• Added drawing illustrating a Psalm (2nd quarter of the 12th century), the text was written in the 1st half of the 11th century., Added drawings

text is not the Gallican version of it but the Roman (see Abbot Gasquet and Edmund Bishop, ~The Bosworth Psalter~ (London: Bell and Sons, 1908)).Coloured drawings have been added in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century (ff. 29-35). Added

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version of it but the Roman (see Abbot Gasquet and Edmund Bishop, ~The Bosworth Psalter~ (London: Bell and Sons, 1908)).Coloured drawings have been added in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century (ff. 29-35). Added drawings in brown or in

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version of it but the Roman (see Abbot Gasquet and Edmund Bishop, ~The Bosworth Psalter~ (London: Bell and Sons, 1908)).Coloured drawings have been added in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century (ff. 29-35). Added drawings in brown or in

• null, Added drawings

version of it but the Roman (see Abbot Gasquet and Edmund Bishop, ~The Bosworth Psalter~ (London: Bell and Sons, 1908)).Coloured drawings have been added in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century (ff. 29-35). Added drawings in brown or in

• Coloured initial., Epistola de sacrificio azymi et fermentati, and misc. theological texts

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188). William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow, near Thame, in 1556

• Outline drawing of Peter and a monk., Epistola ad Florianum, Epistola ad Vigilium, De actibus apostolorum (ends incompletely); with interlinear and mariginal glosses.

a library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (Wright 1972). ?Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Detail of initial 'L'., Miscellaneous theological texts

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188). William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow, near Thame, in 1556

• Decorated initial 'H' at the beginning of the second book chronicling early bishops of all the dioceses and kingdoms of England. Starting in the first column with the red inscription, the prologue gives a framework of the different regions. London, beginning with Erkenwald (675), heads the chapters on early bishops., Gesta pontificum anglorum, imperfect

of England. Starting in the first column with the red inscription, the prologue gives a framework of the different regions. London, beginning with Erkenwald (675), heads the chapters on early bishops. Ampersands; punctus flexus punctuation.Includes Mynors and Lawrence-Mathers's 'split petal'

• List of chapters in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower margin is an early 15th-century inscription., List of chapters to Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum

see ~English Benedictine Libraries: The Shorter Catalogues~, ed. by R. Sharpe and others, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 4 (London: British Library, 1996), pp. 542-43. List of chapters added by a later 13th- or early 14th-century hand (f. 1v).

• Text page with the history of the abbey with the death of Abbot Edwin, in the reign of Eadmund (Edmund Ironside), and events of the 10th century, telling of Cnut's taking of Mercia and London., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

of Eadmund (Edmund Ironside), and events of the 10th century, telling of Cnut's taking of Mercia and London. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and

• Text page including a charter of Kenred, king of Mercia (704-709), supports Ecgwin in his efforts to establish an abbey dedicated to the Virgin at the site where she appeared in a vision to Eoves (a herdsman after whom Evesham was named) and the bishop. The names of Brithwold, archbishop of Canterbury, and Waldhere, bishop of London, appear among the witnesses., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

herdsman after whom Evesham was named) and the bishop. The names of Brithwold, archbishop of Canterbury, and Waldhere, bishop of London, appear among the witnesses. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire)

• Decorated initial and border., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

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 and border Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Full border with initial 'S'(eynt) in blue, pink, and green with foliate spray., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

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. Full border with initial Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

£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. Illuminated initials Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

£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. Illuminated initials Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Interlace initial 'I'., Diadema monachorum, Sermon on the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (imperfect at the end)

couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (pasted inside upper cover); and his armorial binding.Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 15, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• Decorated initial 'S'(epe) at the beginning of De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica) (ff. 3-43v); unidentified author, Topica, Book 4 (ff. 44-48v); Pseudo-Cicero,Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 48v-84v)

at the end: 14th-16th century (ff. 1-2v, 85-86v). Added title ?15th century 'Cicero de inve[n]tione' (f. 3). Matthew de Varenne, London bookseller and auctioneer (fl. 1723/4): his sale (through Nathaniel Noel), 21 December 1723, lot 33.The Harley Collection, formed by

• Coloured initial 'O'(peris huius)., Antapodosis (Liber regum et principium partis Europae), with a table of contents at the beginning of each book

Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972). Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulto), with a guide letter in the margin, at the beginning of the prologue to Commentary on Lamentations addressed to Odilmannus Severus., Commentary on Lamentations

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6522;Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Decorated initial 'A' (rma) with foliate and zoomorphic motifs., Aeneid (index Aeneis) with verse preface

a library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (Wright 1972). Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought