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Arundel MS 57, ff 1r-12v 1. A fragment of Aristotle's De anima with glosses added in the late 13th century (ff. 1r-12v);On the lower half of the pages and in spaces in the Aristotle text have been added:(i) Inscription (see below, item 2), verses (f. 2: Boffey 539.5, 1227, 1961.3, 3238.5) and a list of contents of the Ayenbite written in the hand of Michael of Northgate (ff. 2r-4r);(ii) Miscellaneous prophecies in Latin, French and English: 'Versus Gylde de p[ro]ph[et]ia Aq[ui]le' (f. 4v); 'Versus Northmannie' (Walther 1026: ff. 4v-5r); Eleven hexameters beginning 'Gallorum levitas' (Walther 7015: f. 5r); 'Expo[siti]o v[er]suu[m] gylde de p[ro]ph[ec]ia aq[ui]le et heremit[e]' (ff. 5r-8v); Thomas de Erseldoune's prophecy of Edward II (Boffey 3762: f. 8v); Prophecies of Merlin, in Anglo-Norman French (ff. 8v-10v); 'Anno mille....destante perito (Walther 1139: f. 10v); Lines in the margin beginning 'E' ssel vordo..' (f. 11r);
 Arundel MS 57, ff 13r-96v 1. Ayenbite of Inwyt ('Prick of Conscience'), a translation into the Kentish dialect of the French treatise on morality, Somme le roi. This is thought to be an autograph copy by the translator, Michael of Northgate, and is the only surviving example of the text in Middle English. A verse on f. 94r states: 'Nou ich wille that ye ywite. hou hit is ywent, þet þis boc is ywrite. mid Engliss of Kent. þis boc is ymad vor lewede men, vor uader, and vor moder, and uor other ken, ..... þet þis boc made, God him yeve þet bread Of angles of hevene, and þereto his red, And ondervong his zaule, huanne thet he is dyad. Amen' (Boffey 2331). The following verses in Middle English have been identified within the text: Boffey 3579: f. 13, l.6, 'þis boc is ywrite...'; 2070: f. 51v, l.16, 'Mon man longe lyves wene...' (opening stanza only); 3578.5: f. 94, l.16, 'þis boc is come to the ende...'. (ff. 13r-94r);2. The Lord's Prayer, Ave Maria and the Creed in English (f. 94r);3. Pseudo-Anselm, De custodia interioris hominis in English (ff. 94v-96v);4. Treatise on the difference between men and beasts, 'Namore ne is betuene ane manne and ane beste...'(f. 96v);5. Two prayers to the Virgin Mary in English, the second in verse form (Boffey 2034) (f. 96v).
Harley MS 532, ff 61r-64v A breefe Discourse touching the happy Union of the Kingdoms of Engand and Scotland. composed by Francis Bacon in 1603.
Harley MS 532, ff 45r-48r A chronicle entitled: The History of the reigne of King Henry the 8th, King Edward, Queen Mary and part of Queen Elizabeth, incipit: 'The books which are written doo in their kinds...'
Harley MS 3353, ff 160r-177v A chronicle relating to the year 1291 and possibly referring to the death of Jeanne of Chatillon, Countess of Blois and Chartres; incipit: 'En lan de grace mil cc quatre vins et onze le rendi devant la commision saint pol'.Decoration: Initials and paraphs in red.
Harley MS 3017, ff 42v-51r A collection of computistical formulas. The formulas on ff. 42v-50r given for the years 861-864 were altered by a second hand for the years 864 and 899.
Harley MS 3234, ff 110r-147v A collection of lives of philosophers, Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum, by Walter Burley (b.1274/5, d. in or after 1344), an English philosopher and fellow of Merton College, Oxford, incipit: 'Thales philosopus asianus ut ait Laertius...'Decoration:Initial in red with pen-flourished decoration in brown, at the beginning of the text. Initial in red with penwork decoration in red. Paraphs in red and first letters of sentences highlighted in red.From f. 132v the text is continued by a different scribe with spaces with guide letters left blank for initials.
Harley MS 6046, ff 146r-203v A commentary on Aristotle, De anima, entitled In libros tres Aristotelis de anima disputatium cum ea proemialis de scientia animastica, incipit: 'Quanti facienda sit tractatio de anima...'
Harley MS 6046, ff 3r-144v A commentary on Aristotle, Physica,entitled Commentarius in octo libros physicorum, incipit 'In primum librum proemium Aristoteles...'
Harley MS 625, ff 132r-136v A commentary on Ptolemy's Almagest, book 5, incipit: 'Diametrum epicicli...'. A note added in the margin reads 'hec questiones de libro 5to Almagesti Albramati (?)' (f. 132r).Decoration: Initials and paraphs in red.Numerous geometrical diagrams in the margins.
Harley MS 625, ff 173r-174r A commentary on Ptolemy's Almagest, incipit: 'Liber Almagesti ex precepto Maymonis regis Arabum...'.Decoration: Initials and paraphs in red.
Harley MS 3017, ff. 113v-132v A computistical text entitled 'Incipit calculatio quomodo reperiri possit quota feria singulis annis XIIIIa vel Pasche ocurrat', incipit: 'Primo anno circuli decennovenali XXX est luna in kalendis aprilis'; with other excerpts.Includes a digram of the wind rota (f. 128v).
