• Decorated initial., Welsh Laws, in Latin translation

Dafydd Rhys, John Davies) (b. 1534, d. 1609?), physician and grammarian: owned after August 1660.William Nicolson (b. 1655, d. 1727), Church of Ireland bishop of Derry and antiquary: given by him to the Harleian collection on 1 May 1713 as

• Puzzle initial 'C'(ogitatio) with pen-flourishing., Historia ecclesiastica; Vita s. Guillelmi Gellonensis (index Guillaume of Aquitaine) (ff. 181-191v)

quire marks decorated with brown pen-flourishing. Historia ecclesiastica; Vita s. Guillelmi Gellonensis (index Guillaume of Aquitaine) (ff. 181-191v) The cathedral church of St-Nazaire, Carcassonne (Aude, France), 14th century: inscribed 'Iste liber est eccl[es]ie sedis s[an]c[t]I Nazarii Carcassone' (f. 1).The Harley

• Puzzle initials with penwork decoration, and bookstamp of the Franciscan monastery of Sancta Maria Annunciata, Varese, in the lower border., Sermonarium de commendatione virtutum et reprobatione vitiorum

Annunciata Varisii (ff. 1, 203v; see Watson 1973).With marginal notes in a 15th-century cursive hand.Conyers Middleton (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1706, head librarian of the University Library at

• Initial with penwork decoration 'P'(retor)., Speculum monachorum

17th centuries: his name occurs in an English prayer on a stub (between ff. 70-71).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Marginal sketch of the city of Jerusalem., Speculum monachorum

17th centuries: his name occurs in an English prayer on a stub (between ff. 70-71).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ap[itulum]) with flower buds at the beginning of chapter 4., Secretum chimicum (alchemical treatise), beginning imperfectly

a munke of Cirencester an^o^ 1390 pag. 50^2^ perhaps Rasis vid. M^r^ Ashmole in prolegom:'.John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Decorated initial 'R'(ex) with pen-flourishing., Baarlam et Josaphat, imperfect

Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked with red. Baarlam et Josaphat, imperfect John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Title in display capitals and decorated initial 'P'., Psalter, including Odes (ff. 245-265v) and the fragment of a Euchologion (ff. 266-282)

red. Psalter, including Odes (ff. 245-265v) and the fragment of a Euchologion (ff. 266-282) Conyers Middleton (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1706, head librarian of the University Library at

• Puzzle initial 'H'(orarum) with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of the sermons of Anthony of Padua., Sermons on the Epistles and the Gospels (Sermones in Epistolas et Evangelia) (imperfect at the end)

the Epistles and the Gospels (Sermones in Epistolas et Evangelia) (imperfect at the end) John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Headpiece with geometric decoration and title inscribed in display capitals, and coloured initial 'M'., Psalter

and headpiece in red (ff. 79, 166). Decorated initials and rubrics in red. Psalter Conyers Middleton (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1706, head librarian of the University Library at

• Decorated initials 'O[mega]' and line separating the books; title in display capitals., Odyssey

and dated Rome, 10 August 1479 (f. 259).Made for Bartholomaios Chryspianos (f. 259).Conyers Middleton of Cambridge (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author: bought from him by Edward Harley on 20 February 1725 (see Wright and Wright

• Initial 'A' with foliate penwork decoration including birds., Catena on the Psalms and Odes

his inscription (f. 665).Stolnic Constantine Cantacuzenos (d. 1716): made for him, his ownership note(f. 13).Edmund Chishull (b. 1671, d. 1733), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: probably received by him in Bucharest in 1702; Latin translation of Psalm 1 preceded

• Decorated initials G'(od) and 'I'(n)., The Cloud of Unknowing, with marginal gloss

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Detail of a genealogical tree showing the descendants of Jacob., The Cloud of Unknowing, with marginal gloss

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'C'., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Miniature of the Pentecost., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Miniature of the Assumption of the Virgin., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Church mass Master of the Salisbury Breviary St Stephen Master of the Bedford Hours Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Psalm 55; text in Greek, Latin and Arabic., Trilingual Psalter

made from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red