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Harley MS 2558, ff 193r-193v
- Record Id:
- 041-002054656
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002032705
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000264.0x0002f7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2558, ff 193r-193v
- Title:
- Somniale Danielis, excerpt
- Scope & Content:
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Somniale Danielis, excerpt. A copy of the medieval dream interpretation handbook. This fragment covers the letters A to C. Incipit: 'Qui interpretationem alicuius sompni inquirit / sic faciat'.
Copies of the complete text are Additional MS 15236 (ff. 161v-168v); Cotton MS Tiberius A iii (ff. 27v-32v) and Cotton MS Titus D xxvi (ff. 11v-16); Egerton MS 847 (ff. 21v-26v); Harley MS 3017 (ff. 1-1v; fragment); Royal MS 8 E. x (ff. 114v-117r), Royal MS 12 C. xii (ff. 81v-86r) and Royal MS 13 D. i (ff. 247v-248r; abridged); Sloane MS 475 (ff. 217v-218r; fragment), Sloane MS 3281 (ff. 39r-47r) and Sloane MS 3542 (ff. 41v-44v; two fragments). The present manuscript listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29 (London, 1963; with supplements in 1965 and 1968), p. 1208h; its electronic version on CD-Rom (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), no. 1208H. For the text, see S. R. Fischer, The Complete Medieval Dreambook: A Multilingual, Alphabetical 'Somnia Danielis' Collation (Berne, 1982); L. T. Martin, Somniale Daniels. An Edition of a Medieval Latin Dream Interpretation Handbook, Lateinische Sprache und Literatur des Mittelalters, 10 (Frankfurt am Main, 1981).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002032705
041-002054656 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 2558 : Thomas Fayreford, Medical miscellany and commonplace book
Harley MS 2558, ff 193r-193v : Somniale Danielis, excerpt - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[2559]/040-002032705[0025]/041-002054656
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 folio.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_2558 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1360
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- Late 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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