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1. Harley MS 498

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 498
Title:
Cartulary of Roger de Asphale
Scope & Content:
ff. 2–4, 24–29: Copies of approximately 25 deeds belonging to Roger de Asphale, from the time of Edward I. Parts of a roll, originally c. 1525 × 215 mm, now cut into pieces. ff. 5–23: Fragmentary memoranda of debts and payments. Decoration: Marginal titles.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century–14th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 4980

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980
Title:
Augustine, Fragment from De civitate Dei; Bede, Expositio actuum apostolorum; De fide Sanctae Trinitatis et de incarnatione Christi and other Alcuin's works
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of three parts of different origin and period, perhaps bound together in the 13th century in Carcassone, according to Knibbs and Matter, Alcuini (2012). Laistner, 'The Spanish Archetype of MS Harley 4980' (1936) argues that 'textual and orthographic peculiarities' in th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
8th century-9th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Harley MS 4980, ff 1-2v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 1-2v
Title:
Fragment from Augustine, De civitate Dei
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-v: St Augustine, De civitate Dei (City of God), Book 16 chapter 8 to 16. Decoration: A quire signature (f. 2v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 8th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980

4. Harley MS 4980, ff 3-75

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 3-75
Title:
Bede, Expositio actuum apostolorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r–75v: Bede, Expositio actuum apostolorum (Commentary on Acts), beginning imperfectly: '[...] postulationis contempneretur auctoritas'. Decoration: Initials highlighted in red (oxidised) or/and yellow. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980

5. Harley MS 4980, ff 76-143

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4980, ff 76-143
Title:
Alcuin, De fide Sanctae Trinitatis et de incarnatione Christi; Invocatio ad Sanctam Trinitatem; Questiones de Sancta Trinitate; De animae ratione: liber ad Eulaliam virginem
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 76r-123r: Alcuin, De fide Sanctae Trinitatis et de incarnatione Christi (On faith in the Holy Trinity and on the incarnation of Christ), preceded by the dedicatory epistle (ff. 76v-78v) and capitula (ff. 78v-80v). ff. 123v-126r: Alcuin, Invocatio ad Sanctam Trinitatem (Invocation...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 4980

6. Harley MS 4981

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4981
Title:
The Old Testament Books of the Minor Prophets, with glosses
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-112v: The Old Testament Books of the Minor Prophets, with glosses. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r: List of Old Testament kings; written in the late 12th or early 13th century. f. 1r: Note on the gloss, attributing it to Anselm of Canterbury, Ralph of Laon, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 4982

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4982
Title:
Constantinus Africanus, Theorica Pantegni
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains a copy of the medical compendium entitled Theorica Pantegni or Pantechni written by Constantinus Africanus or Constantine the African (circa 1020-1098/9), a monk of African origin at Monte Cassino in Italy. The work is an adaptation and translation into Latin of part of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:

73 folios.

8. Harley MS 4983

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4983
Title:
Nicolaus Salernitanus, Antidotarium
Scope & Content:
Nicolaus Salernitanus, Antidotarium. The manuscript is a copy of the Antidotary, a collection of pharmacopoeial remedies in alphabetical order written possibly in the mid-13th century by an anonymous doctor traditionally called Nicolaus Salernitanus or Nicholas of Salerno. Nicolaus derived his m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

9. Harley MS 4984

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4984
Title:
Collection of texts about St Martin of Tours: Sulpicius Severus, Vita Sancti Martini, Epistolae, Dialogi (books 1-3); Gregory of Tours, De Virtutibus Sancti Martini and Libri Octo Miraculorum
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains a collection of texts on the life, miracles and translation of St Martin of Tours (d. 397) by Sulpicius Severus (b. c. 363, d. c. 425) and Gregory of Tours (b. c. 538, d. 594). The manuscript was written for a monastic audience, as is indicated by a contempo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 4985

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4985
Title:
The Old Testament books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth and Proverbs, with glosses
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-125r: The Old Testament books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth and Proverbs, with glosses. Decoration: 3 large initials in green and red or blue, green, and red at the beginning of each book (ff. 2r, 33v, 69r). Blank space left for initial (f. 84r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

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