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Harley MS 6509

Record Id:

040-002052358

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-002052358

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000935.0x000021

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 6509

Title:

A patristical collection, including Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali

Scope & Content:

The manuscript includes:

ff. 1r-97r: Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali.

ff. 97v-106r: Ambrose, Libellus de dignitate sacerdotali.

ff. 106v-132r: Ambrose, De Helia et ieiunio.

ff. 132r-134r: Augustine, 'Sermo ad episcopos'.

ff. 134r-135v: The Passion of St Fidelis, Exantus and Carpophorus.

ff. 135v-136v: Lives of Savinus and Antoninus, saints from Piacenza.

Decoration: Initials and incipit rubrics in red.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-002052358

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 6509 : A patristical collection, including Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali

Contains:

Harley MS 6509, ff 1r-97r : Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali
Harley MS 6509, ff 97v-106r : Ambrose, Libellus de dignitate sacerdotali
Harley MS 6509, ff 106v-132r : Ambrose, De Helia et ieiunio
Harley MS 6509, ff 132r-134r : Augustine, 'Sermo ad episcopos'
Harley MS 6509, ff 134r-135v : Passion of St Fidelis, Exantus, and Carpophorus
Harley MS 6509, ff 135v-136v : Lives of St Savinus and St Antoninus

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Hierarchy:

032-002045828[6514]/040-002052358

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

0900

End Date:

0999

Date Range:

10th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: parchment.

Dimensions: 215 x 160 mm (text space: 170 x 120 mm).

Foliation: ff. 136 (+ 2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves: 1 at the beginning and 1 at the end).

Script: Caroline minuscule. Written by several hands.

Binding: British Museum/British Library in-house binding.

Custodial History:

Origin:

Italy.

Provenance:

Nicolaus de Doctiis of Siena, his ownership inscription on a parchment fragment pasted on f. 136v 'Nicolai de doctiis doctoris senen.', 15th century.

John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), collector and dealer of books and manuscripts acquired in Italy through agents apparently operating from Florence (see Wright 1972): acquired from him on 22 June 1726.

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.

Administrative Context:

Italy.

Information About Copies:

Select digital coverage available for this manuscript, see Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/welcome.htm.

Publications:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), III (1808), no. 6509.

Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. 126, 162.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and natural history specimens and patron of arts and sciences, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115857160,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/2356861
Gibson, John, book-dealer, fl 1720-1726
Harley, Edward, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108078249,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/160524259
Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron of architecture, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000030125833,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6045563
Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083423906