Harley MS 5414

The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716) for historical purposes. 190 printed book fragments from the volume were transferred to the Department of Printed Books in the British Museum in 1814 and 1891 (see notes on f. 1r).

Contents:

ff. 1r-1v: A fragment of the canons of the IVth Lateran Council of 1215 (68), written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 180 x 25 mm.

ff. 2r-2v: a fragment of Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei (Chapters 10-12), written in a late 12th-/early 13th-century hand; parchment; 10 x 15 mm.

ff. 3r-3v: A fragment of Vincent de Beauvais' Speculum Doctrinale (Book 10), written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 35 x 90 mm.

ff. 4r-4v: A leaf from a Bible containing John 14:17-18:16, written in an English/French script of the 1st half of the 13th century; parchment; 165 x 105 mm.

ff. 5r-5v: A fragment of a leaf from a Bible containing Matthew 8, written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 130 x 100 mm.

ff. 6r-6v: A fragment from Haymo Halberstatensis, Homilia XX, written in an early 12th-century script; parchment; 85 x 115 mm.

f. 7: A fragment from a Bible containing Psalms 90:11-91:3, written in an English/French hand of the 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century; parchment;' 130 x 80 mm.

ff. 8r-8v: A fragment from a Biblical commentary (?), written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 130 x 40 mm.

ff. 9r-9v: A fragment from Bede's Homilia IX, written in a mid 12th-century script; parchment; 150 x 30 mm.

ff. 10r-10v: A fragment from a Bible (Daniel 13), written in a 12th-century script; parchment; 220 x 45 mm.

f. 11: A fragment from Psalm 106:33-43, written in an early 12th-century hand; parchment; 130 x 90 mm.

f. 12: A fragment from Aristotle's Posterior Analytics, written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 75 x 75 mm.

ff. 13r-13v: A fragment of a leaf from an unidentified manuscript, written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 160 x 100 mm.

f. 14: A fragment from St Augustine's De spiritu et littera and the incipit of Pseudo-Augustine's Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Coelestianos, vulgo libri hypognosticon, written in an English/French hand of the 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century; parchment; 125 x 80 mm.

f. 15: A fragment from glossed Psalms (11:7), written in a late 13th-century hand; parchment; 95 x 60 mm.

f. 16: A fragment from a Missal written in an English/French hand of the 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century; parchment; 135 x 90 mm.

f. 17r-17v: A fragment from Gregory the Great's Homilia V(In Ezechielem), written in an early 13th-century script; parchment; 175 x 65 mm.

f. 18: A fragment from an unidentified text, written in a 12th-century hand; parchment; 25 x 175 mm.

f. 19: A fragment from a Missal written in an English hand of the last quarter of the 14th or 1st quarter of the 15th century; parchment; 130 x 90 mm.

f. 20: A fragment from an unidentified text, written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 35 x 145 mm.

ff. 21r-21v: A leaf from a manuscript of the Decretals (Book 3), written in an English hand of the last quarter of the 13th or 1st quarter of the 14th century; parchment; 195 x 110 mm.

f. 22: A fragment from a leaf of Eberhard of Bethune's Graecismus, written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 110 x 90 mm.

f. 23: A fragment from a glossed Psalter (58:6-8), written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 105 x 75 mm.

ff. 24r-24v: A fragment from Aristotle's De Anima (Book II), written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 100 x 140 mm.

ff. 25r-25v: A fragment from the Bible (Matthew 22: 41-44), written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 90 x 65 mm.

ff. 26r-26v: A fragment from the Office for the feast of Corpus Christi, written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 70 x 65 mm.

ff. 27r-27v: A fragment from St Augustine's Confessions (Book 6), written in a late 13th-century hand; parchment; 115 x 75 mm.

ff. 28-29: A cutting of a miniature and text fragment possibly from a manuscript of the Digest, Book 26, 'De tutelis', written in an English/French hand of the 2nd half of the 13th century; parchment; 50 x 75 mm.

f. 30: A fragment, possibly from a commentary to Pseudo-Augustine's De mirabilibus sacrae scripturae, written in an English/French hand of the 2nd half of the 13th century; parchment; 210 x 50 mm.

ff. 31r-31v: A fragment from Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae (1.103), written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 150 x 90 mm.

ff. 32r-32v: A fragment from a Missal, written in the 12th-century hand; parchment; 140 x 85 mm.

ff. 33r-33v: A fragment from an unidentified text on monastic or ecclesiastic obedience, written in a 14th-century script; parchment; 60 x 70 mm.

