• Decorated initial 'M'(arcus) with birds' heads and interlace on a ground of red dots, and decorated letters in a calligraphic copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V at the beginning of Mark, and on the lower part of the page, an alphabetical 'sampler' of the letter forms found in the manuscript., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum~, 3 vols (London: British Museum, 1906-1965), III, pp. 361-62). Large initials and display script in yellow, green, and red, with interlace, foliate,

• Miniature of the Visitation, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Single leaf of a Book of Hours

68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum~, 3 vols (London: British Museum, 1906-1965), III, pp. 361-62). 1 large miniature of the Visitation, accompanied by a large decorated initial and

• Flourished initials 'A' and 'P', with a pecia note in the left margin: 'Finit lxxv pe.'., Commentary on the Decretals of Gregory IX

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Detail of miniature of Lydgate and pilgrims on the road to Canterbury, at the beginning of the prologue of the Siege of Thebes., Troy Book, Siege of Thebes, Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England; A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pilgrims John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London)

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

Albinia de la Mare article in A.S. Osley, ~Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank on his 70th birthday~ (London: Faber and Faber, 1965), pp. 55-68, and, on Dávalos, p. 62 n. 34).The Master of the 'Vitae Imperatorum' was

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

Albinia de la Mare article in A.S. Osley, ~Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank on his 70th birthday~ (London: Faber and Faber, 1965), pp. 55-68, and, on Dávalos, p. 62 n. 34).The Master of the 'Vitae Imperatorum' was

• Evangelist portrait of Luke, with his symbol, the ox, above., Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

Harley for 1100 guilders (see C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright, ~The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726~, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976), I, 38 n. 5).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Historiated initial at the incipit to Luke, 'Quoniam Quidem,' depicting an angel appearing to Zachary., Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

Harley for 1100 guilders (see C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright, ~The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726~, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976), I, 38 n. 5).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Detail of puzzle initial., Glossed Digestum Novum, preceeded by an added table of contents (ff. 1-2v)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Detail of decorated initial., Glossed Digestum Novum, preceeded by an added table of contents (ff. 1-2v)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Historiated initial 'O'(mnis) with a portrait of Aristotle or Leonardo Bruno (Aretino) wearing spectacles, and, in the lower margin, the arms and initials of Iñigo Dávalos., Ethica (index Ethics)

Albinia de la Mare article in A.S. Osley, ~Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank on his 70th birthday~ (London: Faber and Faber, 1965), pp. 55-68, and, on Dávalos, p. 62 n. 34).The Master of the 'Vitae Imperatorum' was

• Flourished display script 'Ulpianus' and initial 'R'(es), in Justinian's Digestum Novum., Glossed Digestum Novum, preceeded by an added table of contents (ff. 1-2v)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Detail of a miniature of Edmund's body being taken to London., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

Edmund's body being taken to London. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) formed by two biting dragons, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium

the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 1). 2 large decorated initials (ff. 45, 78). Decorated descenders, one including a Crucifixion (f. 182v). De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium Written

• Miniature of the Nativity, with a foliate initial 'I'(n) and a partial border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-1509) and his wife Margaret in 1508:

• Miniature of the Resurrection, with a foliate initial 'I'(n) with a partial border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-1509) and his wife Margaret in 1508:

• Miniature of the Pentecost, with a foliate initial 'I'(n) with a partial border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-1509) and his wife Margaret in 1508:

• Detail of a miniature of Corpus Christi, with two kneeling angels holding a chalice with the host above., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-1509) and his wife Margaret in 1508:

• Miniature of Christ, with a decorated initial 'I'(n) and a partial border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-1509) and his wife Margaret in 1508:

• Miniature portrait of Henry VIII wearing an emblazoned coat., Collection of arms and mottoes of Companies and Corporations of London

nation for £10,000 (a 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. Henry VIII London England, S. (London ?)