• 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

minister Thomas to Roger at Wynde and Isabella, and is dated 1467 (ff. 1v-2); the second is from Thomas to John Baly and Katherine, and dated 145-. (ff. 76v-77).The Franciscan convent at Southampton: inscription 'Ad usum fratrum minore In Suythamptona'

• Decorated initial 'E'(va) and border with leaves and foliate decoration., Meditationes, Soliloquia (ff. [28-74v]), and Manuale (ff. [74v-97v]); Liber Supputationum (suspiria) (ff. 97v-[114]); and various prayers or meditations

1897, d. 1977), businessman and book collector: his book-plate (inside upper cover); and manuscript number-plate 'HD M27' (first folio).The Henry Davis Gift of book-bindings was donated to the British Museum in 1968. Decorated initial Pseudo-Augustine; John of Fécamp Netherlands, N.

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

in red. Stimulus Conscientiae (Prick of Conscience); The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, and other devotional texts. 16th-century inscription 'Jhn John Danyell oethe this boke' (f. 26).16th-century inscriptions 'Roberte Holgate', or 'Robert Holgate' (ff. 93, 109v, 110).Cox Macro (b. 1683,

• Decorated initial., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 2)

Decorated initial. Musical notation.For vol. 1, see Egerton 3311. For a third volume in the set, formerly in the possession of Major J. R. Abbey, see E. Ph. Goldschmidt, ~Gothic and Renaissance Bookbindings: Exemplified and Illustrated from the Author's

• Text page, with marginal cryptic or secret letters, and five interlocking swords, with the inscription of a reader or performer: "Thomas Wen [?] he that myowth.", The play 'Infantia Salvatoris'

and shields. The play 'Infantia Salvatoris' The Benedictine priory of St Petroc, Bodmin, Cornwall: colophon with the name the scribe John Archer, a native of Bodmin and a canon of the priory of St. Petroc: 'Quod dominus Johannes architenens canonicus

• Miniature of Christ carrying the cross and donors with Anthony, decorated initial 'A'(pprehendit) and foliate borders including heraldic arms, at the beginning of the Passion of Christ according to John., Book of Hours, unidentified Use

foliate borders including heraldic arms, at the beginning of the Passion of Christ according to John. 14 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 13, 20, 39, 50, 60, 65, 70, 76,

• Miniature of the Evangelists with their attributes, John with the eagle, Matthew with the angel, Mark with the lion, and Luke with the ox, decorated initial 'I'(n) and foliate borders including hybrid figures, at the beginning of the Gospel extracts., Book of Hours, Use of Lisieux

Evangelists with their attributes, John with the eagle, Matthew with the angel, Mark with the lion, and Luke with the ox, decorated initial 'I'(n) and foliate borders including hybrid figures, at the beginning of the Gospel extracts. 20 large miniatures

• Historiated initial of Benedict with a partial border., Dialogues (ff. 1-98v), and a letter (ff. 99-107)

(ff. 18, 19, 39v, 68). Capital letters highlighted in red. Decorated catchwords. Dialogues (ff. 1-98v), and a letter (ff. 99-107) John Wright, librarian to George Henry Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoull and husband of Abigail, youngest daughter of Robert Harley:

• Historiated initial of a seated bishop and kneeling woman, with a partial border., Dialogues (ff. 1-98v), and a letter (ff. 99-107)

(ff. 18, 19, 39v, 68). Capital letters highlighted in red. Decorated catchwords. Dialogues (ff. 1-98v), and a letter (ff. 99-107) John Wright, librarian to George Henry Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoull and husband of Abigail, youngest daughter of Robert Harley:

• Miniature of the Adoration of the Magi, illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

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. Adoration of the Magi Master of Sir John Fastolf Rouen France, N. E. (Rouen)

• Miniature of the Flight into Egypt, illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

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. Flight into Egypt Master of Sir John Fastolf Rouen France, N. E. (Rouen)

• Decorated initial 'U'(trum) and white vine border with flowers, a winged putto, birds, a gem, and 2 compartments with rabbits, at the beginning of the text., Orator (ff. 1-59v); Brutus (ff. 60-138)

Decorated initial 'U'(trum) and white vine border with flowers, a winged putto, birds, a gem, and 2 compartments with rabbits, at the beginning of the text. Catchwords.Very clean manuscript: no marginal annotations.This manuscript was made in Florence c. 1470-c.

• Partial white vine border with the initial 'M'(ecenas) and the arms of the Del Pugliese family of Florence., Odes (index Carmina), Epodes, Carmen saeculare, Ars poetica, Epistles

Partial white vine border with the initial 'M'(ecenas) and the arms of the Del Pugliese family of Florence. ff. 135-136 is a parchment leaf inscribed with a poem in Italian. Partial white vine border in colours and gold with

• White vine initial 'V'(rbis) combined with a white vine border and penwork, flowers and a coat of arms in a wreath forming a full border at the beginning of the text., Facta et dicta memorabilia

White vine initial 'V'(rbis) combined with a white vine border and penwork, flowers and a coat of arms in a wreath forming a full border at the beginning of the text. Beginning with a list of chapters (f. 1r-v).Leaf

• White vine initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of book 16 of Augustine's De Civitate Dei., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

139, 150, 163, 179, 196v, 210, 233v, 248v, 269, 286). De Civitate Dei (index City of God) Janos Vitez (index John Vitez) (b. c. 1405, d. 1472), Hungarian humanist, bishop of Nagyvárad, and archbishop of Esterzgom, and Petrus Garazda (index

• Large initial 'N'(atus) with interlaced foliate decoration, combined with a full white vine border with a wreath enclosing unidentified arms., Comoediae (index comedies), preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-20v), Eunuchus (ff. 20v-42), Heauton tirorumenos (ff. 42-60v), Adelphoe (ff. 60v-79), Phormio (ff. 79v-99v), Hecyra (ff. 99v-116)

Large initial 'N'(atus) with interlaced foliate decoration, combined with a full white vine border with a wreath enclosing unidentified arms. The decoration, especially the initial on f. 1, is in the Ferrarese manner, according to unpublished notes of A.

• Miniature of Pentecost, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Holy Spirit., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

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. Pentecost Master of Sir John Fastolf Rouen France, N. E. (Rouen)

• Illuminated initials., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

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. Illuminated initials Master of Sir John Fastolf Rouen France, N. E. (Rouen)

• Simple border in shaded mauve with a large initial 'A'(pud) with an oak leaf motif, capitals in alternating lines of gold and blue, and a trompe l'oeil seal with the arms of the Della Rovere family., De vera nobilitate

Simple border in shaded mauve with a large initial 'A'(pud) with an oak leaf motif, capitals in alternating lines of gold and blue, and a trompe l'oeil seal with the arms of the Della Rovere family. Bound together with

• Text page with humanistic script., De vera nobilitate

Text page with humanistic script. Bound together with Harley 2708. Simple border in shaded mauve with a large initial in silver on a red ground with an oak leaf motif, capitals in alternating lines of gold and blue, and,