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London. British Library, Harley MS 3859

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
Library
London. British Library
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  • British Library, Harley MS 3859
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Language
  • Latin
  • Welsh
Title
  • Miscellany of late antique and early medieval Latin texts
Agent
  • Preferred form
    • Solin (02..-02..)
    Original form
    • Julius Solinus, Caius, fl 3rd century
    Other form
    • Solinus, Caius Julius
    • Julius C. Solinus
    • Caii Julii Solini
    • Solin (02..-02..)
    • Solinus
    • SOLINUS (Caius Julius Solinus)
    • Solin (Caius Julius)
    • Solin
    • Solí, Gai Juli
    • Solino, Cayo Julio
    • Solinus, C. Julius, 3rd cent.?
    • Solinus, Gaius Iulius
    • Solinus, Gaius Iulius fl.3./4. Jh.
    • Author: Solinus, Gaius Julius
    • Julius Solinus, Caius, fl 3rd century
    • Iulius Solinus
    • Solinus, Caius Iulius
    • Solinus, C. Julius (active 3rd century?)
    • Solinus, C.J.
    • Solinus, Caius Julius, séc. 3
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  • Preferred form
    • Végèce (0383?-0450?)
    Original form
    • Vegetius Renatus, Flavius, c 383-c 450
    Other form
    • Vegetius Renatus, Publicus Flavius (0383?-0450?)
    • Vegetius
    • Vegetius Renatus
    • Flavius Vegetius
    • Végèce (0383?-0450?)
    • Flavius Vegece
    • Vegece
    • Végèce
    • Flavius Vegetius Renatus
    • Végèce 0383?-0450?
    • Vegetius Renatus, Flavius, 383?-450?
    • Vegeci, Flavi
    • Vegecio
    • Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
    • Flavius Vegetius Renatus (383-450)
    • Vegetius Renatus, Flavius (fl. 383-450)
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  • Preferred form
    • Augustin (saint, 0354-0430)
    Original form
    • Augustine of Hippo, 354-430, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    Other form
    • AUGUSTINUS (S.)
    • Saint Augustin
    • Augustin (saint, 0354-0430)
    • AUGUSTIN, Saint
    • Augustinus (saint ; 0354-0430)
    • Augustinus
    • AUGUSTINI
    • Augustin (0354-0430 ; saint)
    • Augustinus Hipponensis
    • Saint Augustin
    • Augustin d'Hippone
    • Augustin (saint ; 0354-0430)
    • S. Augustinus
    • AUGUSTINUS HIPPONENSIS ep. (s.)
    • AUGUSTINUS (s.)
    • AUGUSTINUS
    • Augustin, S.
    • Augustin (sain ; 0354-0430)
    • AUGUSTINUS HIPPONENSIS
    • Augustinus (s.)
    • S. Augustinus Hipponensis
    • Augustinus Hiponnensis
    • Augustin
    • Sancti Augustini
    • Sanctus Augustinus
    • S. Augustinus (?)
    • S. AUGUSTINUS HIPPONENSIS
    • Augustinus episcopus
    • Augustini
    • Sancti Augustini
    • S. Augustin
    • [Augustinus]
    • [AUGUSTINUS]
    • Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis
    • Augustin (Saint)
    • Augustin saint 0354-0430
    • Agustí, sant, bisbe d'Hipona, 354-430
    • Agustín, Santo, Obispo de Hipona
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Augustinus, Aurelius, 354-430
    • Augustinus (heilige)
    • Author: Augustinus, Aurelius
    • Translator: Augustinus, Aurelius
    • Augustine
    • Augustine of Hippo
    • Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
    • Augustin (0354-0430 ; saint). Auteur des citations ou des fragments textuels
    • Augustine (attrib.)