Harley MS 3814 A, ff 3v-10r A computistical treatise, incipit: 'Ad inveniendam quantitatem annii solaris...'.Decoration: Initial in red ink (f. 3v).
Stowe MS 944, ff 54v-55r A continuation of the list of lay-brethren 'Nomina fratrum laicorum' from ff. 28r-29r. The list was arranged at first in columns and numbered from i. to xviii., afterwards not numbered or regularly entered, but written in various hands of different periods down to the suppression of the abbey. The list is continued on four leaves added at the end of the book, ff. 65r-68r. On f. 55r is an entry that Richard 'Palmarius' gave a silver box (cassula) for relics, in return for which his name was to be entered in the martyrology and his anniversary commemorated.
Harley MS 4346, ff 1r-54r A copy of a Latin poem in hexameters describing the medical virtues of herbs written under the pseudonym of Macer (with reference to the Roman poet Aemilius Macer, d. 15 BC). The author is now generally identified with the French physician Odo de Meung-sur-Loire whose name is mentioned in another 12th-century copy of the text (Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek, MS Dc. 160). Rubric (f. 1r): 'Incipit Macer in primis de artemesia', incipit: 'Herbarum quasdam dicturus carmine vires / herbarum matrem dedit artemisia nomen', explicit (f. 54r) '['De aloe' rubric f. 53r] … Una diagredij sic apta solutio fiet;'. Includes notabilia and occasional glosses by later hands. For the text see L. Choulant, Macer Floridus de viribus herbarum una cum Walafridi Strabonis, Othonis Cremonensis et Ioannis Folcz carminibus similis argumenti secundum codices manuscriptos et veteres editiones … recensuit (Leipzig, 1832). The present manuscript is not listed in L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin, rev. edn. (London, 1963; The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication, 29; with supplements in 1965 and 1968); Der deutsche 'Macer'. Vulgatfassung. Mit einem Abdruck des lateinischen Macer Floridus 'De viribus herbarum', ed. by Bernhard Schnell in and William Crossgrove, Texte und Textgeschichte, 50 (Tübingen, 2003). For Odo of Meung or Magdunensis see E. Wickersheimer, Dictionnaire biographique des médecins en France au moyen âge. Réimpression de l'édition de 1936, Hautes Études Médiévales et Modernes, 34(Geneva, 1979; ), II, p. 584; D. Jacquart, Supplément au E. Wickersheimer, Dictionnaire biographique des médecins en France au moyen âge. Nouvelle édition sous la direction de Guy Beaujouan (Geneva, 1979; Hautes Études Médiévales et Modernes, 35), p. 218.
Harley MS 532, ff 11r-44r A Discourse of the Buisines of Ambyona in Anno Domini 1624,relates to the Ambyona massacre of 1623 in which ten Englishmen in the service of the British East India Company were tortured and executed by agents of the Dutch East India Company on Ambon Island (now Indonesia).
Harley MS 6046, f 204r A document entitled Breviarium philosophiae lists subjects in logic, physics and metaphysics.
Harley MS 7656, ff 14r-17v A fragment of a text with a late-14th-century running title reading 'Liber quartus philosophie monachorum', incipit: '...sum tu vile habes balsaniam tuum...'Ff. 8r-13v and 14r-17v are probably parts of the same manuscript: the running titles in both sections were added by the same hand.
Harley MS 7656, ff 8r-13v A fragment of a text with a late-14th-century running title reading 'Liber secundus philosophie monachorum', incipit: 'Cum interogaret aliquin abbas Arsenius...' Ff. 8r-13v and 14r-17v are probably parts of the same manuscript: the running titles in both sections were added by the same hand.
Harley MS 3271, ff 1r-6r A grammatical text on the genre of nouns and pronouns, formation of verbs and the first and second declination.
Harley MS 3271, ff 93r-113v A grammatical treatise entitled 'Dialogus de VIII partibus orationis', incipit: 'Beatus quid est? Oratio est. Et quae pars orationis? Nomen.' An interpolation (?) on f. 102v includes a table of lucky and unlucky days of the moon, entitled 'De sanguine minuere.'Decoration: Large initial in red at the beginning of the text.
