• Painting of a man sitting at the spread table lifting his cup and saying the blessing over food., Prayer book, Italian rite

Painting of a man sitting at the spread table lifting his cup and saying the blessing over food. Captions of the drawings are perhaps in Judeo-Italian. Watermark of a ~fleur-de-lis~, f. [183], unidentified. Decorated initial-word panel with full floral border

• Marginal drawings for Passover with Judeo-Italian captions., Prayer book, Italian rite

Marginal drawings for Passover with Judeo-Italian captions. Captions of the drawings are perhaps in Judeo-Italian. Watermark of a ~fleur-de-lis~, f. [183], unidentified. Decorated initial-word panel with full floral border (f. 1). 3 drawings illustrating the text, in brown and red

• Detail of a foliate border with two hybrids and a peacock in the lower margin., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 2

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.See also the first volume of the work: Harley

• Illuminated initial 'B'., Leaves formerly used as a cover from a Missal

duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Inscribed '666' (f. 1).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of a register of briefs., Registrum brevium, from the reign of Edward III to Henry V

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• null, Ordo coronacionis pariter et unccionis Regis et Regine secundum usum et ritum Anglicanum (ff. 2-11v), and others

1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Illuminated initial 'B' on a leaf from a Missal, formerly used as a cover, with stitching at the outside corners., Leaves formerly used as a cover from a Missal

duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Inscribed '666' (f. 1).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of

• Decorated initial 'P' including a human face, at the beginning of the Ordo coronacionis., Ordo coronacionis pariter et unccionis Regis et Regine secundum usum et ritum Anglicanum (ff. 2-11v), and others

1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of a register of briefs., Registrum brevium, from the reign of Edward III to Henry V

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Illuminated initial 'T'(o) with the royal arms at the beginning of the Ordinances of the household of Charles II, with his signature above., Ordinances for the household of Charles II

collector of books and manuscripts: additions in his hand (ff. 16-17) (see O'Conor 1819). f. 18 is an account of the daily allowance of bread dated 1664 and signed 'Burley Fenn'.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham

• Initials with pen-flourishing, in the Rituale., Rituale, Use of Sarum

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Title page with trompe-l'oeil border with naturalistic flowers, fruits and insects., Les Quatrains de Guy de Faur (ff. 1-65), Les Cinquante octonaires sur la vanité et inconsistance du monde (ff. 66-117)

Richard Heming, 1688: inscribed 'Richard Heming Hi Booke Anno Redemtionis between 1688 1687' (f. 27v), 'Richard' (f. 35v), 'Richard Hemin (f. 84v), .D. Hackluith, 1693: inscribed 'Libri H. Hackluith. 1693' (f. 118v). Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d. 1709), prebendary

• Text page with cadels decorating the colophon of Richard Rolle of Hampole's 'Emendatio vitae'., Sermons and devotional texts and verse, including 'Emendatio vitae' (ff. 4-20), 'De duodecim patriarchis' (ff. 64-105), 'Formula moderni et usitati dictaminis' (ff. 133-145)

Text page with cadels decorating the colophon ofRichard Rolle of Hampole's 'Emendatio vitae'. A date after 1432 for the copy of the manuscript is suggested by the date of delivery of some of the sermons (ff. 40, 54, 132v);

• Decorated initial with verse layout., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

the first letter of each line highlighted in red and line-fillers in brown. Some capitals in text highlighted in red. De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy) Richard Nercotes, Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, 1502, given to Richard Wode: inscribed:

• Detail of text page., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

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. Text page Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England,

• Coloured drawings with the Last Supper and manna from heaven, in the Biblia Pauperum., Biblia Pauperum (a typological picture book)

duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham: inscribed 'Richard' (f. 39v).Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of

• Coloured drawing of Job., Biblia Pauperum (a typological picture book)

duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham: inscribed 'Richard' (f. 39v).Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of

• Coloured drawings with the Annunciation and Gideon with the golden fleece, in the Biblia Pauperum., Biblia Pauperum (a typological picture book)

duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham: inscribed 'Richard' (f. 39v).Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of

• Moses and the burning bush., Biblia Pauperum (a typological picture book)

duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham: inscribed 'Richard' (f. 39v).Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of

• Samson wrestling with a lion., Biblia Pauperum (a typological picture book)

duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham: inscribed 'Richard' (f. 39v).Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of