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4271. Harley MS 629

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 629
Title:
John Lydgate, Life of Our Lady
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-4r: A table of contents with an introduction, beginning: 'This booke was compilid by Iohn lidgate monke of Bury at the excitacion and steryng of oure worshipful Prince kyng herry the fifthe. in the honour glorie and worshippe of the birthe of the most glorious maide wife and m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

4272. Harley MS 1707

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1707
Title:
Polychronicon by Ranulf Higden (to 1340)
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1. (ff. 1r-223v): Polychronicon (to 1340) by Ranulf Higden (d. 1364). Incipit (f. 1r): 'Post preclaros arcium sc[ri]ptores'. Explicit (f. 223v): 'Sed tandem ob defectum pecunie quam sui segnes procuratores ab Anglia non miserant contractis treugis & inducijs inter Reges vtriusque...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4273. Harley MS 3293

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3293
Title:
Polybius, Historiae translated by Niccolo Perotti
Scope & Content:
Polybius, Historiae, translation from Greek into Lation by Niccolo Perotti (b. 1429, d. 1480). Perotti translated this work c. 1454 for Pope Nicholas V (papacy from 1447-1455). Incipit (Preface): 'Legi prohemium tuum in polybum'; (Dedication to Nicholas V, f. 2r): 'Nicolaus perottus Sanctissimo ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

4274. Harley MS 3565

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3565
Title:
Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-145v: Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium, incipit: 'Exquirenti mi[hi] quid ex labore studioru[m]', explicit, 'Explicit liber de Casibus viroru[m] illustriu[m] [com]positus p[er]Joh[ann]em Bocacii de cartaldo, Laureatu[m]. Et est Sicconis polentoni patavini civis',...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

4275. Harley MS 3758

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3758
Title:
Justinian, Codex, with Accursius, Glossa ordinaria
Scope & Content:
Justinian, Codex (books 1-9), with the prefatory constitution De novo codice faciendo (ff. 1r-3r), and authentica in the margins; Accursius, Apparatus ad Codicem (glossa ordinaria) with some later 13th and 14th century additions. Decoration: 1 miniature in colours and gold, at the beginning of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

Parchment codex.

4276. Harley MS 3862

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3862
Title:
John Lydgate, Life of Our Lady
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-107r: John Lydgate, Life of Our Lady [see Boffey and Edwards, A New Index (2005), no. 2574; for an edition of the text, see A Critical Edition (1961)]; beginning: 'O Thoughtful hert plonged in gret dystresse / with slombre of slowth thys long wynters nyght'; ending: 'To þe seru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

4277. Harley MS 3934

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3934
Title:
Evrard de Béthune (Eberhardus Bethuniensis), Graecismus
Scope & Content:
Evrard de Béthune (Eberhardus Bethuniensis), Graecismus, incipit: 'Quoniam ignorancie nubilo turpiter excecati'; with a commentary. Decoration: Large puzzle initial in red at the beginning of the text (f. 1r). Initials in red. Capital letters highlighted in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1359
Extent:
1 volume

4278. Harley MS 4380

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4380
Title:
Jean Froissart, Chroniques (the 'Harley Froissart')
Scope & Content:
Jean Froissart, Chroniques, Volume IV, Part 2 (the 'Harley Froissart'). Part 1 is Harley MS 4379. Decoration: 12 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders including hybrid figures and birds, in colours and gold (ff. 1r, 10v, 40r, 58v, 84r, 89r, 117r, 134r, 148r, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1470-1472
Extent:

Parchment codex

4279. Harley MS 1664

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1664
Title:
Psalter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Scope & Content:
Volume of 26 psalms and prayers in Latin, with French rubric. Formerly owned by Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (c. 1484–1545), magnate, courtier and soldier, whose signature appears on f. 22v. ff. 1r-4v: Rubric, ‘de la Louenge, Vertu, et Efficace des Pseames’. French. ff. 5r-9r: Psalms....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

4280. Harley MS 2493

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2493
Title:
Titus Livius, Ab Urbe condita (the 'Codex Aginnensis')
Scope & Content:
The copy of Titus Livius, Ab Urbe condita known as 'Codex Aginnensis' or 'Codex Agenensis' because of the ownership inscription of the Jesuit College in Agen (f. 1r); imperfect, the initial and final quires are missing; incipit: 'ipsius quoque tribunis' (III lv 6); explicit: 'facinoris decus ad ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century-c 1329
Extent:
313 folios.

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