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Harley MS 7656
- Record Id:
- 040-001616226
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001616226
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001515.0x00020a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7656
- Title:
- Mathematical and philosophical fragments
- Scope & Content:
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The manuscript is formed of five independent parts:
ff. 1r-7r: Boethius, De institutione arithmetica, fragment.
ff. 8r-13v: 'Liber philosophie monachorum' fragments of book 2.
ff. 14r-17v: 'Liber philosophie monachorum' fragments of book 4.
ff. 18r-19v: Unidentified biblical or theological commentary.
f. 20r: Unidentified text.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001616226", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 7656: Mathematical and philosophical fragments" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-001616230", "parent" : "040-001616226", "text" : "Harley MS 7656, ff 1r-7r: Boethius, De institutione arithmetica (fragment)" },{ "id" : "041-001616243", "parent" : "040-001616226", "text" : "Harley MS 7656, ff 8r-13v: 'Liber secundus philosophie monachorum' (fragment)" },{ "id" : "041-001616244", "parent" : "040-001616226", "text" : "Harley MS 7656, ff 14r-17v: 'Liber quartus philosophie monachorum' (fragment)" },{ "id" : "041-001616252", "parent" : "040-001616226", "text" : "Harley MS 7656, ff 18r-19v: Unidentified biblical or theological commentary" },{ "id" : "041-001616253", "parent" : "040-001616226", "text" : "Harley MS 7656, f 20r: Unidentified text, incipit: 'Bucolica ut ferunt inde dicta sunt...'" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001616226 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 7656 : Mathematical and philosophical fragments - Contains:
- Harley MS 7656, ff 1r-7r : Boethius, De institutione arithmetica (fragment)
Harley MS 7656, ff 8r-13v : 'Liber secundus philosophie monachorum' (fragment)
Harley MS 7656, ff 14r-17v : 'Liber quartus philosophie monachorum' (fragment)
Harley MS 7656, ff 18r-19v : Unidentified biblical or theological commentary
Harley MS 7656, f 20r : Unidentified text, incipit: 'Bucolica ut ferunt inde dicta sunt...'
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Harley MS 7656 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[7670]/040-001616226
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_7656 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1250
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1250-1499
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment codex. Ff. 8r-17v and f. 20 are fragments of a manuscript or manuscripts damaged by fire; bifolium ff. 18r-19v is damaged by water and in large parts illegible.
Dimensions: ff. 1r-7r: 245 x 175 mm (text space: 165 x 100 mm); ff. 8r-17v: 230 x 150 mm (text space: length mutilated x 110 mm), ff. 18v-19v: 200 x 135 mm (text space: 140 x 110 mm); f. 20r: 250 x 170 (text space: 170 x 140 mm).
Foliation: ff. iii + 20.
Script: ff. 1r-7r: Gothic; ff. 8r-17v: Gothic cursive; ff. 18r-19v: Humanistic minuscule; f. 29r: Gothic cursive.
Binding: British Museum/British Library in-house binding; rebound in 1946.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
ff. 1r-7v: England, or possibly France.
ff. 8r-17v: England.
fff. 18r-19v: Italy.
Provenance:
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.
Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d. 1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Publications:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), III, no. 7656.
Michael Masi, Boethian Number Theory: A Translation of the De institutione arithmetica (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1983), p. 60.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)