• Detail of a pen drawing of a dragon and an elephant., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

scribe in Latin with initials in red (ff. 204-212v). John Clerk, grocer and apothecary to Edward IV, warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475: inscribed 'Iste liber constat John Clerk grocero apocethario regis Edwarde quarti post

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) with the Mass and full foliate borders including birds and heraldic arms., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Miniatures of the Crucifixion and the Majesta Domini, at the beginning of the Canon of the mass., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Ink diagram of a left hand, inscribed with suggestions for nightly meditations., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

scribe in Latin with initials in red (ff. 204-212v). John Clerk, grocer and apothecary to Edward IV, warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475: inscribed 'Iste liber constat John Clerk grocero apocethario regis Edwarde quarti post

• Historiated initial of the Nativity., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial of the Adoration of the Magi., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated intial of Peter in chains between two soldiers., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial 'D' with God and Christ enthroned, and grotesques in the border, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter and Book of Hours (the 'Howard Psalter and Hours') (Arundel 83 I) (ends imperfectly); including a calendar of uncertain East Anglian destination (ff. 6-11v), a liturgical Psalter with canticles, litany, and Office of the Dead (ff. 14-113v), and an incomplete Hours of the Passion (ff. 113v-116v)

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. 2).Purchased by the British Museum

• Historiated initial of a monk praying before an altar., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial of the Resurrection., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Detail of a historiated initial of Pentecost., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Detail of historiated initial of the Trinity., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with Andrew., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Detail of historiated initial of the Presentation., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial of the Presentation., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Illuminated initial 'B'(Eati) with a floriate motif, in blue, red, green, and gold., Psalter and Book of Hours (the 'Howard Psalter and Hours') (Arundel 83 I) (ends imperfectly); including a calendar of uncertain East Anglian destination (ff. 6-11v), a liturgical Psalter with canticles, litany, and Office of the Dead (ff. 14-113v), and an incomplete Hours of the Passion (ff. 113v-116v)

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. 2).Purchased by the British Museum

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the sun and moon overhead, and the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist below., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Miniature of God enthroned, surrounded by symbols of the four evangelists., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Detail of a bas-de-page drawing of Nicholas and his mother., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

Detail of a bas-de-page drawing of Nicholas and his mother. Includes 150 Psalms (ff. 85-280) with a calendar of Sarum use (ff. 71v-83), canticles (ff. 280v-302) and litany (ff. 302v-318).Catchwords and quire signatures. 223 prefatory miniatures in colours, in

• Miniature of man teaching students, decorated initial 'C'(his), and three-sided border with animals, birds, and hybrids: Centaur shooting a bird; Battle between squirrel and monkey, both mounted on unicorns; Bagpiper and fiddler, in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire