton], and compiled by Gilbert Burnet using the origin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1677
Extent:
1 volume

3589. Harley MS 880

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 880
Title:
Rough copy of Persecutionis Catholicorum Anglicanae et Conjuratonis Presbiterianae Hystoria by John Warner
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing an autograph rough copy of Persecutionis Catholicorum Anglicanae et Conjuratonis Presbiterianae Hystoria or History of the English Persecution of Catholics and of the Presbyterian Plot, by Father John Warner, S.J., Chaplain to King James II. The manuscript is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1686-1692
Extent:
1 volume

3590. Harley MS 5012

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5012
Title:
Pleas of the Crown from the reigns of Edward II and Edward III
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-141r: Pleas of the Crown (Placita) from the reigns of Edward II (years 13 and 18) and Edward III (years 4, 5, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16); written in Law French. The manuscript contains a later addition; f. 141v: Short tract comparing the World to a chessboard, beginning: 'Mundus ist...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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