• Detail of a page: initial-word panel decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, at the beginning of Numbers., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

the coat of arms represented in Harley 5716-5717, the patron of which was Joab Emmanuel. Thus the codex most probably was ordered by the same patron, Joab Emmanuel.Domenico Irosolimitano (fl. last quarter of the 16th century-first quarter of the 17th

• Arcade framing a ~masoretic~ list., Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ (the 'Harley Catalan Bible')

framing a ~masoretic~ list. Watermark, of a lamb holding a cross (f. [ii]) and initials of JW (f. [425]), of James Whatman II, paper maker (1764-1793). Gilt edges.Foliation is written on the verso side of the leaves. Hebrew foliation from

• Arcade framing a ~masoretic~ list., Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ (the 'Harley Catalan Bible')

framing a ~masoretic~ list. Watermark, of a lamb holding a cross (f. [ii]) and initials of JW (f. [425]), of James Whatman II, paper maker (1764-1793). Gilt edges.Foliation is written on the verso side of the leaves. Hebrew foliation from

• Miniature of Richard II giving instruction to the earl Marshal and another man, with a partial border., Chroniques

in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the London Wavrin

• Detail of decorated initials, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

Detail of decorated initials, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V. The calligraphic copies include representations of a harp (f. 68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum~,

• Detail of initial 'M'(arcus) with interlace and bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

Detail of initial 'M'(arcus) with interlace and bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V. The calligraphic copies include representations of a harp (f. 68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of

• Detail of initial with bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

Detail of initial with bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V. The calligraphic copies include representations of a harp (f. 68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of Manuscript Music in

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and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Rome J. L. Van de Walle, 1766: book-plate of arms (inside upper cover), and inscription (f. 1v).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near

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and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Rome J. L. Van de Walle, 1766: book-plate of arms (inside upper cover), and inscription (f. 1v).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near

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and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Rome J. L. Van de Walle, 1766: book-plate of arms (inside upper cover), and inscription (f. 1v).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near

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and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Rome J. L. Van de Walle, 1766: book-plate of arms (inside upper cover), and inscription (f. 1v).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near

• Miniature with the portrait of King Henry VIII, and the beginning of John Croke's English translation of Psalms., Psalms in English verse (girdle book)

to one of her maids of honour, a lady of the family of Wyat. ? George Wyat, 1817: see above, where he states that the described volume is in his possession.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham

• Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin. The missing miniature before f. 64 at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin is

• Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents, decorated initial 'C'(onverte), and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents, decorated initial 'C'(onverte), and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin. The missing miniature before f. 64 at the beginning of None in the Hours of

• Miniature of the Last Judgement, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Miniature of the Last Judgement, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Dead. The missing miniature before f. 64 at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin is now

• White vine initial 'P'(oi), and partial white vine border including an empty escutcheon, at the beginning of Petrarch's Sonetti and Canzoni., Sonetti e Canzoni (ff. 2-149); Trionfi (index Triumphs) (ff. 150-183v)

Inscribed a copy of Petrarch's note on the death of Laura, originally written in his manuscript of Virgil, but differing in giving the date on which he heard of it as the 29th day of May instead of the 19th,

• Miniature of Saints, decorated initial 'M'(onseigneur), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the prologue of the Légende dorée., Légende dorée (vol. 1)

1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

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Book of Hours, Use of Rome Presumably made for a couple from the Erizzo and Priuli families of Venice: with their arms (ff. 13v and 14, respectively).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe

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Book of Hours, Use of Rome Presumably made for a couple from the Erizzo and Priuli families of Venice: with their arms (ff. 13v and 14, respectively).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe

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Book of Hours, Use of Rome Presumably made for a couple from the Erizzo and Priuli families of Venice: with their arms (ff. 13v and 14, respectively).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe