Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. Margaret Gibson, 'Priscian, "Institutiones grammaticae": A Handlist of Manuscripts', Scriptorium: Revue internationale des études relative aux manuscrits, 26 (1972), 105-24 (p. Wright, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), II: 1723-1726, pp. The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726, ed. Paul Lehmann, Mitteilungen aus Handschriften, 2, Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Abteilung, 2 (Munich: Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,1930), pp. Wilhelm Köhler, 'Die Karolingishen Miniaturen', in Zweiter Bericht über die Denkmäler Deutscher Kunst (Berlin: Reimer, 1912), pp. Daniels und anderer Sequenzenausgaben, Analecta hymnica medii aevi, 53-55, 3 vols (Lepzig: Reisland, 1911-1922), 1, pars I: Liturgische Prosen erster Epoche aus den Sequenzenschulen des Abendlandes, insbesondere die dem Notkerus Balbulus zugeschriebenen, nebst Skizze über den Ursprung der Sequenz: Auf Grund der Melodien aus den Quellen des 10.-16. Die Sequenzen des Thesaurus hymnologicus H. , Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum, 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1881-1884), Part II: Latin (1884), p. Chatelain, Paléographie des classiques latins, 2 vols (Paris : Librairie Hachette, 1884-1900), I: pl. 17v-18).Ī Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-1812), II (1808), no. Musical notation: neumes, western Germany, 10th and 11th century (ff. Notated hymns and sequencies for Michael (ff. 17-22 originally were the initial gathering of Harley 3095, a 10th-century manuscript of Boethius's works. Priscianus, 'Institutiones grammaticae', Books 4-5, 9th century (ff. Liutprand, 'Antapodosis', 12th century (ff. The manuscript, a composite miscellany made up of five manuscripts of different date and origin, also includes: 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. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b.
1, 17, 23, 47 see Wright and Wright 1966).Įdward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (b. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘3 die Augusti, A.D. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts chiefly on the Continent, where his agent was George Suttie: purchased by Edward Harley on 13th August 1724 (see Wright and Wright 1966 Wright 1972). 1-54 sold by him to Edward Harley on 6 August 1724, and portion 1 on 20 October 1725 (see Wright and Wright 1966 Wright 1972). 1747), the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought the Wilhelm library sometime before 1724 through Johann Büchels (b. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Maittaire (b.
1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1716), owner of a library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Wright 1972). 1703), German classical scholar and critic: his manuscript numbers 24, 27 and 30 possibly sold to Wilhelm in 1703 with the rest of his library (see Clark 1891 Wright 1972). 16, 22, 46, 54)Īdded neumes, western Germany, early 11th century (ff. 66 (+ 3 unfoliated flyleaves at the beginning, one original and one modern flyleaf at the end, and modern blanks after ff. Titles in display capitals and initials in oxidised red.įf. Titles in display capitals and initials in oxidised red (ff. A pen-drawing in brown ink representing Philosophy, portraid as Divine Wisdom, visiting Boethius in prison (f. A small pen-sketch of a seated figure (f. The sketch of a male figure in hard point (f. 17v-18).ĭiagram of wind wheel in red and brown ink (f. 22v), with the later 11th-century addition of notated hymn and sequence for St Michael (ff. 19-22), and an excerpt from the 'Proverbia Salomonis' (f. 17), a Greek and Latin grammatical list (ff.