• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower (continued from f. 75v): '… howe the ende of Mathusael [Methuselah] whoe as we reade in the Scriptures was the longeste lived that was of a manne died at the laste for as the…' (continued on f. 76v)., 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: 'the lorde comforte youre grace and that in his worde whearen all creatures onlye are to be comforted and though…' (continued on f. 78v)., 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. 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)

• 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

• Decorated initial 'R'(everentissimo), and in the upper margin, the ownership inscriptions of Thomas Fytton and Philip Mainwaring., In Lucam

Mainwaring of Over Peover, Philip's grandfather.Sir Henry Mainwaring (b. 1726, d. 1797), 4th baronet.: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Joseph Lilly, London bookseller: purchased by the British Museum at the Lilly sale, 27 January 1873, lot 1375 for £14 using the

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) with a man standing in a doorway welcoming the sun, at the beginning of Prime. On the upper bar border are a hybrid creature, and a centaur shooting an arrow at a rabbit., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) of a man making a bed (?) with the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove, with hybrid creatures in the border and one in the decorated intial 'B'(eati), at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Holy Spirit., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in

• Ownership inscriptions of Mysterys Felys (Mistress Phyllis), who requests, 'If you find my book take the pain to bring it home to me' (?), and of Robert Colston of Nottingham., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) with musicians and dancers, and on the bar border, a bird and a hybrid creature, at the beginning of None., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) with a man sitting up in bed, gesturing to the sun, and on the bar border, a stork, rabbit, and a centaur shooting at a bird, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Holy Spirit., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in

• Historiated initial 'C'(onverte) with two men preparing beds, the dark blue background and a lamp with a red flame setting the scene at night, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin, the beginning of the prayers for Compline., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with a scene of a funeral service, with a rabbit, hybrid creatures, and a centaur shooting an arrow on the upper bar border, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in