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3961. Harley MS 1605/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1605/1
Title:
Fragments of an anonymous Anglo-Norman metrical translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Brittaniae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first of three volumes that comprise Harley MS 1605 (the others being Harley MS 1605/2 and Harley MS 1605/3). It contains fragments of an anonymous Anglo-Norman verse translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Brittaniae. The text is known as the 'Harley Brut' bu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and English
Date Range:
c 1250
Extent:

1 volume

3962. Harley MS 1879

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1879
Title:
Catalogues of the books of Henry Savile of Banke, Robert Bruce Cotton, and John Dee
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-10r: Catalogue of the library of Henry Savile of Banke (d. 1617) in English and Latin, written in the hand of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. f. 10v: List of books wanted by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, headed: 'Books I want', fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1583-c 1612
Extent:
1 volume

3963. Harley MS 2252

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2252
Title:
The Commonplace Book of John Colyns, including Ipomydon, B version, and the stanzaic Morte Arthur
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript comprises two booklets of Middle English poetry and prose (ff. 54-85, 86-133) that were compiled into one volume in the early 16th century by John Colyns (d. c. 1542), mercer, of the parish of St Mary Woolchurch Haw, London. The manuscript contains the unique copies o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century-Early 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

3964. Harley MS 3037

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3037
Title:
Baldwin of Forde, De sacramento altaris; Julian of Toledo, Prognosticorum futuri saeculi; and other works
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a previously unidentified collection of theological works by Baldwin (b. c. 1125, d. 1190), abbot of the Cistercian monastery at Forde, Dorset, Bishop of Worcester from 1180 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1184. (b. c. 1125, d. 1190). Among the theological works that B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

3965. Harley MS 3096

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3096
Title:
Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones super Cantica Canticorum; Honorius Augustodunensis, De Cognitione Verae Vitae; Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-147v: Bernard of Claivaux, Sermones super Cantica Canticorum (Sermons on the Song of Songs), preceded by a list of 86 chapters in continuous prose (ff. 2v-4v). ff. 148r-151v: Honorius Augustodunensis, De Cognitione Verae Vitae, imperfect at the end (Chapter 1-16). As in other ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

3966. Harley MS 7402

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7402
Title:
Astronomical tables, including Toldean tables; Pseudo-Robert Grosseteste, Ars Kalendarii; Pseudo-Mā Shā' Allāh ibn Athari, De Practica Astrolabii
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-7v: Astronomical calendar, includes entries for Alphege (19 April: 'Sancti Alphegi episcopi'), Botulph (17 June), Etheldreda (23 June), Sexburgis (6 July) and 'Withburga' (7 July; Ely). f. 8r: Astronomical table, entitled: 'Tabula ad inveniendum ferias inicialis in annis arab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

3967. Harley MS 3161

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3161
Title:
Lactantius Firmianus, Divinae institutiones; Epitome divinarum institutionum; De ira Dei; De opificio Dei; De ave Phoenice; St Augustine of Hippo, De lactantio; St Jerome, De viris illustribus (excerpts)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-119v: Lactantius Firmianus, Divinae institutiones, Books I-VII. ff. 113v-120r: Lactantius Firmianus, Epitome divinarum institutionum. ff. 120r-132r: Lactantius Firmianus, De ira Dei. ff. 132r-143v: Lactantius Firmianus, De opificio Dei. f. 144r Lactantius Firmianus, an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1427
Extent:

1 volume

3968. Harley MS 3216

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3216
Title:
Thomas à Kempis, De imitatione Christi; Libellus excerptorum et diversis operibus divi Hieronymi; Bonaventure, De triplici via
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Capitula for Thomas à Kempis, De imitatione Christi. ff. 5r-106v: Thomas à Kempis, De imitatione Christi. ff. 108r-108v: Capitula for the Libellus excerptorum et diversis operibus divi Hieronymi. ff. 109v-179v: Libellus excerptorum et diversis operibus divi Hieronymi. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1454
Extent:
1 volume

3969. Harley MS 3938

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3938
Title:
Lives of Greek and Roman philosophers; Petrus Alfonsi, Disciplina Clericalis; moral poems; Odo of Cheriton, Parabolae; exempla
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title page ‘Philosoph[orum] Vita ac Gesta’. ff. 1r-78v: Lives of Greek and Roman philosophers, organized chronologically. ff. 80r-107v: Petrus Alfonsi, Disciplina Clericalis. f. 108r: Latin verses, two of which are derived from Ovid, Ars Amatoria. f. 108v-109r: 4...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3970. Harley MS 2587

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2587
Title:
Grammatical miscellany including Sextus Pompeius Festus, De Verborum significatione
Scope & Content:
A humanistic collection of Late Antique and Renaissance grammatical tracts. Contents: ff. 1r-73v: Sextus Pompeius Festus, De Verborum significatione ff. 74r-116v: Pier Candido Decembrio, Grammaticon. ff. 117r-133v: Nonius Marcellus, Compendiosa doctrina, excerpts. Decoration: White vine i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume.

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