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Harley MS 1811

Record Id:

040-001616463

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-001616463

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001515.0x000321

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 1811

Title:

Nicholas of Lynn, Astronomical calendar with canons, and other astronomical texts

Scope & Content:

The manuscript includes:

1. Leaves from an antiphonary or breviary used as flyleaves (ff. 1r-2v);

2. Nicholas of Lynn, Astronomical calendar (ff. 3r-33v);

3. Nicholas of Lynn, abbreviated calendar canons, incipit: 'Pro declaracione punctorum...' (ff. 34r-36v);

4. Prognostication text (ff. 36v-37r);

5. A note describing a table of the signs of the Zodiac (ff. 37r-37v);

6. A note concerning the use of astronomical tables and calendar (ff. 37v-38v);

7. Astronomical text (ff. 38v-40r);

Leaves from an antiphonary or breviary used as flyleaves (ff. 41r-42v).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection
Harley Science Project

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-001616463

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 1811 : Nicholas of Lynn, Astronomical calendar with canons, and other astronomical texts

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Hierarchy:

032-002045828[1813]/040-001616463

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

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Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1387

End Date:

1499

Date Range:

After 1387-15th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment codex.

Dimensions: 220 x 145 mm (text space: 170 x 105 mm).

Foliation: ff. ii + 42 (ff. 1-2 and 41-42 were used as flyleaves).

Script: Gothic.

Binding: British Museum/British Library in-house binding; bound with Harley MSS 1009 and 6878.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

Thomas Allen (b. 1540?, d. 1632), mathematician and antiquary of Gloucester Hall, Oxford: a note attributed to him (see Catalogue 1808) (f. 31r).

Henry Worsley (d. 1747), the second son of Sir Robert Worsley, 3rd baronet of Appuldurcombe, Isle of Wight: given by him to Robert Harley before 13 December 1712 (see The Diary of Humfrey Wanley, 1966).

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:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II, no. 1811.

The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726, ed. by Cyril Ernest Wright and Ruth C. Wright, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), I: 1715-1723, p. xix.

C. E. Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), p. 361.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)