• Table., 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),

• Illuminated initial 'D' in colours and gold with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves, ivy, and foliate feathering extending into the margins to form a partial border, including a male figure., Confessio amantis, imperfect

£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 initial John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Text page., Polychronicon with other historical works

the 17th-century list of contents (f. 2) and in David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734).A part of the manuscript including Nicolas Trevet's Annales sex regum Angliae, a list of Anglo-Saxon kings, the Revelationes

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost), with a partial bar border., Polychronicon with other historical works

the 17th-century list of contents (f. 2) and in David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734).A part of the manuscript including Nicolas Trevet's Annales sex regum Angliae, a list of Anglo-Saxon kings, the Revelationes

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uinta), at the beginning of book 3 of the Polychronicon., Polychronicon with other historical works

the 17th-century list of contents (f. 2) and in David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734).A part of the manuscript including Nicolas Trevet's Annales sex regum Angliae, a list of Anglo-Saxon kings, the Revelationes

• Penwork initial 'H'(ec) with the head of a black man wearing a mitre, at the beginning of the table of contents., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Circular design, inscribed 'Liber sancte marie virginis in monasterio Eberbacensi'., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Puzzle initial 'F'(undamentum) and three-sided border with an Agnus dei and heraldic arms, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Circular design, inscribed 'Liber sancte marie virginis in monasterio Eberbacensi'., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Puzzle initial 'F'(undamentum), at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Part of the border with an Agnus dei, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Part of the border with the arms of the Rotenhan family of Bamberg, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Penwork initial 'H'(ec) with the head of a black man wearing a mitre, at the beginning of the table of contents., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Historiated and foliate initial 'L' of the Martyrdom of John the Baptist with the executioner holding up the saint’s severed head., Cutting from a choir book

by her soon after World War II through her brother, Tomás Harris, managing director of the Spanish Art Gallery in London. Accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of inheritance tax from the estates of Miss Violeta Harris and her sister,

• Text page with initials at the beginning of the Historia Scholastica., Historia Scolastica

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6429.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

• Text page with rubric, Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.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

• Text page, Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.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

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.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

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.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

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.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