• Detail of decorated initial with a leaf., Historiae ecclesiasticae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Decorated initial 'E'(go)., Historia Brittonum, Vita Gildae, and other Vitae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Historiated initial 'Q' of Peter, with the descender of the letter composed of a foliate extension of acanthus leaves (centre)., Cutting from a Gradual (sanctorale)

four-line staves visible through the gold of the initial matches those of the initials at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, which have been identified as belonging to two volumes of a Temporale from the lost San Michele Graduals: MS

• Pen-flourished initials 'F'(rater) and 'H'(enrici)., Cartulary made for Walter Lynton (index Walter de Lynton), master of the hospital of the Virgin Mary and Lazarus, Burton Lazars, Leicestershire

its cartulary, made for Lynton in 1402 (f. 5) (see Davis no. 491; cf no. 90).The hospital of St-Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, London, a subordinate hospital of Burton Lazars, Leicestershire (see Wright 1972).Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector: binding with

• Detail of a coloured drawing with knights jousting, including Tristan, designated by an inscribed 'Ti'., Roman de Tristan in prose (index Tristram) (imperfect)

two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside the upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 237, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• Colophon: ‘scriptus per manum Guillelmi dicti du Stiphel de Britania pro venerabili et religioso viro domino Utredo Dunelmensi monacho ac sancte sacre pagine doctore. Anno domini millesimo ccco/ octuagesimo primo vicesimo sexto die mensis augusti. In fincal’, and, in the lower margin, the signature ‘G. du Stiphel’., Historiae ecclesiasticae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• null, De bello Judaico

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 100, 269).A 'Marquiss of Donegall': book-plate withthis crest and coronet on a mantle (f.

• null, De bello Judaico

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 100, 269).A 'Marquiss of Donegall': book-plate withthis crest and coronet on a mantle (f.

• Illuminated initial 'A'(ctum) with a partial bar border, at the beginning of book 10., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• Large miniature of Tarquinus and Lucrecia at the beginning of book 6. Full border copied from f. 88v, with acanthus leaves, flowers, fruits and gold leaves on unpainted ground, inhabited by a man climbing on a vine and a hybrid wrestling a bear. Decorated initial 'U'(nde) in gold and blue, and an original 15th-century initial 'D'(ux) which was cut-out from the original folio and pasted onto the present folio., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

1487): his arms (in vol. 1: Harley 4372, f. 12).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Illuminated initial 'A'(nno), with a partial border, at the beginning of book 2., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• Illuminated initial 'P'(ost) with a partial border, at the beginning of book 5., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• Detail of an angel holding a scroll with a catchword., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• null, Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• null, Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• null, Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• null, Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• Illuminated initial 'D'(a michi), with a full border, at the beginning of the prologue., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• null, Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

in the Public Record Office~, ed by J. G. Black, and others, under the superintendence of H. C. Maxwell Lyte (London, 1891-1901), ~Edward III, A.D. 1367-1370~, p. 9, and ~Richard II, A.D. 1377-1381~, p. 636, see as well ~Edward III,

• Foliate initial 'O'(rdo), and three-sided foliate border, in the Ordo Coronationis., Ordo Coronationis (fragment)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Foliate initial London England,