• Decorated intial., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Hill, M. D., 22 March 1803: note stating that on a leaf of paper pasted on the inside of the old cover was written 'Thys fayre Boke I have fro the Abbey of Saint Albons in thys yeare of our

• Text page., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Hill, M. D., 22 March 1803: note stating that on a leaf of paper pasted on the inside of the old cover was written 'Thys fayre Boke I have fro the Abbey of Saint Albons in thys yeare of our

• Illuminated initials 'D'(etestabilem) and 'V'(olo) on coloured grounds with white tracery., Compilation of patristic texts, imperfect

(ff. 1-125).Patristic compilation: 7 quires missing at the beginning and at least 5 at the end, as suggested by the old foliation '70-189, 193-196, 244' (ff. 1-125). Illuminated initials on coloured grounds with black or white tracery. Rubrics in light

• Miniature of the Adoration of the Magi (at left of image)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 42-50 [box 6]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Other cuttings

• Miniature of the Presentation in the Temple (at centre of image)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 42-50 [box 6]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Other cuttings

• Miniature of Christ appearing to two disciples on the road to Emmaus (at right of image)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 42-50 [box 6]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Other cuttings

• Initial-word panel with pen-flourishing and a medallion formed by foliate motifs: a rooster holding a piece of wheat with a snake coiling on it in its beak, and above the rooster, there is a moon and a hexagram; probably the emblem of the patron., ~Baal ha-Lashon~ (The Master of the Language)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.Inscription in English: ‘This Book called Baal Lashon i.e. Master of Language is an Hebrew Dictionary composed by R. Joseph Zark in

• Historiated initials accompanying prayers to the wound in the holy foot of Christ and to an image of the Virign., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Christ and to an image of the Virign. Including a calendar containing numerous English saints (ff. 1-6v), the Fifteen Oes of Saint Bridget (ff. 7-12), Suffrages (ff. 13-23v), the mixed Hours of the Virgin and of the Cross with Suffrages

• Detail of an initial-word panel with pen-flourishing and a medallion formed by foliate motifs: a rooster holding a piece of wheat with a snake coiling on it in its beak, and above the rooster, there is a moon and a hexagram; probably the emblem of the patron., ~Baal ha-Lashon~ (The Master of the Language)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.Inscription in English: ‘This Book called Baal Lashon i.e. Master of Language is an Hebrew Dictionary composed by R. Joseph Zark in

• Illuminated initial 'C'(antate) and three-sided border with acanthus leaves., Psalter, imperfect (See Notes)

acanthus leaves. Contains a calendar including numerous English saints (ff. 1-6v). Starts in the middle of Psalm 3. Ends with the litany (including Dunstan, 'Ragenflede', Grumbald index Rumbald, Etheldrede, Wulfran, Cuthbert, etc.)Catchwords, leaf signatures. 6 large decorated initials combined with

• Decorated initial., Miscellany of Irish texts

8* should be foliated 1-8; f. 9 follows after this sequence.ff. 1, 2 are inscribed with an English account of the contents of the manuscript, giving a brief description of each one of the 22 chapters.ff. 3-9v are paper flyleaves

• White vine initial 'E'(go) with three-sided border incorporating putti and heraldry, at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

15th century and 16th century.Unidentified owner: inscribed with interlinear astrological symbols (f. 1, above the words 'officio', 'pietate', and 'meritorum').Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-15-0' (f. 229v; cf. Burney 150, 168, 177, 208, 245; and see below).Charles Burney (b.

• Coloured initial 'A' (Licinius) and white vine initial 'A' (Genucilio) at the end of Book 13 and beginning of Book 14 of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares (as divided in this manuscript). Next to the initial is an annotation noting that in other manuscripts this letter and those that follow are included in Book 13., Epistolae ad familiares

15th century and 16th century.Unidentified owner: inscribed with interlinear astrological symbols (f. 1, above the words 'officio', 'pietate', and 'meritorum').Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-15-0' (f. 229v; cf. Burney 150, 168, 177, 208, 245; and see below).Charles Burney (b.

• Illuminated white vine initial 'I(nter) and border with heraldic arms; the heading written by Bartolomeo di Giampiero Fonzio, at the beginning of Quintus Curtius Rufus's Historia Alexandri Magni.., Historia Alexandri Magni

include some by the same hand as in Burney 142.Unidentified owner: inscribed with a two-word/name inscription (erased, f. vi verso).Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-10-0', (f. 180v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 177, 208; and see below).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uatuor) containing the letters 'ihc', and heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Seneca's Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus., Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus, and other grammatical texts

a prayer in Latin (f. 6). Small initial in blue with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of a prayer in English (f. 6v). Cadels. Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus, and other grammatical texts Unidentified owner, 15th century: with his crest and

• Coloured initial 'D'(arius) in Quintus Curtius Rufus's Historia Alexandri Magni., Historia Alexandri Magni

include some by the same hand as in Burney 142.Unidentified owner: inscribed with a two-word/name inscription (erased, f. vi verso).Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-10-0', (f. 180v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 177, 208; and see below).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Illuminated wwhite vine initial 'V'(ide) in Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

15th century and 16th century.Unidentified owner: inscribed with interlinear astrological symbols (f. 1, above the words 'officio', 'pietate', and 'meritorum').Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-15-0' (f. 229v; cf. Burney 150, 168, 177, 208, 245; and see below).Charles Burney (b.

• Detail of illuminated initial., Historia Alexandri Magni

include some by the same hand as in Burney 142.Unidentified owner: inscribed with a two-word/name inscription (erased, f. vi verso).Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-10-0', (f. 180v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 177, 208; and see below).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of heraldry., Historia Alexandri Magni

include some by the same hand as in Burney 142.Unidentified owner: inscribed with a two-word/name inscription (erased, f. vi verso).Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-10-0', (f. 180v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 177, 208; and see below).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epistolae ad familiares

15th century and 16th century.Unidentified owner: inscribed with interlinear astrological symbols (f. 1, above the words 'officio', 'pietate', and 'meritorum').Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-15-0' (f. 229v; cf. Burney 150, 168, 177, 208, 245; and see below).Charles Burney (b.