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Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 534

1. Harley MS 534

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 534
Title:
Arnold of Bonneval, De operibus sex dierum; De sex verbis Domini in cruce; Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-30r: Arnold of Bonneval, De operibus sex dierum. ff. 31r-49v: Arnold of Bonneval, De sex verbis Domini in cruce. ff. 49v-53r: Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons. Decoration: 1 large initial in red and blue on a light brown ground, with penwork decoration and reserved designs (f....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Last quarter of the 12th century or 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 5340

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5340
Title:
A notebook containing memoranda concerning ethics, law, logic, metaphysics and theology
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-63r: A notebook containing memoranda concerning ethics, law, logic, metaphysics and theology The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 2*recto, 57r-57v: Fractions, entitled: ‘Valuation of Fractio[n]’; added in the late 16th or 17th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 5342

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5342
Title:
Suetonius, De vita Caesarum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of De vita Caesarum (On the Lives of the Caesars), a set of biographies of twelve successive Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian, written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (b. c. 69, d. after 122). Contents: ff. 1r-231v: Suetonius, De vita Caesarum. [[f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 5344

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5344
Title:
Summa theologica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5r: an index of capitula. ff. 5v-182v: Summa theologica, a brief summary of theological subjects in seven parts; the first part is on God and the Trinity; the second part is on the humanity of Christ; the third part is on the Sacrament; the fourth part is on the Virgin Mary;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 5345

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5345
Title:
Agostino Dati, Eligantiae
Scope & Content:
A humanist copy of a Renaissance rhetorical manual by Agostino Dati (1420–78), philosopher, theologian, historian, linguist and teacher in Siena. Contents: ff. 1* and 3* are parchment flyleaves with various inscriptions. ff. 1r-7r: Letter to a certain Franciscus congratulating him on marrying...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 5347

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5347
Title:
Vita of St Margaret of Antioch
Scope & Content:
A verse Life of St Margaret of Antioch that the introduction attributes to a Theotimus, supposedly a witness to her martyrdom. Contents: ff. 1r-54r: life of St Margaret of Antioch. ff. 55r-56r: prayer to the Virgin Mary. f. 56v: incomplete inscription remarking on St Margaret’s legend: ‘Seg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 5349

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5349
Title:
Statutes from the reign of Edward III, 1327-1355
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-99v: Statutes from the reign of Edward III, 1327-1355. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 100r: A printed indulgence (dated 1508) for those who contribute to the construction of a church dedicated to St Peter, beginning: 'Willelmus, permissione divina Cantuariensis ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume