• Decorated initials, line fillers, and a partial trompe l'oeil border, with a butterfly and a ladybug., Book of Hours ('Hours of Louis XII', or 'Hours of Henry VII'), imperfect

City Museum and Art Gallery, No. K 2407, Nativity, London Victoria and Albert Museum, No. E. 949-2003, Adoration of the Magi, the Musée du Louvre, No. RF 53030, Flight into Egypt, London, Private Collection, and Louis XII in Prayer, Presentation

• Decorated initial 'W'(e), and a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower: 'Forasmutche as you have desired so simple a woman to wrighte in so worthye a booke (good) mayster lieutenaunte therefore I shall as a frende desyre you and as a christian require you to call uppon god to encline youre harte to his lawes to quicken you in his waye and not [on the next page] to take the worde of trewthe utterlye oute of youre mouthe...', Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

£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. Inscription by Lady Jane Grey London England, S. (London)

• Decorated initial 'D'(omino) at the beginning of a dedicatory epistle of Gilbert Foliot, bishop of London to Robert, bishop of Hereford., Commentary on the Song of Solomon

at the beginning of a dedicatory epistle of Gilbert Foliot, bishop of London to Robert, bishop of Hereford. Includes a dedicatory epistle of Gilbert Foliot, bishop of London (1163-1187) to Robert, bishop of Hereford, probably to be identified with Robert

• null, Glossed Digestum Novum

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of God the Father gold combined with a full foliate bar border at the beginning of the Temporal., Breviary, Use of Sarum (volume 1)

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. God the Father Herman Scheerre London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Table and decorated initial., 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),

• 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),

• Detail of 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),

• 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 'I'(n), and partial foliate border, at the beginning of Petrus Baldus de Ubaldis's In usus feudorum., Lectura feudorum (ff. 3-93); Conclusiones feudorum (f. 93); Commentarius ad pacem Constantie (ff. 93-102); Pax Constantie (ff. 102v-104v); Opus statutorum (ff. 105-250); Thesaurus civilis sapientiae (f. 251)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.12’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of illuminated initial., Lectura feudorum (ff. 3-93); Conclusiones feudorum (f. 93); Commentarius ad pacem Constantie (ff. 93-102); Pax Constantie (ff. 102v-104v); Opus statutorum (ff. 105-250); Thesaurus civilis sapientiae (f. 251)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.12’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of marginal arms, with the letters 'G' to the left and 'AR' to the right., Lectura feudorum (ff. 3-93); Conclusiones feudorum (f. 93); Commentarius ad pacem Constantie (ff. 93-102); Pax Constantie (ff. 102v-104v); Opus statutorum (ff. 105-250); Thesaurus civilis sapientiae (f. 251)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.12’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Blank flyleaf at the beginning of the manuscript., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Flyleaf Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S.

• Obits of the members of the de Grandison family and some medical recipes in English inscribed on the flyleaf., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Obits Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S.

• Medical recipes in English inscribed on the flyleaf., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Medical recipes Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands,

• Blank page., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Blank page Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands,

• Inscription of the manuscript's shelf mark with a reference to David Casley's catalogue of the Royal collection., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inscription Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S.

• Miniature of John the Baptist, with Agnus Dei., Added prayers to saints

Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. John the Baptist Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands,

• Decorated initial 'S'(ancte) with a partial foliate bar border., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands,

• Miniature of James enthroned, with a foliate border., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. James enthroned Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands,