• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower (continued from f. 74v): '… as a frende desyre you and as a Christian requer [require] you to call uppon god to encline youre harte to his lawes to quicken you in his waye and not…' (continued on f. 75v)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower (continued from f. 75v): '… howe the ende of Mathusael [Methuselah] whoe as we reade in the Scriptures was the longeste lived that was of a manne died at the laste for as the…' (continued on f. 76v)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to her father, the Duke of Suffolk: 'the lorde comforte youre grace and that in his worde whearen all creatures onlye are to be comforted and though…' (continued on f. 78v)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to her father, the Duke of Suffolk (continued from f. 78v): '… that you have loste them but truste that we by leasinge this mortall life have wanne [won] an immortal life and I for …' (continued on f. 79v)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to her father, the Duke of Suffolk (continued from f. 78): '… it hathe pleased god to take awaye ij of youre children yet thincke not I moste humblye beseche youre grace…' (continued on f. 79)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to her father, the Duke of Suffolk (continued from f. 79): '… my parte as I have honoured youre grace in thys life will praye for you in this life …' (continued on f. 80)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Decorated initials 'M'(enedemus), 'B'(asilius), 'B'(ias)., Collectio Sententiarum aurearum (index Collection of Golden Sentences), vol. 2, imperfect

administrator and archbishop ofYork: presented to him by George Hermonymus of Sparta during his visit to England probably in 1476 (prologue with dedication (in Harley 3346, ff. 5-6v)); Neville arms erroneously quartered with the See of Canterbury (Harley 3346,

• Text page., Miscellany of sermons, treatises and Gospel harmonies, including Unum ex quattuor; Allegoriae super Novum Testamentum; Diatessaron (fragment)

by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, (f. 18v) and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Two puzzle initials and decorated initials., Theological miscellany, including Proverbs; Architrenius; Poem on the Story of Troy; The Metrical Life of St Hugh

decorated initials. Contents of part 1:Treatise on rhetoric (ff. 1-8)Metrical life of Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln (ff. 9-22)Poems on the Story of Troy (ff. 22v-23v and 76-81v)Elegaic poem on words (f. 24)Architrenius (ff. 25-75v)Poem and proverbs of Serlo (ff. 81v-85)Sermon

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix biting a branch., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 to the nation 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. Phoenix England, S. (Salisbury?)

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again from the ashes., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 to the nation 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. Phoenix England, S. (Salisbury?)

• Detail of a miniature of a dragon attacking an elephant., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 to the nation 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. Dragon and elephant England,

• Detail of a miniature of hunters spearing a bonnacon, and protecting themselves from its burning dung with a shield., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 to the nation 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. Bonnacon England, S. (Salisbury?)

• Detail of a miniature of a mother ape climbing a tree, attempting to escape from hunters, with one baby in front and a second on her back., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 to the nation 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. Apes England, S. (Salisbury?)

• Detail of a miniature of a unicorn being held by a woman and pursued by three men, one of whom spears it with a lance, and another with a sword., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 to the nation 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. Unicorn England, S. (Salisbury?)

• Detail of a miniature of a donkey (Asinus) prompted towards a water wheel by a man with a stick and a whistle., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 to the nation 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. Donkey England, S. (Salisbury?)

• Detail of a miniature of a viper, birthing its babies through its side., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 to the nation 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. Vipers England, S. (Salisbury?)

• Detail of a miniature of beavers (Castor) with hunters, illustrating the text that the beavers' testicles had healing properties, and that the animals would bite them off in order to escape capture., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 to the nation 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. Beavers England, S. (Salisbury?)

• Text page with partially erased initial and inscription., Historia Scolastica

deacon of Crantock, Cornwall (1309-11) and rector of St Gerrans (1311); given by him to the Franciscan convent of Bodmin, Cornwall through the agency of Brother Richardof St. Columb and Brother Geoffrey Werdour, who were to have use of

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uinta) and pen-flourished initials., Historia Scolastica

deacon of Crantock, Cornwall (1309-11) and rector of St Gerrans (1311); given by him to the Franciscan convent of Bodmin, Cornwall through the agency of Brother Richardof St. Columb and Brother Geoffrey Werdour, who were to have use of