• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to her father, the Duke of Suffolk (continued from f. 78v): '… that you have loste them but truste that we by leasinge this mortall life have wanne [won] an immortal life and I for …' (continued on f. 79v)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

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. Lady Jane Grey inscription London England, S. (London)

• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to her father, the Duke of Suffolk (continued from f. 78): '… it hathe pleased god to take awaye ij of youre children yet thincke not I moste humblye beseche youre grace…' (continued on f. 79)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

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. Lady Jane Grey inscription London England, S. (London)

• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to her father, the Duke of Suffolk (continued from f. 79): '… my parte as I have honoured youre grace in thys life will praye for you in this life …' (continued on f. 80)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

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. Lady Jane Grey inscription London England, S. (London)

• 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

• Decorated initials 'G'(loria) and 'X'(piste). Small initials. Musical notation, with neumes and heightened neumes., Troper

et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6573 or 6584.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of puzzle initial., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

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 book-plate with the

• Detail of inscription., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

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 book-plate with the

• Detail of decorated initial., St Albans register of properties

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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of inscriptions., Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)

(f. 1).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. 3v); its book-plate (f. [iv

• Detail of marginal pointing finger., Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)

(f. 1).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. 3v); its book-plate (f. [iv

• Decorated initials., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

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 book-plate with the

• Detail of decorated initials., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

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 book-plate with the

• Detail of pecia mark., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

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 book-plate with the

• Pen-flourished initial 'D'(ilecto)., Tractatus consolatorius de morte amici, ad Ludovicum Regum Francorum

Tractatus consolatorius de morte amici, ad Ludovicum Regum Francorum Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 29 October 1722 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Coloured initial 'D'(icitur) at the beginning of St Patrick's Purgatory, with a pointing hand acting as a run-over symbol in the lower margin., Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)

(f. 1).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. 3v); its book-plate (f. [iv

• Inscription 'C.X' , the pressmark of Norwich cathedral lbrary, amidst miscellaneous inscriptions and pen-trials., Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)

(f. 1).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. 3v); its book-plate (f. [iv

• Text page with the explicit of Vincent of Beauvais's In laude beate Virginis., Liber de laudibus beatissime Virginis Marie (ff. 1-97) and De Johannis evangelio (ff. 97-111v)

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 book-plate with the

• Puzzle initials 'A' (ses), 'E'(n), and 'O'(re), at the beginning of a discourse of the pains of Purgatory., Miscellany, on the Passion, etc., much of it in verse

(f. 1).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. 5).Purchased by the British Museum