• Text page., Various texts relating to Scottish history, including the Chronicles of the Picts and Scots (index Scotichronicon)

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 Various, including John of Fordun (index Johannes de Fordun) England

• Decorated initial 'F'., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Decorated initial 'O', with a dragon., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Puzzle initial 'H'(eri) with penwork decoration., Eligantiae (with an alphabetical list of words, ff. 73-87) (index Elegantiolae)

Puzzle initial 'H'(eri) with penwork decoration. ff. 1* and 3* are parchment flyleaves with various inscriptions. 2 large initials in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 1, 7). Paraphs in blue. Capitals marked in yellow. Marginal notes in red.

• Detail of text from the folio., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David paying the harp, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

200v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Psalter, with the commentary of Peter Lombard John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) of the Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels of Matthew and Mark, with the Glossa ordinaria (index New Testament, Bible)

Historiated initial 'L'(iber) of the Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew. Associated by Branner 1977 with the 'Vie de Saint Denis Atelier', named after Bibliothèque Nationale de France, n.a.fr. 1098 containing the 'Vie de Saint Denis', produced

• Decorated initial 'C'(ircumcisio) at the beginning of the martyrology for January., Martyrology for the use of Norwich, with calendar (ff. 4-9v)

Decorated initial 'C'(ircumcisio) at the beginning of the martyrology for January. Musical notation (erased) (f. 3). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, often with foliate forms, and pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or blue. Martyrology for the

• Calendar page for December., Martyrology for the use of Norwich, with calendar (ff. 4-9v)

Calendar page for December. Musical notation (erased) (f. 3). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, often with foliate forms, and pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or blue. Martyrology for the use of Norwich, with calendar (ff. 4-9v)

• Miniature of the earth in a circle, with personifications of the four cardinal points., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera); Hippocras, De Contemptu Mundi; Astronomical treatises, etc.

by Halliwell--Phillipps, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). The earth Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco) England

• Diagram of the earth, sun, and moon., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera); Hippocras, De Contemptu Mundi; Astronomical treatises, etc.

owned by Halliwell--Phillipps, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Diagram Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco) England

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David paying the harp, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

200v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Psalter, with the commentary of Peter Lombard John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) with Jerome and pope Damasus, at the beginning of the Bible; ownership inscription : '82 Bibliotheca monasterii montis Sancti Eligii' in the lower margin., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

lot 336, bought by Quaritch for £250 (noted by Sydney Cockerell on note pasted to 1st flyleaf, 15 July 1912). John Ruskin, art critic (b. 1819, d. 1900): his collection (see J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a

• Miniature of the prophet Nathan before king David., Psalms and Odes, imperfect at the end

Miniature of the prophet Nathan before king David. Added miniature on a separate leaf, dating to the 2nd half of the twelfth century (f. 67).Musical notation (ff. 244v-247).f. 278 is a parchment flyleaf with an inscription on the verso.folio

• Historiated initial 'L'(ocutus) of Moses speaking to the Israelites, with a sketch for an illuminator, at the beginning of Numbers., Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy

Historiated initial 'L'(ocutus) of Moses speaking to the Israelites, with a sketch for an illuminator, at the beginning of Numbers. Second volume of a set. The other manuscripts are Royal 3 E I, 3 E III-V and 3 E

• Historiated initial 'P'(arabole) of Solomon teaching Rehoboam, at the beginning of Proverbs, with ownership signatures of Arundel and Lumley., Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus

Historiated initial 'P'(arabole) of Solomon teaching Rehoboam, at the beginning of Proverbs, with ownership signatures of Arundel and Lumley. Fourth volume of a set. The other manuscripts are Royal 3 E I-III, 3 E V and 3 E VIII.

• Historiated initial 'I'(nicium) of Mark standing on his symbol, the lion, with an extension in the form of a dragon and a bird, at the beginning of Mark., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

Historiated initial 'I'(nicium) of Mark standing on his symbol, the lion, with an extension in the form of a dragon and a bird, at the beginning of Mark. Part of a set. The other manuscripts are Royal 3 E

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I(n diebus)' of Ahasuerus and Esther, with Haman hanging below, at the beginning of Esther., Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Esdras, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Maccabees 1-2, with the Glossa Ordinaria

Detail of an historiated initial 'I(n diebus)' of Ahasuerus and Esther, with Haman hanging below, at the beginning of Esther. Includes a commentary of Rabanus Maurus to Maccabees 1-2.Third volume of a set. The other manuscripts are Royal 3

• Genealogical diagram from Pierre de Poitiers's Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi., Aurora, with marginal gloss; Pierre de Poitiers' Compendium (ff. 1v-6v)

former: inherited and later sold the D’Ewes library to Robert Harley on 4 October 1705 for £450 (see Watson 1966).Inscribed 'John Anne ?W' in an ?18th-century hand (f. 1).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st

• Historiated initial 'O' of archers assaulting a city, and text., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

later owned by Firmin-Didot; perhaps bound for him; annotated perhaps by him with several notes concerning the Hospitallers of St John, and '+ de moy patriarche de alexandrie +' and 'sera(?) de moy lyon(?) est' (f. 122).This is the earlier