Harley MS 5425, ff 141r-174r A Latin paraphrase of the first three books (lacking Book 4) of the treatise on general precepts of medical pathology by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC), accompanied by a commentary attributed to Galen (c. 130-200). In the upper and lower margins, alongside the paraphrase and the commentary, a later hand has copied the translation of the original from Arabic sources that is variously attributed to Constantinus Africanus (c. 1020-1098/9) and therefore to the late 11th century, or to Gerard of Cremona (c. 1114-1187) and therefore to the mid-12th century: see Kibre 1985, pp. 5-7 and O'Boyle 1998, pp. 103-104. Rubric (f. 141r): 'Incipit commenta Galieni supra regimine acutorum'; paraphrase of text by Hippocrates, incipit (f. 141r): 'Illi qui sententias de Absidis relatas scripserunt in esse quod / scripserunt', explicit (f. 173v): 'uti ea in istis tantum. gratia'; Galen's commentary incipit (f. 141r): 'Galienus: Non solum scripserunt reme/morationem', explicit (f. 174r): 'eas omnis preter quod infirmus / ipsas ei dicat', followed by colophon written by a different hand 'Explicit commentum Galeni super liber de toto […] / egritudinum gloriosissimi Ypocratis […/ ] / fallacia sensus que super fluv[….] / medici sententie sunt arct[....]'. The beginning of each particula or book is marked by a marginal note of a contemporary reader (ff. 150v, 162v); original text added in the margin, incipit (f. 141r): 'Qui de egrotancium accidentibus in singulis egritu[dini]bus tractantes', explicit (f. 173v): 'sed illis aliquando conveniens est'.For the translation of the main text, see also 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), pp. 1205k, 1215n, 1695k, and its electronic version on CD-ROM (Ann Arbor, MI, 2000), nos. 1205K, 1215N, and 1695K; for Gerard's paraphrase of the main text see Thorndike and Kibre 1963;1965 and 1968, p. 660a, and the electronic version on CD-ROM, 2000, no. 660A; for Galen's commentary, see Thorndike and Kibre 1965, 1968, p. 922i, and the electronic version on CD-ROM, 2000, no. 922I; see also R. J. Durling, 'Corrigenda and Addenda to Diels' Galenica', I, Traditio, 23 (1967), 461-76 (p. 476), and II, Traditio, 37 (1981), 373-81 (p. 381). First printed at Padua by Nicolaus Petri circa 1476: for references to the edition see item 1 above, and Richard J. Durling, 'A Chronological Census of Renaissance Editions and Translations of Galen', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 24 (1961), 230-305 (p. 295 no. 160a). For Hippocrates's original Greek text with English translation, see Hippocrates, ed. by W. H. S. Jones, Loeb Classical Library, 150 (Cambridge, Mass., 1931), II, pp. 57-125; for Galen's commentary, see K. G. Kühn, Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia (Leipzig, 1821; repr. Hildesheim 1964), XIX, pp. 182-221.
Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 1r-1v A leaf from the Breviary of Margaret of York, duchess of Burgundy (now Cambridge, St John's College, ms H. 13), used as a frontispiece. The original border includes an image of King David praying, painted by the Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy, the coat of arms of Margaret of York impaling those of her husband Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, the initials 'C M' of the duke and the duchess, and Margaret of York's motto 'Bien en aviengne'. The border was altered by an addition of royal coats of arms and an inscription, and adapted to frame a miniature of the prince praying before Christ from the Psalter of Henry VI (Cotton MS Domitian A XVII, f. 98r). This miniature was restored to the original manuscript by Sir Frederic Madden (d. 1873), keeper of manuscripts at the British Museum. Other fragments of the same manuscript were inserted by Robert Cotton in Cotton MS Vespasian A I, Cotton MS Galba A XVIII, and Cotton Titus C XV (see Brown 1998).
Harley MS 208, f 112r (item 2) A letter, incipit: 'Praeconio eximiae sanctitatis recolendo Domino R episcoporum sanctissimo divina miseratione Wilelmus devotus episcopus'.
Harley MS 978, ff 160v-162r A list of contents of a collection of polyphonic music (untraced) in a 14th-century hand, headed 'Ordo libri W. de Wint[onia]' and comprising the textual incipits of eight Marian tropes under the heading 'R[esponsorium] R. de Burg[ate]', 37 alleluia settings under the heading 'Postea R[esponsoria] W. de Wic[umbe]', 38 'cund[uctus]', 13 'Moteti cum duplici nota' and 48 'Item cum duplici littera'. See Ludwig 1910 (including transcription); L. A. Dittmer, 'An English Discantuum Volumen', Musica Disciplina, 8 (1954), pp. 19-58, esp. pp. 38-45; and Dean and Boulton, Anglo-Norman Literature 1999, no. 176.Also contains various notes and pen-trials including a note by Edward Lapworth (b. 1574, d. 1636) refering to the new foliation: '5 martii 1595 sunt in hoc libro folia conscripta 182' (f. 162r).
Harley MS 5201, ff 53r-73v A list of Latin verbs divided according to their conjugations, incipit: 'Verba primi coniugationis...'. Decoration: Capitals highlighted in red; cadels, some decorated with human faces.
Harley MS 1687, f 1v A list of letters of the Hebrew alphabet in Latin transliteration with Latin translations.
Stowe MS 944, ff 56r-56v A list of Old Testament personages, patriarchs, saints, prophets, popes, apostles, and others, beginning with Adam, Abel, and Melchisedech, and ending imperfectly with Donatus, Agapitus (perhaps Agapetus II, Pope, 946-956, or Agapetus, the deacon, of Constantinople), and Magnus (perhaps Magnus the Good, King of Norway 1036-1047, but there are several saints of this name); incipit: 'Incipiunt nomina sanctorum qui regnant feliciter in regno caelorum'.
Harley MS 532, ff 73r-82r A list of provinces subjected to Isabella-Clara-Eugenia, Infante of Spain, and Archduke Albert of Austria.The list includes provinces of the Spanish Netherlands subjected to Isabella-Clara-Eugenia (r. 1598-1621), Infante of Spain, and Archduke Albert of Austria, granted by Philip II of Spain and confirmed by Philip III of Spain and ratified by the States by particular provinces.
Harley MS 532, f 82v A list of the Knights of the Golden Fleece, beginning with Archduke Albert of Austria.
