• Illuminated white vine-stem initial 'V'(ellem), and square capitals in a three-colour sequence; at the beginning of Cicero's ninth Philippic oration., 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Add. 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Add. 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Add. 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Add. 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified

• Illuminated initial and border with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Poor Caitiff., The Poor Caitif; with calendar (November and December missing) (ff. 2-6v); a moral treatise (f. 161r-161v)

161 contains a brief fragment of the Oleum Effusum of Richard Rolle.Denis Beke and Isabella Beke, 16th-century inscription (f. 159v).? John Bridges (bap. 1666, d. 1724), county historian: inscribed 'Liber Ioh. Bridges' (f. 1v); 'liber Jo. Bridges ex dono. Rickman'

• White vine initial 'Q'(uintus) with decoration extending into the margins; unidentified coat of arms in a wreath in the lower margin., De amicitia (ff. 44-61); Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 62-70); De senectute (ff. 71-87)' De officiis (ff. 90-163v)

White vine initial 'Q'(uintus) with decoration extending into the margins; unidentified coat of arms in a wreath in the lower margin. A composite volume: ff. 40 and 41 are the former end flyleaves of the first manuscript; ff. 42

• White vine initial 'B'(ucolica) at the beginning of Servius' Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues., Commentary on Virgil’s Eclogues (index Bucolica, Bucolics) (ff. 1-17); Commentary on Virgil's Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17v-53v); Commentary on Virgil's Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 54-191v)

Augustinian monastery of S. Giovanni in Verdara, Padua: given to them in 1478 by Pietro de Montagnana (see inscription above). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold to Edward Harley on 12 February 1719/20 (~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Illuminated initial 'I'(n) in gold and colours with foliate feathering, including acanthus leaves extending in the margins to form 2-3-sided partial borders., Various religious and moral treatises including The Clensing of Man's Soul (ff. 1-68v), a Passion poem (ff. 106-108v), Life of Catherine (ff. 115-123v), Life of Margaret (ff. 124-130), Life of Anne in verse (ff. 130v-139v), an excerpt from St Patrick's Purgatory (ff. 140-151v).

1500), daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Harling and Jane Gonvile, East Anglian resident, with connections to, among others, Sir John Fastolf and the Pastons: inscribed, 15th century, 'Thys ys the boke of dame Anne Wyngefeld of Har[l]yng' (f. 153,

• Miniature of Benedictine monks chanting at a lectern; another takes holy water on entering, and an initial 'K'. On the reverse one and a half four-line red staves, musical notation and partial text 'Kyrie /... leison'., Cuttings from a Gradual

Room order Add. 39636. An initial 'E' of Paul, introducing the Gradual to the Mass for the feast of Saints John and Paul Martyrs (26 June) ‘Ecce quam bonum et quam iucundum habitare fratres in unum’, formerly in the collection

• Historiated and zoomorphic initial 'B' of Benedict seated and holding a crozier, the body of the initial composed of horns sprouting foliage and a hedgehog. One the reverse two four-line red staves, musical notation and text 'co[mmunio] / …te om[n]es a[n]'., Cuttings from a Gradual

Room order Add. 39636. An initial 'E' of Paul, introducing the Gradual to the Mass for the feast of Saints John and Paul Martyrs (26 June) ‘Ecce quam bonum et quam iucundum habitare fratres in unum’, formerly in the collection

• Historiated and zoomorphic initial 'S' of Pentecost, the body of the initial composed of two intertwining dragons. On the reverse two four-line red staves, musical notation and text '...lleluia alle / …luia. Ps(almus)'., Cuttings from a Gradual

Room order Add. 39636. An initial 'E' of Paul, introducing the Gradual to the Mass for the feast of Saints John and Paul Martyrs (26 June) ‘Ecce quam bonum et quam iucundum habitare fratres in unum’, formerly in the collection

• Historiated initial 'S' of the Apostles praying. One the reverse one four-line red stave, musical notation and partial text '…eus all'., Cuttings from a Gradual

Room order Add. 39636. An initial 'E' of Paul, introducing the Gradual to the Mass for the feast of Saints John and Paul Martyrs (26 June) ‘Ecce quam bonum et quam iucundum habitare fratres in unum’, formerly in the collection

• Detail of the arms of Ludovicus Petronius, of Siena, in the lower border., Leonardo Bruni Aretino, De bello italico adversus Gotos (ff. 1-54); Elegies and funeral tributes to Leonardo Bruni by various authors (ff. 54v-74v)

Detail of the arms of Ludovicus Petronius, of Siena, in the lower border. Catchwords in the bottom left corner. Pricking holes.The same scribe wrote Harley 4883 in 1451-2. 2 large white vine initials in gold and colours, with the

• Border with hybrids and grotesques., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Border with hybrids and grotesques. 27 large miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials (3-4 lines) and full foliate borders on parchment, except the Annunciation on gold (f. 35), animated with a large variety of insects, animals, human and hybrid

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin. 27 large miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials (3-4 lines) and full foliate borders on parchment, except the Annunciation

• Miniature of the Coronation of the Virgin, and full foliate border, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Miniature of the Coronation of the Virgin, and full foliate border, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin. 27 large miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials (3-4 lines) and full foliate borders on parchment, except

• Champ initials 'KL' at the beginning of the month of October in the calendar., Liturgical texts including Offices, masses, etc., with a York calendar (index Breviary)

in the early 15th century (f. 140v; inscription transcribed below). The chantry of St Giles in the chapel of St John the Evangelist at Ravensworth castle or manor, (Yorkshire) founded by Henry, Lord of Fitz Hugh in 1468: inscribed, late

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine) and full foliate bar border with knotwork at the beginning of Matins of the Passion., Liturgical texts including Offices, masses, etc., with a York calendar (index Breviary)

in the early 15th century (f. 140v; inscription transcribed below). The chantry of St Giles in the chapel of St John the Evangelist at Ravensworth castle or manor, (Yorkshire) founded by Henry, Lord of Fitz Hugh in 1468: inscribed, late

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) and full foliate bar border with knotwork at the beginning of the office of the Dead. Musical notation., Liturgical texts including Offices, masses, etc., with a York calendar (index Breviary)

in the early 15th century (f. 140v; inscription transcribed below). The chantry of St Giles in the chapel of St John the Evangelist at Ravensworth castle or manor, (Yorkshire) founded by Henry, Lord of Fitz Hugh in 1468: inscribed, late

• Miniature of the miracle of saint Edmund's head: after Edmund's martyrdom, his head was hidden in a thicket, but a wolf guarded the head and protected it from other wild animals; this marginal miniature is placed next to the text of another miracle, explaining how the head cried out "Here! Here! Here!" enabling it to be found, and reunited with the body., Lives of St Edmund and St Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect

established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Edmund's head guarded by a wolf Edmund-Fremund scribe Edmund-Fremund scribe John Lydgate, Thomas Hoccleve Bury St Edmunds England, S. (probably Bury St Edmunds)