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. Decorated initial Boethius, translated by John Walton England
battle between Genghis Khan and Prester John. Includes 8 works forming a compendium of the wonders of the East combined with crusading texts: Historia de proeliis translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre (ff.1-46); Jehan le
61, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 1196, Longleat House 24, and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. Auct. F. inf. 1. 1, associated with John Whetehamstede, abbot of St. Albans.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 miniature in colours and gold, of the author preaching, with
61, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 1196, Longleat House 24, and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. Auct. F. inf. 1. 1, associated with John Whetehamstede, abbot of St. Albans.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 miniature in colours and gold, of the author preaching, with
Philadelphia, Lewis E. M. II 19-22v, and 12 detached full page miniatures: Job, Pentecost and Annunciation from the collection of John Malcolm of Poltalloch, Add. 35254, ff. T, U, V, Luke, Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Ms. 8999, Betrayal of
Philadelphia, Lewis E. M. II 19-22v, and 12 detached full page miniatures: Job, Pentecost and Annunciation from the collection of John Malcolm of Poltalloch, Add. 35254, ff. T, U, V, Luke, Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Ms. 8999, Betrayal of
Philadelphia, Lewis E. M. II 19-22v, and 12 detached full page miniatures: Job, Pentecost and Annunciation from the collection of John Malcolm of Poltalloch, Add. 35254, ff. T, U, V, Luke, Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Ms. 8999, Betrayal of
Philadelphia, Lewis E. M. II 19-22v, and 12 detached full page miniatures: Job, Pentecost and Annunciation from the collection of John Malcolm of Poltalloch, Add. 35254, ff. T, U, V, Luke, Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Ms. 8999, Betrayal of
61, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 1196, Longleat House 24, and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. Auct. F. inf. 1. 1, associated with John Whetehamstede, abbot of St. Albans.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 miniature in colours and gold, of the author preaching, with
Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought
Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought
Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought
Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought
Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought
Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought
Initial 'Q'(uintus) with decoration in foliate and dot patterns at the beginning of book 4. 7 initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in red and green (ff. 1, 1v, 20, 41, 60, 79v, 97v). Rubrics in
Initial 'P'(rolixitas) at the beginning of book 6, and initial 'H'(oc) with decoration in foliate and dot patterns. 7 initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in red and green (ff. 1, 1v, 20, 41, 60, 79v,
by the British Museum from Baynes, 29 May 1838 (note on f. 1* verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Puzzle initial Sir John Mandeville England
and brown. Astrological and medical treatises and recipes, including a zodiacal lunary (ff. 31-35v); 'The Nature of Wommen' (ff. 28v-30) John Smythe: 16th-century inscription (f. 28v). James Orchard Halliwell-[Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: inscription 'J. O.
Historiated initial with Jonah and the Whale. This manuscript is kept with the rest of the Henry Davis collection in the Rare Books and Music Department of the British Library. Applications to examine it may be made at the