France Description of the coronation of Claude de France in St-Denis in 1517.Philippe, Comte de Béthune (d. 1649): binding with his arms.? Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts: inscribed title of the manuscript
earl of Chester and first earl of Lincoln (see Crick 1991, p. 53; Richard Eales, 'Ranulf (III) [Ranulf de Blundeville]', ~Oxford Dictionary of National Biography~ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2716, accessed 24 Jul 2007]). Part 1 or 2 Richard
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. Bees Peraldus England
foliate or braided decoration at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 31v, 56, 81v, 111v, 133v, 157, 179v). 8 large initials in brown with penwork decoration, including of heads at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 31v, 56, 81v, 111v,
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 Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the
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 Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the
'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda and later archbishop of Mainz (ff. 6-282v), preceded by the letters to Louis the Germanic, king of Germany (843-876) (ff. 1-2), and to Haymo, bishop of
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 initials Richardof Saint-Victor Rochester England, S.
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. Decorated initial England
Bible, without the Psalms John, vicar of Elmham, 13th century: inscription recording the gift of this manuscript to Norwich Franciscans, for the use of Herveo de Berewick (f. 2*v). 'Herveo de Berewick', friar of the Franciscan convent at Norwich, 13th