• Decorated initial., Welsh Laws, in Latin translation

parentage (d. c.1635): inscription recording his gift of the manuscript to John David Rhys in August 1660 (f. 22v; see Wright 1972).John David Rhys (index Siôn Dafydd Rhys, John Davies) (b. 1534, d. 1609?), physician and grammarian: owned after August

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dward)., Statuta Angliae(index Statutes of England; Statute book), including Magna Charta, Charters of Edward III, various statutes, and the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum)

British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Puzzle initial Written by more than one scribe Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Puzzle initial 'N' at the beginning of a chronicle., Chronicle from Noah to Henry IV, and a list of kings from William I to Henry VI (f. 71r-v)

the list of kings (f. 71r-v) apparently by the same scribe, ends with Henry VI (1422-1471).John Benson: late 15th-century inscription 'John Benson' (f. 71v).William Vagger of Sussex: inscribed in the late 15th century 'Constat Willelmo Vagger de Sussex' (f. 1v).John

• Miniature with the portrait of King Henry VIII, and the beginning of John Croke's English translation of Psalms., Psalms in English verse (girdle book)

Henry VIII, and the beginning of John Croke's English translation of Psalms. A very small girdle book, bound in gold.John Croke was one of the clerks in Chancery.Contents: ff. 2-5: Veni Creator; ff. 6-68v: seven Penitential Psalms followed by the

• Cadels., Confessio Amantis, imperfect

'Henry Swynbourne' (f. 73); 'William erosl' (?) (f. 138v); 'John Maks' (f. 174).Inscription: 'Robert Willmer' and 'RW' with the date 'June 1620' (f. 55v).17th-century inscriptions: 'Anthony Chest' and 'Anthony Chester', and 'John Ch Chester' (upper pastedown).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d.

• Decorated initial 'N'(ow)., Confessio Amantis, imperfect

'Henry Swynbourne' (f. 73); 'William erosl' (?) (f. 138v); 'John Maks' (f. 174).Inscription: 'Robert Willmer' and 'RW' with the date 'June 1620' (f. 55v).17th-century inscriptions: 'Anthony Chest' and 'Anthony Chester', and 'John Ch Chester' (upper pastedown).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d.

• Historiated initial 'D'(omino) with John Chrysostom and border., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)

Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. John Chrysostom The scribe of the Ferrara Strabo The scribe of the Ferrara Strabo John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus), translated by Georgius Trapezuntius (index George of Trebizond)

• First page of text, with a Lumley ownership inscription., The Regement of Princes

90) No decoration. The Regement of Princes John Treglystyn: inscribed 'Constat Iohanni Treglystyn', end of the 15th century (f. 90v).Nicholas Saunder, perhaps to be identified with Nicholas Saunder, pupil of the mathematician John Dee (1527-1609), or Sir Nicholas Saunder of

• Miniature, in two compartments, of a widow seeing the sun on Alkmund's breast, and on the right, Alkmund kneeling before the pope, with a Veronica's veil (an image of Christ's face on a linen cloth) in the background, with an illuminated initial, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow

• Illuminated initial 'T'(his), and in the lower margin, the arms of Bury St Edmunds and an ownership inscription that 'Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ ', in John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow

• Detail of a miniature of an infant being handed to its mother by a man in a boat on the Thames, with the marginal inscription 'london bredge', from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow

• Detail of a miniature of a boy being thrown by cattle from London Bridge, and floating in the water with a boatman rowing towards him, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow

• Detail of a miniature of the discovery of Edmund's head with a scroll with gold inscription 'heer heer herr', with a wolf guarding it, and a man blowing a horn, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow

• Detail of a miniature of the death of King Offa, lying in a brocade canopied bed and giving a ring to his steward, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow

• Detail of a miniature of King Offa and his retinue kneeling at the Holy Sepulchre, with a Cruxifixion image on the retable, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow

• Detail of a miniature of Edmund in battle against the Danes at Thetford, with God blessing above, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow

• Miniature of King Offa and his retinue kneeling at the Holy Sepulchre, with a Cruxifixion image on the retable, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow

• Miniature of Edmund in battle against the Danes at Thetford, with God blessing above, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow

• Miniature of a boy being thrown by cattle from London Bridge, and floating in the water with a boatman rowing towards him, with a marginal inscription, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow

• Miniature of an infant being handed to its mother by a man in a boat on the Thames, with the marginal inscription 'london bredge', from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

of Sir John Radcliffe of Atteleborough (b. 1452, d. 1496), Norfolk: inscribed, adjacent to the shield ‘Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ (f. 107 [p. 213]). John Stow