f. 34: A fragment of a glossed Psalm 144:14-17, written in an English hand of the 2nd half of the 13th century; parchment; 110 x 115 mm.

ff. 35r-35v: A fragment from a Missal, written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 90 x 140 mm.

f. 36: A fragment of a glossed Bible, Maccabees 4:54-59, written in an English/French hand of the 2nd half of the 13th century; parchment; 210 x 55 mm.

ff. 37r-37v: A fragment from an unidentified text, written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 110 x 180 mm.

f. 38: A fragment from an Antiphonary, written in an English hand of the 2nd half of the 14th century; parchment; 100 x 70 mm.

f. 39: A fragment from an Antiphonary, written in a 14th/15th-century hand; parchment; 110 x 145 mm.

ff. 40r-40v: A fragment from an unidentified manuscript, written in a 14th/15th-century hand; parchment; 170 x 90 mm.

ff. 41r-41v: A fragment from an unidentified manuscript, written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 115 x 80 mm.

f. 42: A fragment from a manuscript containing Gregory the Great, Moralia (II.i.1), written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 110 x 80 mm.

f. 43: A fragment from a theological manuscript, written in a late 13th-century hand; parchment; 60 x 120 mm.

f. 44: A fragment from a theological manuscript, written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 140 x 40 mm.

f. 45: A fragment from a theological manuscript, written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 135 x 40 mm.

f. 46: A fragment from an unidentified manuscript containing a scholastic text, written in a 13th-century script; parchment; 130 x 50 mm.

f. 47: A fragment from a Lectionary(?), written in an English hand of the last quarter of the 14th or 1st quarter of the 15th century; parchment; 200 x 95 mm.

f. 48: A fragment from a glossed Bible, Corinthians 2:13-14, written in an English hand of the 2nd half of the 13th century; parchment; 135 x 95 mm.

f. 49: A fragment with text of Psalm 126:1-6 ,written in an English hand of the 2nd half of the 14th century; parchment; 115 x 85 mm.

ff. 50r-50v: A leaf from a Bible, Tobias 13:19-14.16, followed by St Jerome's prologue to Esther and Esther 1:1-2:16, written in an English/French hand of the 3rd quarter of the 13th century; parchment; 185 x 130 mm.

f. 51: A small fragment from an unidentified manuscript, inscribed with one word, in abbreviated form, 'Ag' [?Augustinus] in red ink; parchment; 34 x 30 mm.

f. 52: A fragment from a glossed manuscript of the Song of Songs. The glosses bear on 4:12. Written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 80 x 85 mm.

f. 53: A fragment from an unidentified theological manuscript, written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 125 x 35 mm.

f. 54: A fragment from an unidentified theological manuscript, written in an early 14th-century hand; parchment; 60 x 70 mm.

f. 55: A fragment from an unidentified theological manuscript containing excerpts from the Bible, written in a 12th/13th-century hand; parchment; 130 x 70 mm.

f. 56: A fragment from St Augustine's Sermo 88 (17), written in a 12th-century hand; parchment; 105 x 80 mm.

f. 57: A fragment from a glossed Psalter (Ps. 118:20), written in a 12th-century hand; parchment; 100 x 75 mm.

f. 58: A fragment from Raymond of Peñafort's Summa de casibus poenitentiae (3.6), written in a 13th-century book hand; parchment; 70 x 125 mm.

f. 59: A fragment from a glossed Psalter (88:7), written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 105 x 75 mm.

f. 60: A fragment from St Augustine's De Vera Religione, Book 1 (31.58), written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 85 x 180 mm.

ff. 61r-61v: A fragment from an unidentified theological work, written in a 14th-century script; parchment; 150 x 110 mm.

ff. 62r-62v: A fragment from a liturgical manuscript, written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 130 x 100 mm.

f. 63: A fragment from Nicolaus de Aquavilla's Sermones de sanctis, written in a late 13th-century script; parchment; 100x 70 mm.

ff. 64r-64v: A fragment from a glossed Bible (Leviticus 10), written in a 14th-century script; parchment; 80 x 110 mm.

ff. 65-67: Two fragments from a liturgical text, possibly a Breviary, written in an English hand of the 1st half of the 14th century; parchment; 160 x 40 mm.

f. 68: A fragment from a biblical index, written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 200 x 60 mm.

f. 69: A fragment from an unidentified philosophical work, written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 80x 80 mm.

f. 70: A fragment from an unidentified philosophical work with glosses, written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 100 x 135 mm.

