• Damaged miniature., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Detail of decorated initials with pen-flourishing in book 7., Confessio amantis, imperfect

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. Detail John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Portrait of the Evangelist Matthew writing his Gospel, with his name inscribed in Greek on the miniature and in Arabic in the margin., The Four Gospels with a marginal commentary on Matthew (largely derived from the homilies of John Chrysistom), capitula, Eusebian sections, and hypotheses to Mark and Luke

(ff. 3v, 85v, 137v, 215v). The Four Gospels with a marginal commentary on Matthew (largely derived from the homilies of John Chrysistom), capitula, Eusebian sections, and hypotheses to Mark and Luke The Monastery of St Symeon the Wonderworker (Simeon Stylites

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) enclosing a star with partial ivy border at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Full-page drawing in brown ink of God the father and, below, Ptolemy, Aristotle, Sibilla, Brigida, and Reynhardus., Praenosticatio Latina or Prefagium

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Decorated initial 'D'(omini) at Psalm 23 (24)., Psalter (fragment) with a calendar page for November/December (f. 148)

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Cutting of an illuminated initial 'O', and below, f. 5, with an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of the Trinity., Initial from Jerome's commentary on Isaiah (index Commentarium in Isaiam), Book 5, fragment, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). Originally trained and employed as a shoemaker, Bagford became a bookseller and antiquary, and

• Historiated initial 'G'(loriosissimam) with Augustine as a bishop, with stigmata, combined with a three-sided white vine border including the coats of arms of the Hungarian humanists Janus Vitez (index John Vitez) and Petrus Garazda (index Peter Garazda), medallions with saints (probably the Fathers of the Church: three of them are bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a dog, birds and flowers., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

white vine border including the coats of arms of the Hungarian humanists Janus Vitez (index John Vitez) and Petrus Garazda (index Peter Garazda), medallions with saints (probably the Fathers of the Church: three of them are bishops and the fourth

• Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion., Saint mistere de la glorieuse piteuse et angoisseuse passion de notre seigneur et saulveur Ihesucrist (Treatise on the Passion of Christ)

order of the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem: colophon, 'Ce liure est a frere Nicole de Montmirel, commandeur de sainct Mauluy' (f. 186); the arms of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem (gules, a cross argent), and

• Detail of a miniature of Christ before Pilate., Saint mistere de la glorieuse piteuse et angoisseuse passion de notre seigneur et saulveur Ihesucrist (Treatise on the Passion of Christ)

order of the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem: colophon, 'Ce liure est a frere Nicole de Montmirel, commandeur de sainct Mauluy' (f. 186); the arms of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem (gules, a cross argent), and

• Detail of a miniature of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem., Saint mistere de la glorieuse piteuse et angoisseuse passion de notre seigneur et saulveur Ihesucrist (Treatise on the Passion of Christ)

order of the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem: colophon, 'Ce liure est a frere Nicole de Montmirel, commandeur de sainct Mauluy' (f. 186); the arms of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem (gules, a cross argent), and

• Historiated initial 'N' with John the Baptist, measuring 160 x 165 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text '...ni um p[er]hi /...e lumi nep'., Cuttings from a choir book

'N' with John the Baptist, measuring 160 x 165 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text '...ni um p[er]hi /...e lumi nep'. Italian cuttings.The present cuttings are bound in an album with other cuttings as

• Initial 'A'(s) with full bar border and partial floral border. Arms of William le Neve in the margin., Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland (f. 1) with two prose Scottish chronicles

Prester John to the Emperor Frederick (ff. 310-311v).Andrew of Wyntoun was a canon regular at St Andrews Augustinian priory and prior of St Serf's Inch, Lochleven, Fife (c. 1393-1422). He wrote his ~Orygynale Cronykil~ at the suggestion of Sir John

• Historiated initial 'F'(ratres) with ?Paul holding a sword and book, decorated initials and full border with acanthus leaves, birds, butterflies and a space left blank originally intended for a coat of arms, at the beginning of the text., Breviary, Use of Rome, including a Psalter with a litany

Elizabeth and the infant John the Baptist (f. 376), Peter and Paul holding their attributes, the key and the sword (f. 381v), Assumption of the Virgin with cherubs (f. 411v), Virgin and Child (f. 424v), John the Evangelist blessing (f.

• Decorated initial 'U'(pon) with foliate feathering including a male figure, extending between the columns and into the margins at the beginning of book 4., Confessio amantis, imperfect

£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 John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Marginal image of king Lucius in a baptismal font, with a caption reading 'Rex luci[us] p[ri]mu[s] in Anglia', next to a fragment referring to the origins of the christianity in England during the reign of Lucius, with a marginal note by Matthew Paris beginning 'Luciu[s] rex britannie p[ri]m[us] fuit in anglia/ baptizat[us]'., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

recto-i verso);Abbreviationes chronicorum (ff. 1-48);Imagines historiarum, with a table of contents (ff. 49-136). The text ends with the coronation of John in 1199.According to Stubbs 1876, this manuscript was copied from Lambeth Palace, 8, considered to be the author's own

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Fragment from a medical text, on parchment, containing part of Gariopontus of Salerno’s Passionarius, Book 2, the 2nd half of chapter LVIII "De tumore iecoris," through the first 1/3 of the Cura for chapter LIX "De scleria hepatis". The green initial "C" from (probably) ch. LXI "Collectio hepatis" or (the cura) "Cataplasmentur ex lini" is visible through the page.

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). During the 19th century, the drawings and printed book fragments from the volume were

• Miniature of John., Book of Hours, unidentified use

of John. 'Linguistic and hagiographical indications in the Harley Hours suggest that the manuscript was made somewhere along the Netherlandish-German border area of the Lower Rhine.' (Marrow 1978, p. 592).Calendar with saints related to the dioceses of Utrecht, Liège and

• Coloured initials at the beginning of John., Gospels (The Gospels of St Cyr of Nevers or sometimes the 'Gedeon Gospels of Nevers'), with prefaces, canon tables, and list of readings (ff. 264-271v)

the beginning of John. Musical notation: neumes, central France (Nevers), late 10th century (ff. 261-262).A 'Type II' Capitulary, according to Fischer 1985 p. 126. Full-page canon tables with decorated architectural frames in ink with coloured washes, with interlace and/or foliate

• Historiated initials accompanying prayers to the wound in the holy foot of Christ and to an image of the Virign., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Remigii et Bavonis (Flanders), Translatio sancti Edwardi, Martini; in brown: Vulfranni, Batildis, Cedde, Edwardi, Cuthberti, Benedicti, Guthlaci, Johannis de Beverlaico (John of Beverley), Dunstani, Translacio Edmundi, Translatio sancti Ricardi, Translatio sancti Edwardi regis, Sunichini, Kenelmi, Oswaldi, Cuthburge, Translatio sancti Cuthberti,