• Detail of a pen-flourished initial 'L'(a quarte)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

St. Geneviève 1028.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 full page and 1 two-column miniature in colours and gold, with full bar borders with foliate extensions, at the beginning of the text (ff. 1v, 2). 1 one-column miniature in colours and gold

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'O'(r)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

St. Geneviève 1028.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 full page and 1 two-column miniature in colours and gold, with full bar borders with foliate extensions, at the beginning of the text (ff. 1v, 2). 1 one-column miniature in colours and gold

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'I'(l)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

St. Geneviève 1028.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 full page and 1 two-column miniature in colours and gold, with full bar borders with foliate extensions, at the beginning of the text (ff. 1v, 2). 1 one-column miniature in colours and gold

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'Q'(ui)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

St. Geneviève 1028.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 full page and 1 two-column miniature in colours and gold, with full bar borders with foliate extensions, at the beginning of the text (ff. 1v, 2). 1 one-column miniature in colours and gold

• Illuminated initial 'S'(elonc)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

St. Geneviève 1028.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 full page and 1 two-column miniature in colours and gold, with full bar borders with foliate extensions, at the beginning of the text (ff. 1v, 2). 1 one-column miniature in colours and gold

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'T'(res)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

St. Geneviève 1028.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 full page and 1 two-column miniature in colours and gold, with full bar borders with foliate extensions, at the beginning of the text (ff. 1v, 2). 1 one-column miniature in colours and gold

• Illuminated initial 'T'(res), with a partial bar border., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

St. Geneviève 1028.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 full page and 1 two-column miniature in colours and gold, with full bar borders with foliate extensions, at the beginning of the text (ff. 1v, 2). 1 one-column miniature in colours and gold

• Illuminated initial 'T'(res), with a partial bar border., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

St. Geneviève 1028.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 full page and 1 two-column miniature in colours and gold, with full bar borders with foliate extensions, at the beginning of the text (ff. 1v, 2). 1 one-column miniature in colours and gold

• 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

the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed in Edward Harley's hand, 'Bought in Mr Rawlinson's sale 1734, Oxford BH' (f. 1). Pen-flourished initials Burton Lazars England, Central (Burton Lazars, Leicestershire)

• Decorated initial 'A', at the beginning of the Tract against clerks., Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly)

beginning of the Tract against clerks. 1 large decorated initial with a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 4). Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly) Unidentified owner, 18th century: note attributing the tract to John Wycliffe (f. 1v). Thomas

• Drawing of a Virgin and Child as space-filler in the table of contents of the Cartulary of the Abbey of Malmesbury in Wiltshire., Cartulary of the abbey of Malmesbury in Wiltshire

Drawing of a Virgin and Child as space-filler in the table of contents of the Cartulary of the Abbey of Malmesbury in Wiltshire. 3 drawings as space-fillers in the table of contents (ff. 4, 4v (x2)). Large and small

• null, Cartulary of the abbey of Malmesbury in Wiltshire

3 drawings as space-fillers in the table of contents (ff. 4, 4v (x2)). Large and small initials in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Cadels. Cartulary of the abbey of Malmesbury in Wiltshire Inscriptions, 15th century (f. 220v).Inscription, 16th century:

• Text page with a marginal note by Humfrey, duke of Gloucester., De administratione principium (Le livre de l'information des princes)

of Gloucester. Catchwords and bifolium signatures. Numerous pointing hand (maniculae). 1 miniature in colours and gold of a king enthroned in council, with a full border and a foliate initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of the prologue

• Detail of heraldry with a swan crest flanked by two (erased) arms., Leaves and bifolia of a Book of Hours, containing text from the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of the Annunciation, with heraldry with a swan crest flanked by

• Text from the Hours of the Virgin with an initial letter 'L' inhabited by a stag., Leaves and bifolia of a Book of Hours, containing text from the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of the Annunciation, with heraldry with a swan crest flanked by

• Historiated initial 'D' probably of David in the Wilderness, with a red eagle, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Bifolium of a Book of Hours, containing the Penitential Psalms

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of David in the Wilderness, with acanthus-like foliate extensions inhabited by a

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Annunciation, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia of a Book of Hours, containing text from the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of the Annunciation, with heraldry with a swan crest flanked by

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uo) and catchword., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Piece of paper pasted onto f. 1 with Seneca's epitaph, apparently written in the same hand as the rest of the manuscript.ff. 1-[2a] are medieval flyleaves.Watermark visible (f. 2).Quires numbered in the top right corner of the pages. Numerous initials

• Illuminated initial 'A'([d]tingam]) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Book 3 of Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia., Facta et dicta memorabilia

Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia. 6 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 20, 31v, 44v, 57, 67). Large and small initials in yellow and red on a blue and red field with foliate decoration. Facta et

• A diagram of Old Testament genealogy, including Noah, with diagrams of the world and Noah's ark., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Noah's ark. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 2). Numerous small medallions containing portrait busts, some with biblical scenes, on every folio, in colours and gold. Diagrams, in colours and gold (ff. 2v (x2), 6, 17). 1 large