Royal MS 15 D II, ff 211r and 215v A list of woods sales mentioning John, viscount Welles's property in Well (now Welle Park, Lincolnshire) and other places in the proximity of his properties in Well and Belleau, including a reference to a personal property 'a nacur in my nawn manour in modurwode [Motherwood, near Alferd]', (f. 215v)A list of books in Middle English, written probably in the same hand, including the present manuscript: inscribed, 'In primus a boke in France clakld pokelypse / A boke of knghte hode / A boke of Caunturbere tlase / A boke of Charlman / A boke þe lyfe of our ladys lyfe / A boke the sheys of Thebes / A boke cald vita mixta / A boke cald þe vii poyntes of true love / A boke cald þe sheys of Jherusalem / A boke cald mort Arthro / A boke cald dyuys et paupar / A boke cald cronackols / A boke cald legend aure / A boke cald facekelus temporum [perhaps a text by the Carthusian Rolevink, printed in 1475]', end of the 15th century (f. 211r).
Harley MS 2320 ff 31r-52r A lunar prognostication in verse; edited from the present manuscript in Means 1993, pp. 112-147; listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2006), nos. 2119.00 and 6735.00, and in New Index, nos. 1171/2 and 4264/5.
Harley MS 2320, ff 31r-52r A lunar prognostication in verse; edited from the present manuscript in Means 1993, pp. 112-147; listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2006), nos. 2119.00 and 6735.00, and in New Index, nos. 1171/2 and 4264/5.
Harley MS 3595, ff 68r-73v A mathematical text incipit: 'Si quis vero de controversus et de qualitatibus...'Decoration: Initials in red.A note reading 'auri pigmenti pro... aureus iste color', inscribed in golden/yellow colour (perhaps auripigment) in the space left blank by the scribe (f. 73v).
Harley MS 1811, ff 37v-38v A note concerning the use of astronomical tables and a calendar, incipit: 'Tamen si quis eius verum locum...'
Harley MS 1811, ff 37r-37v A note describing a table of the signs of the Zodiac, incipit: 'Illa tabula de signis xii docet...'; perhaps referring to the volvelle diagram on f. 36r.
Harley MS 532, ff 1r-4r A poem addressed to Queen Elizabeth I, Hymnus pastoralis in laudem serenissimae Reginae Elizabethae, ex Anglico sermone in Latinum traductus, incipit: 'Nymphae, candidulae Nymphae...'
Harley MS 531, f 116r A poem, incipit: 'Veribus hiis brevibus presentem pinge figuram.' Decoration: Initials in blue.
Harley MS 3915, f 1v A recipe for making colours: an extract from the Mappae clavicula, incipit: 'Ad conficiendum cinobrium; Item ad conficiendum lazurium.'
Harley MS 3915, f 148r A recipe for making parchment, entitled Ad faciendas cartas de pellibus caprinis more bononiense, incipit: 'Accipe pellas caprinas...'.
Add MS 24686, f 136r A short prayer in Anglo-Norman French, incipit: 'Deux seez prest a moy cheitive peccheresse e gardeyn de moy touz les jours de ma vie...'
Royal MS 19 D III, ff 289r-604v A summary of the contents: Proverbs to Maccabees (ff. 289r-450v): rubric: ‘Cy com[m]ence la seconde partie principale de la bible qui parle de sapience...’ (f. 289r);L'histoire de Jehan Hyrcan: rubric: 'Cy com[m]ence lystoire Iehan Hyrcan..'; incipit; 'Apres la mort Symon frere Iudas...'; explicit: 'Sicom[m]e vous trouverez es faiz des apostres' (ff. 450v-456r);Harmony of the Gospels: prologue incipit: 'Cy apres ensuivent les evangiles..'; text incipit: 'Pour ce que moult se sont efforciez..'; explicit: '..il nest nul mestier de faire miracles' (ff. 456r-521r);Acts (ff. 521r-552r): rubric: 'Cy apres sensuit lystoire de lascencion nostre seigneur ihesucrist selon s[ainc]t luc' (f. 521r);Life of Julian the Apostate (ff. 552v-553r), rubric : 'Cy commence la vie julian lapostat le mauuais empereur renye crestian, et comment le signe de la croix a grant vertu';Three Hystoires apocrifes of the True Cross (ff. 553r-555r): no. 1 incipit: 'Quant la vraie croix fu trouvee...'; explicit: '...mena tres sainte vie'; no. 2 incipit: 'Apres le pechie Adam nostre premier pere...', explicit: '...obeyssant a son pere iusques a la mort, a qui est loange, honeur et empire par tous les siecles des siecles. Amen'; no. 3 incipit: 'Ou temps du roy Dauid trouua vn homme en vne forest vn arbre...', explicit: '....crucifierent les Iuys nostre seigneur Ihesu Crist, qui vit et regne';Life of Pilate (ff. 555r-558r), with rubric 'La vie du mauvais Pylate qui crucifia nostre seigneur Ihesu Crist et est apocrife aussi comme les hystoires devant dittes';Life of Judas (ff. 558r-v), with rubric 'La vie du tres mauvais Iudas qui trahi nostre seigneur Ihesu Crist et est aussi apocrife comme les autres dessus dittes';Epistles to Apocalypse (ff. 558v-604v), with the colophon: 'Cy fine lapocalipse, qui est le darrenier liure de la bible, escript et parfait par les mains de frere Thomas du Val prestre et chanoine profes de labbaye nostre dame de Clerefontaine ou dyocese de Chartres lan de la nativite nostre seigneur Ihesu Crist. mil.cccc. et onze. 1411. Deo gracias. le vendredi. xxe. iour du mois de Feuurier. priez pour lui' (f. 604v).Decoration: 2 large miniatures in colours and gold, with full foliate borders, at the beginning of this volume and of the New Testament (ff. 289r, 458r). 