• Historiated initials of a bust of Christ and his hand., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, and Psalter

association (Clement was the patron of the London Bakers) (see discussion Rogers 2002).Unidentified original owner: his arms, overpainted (ff. 45, 68).Edward (b. c. 1504, d. 1564) 1st baron North, the son of a London merchant, by 1554: inscribed with his

• Miniature of the Resurrection and the Instruments of the Passion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, and Psalter

association (Clement was the patron of the London Bakers) (see discussion Rogers 2002).Unidentified original owner: his arms, overpainted (ff. 45, 68).Edward (b. c. 1504, d. 1564) 1st baron North, the son of a London merchant, by 1554: inscribed with his

• Decorated initial 'I'(f) containing 2 dragons, and with foliate feathering extending between the columns and into the margins at the beginning of book 3., 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. Decorated initial John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Miniature of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane with foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, and Psalter

association (Clement was the patron of the London Bakers) (see discussion Rogers 2002).Unidentified original owner: his arms, overpainted (ff. 45, 68).Edward (b. c. 1504, d. 1564) 1st baron North, the son of a London merchant, by 1554: inscribed with his

• Detail of a miniature of a fool with his master, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, and Psalter

association (Clement was the patron of the London Bakers) (see discussion Rogers 2002).Unidentified original owner: his arms, overpainted (ff. 45, 68).Edward (b. c. 1504, d. 1564) 1st baron North, the son of a London merchant, by 1554: inscribed with his

• Decorated initial 'U'(pon) with foliate feathering including a male figure, extending between the columns and into the margins at the beginning of book 4., 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. Decorated initial John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Historiated and foliate initial 'O' in colours and gold, of Clare of Assisi. The saint is barefoot, and holding a lily and a book., Cutting from a service 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,

• Historiated initial 'D' of Anthony of Padua., Cuttings from a Missal

Manuscripts and Oriental Manuscript Books, in the library of the Honourable Robert Curzon, at Parham in the county of Sussex~ (London: William Nicol, 1849). Darea Curzon (b. 1860, d. 1917), 16th baroness Zouche: bequeathed by her to the British Museum

• Historiated initial 'P' of Clare of Assisi., Cuttings from a Missal

Manuscripts and Oriental Manuscript Books, in the library of the Honourable Robert Curzon, at Parham in the county of Sussex~ (London: William Nicol, 1849). Darea Curzon (b. 1860, d. 1917), 16th baroness Zouche: bequeathed by her to the British Museum

• Historiated initial 'O' of the Assumption of the Virgin. The Madonna, seated in a mandorla supported by four angels, gives her girdle to Thomas. In the foreground are the other eleven Apostles., Cutting from a service book

Manuscripts and Oriental Manuscript Books, in the library of the Honourable Robert Curzon, at Parham in the county of Sussex~ (London: William Nicol, 1849). Darea Curzon (b. 1860, d. 1917), 16th baroness Zouche: bequeathed by her to the British Museum

• Partial text reading '…s principius/…tutis tue i(n) Sy/...con ex uter/…citer genuit/…ant d(omi)n(u)s et no(n)/…eum. Tu es sa'., Cutting from a service book

Manuscripts and Oriental Manuscript Books, in the library of the Honourable Robert Curzon, at Parham in the county of Sussex~ (London: William Nicol, 1849). Darea Curzon (b. 1860, d. 1917), 16th baroness Zouche: bequeathed by her to the British Museum

• Acrostic with highlighting and pen-flourishing in margins., La Fleur des Histoires (index Hystoires) Part II, Volume II

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6657.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 initials, pen-flourishing, rubrics and chapter numbers., La Fleur des Histoires Part II, Volume I

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6657.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 pen-flourished initials and line-fillers. Colophons with pen-flourishing., La Fleur des Histoires (index Hystoires) Part II, Volume II

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6657.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

• Half-page miniature of the Roman army defeated at the Forche Caudine, with a decorated initial 'A'., 'Ab urbe condita', the first decade only

lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (front pastedown; see Wright 1972).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 176, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• Text page., Leaf from Bracciolini's 'De infelicitate principum', cropped

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Coloured initial 'C'., Leaf from a Commentary on Psalm 70

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Leaf from Hrabanus's 'De Universo', Book XIII, chapters 6-10

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from a Lectionary

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Text page., Collection of letters, documents and ordinances pertaining to the Cistercian abbey of Hailes, as well as some interspersed legal texts

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6563(?).Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and