    • St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354-430)
    • St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354-430), author
    • Pseudo Augustine
    • Pseudo Augustine (Quodvultdeus)
    • Pseudo Augustine (Patrick of Dublin)
    • Pseudo Augustine (Jeronimus)
    • St Augustine
    • Augustinus, Aurelius, Hipponensis, 354-430
    • Augustinus, Aurelius, Hipponensis, 354-430 (role)aut
    • Augustin (saint)
    • Augustinus, Aurelius
    • S. Augustin
    • Aurelius Augustinus (354-430)
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, author,
    • D. Augustinus
    • B. Augustinus
    • Agostino
    • Augustinus Aurelius santo
    • Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430)
    • Augustine, of Hippo, Saint (354-430)
    • Augustin d’Hippone (0354-0430) > Docteur de l'Eglise
    • Augustin d’Hippone (0354-0430)
    • Augustin d’Hippone (0354-0430) > Evêque
    • Augustinus, Aurelius (354-430)
    • Agustín, Santo, Obispo de Hipona, 354-430
    • Agostinho, Santo, 354-430
    • Agostinho, Santo, 354-430 > , co-autor
    • Agostinho, Santo, 354-430 > , ant. bibliog.
    • Augustin (05.. ?-0604 ? ; saint)
    • Augustinus - auteur
    • Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis - 354 - 430 - auteur
    • Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis - 354 - 430 - oorspronkelijke auteur
    • Saint Augustin d'Hippone
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  • Preferred form
    • Macrobe (0370?-043.?)
    Original form
    • Theodosius Macrobius, Ambrosius, c 370-c 435
    Other form
    • MACROBIUS Ambrosius
    • Macrobe (0370?-043.?)
    • Ambrosius Aurelius Macrobius
    • Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius
    • Macrobii
    • Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius
    • MACROBIUS AMBROSIUS THEODOSIUS
    • Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius
    • Ambrosius Macrobius Theodosius
    • Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius (0370?-043.?)
    • Macrobius
    • Macrobe
    • Macrobe 03..-04..
    • Martin saint 05..-0580?
    • Macrobi, Ambròs Teodosi
    • Macrobio, Ambrosio Aurelio Teodosio
    • Macrobius, Ambrosius Theodosius
    • Macrobius, Ambrosius Theodosius fl.ca. 400
    • Author: Macrobius, Ambrosius Theodosius
    • Macrobius Theodosius
    • Macrobius, Ambrosius Theodosius, 385-430
    • Macróbio, Aurélio Teodósio, fl. 400
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  • Preferred form
    • Pseudo-Ovidius
    Original form
    • Pseudo-Ovid, Unspecified
    Other form
    • Pseudo-Ovid
    • Ovidius, Pseudo-
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  • Preferred form
    • Vitruve (0090?-0020? av. J.-C.)
    Original form
    • Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus, fl 40 BC
    Other form
    • Vitruve (0090?-0020? av. J.-C.)
    • Vitruve
    • Author: Vitruvius
    • Vitruvius
    • Vitruvius, ca. v1. Jh.
    • Vitrúvio, séc. 1 a.C.
    • Vitruve,
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  • Preferred form
    • Pseudo-Nennius historicus (07..-08..)
    Original form
    • Pseudo-Nennius, fl 770-810
    Other form
    • Nennius
    • Nennius (attrib.)
    • Nennius (atttrib.)
