• Historiated initial 'Q'(uinta) of Synagogue and Ecclesia, at the beginning of Deuteronomy, with an instruction to an illuminator in the margin., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of a woman kissing a dying man, at the beginning of Esdras 1., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Historiated initial 'F'(actum est) of Jeremiah speaking with god, at the beginning of Kings 4, 39., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Historiated initial 'F'(actum est) of David before Saul, at the beginning of Kings 2, with an instruction to an illuminator in the margin., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Historiated initial 'P'(revaricatus) of Ahaziah falling from a tower, at the beginning of Kings 4, with an instruction to an illuminator in the margin., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Historiated initial 'L'(ibrum) of Ahasuerus and Esther banqueting, at the beginning of Esther., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of Manasses and his wife outside the temple, at the beginning of Esther 2., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Historiated initial 'M'(ortuo) of the death of Simon, last of the Maccabee brothers, at the beginning of Maccabees 2, 2., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Historiated initial 'A'(nno) of the Ascension, at the beginning of acts, with an instruction to an illuminator in the margin., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Historiated initial 'R'(everendo) of Peter Comestor with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the preface., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(everendo) of Peter Comestor, at the beginning of the preface., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'F'(uit) of an angel and Zacharias censing the altar, at the beginning of Luke., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Detail of a miniature of a lion, a rabbit with a trumpet,and a perching bird, from the border of the folio., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Detail of a border with a peacock and hybrid grotesques, at the beginning of Luke., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Illuminated initial 'E'(cce) at the beginning of the first Sunday in Advent, and iIn the upper margin the 16th-century ownership inscription of 'Richard Crosby, monk of Durham'. An inscription on an end flyleaf states that it was given to him by Hugh Whitehede, last prior of Durham, in 1521., Breviary (the 'Coldingham Breviary'), including the Temporale

of the first Sunday in Advent, and iIn the upper margin the 16th-century ownership inscription of'Richard Crosby, monk of Durham'. An inscription on an end flyleaf states that it was given to him by Hugh Whitehede, last prior

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n principio) with pen-flourishing and display script at the beginning of Genesis., Bible without the Psalms, imperfect

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. Puzzle initial England

• Historiated initial 'L(iber)' with the Tree of Jesse at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel., Bible, including the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 595-639v)

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. Historiated initial Paris France,

• Inhabited initial 'A'(sculta) with dragons, at the beginning of the Rule of Benedict., Regula sancti Benedicti with notes and commentary; Templum Domini, meditations and works on sin, penitence etc.

5); included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f. 33), in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, (f. 18) and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

and/or blue of fish, beakheads, animals, heads, and hybrids. Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers Perhaps made for someone in the diocese of Norwich: the highly-graded inclusion of Felix of Dunwich in

• Decorated initials, and line-endings in the form of animals and hybrids at the beginning of a litany., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

and/or blue of fish, beakheads, animals, heads, and hybrids. Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers Perhaps made for someone in the diocese of Norwich: the highly-graded inclusion of Felix of Dunwich in