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Detail of a text page of St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120). The life of Thomas Becket in verse was composed c. 1184. It is based on one by Robert of Cricklade (d. c. 1174), prior of
king in armour and tabard (King John), presenting a plaque with verses. Unfinished. This manuscript, together with two other manuscripts (London, British Library, Add. 45133 and London, Guildhall Library, Print Room (s.n.)) is known as 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book' because
of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial Edmund-Fremund scribe Edmund-Fremund scribe John Lydgate, Thomas Hoccleve Bury St Edmunds England, S. (probably Bury St Edmunds)
Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Detail Edmund-Fremund scribe Edmund-Fremund scribe John Lydgate, Thomas Hoccleve Bury St Edmunds England, S. (probably Bury St Edmunds)
of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial Edmund-Fremund scribe Edmund-Fremund scribe John Lydgate, Thomas Hoccleve Bury St Edmunds England, S. (probably Bury St Edmunds)
White vine initial 'I(nter) at the beginning of Aristotle's Politica. Catchwords written horizontally. The whole manuscript is in the same hand, with the exception of f. 75 which appears to be a singleton (possibly added in the late 15th
Detail of a white-vine initial 'Q'(uot igitur). Catchwords written horizontally. The whole manuscript is in the same hand, with the exception of f. 75 which appears to be a singleton (possibly added in the late 15th century to replace
Puzzle initial 'P'(romissiones) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 17 in Augustine's De civitate dei. A 13th-century hand has corrected the capitula list in the lower margin. ff. 1-[2a] are medieval parchment flyleaves.Text divided into sections designated by
Detail of Illuminated initial 'O'. Vertical catchwords.Ruled in crayon.ff. [i], [197] are parchment leaves pasted to marbled paper flyleaves.ff. [ii-iv], [195-196] are ruled parchment leaves.A large triangular section has been trimmed off the upper half of f. [iii]. Vestiges
Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin. 27 large miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials (3-4 lines) and full foliate borders on parchment, except the Annunciation
Miniature of the Coronation of the Virgin, and full foliate border, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin. 27 large miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials (3-4 lines) and full foliate borders on parchment, except
Border with hybrids and grotesques. 27 large miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials (3-4 lines) and full foliate borders on parchment, except the Annunciation on gold (f. 35), animated with a large variety of insects, animals, human and hybrid
Border with figures, including a woman, and two half-naked men. 27 large miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials (3-4 lines) and full foliate borders on parchment, except the Annunciation on gold (f. 35), animated with a large variety of
27 large miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials (3-4 lines) and full foliate borders on parchment, except the Annunciation on gold (f. 35), animated with a large variety of insects, animals, human and hybrid figures, in colours and gold
27 large miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials (3-4 lines) and full foliate borders on parchment, except the Annunciation on gold (f. 35), animated with a large variety of insects, animals, human and hybrid figures, in colours and gold
Detail of the colophon: 'Anno dominicae incarnationis M^o^CCCC^o^LXX^o^ & vii^a^ decembris opus hoc consumatum est: die autum veneris summo mane. Laus & gloria sit omnipotenti yhu xpo per infinita secula'. Probably the second of two volumes; the first volume
Xixti (6 August and 20 September); Afra (7 August); Willibrord (7 November).Ampersands.f. 8-8v contains the beginning of the Gospel of John (the Easter reading), with decoration consonant with the rest of the manuscript.Multi-coloured stitching in the margin of ff. 95,
cartouches, scrolls, trompe l’oeil pearls, cherubs, arabesques, and figures in monochrome of John, the Resurrection, Mark and two medallions inscribed 'De / dit / illi no / men' and 'Quod / est su / per omne / nome[n]' (f. 83a;
and medallions containing full-length figures of apostles including John, Andrew and Philip in gold monochrome, and the inscriptions: 'Manifestum / eum fecit / non omni / populo' and 'sed …/ …./ prae ordi / natis' (f. 86; 40 x 245
vos de sepulchris vestris popule [sic; populus] meus'; Hosea 13:14 'O mors ero mors tua morsus tuus ero inferne' and John 19:37 'Viderunt [sic; Videbunt] in quem transfixerunt', and the inscription 'Dux vitae / mortuus / regnat / vivus' divided