• Initial 'Q'(uintus) with decoration in foliate and dot patterns at the beginning of book 4., Commentary on Jeremiah

Initial 'Q'(uintus) with decoration in foliate and dot patterns at the beginning of book 4. 7 initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in red and green (ff. 1, 1v, 20, 41, 60, 79v, 97v). Rubrics in

• Initial 'P'(rolixitas) at the beginning of book 6, and initial 'H'(oc) with decoration in foliate and dot patterns., Commentary on Jeremiah

Initial 'P'(rolixitas) at the beginning of book 6, and initial 'H'(oc) with decoration in foliate and dot patterns. 7 initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in red and green (ff. 1, 1v, 20, 41, 60, 79v,

• Decorated initial at the beginning of John., Four Gospels (the 'Harley Gospels', or 'Codex Harleianus')

the beginning of John. This is source Z in the studies of the Latin New Testament (Wordsworth and White; Bonifatius Fischer). Corrections in a contemporary hand in slanting uncial employ a Greek style of syllabification recalling the method of Victor

• Text page in John., Four Gospels (the 'Harley Gospels', or 'Codex Harleianus')

page in John. This is source Z in the studies of the Latin New Testament (Wordsworth and White; Bonifatius Fischer). Corrections in a contemporary hand in slanting uncial employ a Greek style of syllabification recalling the method of Victor of

• Miniature of Saturn devouring his children, Pharoah's men drowning in the Red Sea, the plague of heat during Cecrop's reign in Athens, and Procne serving the head of his son to Theseus, possibly retouched, with calligraphic initial 'T(he), and illuminated initialls 'O'(f) and 'T'(his)., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Saturn Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Miniature of John the Evangelist writing on a scroll on the island of Patmos, with his symbol, the eagle, nearby; behind him a demon peeks around a rock and upsets John's inkwell, with full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Gospels., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours')

of John the Evangelist writing on a scroll on the island of Patmos, with his symbol, the eagle, nearby; behind him a demon peeks around a rock and upsets John's inkwell, with full foliate borders, at the beginning of the

• Miniature of John the Evangelist, holding a martyr's palm and a chalice in which a spider spins, with a full foliate border, at the beginning of his suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours')

of John the Evangelist, holding a martyr's palm and a chalice in which a spider spins, with a full foliate border, at the beginning of his suffrage. A bond by Jean, Bastard d'Orléans, Comte de Dunois et de Longueville, to

• Miniature of the Trinity at the Resurrection of Christ, with John the Evangelist and the instruments of the Passion, with full foliate borders including a miniature of Gregory kneeling before an altar in a church, at the beginning of the Mass of St Gregory in the Passion according to John., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours')

John the Evangelist and the instruments of the Passion, with full foliate borders including a miniature of Gregory kneeling before an altar in a church, at the beginning of the Mass of St Gregory in the Passion according to

• Detail of decorated initial 'I' (may) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the James family at the beginning of book 1., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

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. Heraldry Edmund of Abingdon (index Edmund de Pontigny; Edmund Rich; saint Edmund); John Gower England

• Decorated initial 'H'(ow) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the Haudlo family at the beginning of book 2., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial and bar border Edmund of Abingdon (index Edmund de Pontigny; Edmund Rich; saint Edmund); John Gower England

• Decorated initial 'F'(erste) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the De la Pole family at the beginning of book 5., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial and bar border Edmund of Abingdon (index Edmund de Pontigny; Edmund Rich; saint Edmund); John Gower England

• Decorated initial 'T'(he) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the Marmion family of Checkenden at the beginning of book 8., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial and bar border Edmund of Abingdon (index Edmund de Pontigny; Edmund Rich; saint Edmund); John Gower England

• Decorated initial 'I'(ff) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the Fitz-Nigel family at the beginning of book 4., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial and bar border Edmund of Abingdon (index Edmund de Pontigny; Edmund Rich; saint Edmund); John Gower England

• Detail of a miniature of John the Evangelist, holding a martyr's palm and a chalice in which a spider spins, at the beginning of his suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours')

a miniature of John the Evangelist, holding a martyr's palm and a chalice in which a spider spins, at the beginning of his suffrage. A bond by Jean, Bastard d'Orléans, Comte de Dunois et de Longueville, to Bertrand de Beauvais,

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) in colours and gold and the beginning of the book of Aristotle., Ethica (index Ethics)

Historiated initial 'C'(um) in colours and gold and the beginning of the book of Aristotle. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Horizontal catchwords; ruled in hardpoint.Iñigo Dávalos also owned Add. 15246, which has his arms on ff. 28v, 29 (Wright,

• Historiated initial 'I'(gitur) in colours and gold and the beginning of the book of Aristotle., Ethica (index Ethics)

Historiated initial 'I'(gitur) in colours and gold and the beginning of the book of Aristotle. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Horizontal catchwords; ruled in hardpoint.Iñigo Dávalos also owned Add. 15246, which has his arms on ff. 28v, 29 (Wright,

• Offset of the Trinity miniature, with an inscription reading '19 A XXII / p. 296'., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Miniature of the Trinity with a kneeling king, identified as Henry VII, and a full foliate border., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Miniature of the Trinity with a kneeling king, identified as Henry VII, and a full foliate border., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Miniature of the Resurrection of Christ, with a full foliate border., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,