91 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with full or partial foliate borders, at the beginning of each book and prologue, including 52 Apocalypse scenes (ff. 594v-604r). Space left for an initial at f. 559r. Preliminary marginal drawings (ff. 305v, 331r, 380v, 403r, 411v, 413v, 416r, 419v). Foliate initials in colours and gold with foliate extensions, some with partial borders, at the beginning of books and other major text divisions. Initials and paraphs in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in gold, blue, and rose with penwork decoration in white.The subjects of the miniatures are: f. 289r, Solomon enthroned with his son Rehoboam kneeling at his feet, watched by courtiers with exotic hats. The back of throne has a fleur-de-lis design, the floor is tiled and the back wall is decorated with swans and bears? suggestive of the Duc de Berry's insignia.f. 300r, Solomon seated on the left with a scroll reading 'Omnia vanitas'; on the right, two ladies, a table with gold plate and a chest of gold coins. f. 303v, Solomon and his bride seated opposite each other on the grass.f. 305v, The teacher, in black cap and red robe, seated at a canopied desk; listeners sitting on the ground. f. 312v, The teacher, with a black cap and red robe, holding a birch, seated on an open seat with the child reading at his knee. Beneath them is an expanse of grass and the background is a rose curtain with design of birds, sheep, and foliage. f. 331r, Isaiah, wedged into a tree-trunk supported on a stool, is sawn in half by two men with a frame-saw. f. 352r, Jeremiah seated; a fire burning at his feet and catching his garments. f. 374v, Jerome seated before the gate of a city (Jerusalem?).f. 376v, Baruch writing, in a canopied desk with a background of birds, sheep, and foliage, as in f. 312v. f. 380v, Ezekiel and his vision of the four winged beasts and chariot. f. 399v, Nebuchadnezzar seated, pointing to the furnace in which are three children; two attendants in front with pitchforks succumbing to the heat. f. 402r, Nebuchadnezzar and an ox, both eating grass. f. 403r, Daniel (in the nude) is thrown into the lions' den, which is an opening in a green field. f. 406r, Susanna accused by the elders, and on the right a man standing ready with an axe. f. 408v, Hosea, Gomer and two children. f. 411v, Joel, with sheep, is addressed by the Lord speaking from a cloud. f. 413v, Amos, in bed, is addressed by the Lord speaking from a cloud. f. 416r, Obadiah (Abdiele) seated with a globe.f. 416v, Jonah's head emerging from a large fish's mouth. f. 417v, Micah lamenting before a collapsing city.f. 419v, Nahum standing in water addressing two men, one wearing ermine. f. 420v, Habakkuk carrying food and a pitcher, his hair caught by the Lord from a cloud. f. 421v, Zephaniah standing looking down, with a book. f. 423r, Haggai seated, with a scroll reading 'Ave Maria'. f. 424r, Zachariah standing on high ground, with a scroll. f. 427v, Malachi at the top of a mountain, holding two tablets. f. 429r, Battle-scene: ?Antiochus massacring the Israelites. f. 442v, A messenger delivers letters from Judas Maccabeus and the Kings of Jerusalem to the King of Egypt and others.f. 446r, Antiochus enthroned, watching the mother and seven brothers in a cauldron, while the fire is stoked by a man with fork and bellows. f. 451r, John Hyrcanus besieges Agon; his mother and brothers scourged on the walls. f. 458r. Tree of Jesse with the kings all playing on different instruments and the Virgin Mary holding an open book. f. 460r, The Nativity, with Joseph in front of a fire.f. 461r, Adoration of the Magi.f. 462r, Presentation in the Temple; Simeon taking Jesus into his arms.f. 507v, Christ washing Peter's feet, watched by the other disciples. f. 511v, The Betrayal: Judas kissing Jesus while a soldier grasps his arm; Peter beside Jesus, drawing his sword.f. 512v, Christ mocked and blindfolded. f. 515r, The Crucifixion. f. 517v, The Resurrection; Christ rising from the tomb with four soldiers asleep. f. 521v, The Ascension; Christ disappearing into the clouds so that only his feet show, with the disciples and Mary watching.f. 522v, Christ appearing to the Disciples and Holy Women. f. 525r, The coming of the Holy Ghost to Mary and the Disciples.f. 588r, James with a staff in his right hand, a shell on his hat and shoulder bag. f. 589v, Peter in a small room with the keys. f. 592r, John holding serpents in a chalice. f. 594r, Jude in a temple with a sword and book. f. 594v, Above, John the Evangelist asleep on Patmos, holding a book; below, John kneeling before the Son of Man; on the right the seven angels on the seven churches (Revelation 1:4-9). f. 595v, In a pointed mandorla between the four beasts or symbols of the Evangelists (the angel, eagle, lion and ox) sits God enthroned, surrounded by four framed images, two on either side: three are groups of elders with gold crowns musical instruments and the fourth is John and an angel (Revelation 4:4-6). f. 596r, column a, God in a mandorla as before, enthroned with the book and his feet on an orb; below, eighteen elders casting down their crowns (Revelation 4:10). f. 596r, column b (above), God in a mandorla as before, enthroned with the book and the Lamb; at the sides the elders with instruments and John the Evangelist (Revelation 5:1-6). f. 596r, column b (below), The Holy Lamb in the centre frame with the four Evangelists' symbols. Four compartments, two on either side with elders and John as on f. 595v (Revelation 5:8). f. 596v, column a, A two-tier image with (above) John, the angel and ox, symbols of Matthew and Luke, and the riders on the white and black horses; (below) John, his symbol the eagle, the lion of Mark and the riders on the red and pale horses, the last carrying a torch (Revelation 6:1-8).f. 596v, column b, John with seven souls emerging from beneath the altar, the first two being robed by angels; three stars above (Revelation 6:9-11). f. 597r, column a, God enthroned with the book and the Lamb in a sphere, between the four Evangelists' symbols; above, a row of angels, then two rows of elders, and below, John and saints with palms (Revelation 7). 