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  • Preferred form
    • Pseudo-Sallustius
    Original form
    • Pseudo-Sallust, Unspecified
    Other form
    • Pseudo-Sallustius
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  • Preferred form
    • Aethicus Ister
    Original form
    • Aethicus Ister, Unspecified, legendary author
    Other form
    • Aethicus Ister
    • Author: Aethicus, Ister
    • Pseudo Aethicus <Ister>
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Description
  • Contents: ff. 1r-38r: Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De re militari (On military matters) (Books 1-4), beginning: 'Antiquis temporibus mos fuit bonaru[m] artium'; ending: 'frequentior usus invenit qua[m] vet[us] doctrina monstraverat'. ff. 40v-41r: Astrological and geographical diagrams. ff. 42r-168v: Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, Saturnalia, beginning: 'Multas variasq[ue] res in hac vita'; ending: 'lunari repugnat humori'. (Books 1-6 are on folios 42r-146v, followed by 3 blank folios; Book 7 is copied by a different scribe on folios 147r-168v). ff. 169r-173r: Pseudo-Sallust, Invectiva in Ciceronem (Invective against Cicero), beginning: 'Graviter et iniquo a[n]i[m]o maledicta'; ending: ' honeste ego effari possi[m]'. ff. 174v–193r, 195r–198r: Historia Brittonum (History of the Britons) , the earliest copy of this text, formerly attributed to Nennius, with Annales Cambrie (Annals of Wales) (ff. 190r-193v) and Welsh genealogies (ff. 193v-195v) interpolated. ff. 190r–193r: The ‘Harleian genealogies’. ff. 199r-204v: Augustine of Hippo, De heresibus ( On heresies ), chapters 51–90, beginning: 'Semiarrianos epiphanius dicit, qui similis essentie'; ending: 'auferri q[uo]d capiti defuisset. Explicit liber Beati Augustini ad cavendum diversas hereses utilissimus'. ff. 205r-251v: Caius Julius Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium ( Collection of Memorable Things ), preceded by the dedication to Adventus, 'Julius Solinus Advento salutem'; beginning: 'Cum et aurium clementia'; explicit, 'sui congrere insularu[m] qualitatem'. ff. 251v-252r: Pseudo-Ovid, Cantus avium ( The singing of birds ) , beginning: 'Parrus enim quamquam per noctem tinnipet omnem'; ending: 'Que cantu cunctas exuperat volucris', followed by Quadrupedum ( Quadruped ) or De bestiis ( On beasts ), beginning: 'Sed iam quadrupedum fari discrimina vocum'; explicit, 'sive sonare queant'. ff. 253r-285v: Cosmographia ( Cosmography ) of Aethicus Ister, beginning: 'Philosophorum scedulas sagaci indagatione'; explicit, 'tothmos azathot yrchony zothychyn. Explicit liber Aethici philosophi cosmographi natione scithica nobili prosapia parentum abea enim aethica philosophia a reliquis sapientibus origine traxit'. f. 286v-365v: Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De architectura ( On architecture ) , beginning: 'Cum divinia tua mens et numen imperator'; ending: 'in decem voluminibus haberet explicata'. Decoration: Two circular diagrams in ink with decoration in green (f. 40v) or red (f. 41r). A large initial in red with penwork decoration in the same colour (f. 253r). One initial in red with green penwork decoration (f. 1r); one initial in green with red penwork decoration (f. 303v) and one initial in yellow with penwork decoration in the same colour (f. 337v). Numerous initials in red or green, some with pen-flourishing. Numbers and rubrics in red. Highlighting of letters in red.
Place
  • Preferred form
    • France
    Original form
    • France, Europe
    Other form
    • France
    • France (Paris ? Fontainebleau ?)
    • France.
    • France (?)
    • Lieu de copie : France ( ?) : cf. Hans-Collas ― Schandel, p. 327
    • France ?
    • France -- 16e siècle
    • Frankreich
    • França
    • Francia
    • Frankrijk
    • Abbaye de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abadia de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abtei Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abadía de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abdij van Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Région de la Loire (Abbaye de Fleury ?)
    • Loire Region (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Regió del Loira (Abadia de Fleury ?)
    • Región del Loira (Abadía de Fleury ?)
    • France (Abbaye de Fleury ?)
    • França (Abadia de Fleury?)
    • Francia (Abadía de Fleury?)
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Frankreich (Abtei Fleury?)
    • Frankrijk (Abdij van Fleury?)
    • France (est : Lorraine ?)
    • França (est: Lorena?)
    • Ostfrankreich (Lothringen?)
    • Eastern France (Lorraine?)
    • Francia (este: Lorena?)
    • Lothringen
    • Lorena
    • Lotharingen
    • Lorraine
    • França (Borgonya?)
    • France (Burgundy?)
    • Francia (Borgoña)
    • France (Bourgogne ?)
    • Frankrijk (Bourgondië?)
    • France (Bretagne ?)
    • França (Bretanya?)
    • Frankreich (Bretagne?)
    • France (Brittany?)
    • Francia (Bretaña)
    • Frankrijk (Bretagne?)
    • France (ouest : Bretagne ?)
    • Western France (Brittany?)
