• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) and decorated catchword., Canterbury Tales

with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Illuminated initial 'T'(her) and decorated catchword. Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (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 '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)

• Illuminated initial., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book) from Edward III to Richard II

Statuta Angliae, Statute book) from Edward III to Richard II Inscription, 15th century, partly erased (f. 225v). C. Meyer, book-seller, London, late 18th century: a pink label inscribed 'Bound & Sold by C. Meyer. Bookseller & Binder to the Queen

• Decorated initial 'T'(obias)., Books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth, and Proverbs with the glossa ordinaria

as supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (f. 1*).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 16, bought for Edward Harley through Thomas Bacon.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Decorated initial 'I'(n)., Books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth, and Proverbs with the glossa ordinaria

as supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (f. 1*).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 16, bought for Edward Harley through Thomas Bacon.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

II being delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of

• Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy. On

• Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy. On

• Pen-flourished initials 'F'(rater) and 'H'(enrici)., Cartulary made for Walter Lynton (index Walter de Lynton), master of the hospital of the Virgin Mary and Lazarus, Burton Lazars, Leicestershire

its cartulary, made for Lynton in 1402 (f. 5) (see Davis no. 491; cf no. 90).The hospital of St-Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, London, a subordinate hospital of Burton Lazars, Leicestershire (see Wright 1972).Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector: binding with

• Detail of a coloured drawing with knights jousting, including Tristan, designated by an inscribed 'Ti'., Roman de Tristan in prose (index Tristram) (imperfect)

two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside the upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 237, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• Miniature of Aimeri kneeling before Charlemagne., Cycle of Aimeri de Narbonne: 'Girart de Viane' by Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube, 5560 lines, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 4-38v), 'Aimeri de Narbonne' and 'Narbonnais', 12850 lines (ff. 38v-120v), 'Siége de Barbastre', 8400 lines (ff. 121-175), and 'Guibert d'Andrenas' and 'Mort d'Aimeri', 6560 lines, imperfect at the end (ff. 176-217v)

lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (f. 1v; see Wright 1972).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 192, bought for Edward Harley possibly through Nathaniel Noel (see Wright and Wright

• Detail of angels holding a shield with the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin of the folio., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin of the folio. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of

• Miniature of John the Evangelist writing, with his symbol, the eagle, before him, with a full border including grotesques, two angels holding a shield with the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin, and the arms of the Holand and Lovell families in the lower margin., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

border including grotesques, two angels holding a shield with the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin, and the arms of the Holand and Lovell families in the lower margin. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name

• Large miniature of Tarquinus and Lucrecia at the beginning of book 6. Full border copied from f. 88v, with acanthus leaves, flowers, fruits and gold leaves on unpainted ground, inhabited by a man climbing on a vine and a hybrid wrestling a bear. Decorated initial 'U'(nde) in gold and blue, and an original 15th-century initial 'D'(ux) which was cut-out from the original folio and pasted onto the present folio., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

1487): his arms (in vol. 1: Harley 4372, f. 12).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Miniature of the author, Jean Creton, and the French knight who requests him to go to England., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

oath (f. 41v), Richard captured (f. 44), Richard and Bolingbroke at Flint (f. 50), Richard delivered to the citizens of London (f. 53v), Parliament recognizes Bolingbroke as king (f. 57). 1 large initial in colours and gold 'A'(u) with foliate

• Miniature of Richard II knighting Henry of Monmouth in Ireland., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

oath (f. 41v), Richard captured (f. 44), Richard and Bolingbroke at Flint (f. 50), Richard delivered to the citizens of London (f. 53v), Parliament recognizes Bolingbroke as king (f. 57). 1 large initial in colours and gold 'A'(u) with foliate