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4081. Harley MS 2251

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2251
Title:
Collection of poems by John Lydgate, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Benedict Burgh
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains poems by some of the most renowned poets from Late Medieval England, including John Lydgate (b. c. 1370, d. c. 1451), Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400), and Benedict Burgh (b. 1413, d. 1483). The collection of poems by John Lydgate is believed to be derived from a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1460-1483
Extent:
1 volume

4082. Harley MS 2580

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2580
Title:
Miscellany containing excerpts from classical authors and works from humanist scholars
Scope & Content:
A humanistic miscellany containing a selection of excerpts from classical authors and works from humanist scholars. Contents: ff. 2-11v: Cornelius Nepos, Life of Pomponius Atticus attributed to Aemilius Probus. ff. 12r-13r: Cornelius Nepos, Life of Cato Maior attributed to Aemilius Probus ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4083. Harley MS 3084

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3084
Title:
Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia Ecclesiastica, Latin translation by Rufinus of Aquileia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-173v: Eusebius of Caesarea (b. c. 260-265, d. c. 340), Historia Ecclesiastica (Church History), in Latin translation by Rufinus of Aquileia (b. c. 345, d. 411), with capitula preceding each book. Decoration: 12 large puzzle initials in red and blue or red and green, with pen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

4084. Harley MS 4372

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4372
Title:
Valerius Maximus, translated by Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, books 1 to 5
Scope & Content:
Contents: Simon de Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse, Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens, a translation of Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, books 1-5 of 9 books. Books 6-9 are now Harley 4373. Simon de Hesdin, Knight Hospitaller of Jerusalem and Master of Theology (d. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c. 1460-1487
Extent:
A parchment codex, 246 folios

4085. Harley MS 1720

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1720
Title:
Georg Joachim Rheticus, Magnus canon doctrinae triangulorum ad decades secundorum scrupulorum et ad partes 10 000 000 000.
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes the Magnus canon doctrinae triangulorum of Georg Joachim Rheticus, b. 1514, d. 1574) (original name Georg Joachim De Porris, or Von Lauchen), Austrian astronomer and mathematician. An earlier, simplier version of the work was published in 1551 in Leipzig.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1575-1596
Extent:
274 folios.

4086. Harley MS 2979

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2979
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Clermont (Hours of the Virgin), and Use of Brioude (Hours of the Dead)
Scope & Content:
This late 14th-century Book of Hours is especially known for it miniatures by the Workshop of Jean of Toulouse at Avignon. However, the manuscript contains also contains unusual textual items. Amongs these are previously unknown excerpts of the Prologue and Epilogue of Robert of Sorbonne (b. 120...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390- c 1400
Extent:
1 volume

4087. Harley MS 3768

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3768
Title:
Scope & Content:
Theological Miscellany relating to the Great Schism and including John of Wales, Communiloquium; after 1432. Latin and Middle English. Copy. Imperfect. This miscellaneous MS. contains material relating to the Great Schism and to the power of the pope and ecclesiastical councils. It can be d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1432
Extent:
1 item

4088. Harley MS 6512

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6512
Title:
Sozomeno da Pistoia, Annotations on Horace's Satires and Odes, and Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-18v: Fragmentary annotations by the humanist Sozomeno da Pistoia (b. 1387, d. 1458) on Horace's Satires and Odes, and Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum. The old foliation (nos. 56, 57, 49, 64, 65, 72, 73, 80, 81, 88, 89, 96) indicates that the leaves were once part of a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1427-c 1458
Extent:
1 volume

4089. Harley MS 956

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 956
Title:
Theological treatises, including Raymond Peñafort, Summa de casibus poenitentiae and Summa de matrimonio; Hugh of Saint-Victor, Soliloquium de arra animae; Thomas of Hales, Vita Sancte Marie
Scope & Content:
The manuscript consists of four parts that were produced separately. Part 1 (ff. 1r-98v) was written in the last quarter of the 12th or 1st quarter of the 13th century. Part 2 (ff. 99r-115v, 148r-157r) was written in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century. Part 3 (ff. 116r-147v) was written...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

4090. Harley MS 3707

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3707
Title:
Baudri de Bourgueil, Historia peregrinationis Ierosolimitane (with a continuation by Lisiardus Turonensis); Petrus Alphonsi, Contra Judaeos dialogi
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains the Historia Ierosolimitana (History of Jerusalem) by Baudri de Bourgueil (b. c. 1050, d. 1130), abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Bourgueil and bishop of Dol-en-Bretagne. The work presents a history of the events of the First Crusade in four books, beginnin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

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