• Detail of a coloured drawing depicting the dragon-daughter of King Ypocras, and the knights who tried to break the spell enchanting her., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(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. Dragon Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting the Palace of the Great Chan., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(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. Palace Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Decorated iInitial 'I(n) at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and in the lower margin, a circular diagram of the Golden Chain of Macrobius, labelled in the centre ‘Aurea cathena macrobii’, with intersecting semi-circles marked ‘Ignis’, ‘calidus’, ‘aer’, ‘humidus’, etc., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Diagram of the harmony of the planets, marked with names of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, and the Moon, with the page number '380' in Twysden's handwriting., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Initial 'T' with a bird in a reading from the Gospel of John for the 6th Sunday after Easter., Gospel lectionary

a reading from the Gospel of John for the 6th Sunday after Easter. Ecphonetic notation in red. Decorated foliate heapieces in red, often with a yellow wash, one extending into the margin (f. 1), one with an animal head (f.

• Diagram of The Tower of Wisdom, with micro-architectural decoration, and on the right, a coloured initial at the beginning of the Explanation of the Tower of Wisdom., Theological miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie'

miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie' Compiled by John Segbruck, monk of the Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert, Durham (see Friedman 1995 p. 245).? Thomas Howard (b.

• null, Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• null, Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• null, Dialogues, with alphabetical index

verso) and price ‘25 Gs' (f. 134). ? Price '3: 3: 0' inscribed in ink, f. 133v, lower left corner).? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer (inscribed in pencil ‘Gregory the 1st Dialogues, Compleat, Wrote about/ Anno

• Ownership inscription that this manuscript is for the use of the friars of the Franciscan convent at Southampton: 'Ad usum fratrum minorum in Suythamptona'; with the decorated initial 'A'., Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis

minister Thomas to Roger at Wynde and Isabella, and is dated 1467 (ff. 1v-2); the second is from Thomas to John Baly and Katherine, and dated 145-. (ff. 76v-77).The Franciscan convent at Southampton: inscription 'Ad usum fratrum minore In Suythamptona'

• Historiated(?) initial excised, and full foliate border with heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of the Statutes of Henry VI., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 1 Richard III, with a table of contents

Historiated(?) initial excised, and full foliate border with heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of the Statutes of Henry VI. 6 large historiated (?) initials excised, accompanied by full foliate borders with heraldic arms in the

• On the left, large calligraphic initial 'L'(envoye) and illuminated initial 'T(his), and on the right, a miniature of the story of Cadmus, possibly retouched, and the illuminated initial 'B'., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Cadmus Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Ownership inscription at the end of the manuscript, stating that it was a gift to the Augustinian nunnery at Campsey from Dame Katherine Babyngton, a former subprioress., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Ownership inscription John Capgrave, and others Campsey England, S. E. (Campsey)

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 1 Richard III, with a table of contents

6 large historiated (?) initials excised, accompanied by full foliate borders with heraldic arms in the lower margins, in colours and gold (ff. 51, 106, 143, 163, 179, 237). Large decorated initials, mostly with foliate extensions into the margins,

• null, Collection of Poems

Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate (4th flyleaf verso); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail John Lydgate England

• Detail of miniature of Jerome kneeling., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

Detail of miniature of Jerome kneeling. Four dots before line four indicated where the compositor was to being the last page of the printed book. 1 full-page miniature (unfinished), with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f.

• Detail of illuminated white vine initial 'M'., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

Detail of illuminated white vine initial 'M'. Four dots before line four indicated where the compositor was to being the last page of the printed book. 1 full-page miniature (unfinished), with a full foliate border, in colours and gold

• Detail of lower border., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

Detail of lower border. Four dots before line four indicated where the compositor was to being the last page of the printed book. 1 full-page miniature (unfinished), with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 2v). Large

• Detail of a miniature of the story of Cadmus, possibly retouched, and the illuminated initial 'B'., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Detail of a large calligraphic initial 'L'(envoye) and illuminated initial 'T(his)., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Initials Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)