    • França (oest: Bretanya?)
    • Francia (oeste: Bretaña?)
    • Frankrijk (westen) (Bretagne?)
    • Westfrankreich: Bretagne?
    • Bretagne
    • Bretanya
    • Bretaña
    • Brittany
    • Probably the Loire region
    • France: Auxerre or Brittany
    • France: Fleury. vicinity of Paris (Saint-Denis?) (Bischoff)
    • France: Ile-de-France (Sens?)
    • France: Fleury; Reims?
    • France (Southern France?)
    • France: Fleury
    • France: probably Auxerre
    • France: evidently Eastern France
    • Central- or southern France
    • France, Vienne
    • [France]
    • Paris (?)
    • France (Paris?) or Flanders
    • France (3rd part)
    • Strassburg (probably)
    • Paris (?) or Tours (?)
    • France (Normandy?)
    • Rouen (?) or Paris (?)
    • France: Champagne, Burgundy or Centre
    • Lyon or Luxeuil (?)
    • France (Besançon?)
    • France (Paris?)
    • France, Northern (probably)
    • Probably Eastern France
    • St. Denis near Paris (monastery) (?)
    • Tours (?)
    • France (possibly near the court)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • [Provence?]
    • France, East (?)
    • France, Northeast?
    • France, Pontigny (or Paris?)
    • France, North?
    • France, Paris?
    • France, Diocese of Limoges?
    • France, Auxerre or area
    • France, Burgundy?
    • France, Brittany or Paris?
    • France, Angers?
    • France, Normandy?
    • France, East?
    • France, Bourges?
    • France, Anjou?
    • France, Northwest?
    • France, Tours?
    • France (probably Paris)
    • SW France?
    • FR
    • [FR]
    • Frankreich (Angers?)
    • Frankrijk (?)
    • Gallia
    • Gallia (Frankrijk)
    • Gallia? (Frankrijk?)
    • Frankreich (I.)
    • Frankreich (III.)
    • Frankreich (III)
    • Frankreich (II)
    • Frankreich (I)
    • I./III. Frankreich
    • II. Frankreich
    • Frankreich (Ergänzung)
    • [Frankrijk]
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  • Preferred form
    • England (United Kingdom)
    Original form
    • England
    Other form
    • Angleterre
    • Angleterre (?)
    • Angleterre.
    • Angleterre ?
    • Anglaterra
    • Inglaterra
    • Engeland
    • Angleterre (Salisbury ?)
    • Anglaterra (Salisbury?)
    • Inglaterra (Salisbury?)
    • England (Salisbury?)
    • [Oxford?]
    • [England]
    • England, Norwich?
    • England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's Abbey?
    • England, Cornwall?
    • England, St. Albans?
    • England, North?
    • England, York?
    • England, Witham?
    • England, Winchester or St. Albans
    • England, Reading or Leominster
    • England, Cirencester?
    • England, Sherborne?
    • England, Worcester?
    • England, Bury St. Edmunds?
    • England, Tewkesbury?
    • England, East Anglia?
    • England, Peterborough?
    • England, Mercia?
    • England, Canterbury, Christ Church?
    • England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's?
    • England, Winchester?
    • England, Oxford?
    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • England and Netherlands
    • England, Canterbury?
    • England, West Midlands?
    • England, London?
    • England, Crowland?
    • England, Wessex?
    • England, Reading?
    • England, Northeast?
    • England, Southeast?
    • England, Ely?
    • England, Winchester or Hereford?
    • England, Salisbury?
    • England, Oxford or Salisbury
    • German (but made in England)
    • England, South East (?)
    • England. Peterborough (?) or Lincoln (?)
    • Hereford?, England
    • England, Durham ?
    • England, Durham?
    • England, probably Durham
    • England, Oxford (?)
    • England, possibly Oxford
    • England (?Oxford)
    • England, Durham (?)
    • England, London/Westminster
    • Unknown, possibly London and Cambridge
    • Royal Chancery, London; Cambridge
    • Engeland (?)
    • England (II)
    • I. England
    • [Engeland]
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Rights
  • Public domain in most countries other than the UK
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