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4371. Harley MS 1320

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1320
Title:
The Polychronicon by Ranulf Higden, with a continuation to the death of Edward III (1377)
Scope & Content:
The Polychronicon by Ranulf Higden (d. 1364), with a continuation to the death of Edward III in 1377. Incipit: 'Post preclaros arcium scriptores quibus circa rerum noticiam ac morum modestiam dulce fuit'. Explicit: 'Explicit liber Septimus historie policronice'. An edition of the chronicle can b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4372. Harley MS 3039

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3039
Title:
Augustine of Hippo, De Genesi contra manicheos, Contra epistulam manichaei, Contra academicos and De ordine
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: Title page: 'In hoc codice continentur libri Aurelii Augustini . De genesi contra manicheos. Libri duo contra epistulam fundamenti manicheorum liber unus. Academicorum. libri tres. De ordine libri duo.' ff. 2r-30v: Augustine of Hippo, De Genesi contra manicheos, incipit: 'Si ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 9th century
Extent:
1 volume

4373. Harley MS 3600

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3600
Title:
Polychronicon by Ranulf Higden, with a continuation to the coronation of Henry VI in 1429
Scope & Content:
Contents: Polychronicon by Ranulf Higden (d. 1364), with a continuation to the coronation of Henry VI in 1429. Rubric (f. 2r): 'Incipit prologus primus in historiam policronicam'. Incipit (f. 2r): Post preclaros arcium scriptores quibus circa rerum noticiam aut morum modestiam dulce fuit'. Exp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

4374. Harley MS 655

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 655
Title:
Ranulf Higden Polychronicon, to 1345, with additions including the Vita Merlini
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-13r: Alphabetical index to the Polychronicon. Incipit: 'Ad sub sequentis tabule noticiam . considerentur primo numeri foliorum'. the index includes references by book and chapter, and ends partway down column 1 of f. 13r, leaving the rest of the page ruled but blank. Explicit:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
last quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

4375. Harley MS 978

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 978
Title:
Collection of poems including fables and musical, calendrical, and medical texts
Scope & Content:
A miscellany or 'manual' including poems, fables, musical, and medical texts, several of which are unique to this collection, such as the song 'Sumer is icumen in', the Song of Lewes, several poems by Marie de France and Goliardic verses. The collection was possibly compiled between 1261 and 126...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

4376. Harley MS 1642

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1642
Title:
Accounts of Sir Thomas Heneage, Treasurer of the Queen’s Chamber, 1593-1594
Scope & Content:
Accounts made by Sir Thomas Heneage (b. in or before 1532, d. 1595), courtier and Treasurer of the Queen’s Chamber. From the Feast of St Michael, 35 Elizabeth I, to the Feast of St Michael, 36 Elizabeth I, i.e. 29 September 1593-29 September 1594. f. 1r: Title: ‘ Somes of monye receyved by the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 September 1593-29 September 1594
Extent:
1 volume. Bound with Harley MS 1641.

4377. Harley MS 3991

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3991
Title:
Verse miscellany of songs, poems and drama
Scope & Content:
A quarto verse miscellany in several hands, including poems, songs and extracts from plays by various authors, many anonymous. The volume was once owned by Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725), and f. 1r contains an ownership inscription by Robert Harley: ‘Oxford. B. H. bought in the Rawlinsons sale’. C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

4378. Harley MS 3747

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3747
Title:
Giovanni Garzoni of Bologna, Practica medicinae secundum modum Avicennae, and other medical treatises
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of medical lectures, known as the Practica medicinae (The Practice of Medicine), composed by the physician and humanist Giovanni Garzoni of Bologna (b. 1419, d. 1506), probably between 1465 and 1471. The volume also includes a number of shorter medical texts...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1477
Extent:
1 volume

4379. Harley MS 485

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 485
Title:
Collection of theological works, including the Speculum peccatoris; Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis, De sacramentis christianae fidei, and De virtute orandi; Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermon on Canticle of Canticles; John Chrystostom, Sermo de poenitentia; Peter of Blois, De duodecim utilitatibus tribulationis; Guigo II, Scala claustralium; Legend of Pachomius; Tripoli Prophecy
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Speculum peccatoris. ff. 8v-16r: Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion. ff. 16r-22r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis. ff. 22r-24r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei. ff. 24r-26v: Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo super illum locum in Cantico: 'Ecce ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

4380. Harley MS 2253

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2253
Title:
Henri d'Acre, Miscellany of secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript divides in two parts. Part I (ff. 1r-48v) includes a collection of hagiographical texts in Anglo-Norman French. Part II (ff. 49r-140v and 142r-142v, except for folio 52v) was written in c. 1330-1340 by the so-called 'Harley scribe' and contains a miscellany of texts including secu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

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