• Text page with glosses and marginal drawings., Physical treatises

(f. 4); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 8v

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a goat playing the violin., Glosses to Aristotle's Physical treatises, with a table of contents

(f. 4); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 8v

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man gazing at the heavens, with earth and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, and a marginal drawing of a man pointing to a gloss., Physical treatises

(f. 4); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 8v

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man, with the sky, earth, and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, with an instruction for the display script., Physical treatises

(f. 4); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 8v

• Historiated initial 'F'(ides est substancia), added in the 14th century, of a monk kneeling before the Virgin and Child with a scroll inscribed, 'In te confidit anima mea'., Theological tracts, including the libros Dyonisii ariopagite secundum dominum Thomam abbatem sancti Andree Verselensis, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' De divinis nominibus (incomplete), Spectacula contemplacionis secundum assensum sex graduum, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Mystica theologia, Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi)

university of Oxford.William Wymundham and William Fykeys, rector of Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, and donor to Ramsey abbey library (see Cotton Roll ii. 16): their names inscribed in the 15th-century (f. 356). Richard Pembroke, abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St

• Pen-flourished initials., Theological tracts, including the libros Dyonisii ariopagite secundum dominum Thomam abbatem sancti Andree Verselensis, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' De divinis nominibus (incomplete), Spectacula contemplacionis secundum assensum sex graduum, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Mystica theologia, Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi)

university of Oxford.William Wymundham and William Fykeys, rector of Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, and donor to Ramsey abbey library (see Cotton Roll ii. 16): their names inscribed in the 15th-century (f. 356). Richard Pembroke, abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St

• Text page., Theological tracts, including the libros Dyonisii ariopagite secundum dominum Thomam abbatem sancti Andree Verselensis, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' De divinis nominibus (incomplete), Spectacula contemplacionis secundum assensum sex graduum, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Mystica theologia, Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi)

university of Oxford.William Wymundham and William Fykeys, rector of Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, and donor to Ramsey abbey library (see Cotton Roll ii. 16): their names inscribed in the 15th-century (f. 356). Richard Pembroke, abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St

• Pen-flourished initial 'D'(e)., Epistola Dyonisii ad Polycarpum (f. 1v), added subject index preceding Pseudo-Dionysius' Mystica theologia (ff. 47v-51), sections of William of Auxerre's Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi) added to fill lacunae (ff. 80-81, 127-158v)

university of Oxford.William Wymundham and William Fykeys, rector of Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, and donor to Ramsey abbey library (see Cotton Roll ii. 16): their names inscribed in the 15th-century (f. 356). Richard Pembroke, abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost)., Epistola Dyonisii ad Polycarpum (f. 1v), added subject index preceding Pseudo-Dionysius' Mystica theologia (ff. 47v-51), sections of William of Auxerre's Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi) added to fill lacunae (ff. 80-81, 127-158v)

university of Oxford.William Wymundham and William Fykeys, rector of Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, and donor to Ramsey abbey library (see Cotton Roll ii. 16): their names inscribed in the 15th-century (f. 356). Richard Pembroke, abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St

• Detail of Various ownership inscriptions, including that of Holy Cross abbey, Waltham., De sacramento altaris

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Detail of a decorated initial., De sacramento altaris

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Detail of a decorated initial., De sacramento altaris

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Detail of Jesse sleeping from an historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber), at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Detail of an historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber) of a Tree of Jesse including Mary and Christ, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Detail of an historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber) of a Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Decorated initial 'S'(ero) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of Richard of Saint-Victor's 'De statu interioris hominis'., Theological works including De statu interioris hominis (ff. 1-31v, ends imperfectly); De sacrificio David Prophete (ff. 32-39v, begins imperfectly); De Sacrificio Abrahe (ff. 39v-51); Adnotationes in Psalmos (ff. 51-75v); Epistola (ff. 75v-81v).

initial 'S'(ero) with penwork decoration, at the beginning ofRichardof Saint-Victor's 'De statu interioris hominis'. Quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quire).One leaf lost after f. 31.

• Decorated initial 'O'(mne)., Miscellany of devotional and theological texts, including De statu interioris hominis post lapsum, a treatise relating to penance, and the Summula confessionis (imperfect)

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 Written by more than one scribe Richardof Saint-Victor,

• Decorated initial 'A'(mantissimo) at the beginning of Baldwin of Ford's De sacramento altaris., De sacramento altaris

of Baldwin of Ford's De sacramento altaris. Baldwin entered the abbey of Ford, a daughter-house of Waverley, in 1169; in 1173 he was made abbot, and he held the abbacy until 1180 when he was elevated to the see

• Decorated initial 'N'(on) in Baldwin of Ford's De corpore et sanguine Dei, with the guide-letter 'N' and the prickings in the left margin, and traces of a quire-signature and catchword at the extreme lower edge of the page., De sacramento altaris

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Various ownership inscriptions, including that of Holy Cross abbey, Waltham, below which are typical Holy Cross markings including a short-title and press-marks, the book-plate of Osmund Beauvoir, headmaster of King's School, Canterbury, and the signature and notes of Thomas Richards., De sacramento altaris

of Holy Cross abbey, Waltham, below which are typical Holy Cross markings including a short-title and press-marks, the book-plate of Osmund Beauvoir, headmaster of King's School, Canterbury, and the signature and notes of Thomas Richards. Baldwin entered the abbey