ff. 71r-71v: A fragment from an unidentified theological treatise, written in a late 13th-century hand; parchment; 120 x 70 mm.

ff. 72r-72v: A fragment of Alfred of Sareshel (Alfredus Anglicus)'s Latin translation of Pseudo-Aristotle's De Plantis (Book I), with scholia, written in a 13th-century hand; parchment; 120 x 85 mm.

f. 73: A fragment from Thomas de Chobham's Summa Confessorum (De Penitentiis), written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 70 x 75 mm.

ff. 74r-74v: A fragment from an unidentified theological work, written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 95 x 130 mm.

f. 75: A fragment from an unidentified philosophical text, written in a cursive 14th-century hand; parchment; 160 x 70 mm.

f. 76: A fragment from an unidentified text, written in a cursive 14th-century hand; parchment; 180 x 80 mm.

f. 77: A fragment from an unidentified philosophical text, written in a late 14th-century hand; parchment; 10 x 27 mm.

f. 78: A fragment from Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae (Book 7, Lectio 6), written in a late 13th-/early 14th-century script; parchment; 70x 70 mm.

ff. 79r-79v: A fragment from Hugh of St Victor's De Sacramentis (Book 2, Part 11, De Sacramento Coniugii), written in a 12th-century hand; parchment; 100 x 90 mm.

f. 80: A fragment from an unidentified theological work on the Book of Revelation, written in a 15th-century hand; parchment; 80 x 55 mm.

ff. 81r-81v: A fragment from an unidentified text on the Book of Numbers (3:3), written in a 15th-century hand; parchment; 130 x 35 mm.

f. 82: A fragment from an unidentified work on biblical vocabulary, written in a 15th-century hand; parchment; 115 x 20 mm.

f. 83: A fragment from an unidentified theological treatise, written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 60 x 85 mm.

f. 84: A fragment from an unidentified theological work, written in a 15th-century hand; parchment; 145 x 80 mm.

ff. 85r-85v: A fragment from a Missal, written in a 15th-century hand; parchment; 140 x 90 mm.

ff. 86r-86v: A fragment from an unidentified philosophical work, possibly a summa, written in a 14th-century hand; parchment; 140 x 80 mm.

ff. 87r-87v: A fragment from an unidentified text, written in a 16th-century hand; parchment; 110 x 80 mm.

Decoration:

ff. 1r-1v: Initials in red and blue, some with pen-flourishing.

ff. 4r-4v: Initials in blue or red with pen-flourished decoration in the other colour. Running titles and chapter numbers in blue and red. Leaf incorrectly bound with the original recto as verso and vice versa.

f. 7: Fragment of initial in red with penwork decoration in blue. Small initial in green. Rubric in red.

f. 14: Puzzle initial in blue and red with pen-flourished decoration. Rubric in red. Initials highlighted in red.

f. 15: Initials in red and blue.

f. 16: Initials in red or blue with penwork decoration in the other colour. Rubrics in red.

f. 19: Initial in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Rubric in red.

ff. 21r-21v: Initials in blue or red with penwork decoration in the other colour. Initials in blue or red. Rubric in red.

ff. 28-29: Miniature in colours and gold with foliate decoration of a law doctor instructing two adults with two children. Fragment of initial in colour and gold.

f. 30: Historiated initial in colours and gold of a master and pupil or annointing (?) with foliate decoration extending into the margin. Paraph in red. Trace of rubrics in red.

f. 34: Initials in red or blue with penwork decoration of the other colour. Small initials and paraphs in red.

ff. 35r-35v: Initials in red and green.

f. 36: Initial in blue with penwork decoration in red.

f. 38: Initial with cadel decoration with face in black and green. Musical notations on 4-line staves in red. Line-fillers in red.

f. 39: Musical notation: square notation on four-line red staves (F clef).

f. 47: 'Champ' initials in colours and gold with foliate spray decoration extending into the margin. Rubrics in red.

f. 48: Initial in red with penwork decoration in blue. Underlining of sentences in red.

f. 49: Initial in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Initials in blue or red. Punctuation marks in red.

ff. 50r-50v: Puzzle initial in blue and red with pen-flourished decoration (f. 50). Initial in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Small initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red.

ff. 65-67: Initials in red or blue with penwork decoration in the other colour. Rubrics and paraphs in red.

f. 80: Underlining in red.

f. 81: Paragraph sings in blue. Underlining in red.

ff. 85r-85v: Initials in red. Rubrics and underlining in red.

ff. 86r-86v: Paragraph signs in red and blue.