597r, column b, God enthroned in a pointed mandorla, between the Evangelists' symbols and supported by angels; beneath him, the elders bowing down (Revelation 7). f. 597v, column a (above), Seven angels holding trumpets and John; in centre, in a small oval above, God enthroned; below, the altar and angel with the censer; on the right above, six winds and below, the angel pouring fire from the censer Revelation 8:1-3). f. 597v, column a (below), The first angel sounding the trumpet with hail and fire raining down on earth (Revelation 8:7). f. 597v, column b (above), The second angel with trumpet, standing on a red mountain of fire in the sea (Revelation 8:8-9). f. 597v, column b (centre), The third angel, the falling star, a ship and drowning men (Revelation 8:10-11). f. 597v, column b (below), The fourth angel, the sun and moon and drowning men (Revelation 8:12).f. 598r, column a, The locusts, creatures with horses' bodies, men's faces women's hair and teeth of lions, with Apollyon riding on the first; John seated with his head propped on his hand (Revelation 9:7-11). f. 598r, column b, A two-tier image with (above) the sixth angel blowing, and four armed angels from the Euphrates, and at the top an angel issuing from the golden altar; (below) John leaning on a rock with the horsemen and the slain (Revelation 9:15-21). f. 598v, column a (above), The seven thunders and an angel warning John not to record them; on the right an angel with a book (Revelation 10:1-4). f. 598v, column a (below), John taking the book from the angel, while another angel speaks to him from the clouds (Revelation 10:8-9).f. 598v, column b, A two-tier image of (above) John with reed, the angel giving it to him and pointing to the altar, on which are a chalice and two candlesticks; (below) the witnesses with two beasts (like the locusts on f. 598r, one with a rider) devouring them (Revelation 11:1-5). f. 599r, column a (above), The bodies of the two witnesses, their spirits (in the form of doves) entering their mouths; above, their ascension; on the right the earthquake (Revelation 11:8-13). f. 599r, column a (below), The seventh angel; the elders worshipping God, who is seen in an opening in the sky above, holding an open book (Revelation 11:15-19). f. 599r, column b, A woman with a crown of stars standing on a green dragon with John and an angel stretching out their arms (Revelation 12:1-3).f. 599v, column a (above), Four angels fighting the dragon in the air and three men fighting him on the earth (Revelation 12:7-9). f. 599v, column a (below), The woman flying; the dragon vomiting a flood (Revelation 12:15). f. 599v, column b (above), John, the dragon and a many-headed beast rising from the sea (Revelation 13:1). f. 600r, column a, John with the beast rising from the earth and conjuring fire from the sky; the seven-headed beast and its image on a white plith; people killing with swords and worshipping the beasts (Revelation 13:2-13).f. 600r, column b (above), The Lamb on a mount with some of the sealed, with John below; on the right, the throne with the four Evangelists' symbols and the elders worshipping (Revelation 14:1). f. 600r, column b (below), John, the flying angel with scroll and people sitting (Revelation 14:6).f. 600v, column a, The Son of Man seated on a cloud giving a sickle to an angel coming out of a temple, and below, reaping with a sickle ; John, with a book (Revelation 14:14-16).f. 600v, column b (above), The angel coming out of the heavenly temple with a sickle, the angel at the altar, and the vineyard (Revelation 14:17-18).f. 600v, column b (below), The seven angels and the sea of glass (Revelation 15:1-2). f. 601r column a (above), The angels receiving the seven vials from the lion; John standing on the left (Revelation 15:6-7).f. 601r, column a (below), The seven angels are commanded by the voice from heaven, and the first vial is poured (Revelation. 16:1-2).f. 601r, column b, Frogs issuing from the mouth of the dragon, the beast and false prophet (a horned wolf with a staff); John standing on the left (Revelation 16:13). f. 601v (above), John empties the seventh vial; divine voice, thunders and earthquake (Revelation 16: 17-18). f. 601v (below), The whore in the wilderness holding a mirror; and seated on the beast, holding a cup; John and an angel watching (Revelation 17:3-4).f. 602r, The angel from heaven and John with an image of the fallen Babylon with beasts and birds among the ruins (Revelation 18).f. 602v, column a, Two-tier image with (above), John with the voice from heaven and the marriage-feast of the Lamb; (below), the angel speaking to John holding a book, and John kneeling before the angel (Revelation 19: 9-10). f. 602v, column b (above), John with the Rider on the white horse with a sword in his mouth, and treading the wine-press (Revelation 19:11-15).f. 602v, column b (below), John, seated, looking at the angel on the sun; the fowls attacking carcasses of kings and commoners (Revelation 19:17-18).f. 603r, column a (above), The Rider killing the beast; fowls picking at carcasses; John leaning on a rock behind (Revelation 19: 20-21).f. 603r, column a (below), The angel descending with key and chain, and holding the dragon by the chain (Revelation 20:1-3). f. 603r, column b (above), The souls and judges, with John watching (Revelation 20:4).f. 603r, column b (below), The freed dragon besieging the camp of the saints (Revelation 20:8-9). f. 603v, column a (above), God enthroned in a pointed mandorla above; the souls with open books and discarding them as they enter the lake of fire; John seated with a book (Revelation 20:12-13).f. 603v, column a (below), John, the voice from heaven with a rod and the new Jerusalem (Revelation 21:1-3). f. 604r, John leaning on a high rock, looking up at the throne of God and the Lamb and the river flowing from them. John raised by the angel and kneeling at Christ's feet; in the centre, the Ascension (Revelation 22).
