• Decorated initial 'M'(undus) with reserved designs and penwork decoration, at the beginning of the 7th tract of Augustine's 'In epistulam Johannis ad Parthos tractatus X'., Enchiridion (ff. 2-47); In epistulam Johannis ad Parthos tractatus X (ff. 47-121v)

beginning of the 7th tract of Augustine's 'In epistulam Johannis ad Parthos tractatus X'. ae caudatas; quire mark (in the centre of the lower margin of f. 9v) and quire signatures (in the lower margin of the recto of the

• Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration., Liber Exceptionum, Part II (ff. 1-55v); sermons, and other texts (see Notes for contents)

for £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 initials Richardof Saint-Victor Rochester England, S.

• Text page., Leaf from Isidore's 'Differentiarum sive de proprietate sermonum', book II: 'De differentiis rerum', xviii-xxxix

Text page. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and antiquary

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulierem) at the beginning of Proverbs 31:10. In the upper margin a librarian has marked it with a title., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

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 Written by two scribes, including Symeon of Durham Symeon

• Initial 'P'(arabolae) with foliate decoration., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

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 Written by two scribes, including Symeon of Durham Symeon

• Decorated initial 'P'(arabolae) at the beginning of the commentary on Proverbs 10., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

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 Written by two scribes, including Symeon of Durham Symeon

• Decorated initial 'A'(pud) at the beginning of the Commentary on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus)., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with display script., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine)., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'A'(lleluia), at the beginning of book 5., Commentary on Psalms

beginning of book 5. Contains a commentary on the Psalms attributed to Richardof St. Victor in a 12th/13th-century note (f. 2): 'Expositio huius Psalterii fuit Magister Ric[ardus] de s[an]c[t]o victore ut creditur'; perhaps to be attributed to Robert of

• Table of virtues and vices., Commentary on Psalms

of virtues and vices. Contains a commentary on the Psalms attributed to Richardof St. Victor in a 12th/13th-century note (f. 2): 'Expositio huius Psalterii fuit Magister Ric[ardus] de s[an]c[t]o victore ut creditur'; perhaps to be attributed to Robert

• Text page., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus), at the beginning of book 3., Commentary on Psalms

beginning of book 3. Contains a commentary on the Psalms attributed to Richardof St. Victor in a 12th/13th-century note (f. 2): 'Expositio huius Psalterii fuit Magister Ric[ardus] de s[an]c[t]o victore ut creditur'; perhaps to be attributed to Robert of

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with display script., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'A'(quibusdam)., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Text page., De emendatione vitae (ff. 2-26v, begins imperfectly); Treatise in nine chapters (ff. 27-47v, begins imperfectly); De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 47v-76v); Dialogus inter quandum vere penetentem et suum bonum angelum (ff. 77-81)

books at Evans's on 18 February, 1833, and published a detailed catalogue of the manuscripts in 1835. According to Frederic Madden's annotations in the Department of Manuscripts copies of the catalogues, the manuscripts were bought by the booksellers Baynes &

• Decorated initial 'H'(enricus) at the beginning of the first document recorded in the volume, the foundation charter by which King Henry I granted rights to the abbey in 1125., Cartulary of Reading abbey, with lists of the libraries at Reading and its cell at Leominster, and of relics and vestments at Reading

ofRichard 1 (1190-1199), although the booklist may have been copied between c. 1180 and c. 1191, based on the names of the owners and donors of manuscripts: see Coates. The latest episcopal charters are of Hubert Walter, bishop

• Illuminated initial 'M'(ultis) at the beginning of the commentary., In Ezechielem, imperfect

(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 Written by one scribe Richardof Saint-Victor England

• Diagram of an architectural plan of the atrium or forecourt, composed of the exterior and interior atriums (Ezekiel 40), with the measurements and their meanings written around the edges of the plan., In Ezechielem, 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. Atrium Written by one scribe Richardof Saint-Victor England