• Carpet pages with verses from the Psalms in micrographic design., Grammatical introduction (~Makhberet ha-Tigan~) (ff. 1-37), Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ (ff. 38v-end)

between the two columns of text (ff. 151v, 152, 152v). Grammatical introduction (~Makhberet ha-Tigan~) (ff. 1-37), Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ (ff. 38v-end) Ibrahim ibn Yusuf ibn Said ibn Ibrahim al-Isrili, the patron (Hebrew version of his name in

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

Shatt' (f. 130).Thomazine Stourton, wife of William (d. 1523), 5th Baron Stourton: inscription 'Tomysin, Lady Stourton' (ff. 54, 78, 116).Inscription, 16th century: 'George Roceter' (f. 140). Members of the Worth family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564',

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

Shatt' (f. 130).Thomazine Stourton, wife of William (d. 1523), 5th Baron Stourton: inscription 'Tomysin, Lady Stourton' (ff. 54, 78, 116).Inscription, 16th century: 'George Roceter' (f. 140). Members of the Worth family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564',

• Detail of a map of Scotland., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

Detail of a map of Scotland. This is the unique copy of the first version of the Chronicle; see Edwards 1987; Gransden 1982 p. 274 n. 174 (there are 16 copies of the second version (see Hiatt 2004 p. 130

• Detail of a map of Scotland., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

Detail of a map of Scotland. This is the unique copy of the first version of the Chronicle; see Edwards 1987; Gransden 1982 p. 274 n. 174 (there are 16 copies of the second version (see Hiatt 2004 p. 130

• Detail of inscription at the end of the main text in which the scribe, Brother Thomas Grene, has written his name in red. Four lines lower down, a later hand has written 'Grenewich', which suggests that the manuscript may have belonged to the Franciscan convent at Greenwich., Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis

with brown penwork decoration, often in the form of leaves. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis ff. 70-75v probably written by Brother Thomas

• Detail of historiated initial of the Presentation, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

Detail of historiated initial of the Presentation, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin. Recto: Hours of the Virgin, begining imperfectly at the end of Matins (ff. 1-6); O intemerata (f. 6); Penitential Psalms, followed by

• Detail of historiated initial of the Nativity, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

Detail of historiated initial of the Nativity, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin. Recto: Hours of the Virgin, begining imperfectly at the end of Matins (ff. 1-6); O intemerata (f. 6); Penitential Psalms, followed by

• Detail of historiated initial of the Visitation, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

Detail of historiated initial of the Visitation, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin. Recto: Hours of the Virgin, begining imperfectly at the end of Matins (ff. 1-6); O intemerata (f. 6); Penitential Psalms, followed by

• Decorated initial in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

Shatt' (f. 130).Thomazine Stourton, wife of William (d. 1523), 5th Baron Stourton: inscription 'Tomysin, Lady Stourton' (ff. 54, 78, 116).Inscription, 16th century: 'George Roceter' (f. 140). Members of the Worth family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564',

• Drawing of an interior space., Stimulus Conscientiae (Prick of Conscience); The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, and other devotional texts.

initial in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in blue (ff. 198v-201). Highlighting of letters in red. Rubrics in red. Stimulus Conscientiae (Prick of Conscience); The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, and other devotional texts. 16th-century inscription 'Jhn John Danyell

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

Shatt' (f. 130).Thomazine Stourton, wife of William (d. 1523), 5th Baron Stourton: inscription 'Tomysin, Lady Stourton' (ff. 54, 78, 116).Inscription, 16th century: 'George Roceter' (f. 140). Members of the Worth family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564',

• Portrait of St Matthew., Four Gospels (index New Testament, Bible) and Apostolos, including Eusebius's 'Letter to Carpianus' with canon tables (ff. 2-6v, imperfect), and extracts from Acts and Epistles (ff. 183-202v, imperfect at the end).

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. Evangelist portrait Eusebius of Caesarea Eastern Mediterranean

• Decorated initial 'C'(apitula)., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), for Edward III and Richard II

Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), for Edward III and Richard II Unidentified shelfmarks (f. 1).Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of

• Text page., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

Kingsford p. 482; his inscription: 'A Chronicel of Britane gathered out of divers auters the auter unknown'; his librarian from c. 1625-1638, Richard James's contents page (see Tite 1997). The Gerard family, Earls of Macclesfield: their arms (f. 1v).William Petty

• Detail of a miniature of seated kings, showing Edward IV's right to the throne of France., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

Detail of a miniature of seated kings, showing Edward IV's right to the throne of France. This is the unique copy of the first version of the Chronicle; see Edwards 1987; Gransden 1982 p. 274 n. 174 (there are 16

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa