• Detail of a drawing of the city of London, as part of the itinerary to Jerusalem., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

of the city of London, as part of the itinerary to Jerusalem. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253 (ff. 10-156v), probably

• Detail of a marginal drawing of the Council of London of 1237., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

drawing of the Council of London of 1237. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253 (ff. 10-156v), probably written in the period

• Detail of a marginal drawing of Griffin escaping from the Tower of London., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

Griffin escaping from the Tower of London. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253 (ff. 10-156v), probably written in the period between

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rofessores) with foliate penwork decoration, at the beginning of Edward Grim's Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis, with the ink-stamp of the Royal Society in the lower margin., Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis; epistolae, and related texts, imperfect

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its number 'XV 3.17',

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7899): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12805, bought by Marsh for £3 3s.Charles Marsh (b. 1735, d. 1812), F. S.

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7899): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12805, bought by Marsh for £3 3s.Charles Marsh (b. 1735, d. 1812), F. S.

• Decorated initials 'I'(nter), 'R'(ex), and 'D'(esiderio), and later, possibly seventeenth-century marginal notations., Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis; epistolae, and related texts, imperfect

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its number 'XV 3.17',

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rofessores) with foliate penwork decoration, at the beginning of Edward Grim's Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis., Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis; epistolae, and related texts, imperfect

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its number 'XV 3.17',

• Decorated initials 'I'(nter), 'R'(ex), and 'D'(esiderio)., Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis; epistolae, and related texts, imperfect

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its number 'XV 3.17',

• Historiated initial 'I'(nicium) of Mark standing on his symbol, the lion, with an extension in the form of a dragon and a bird, at the beginning of Mark., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221, perhaps given by an unidentified countess: inscription on the former, 18th-century binding, probably copied from a

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of John standing on his symbol, the eagle, at the beginning of John., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221, perhaps given by an unidentified countess: inscription on the former, 18th-century binding, probably copied from a

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) of the Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221, perhaps given by an unidentified countess: inscription on the former, 18th-century binding, probably copied from a

• Historiated initial 'M'(atheus) of the angel, the symbol of Mathew, at the beginning of the prologue to Mathew., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221, perhaps given by an unidentified countess: inscription on the former, 18th-century binding, probably copied from a

• Marginal inscription stating the number of paraphs and pen-flourished initials, reading 'In isto volumine s[un]t p[ar]ve litt[er]e / et p[aragrafi] a.m / 3c et 49 [349?] it[em] litt[er]e / grosse 16c et 19 [1619].', Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221, perhaps given by an unidentified countess: inscription on the former, 18th-century binding, probably copied from a

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of Luke standing on his symbol, the ox, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221, perhaps given by an unidentified countess: inscription on the former, 18th-century binding, probably copied from a

• Historiated initial 'M'(arcus) of Mark and his symbol, the lion, at the beginning of the prologue Mark, and an illuminated initial 'P'(rimum) at the beginning of the commentary on the prologue to Mark., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221, perhaps given by an unidentified countess: inscription on the former, 18th-century binding, probably copied from a

• Ownership inscriptions., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Decorated initial, diagram, and bar border with a human hybrid grotesque at the beginning of an anonymous text on Planetary Theory, starting with a section on the movement of the Sun., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Diagrams in a treatise on solar and lunar eclipses., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

f. 153.This manuscript and Harley 1526 are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (consequently it is known as the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée). Volume 1 is Oxford, Bodley MS 270b, Volume 2 is Paris,