Royal MS 19 D III, ff 1r-288v A summary of the contents:Translator's prologue: rubric: 'Cy com[m]ence le prologue du translateur qui translate et mist de latin en francois la bible hystorial selons les hystoires scolastiques.'; incipit : 'Pource que le dyable...' (f. 1r); explicit: 'Et en lan de grace mil CC xxIIII et XVII au iour saint remy fu ie elleu et fait doian de saint pierre daire dont iestoie chanoine si com[m]e dit est devant' (f. 1r) This refers to the author, Guyart des Moulins' election as dean of St Peter's church at Aire (near St Omer) in 1297.Chapter list from 'Le livre de genesis' to 'Le livre de lapocalipse'(f. 1r-v); the preface addressed to the Archbishop of Sens, incipit: 'Cy supplie le translateur a l'eurevesque de sens pour corriger son ouvrage...' (ff. 1v-2r); translator's note, incipit: 'Cy doit en savoir que iai translate..'(f. 2r); prologue incipit: 'En palais du roi et dempere[ur]...'(f. 2r); table of rubrics to Genesis (f. 2r-v).Genesis to Job (ff. 3r-244v) beginning with the rubric 'Cy com[m]ence la bible en francois translatee selon les hystoires escolastres....'(f. 3r)Preface of Jean de Blois: incipit: 'Comme il soit ainsi que selon la doctrine du philosophe....'; explicit: 'Si men passe pour cause de brievete.' (f. 256r); Psalms (ff. 257r-288r);Decoration: 1 large miniature in colours and gold, with full foliate borders, at the beginning of Genesis (f. 3). 54 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with full or partial foliate borders, at the beginning of each book and prologue. Preliminary marginal drawings (ff. 12v, 13v, 16, 20, 42, 58, 91, 181, 192v, 206v, 216v). Foliate initials in colours and gold with foliate extensions, some with partial borders, at the beginning of books and other major text divisions. Initials and paraphs in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in gold, blue, and rose with penwork decoration in white.The subjects of the miniatures are: f.1r, The author (translator?), in a red robe and blue hat, writing at a desk. f. 2r, Large image of the Creator, standing, in a white robe spangled with gold, with a pair of compasses in His left hand, in front of a red mandorla composed of seraphim, against a blue background formed entirely of angels. Beneath His feet is a semicircle of white sea? enclosing a small green semicircle of land. In the inner border are medallions of red and blue angels and a saint preaching from a flower.ff. 3v-6r, The six days of Creation.f. 7r, The seventh day of rest.f. 7v, The ordinance concerning the tree. Adam's head is completely twisted back to listen to the Creator. f. 8r, The creation of Eve from Adam’s rib.f. 8v, The Fall: Eve giving the apple to Adam watched by the serpent with the head of a mischievous young man. f. 9v, Expulsion from Paradise. f. 12v, Building of the ark. f. 13v, The ark, with three decks: beasts below, men in the middle, and birds above. f. 14v, Noah makes a sacrifice to God after the flood. f. 15r, Shem and Japheth covering Noah after he has drunk wine. f. 16r, Building of the tower of Babel. f. 20r, Abraham receiving three angels. f. 21r, Destruction of Sodom. f. 23r, The angel appearing to Abraham as he is about to sacrifice Isaac.f. 28r, Jacob's dream. f. 31r, Jacob wrestling with the angel. f. 33r, Joseph is sold as a slave by his brothers. f. 42r, Pharaoh ordering the Israelites into bondage. f. 50r, Moses holding his rod, with the Israelites beside the Red Sea, which is scarlet in colour and contains the outlines of the drowned Egyptians and their horses.f. 58r, Aaron in the tabernacle. f. 66r, Priests sacrificing at the altar at the beginning of Leviticus. f. 74r, The Lord speaking to Moses and the people. The Israelites have oriental dress and scimitars. f. 91r. Moses speaking to the people at the beginning of Deuteronomy.f. 104r, Joshua crowned. f. 110v, Battle-scene, including a shield with coat of arms with three red birds on a white ground.f. 120v, Israelites, with scroll reading, 'Donne nous Roy', appealing to Samuel.f. 133r, The Amalekite kneeling before David. David's standard is a red harp on a blue ground. f. 144v, Anointing of Solomon. f. 162r Ahaziah falling from his window at the beginning of the Book of Kings. f. 181r, Three patriarchs seated, and in front a number of smaller figures representing their descendants. f. 192v, Solomon kneeling, with God in a cloud on the left.f. 206v, Jeremiah mourning with the porch of the Temple on the left.f. 210v, Nehemiah offering wine to Artaxerxes and the queen. f. 216v, Return of the Jews. f. 222v, Blinding of Tobit. f. 227r, Judith killing Holofernes in his bed. f. 235r, Esther kneeling before Ahasuerus, who points to a gallows on which are Haman's ten sons. f. 240r, The High Priest John meeting Vagosus. f. 243v, A messenger kneeling before Job; on the right a fire falling from heaven on his family; behind, the Devil flying over the sea; and above, the Almighty in a cloud between two pairs of angels.f. 245v, Job, naked on a dunghill, visited by three friends. f. 256v, David enthroned, with harp at the beginning of the Book of Psalms. f. 260v, Anointing of David (Psalm 27, numbered XXVI).f. 263v, David between two rocks; the Lord in a cloud (Psalm 39, numbered XXXVIII).f. 266r, The fool with cap and bells, club, and hawk on fist (Psalm 53, numbered LII).f. 269r, David in water; the Lord in a cloud above, with high peaked cap (Psalm 69, numbered LXVIII). f. 273r, David enthroned, playing on five bells attached to a disk suspended from the roof (Psalm 81, numbered LXXX). f. 275r, Four singers reading a scroll on desk, with words and music (Psalm 98, numbered xxIIII.XVII).f. 278r, The Trinity. (Psalm 110, numbered CIX).
Harley MS 13, f 30v A table for converting Christian years into Arabic years with an explanatory text, incipit: 'Ut annos arabum'.
Harley MS 4970, ff 65v-66r A table of contents in a 14th-century English hand, unfinished: contains only chapters of book 1 and ends with 'capitula secundi libri', although the manuscript does not contain the division in chapters.Both folios also include 16th or 17th century pen trials and notes.
Harley MS 321, f 23r A text entitled 'Canon annuli perpetui'; incipit: 'Nota q[uod] in annulo [com]pota sunt'.
Harley MS 13, ff 140r-140v A text entitled 'De sole', incipit: 'Annis arabum 691 perfectis.' It contains predictions of eclipses of the sun for the years 1293-1311 and of the moon for the years 1293-1300.
Harley MS 321, ff 18r-19r A text entitled 'Declarationes Abbatis Sancti Albani super kalendarium regine', incipit: 'Si fiat questio de nativitate'.Decoration:Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and initials in red with pen-flourishing in brown.
Harley MS 3199, ff 95r-126v A text entitled 'Liber de infantia Christi', incipit: 'Dumque staret humilis ac ultimus voce clara...'; ends imperfectly.Decoration: Spaces left for miniatures (ff. 95r, 95v, 96r, 97r, 100r, 103r, 106v, 107r, 111r, 113r, 116v, 118v, 120v, 121r) and for illuminated initials.
Harley MS 941, ff 100v-103v A text entitled 'Modus acquirendi sapientiam', incipit: 'Volentibus parvenire ad sapientiam'.Added note, incipit: 'Opto illud in contingere' (f. 103r-103v).
Stowe MS 944, ff 1r-5v A text intitled A Short Account of Hyde-Abbey, with a table of the contents of this book, signed by Thomas Astle, 25 March 1771.
Harley MS 3199, ff 71r-74r A text on computus, incipit: 'Notum sit omnibus hominibus ut quicumque adventum domini diligenter celebrare...'
Harley MS 2269, ff 35r-50v A text on reading astronomical tables, incipit: 'In as moche as it is dilectable be cuse of fortune...' (ff. 35r-35v) Astronomical tables (ff. 36v-48r) with additional calendrical material (ff. 49v-50v).
Harley MS 3843, ff 62v-81v A text relating to astrology, incipit (f. 63r): 'Duodecim signa zodiaci'; with a table (f. 62v) and diagrams (ff. 67r, 68r, 71r, 71v, 72v, 73v, 74r, 81v).
Harley MS 941, ff 25v-26v A treatise composed at Oxford relating to the calendar, listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd ed. (Ann Arbor, MI, 2006), no. 7055.00.
Harley MS 866, ff 1r-7v A treatise on rhetoric [imperfect], ends with a title 'De divisione monacordi'.Includes 3 marginal drawings: 2 drawings of a hand pointing a stick or a verge, one of which is accompanied by an inscription 'digit viga', and a knife with an inscription 'cultellus'.
Harley MS 3271, ff 115v-120r Abbo of Saint-Germain, Bella Parisiacae urbis (excerpt). The Latin text and its Old English translation are integrated in the same column (ff. 115v-118r) or the translation is included as an interlinear gloss (ff. 118v-120r).
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