• Miniature of the author with a man holding a spade in an orchard, with a full border containing the royal arms of England on a banner held by an angel and on a shield encircled by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', and surmounted by a crowned helm with mantling in Edward's IV colours of red and blue, with two shields with the same arms differenced, for the king's two sons, in the lower margin; and a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', in the outer margin, at the beginning of book 5., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

and a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', in the outer margin, at the beginning of book 5. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books,

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it was removed by John Bagford)

Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the

• Miniature of the author, Jean de Courcy, in a boat with other men, following a rubric, 'L'acteur parle icy de soy et de ses dix naguers', a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, with a Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit' in the margin., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

record of books in the Great Wardrobe Accounts of 1480 (see McKendrick 1994). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 26; and in the Catalogue of 1666,

• Initial-word panel decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, at the beginning of Leviticus., 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

• Detail of a pge: historiated initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (in the beginning), of the Original Sin, at the beginning of Genesis. Above the initial word, Adam and Eve are depicted under a tree holding apples, while the snake is rolled up on the trunk of the tree., 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

• Detail of a page: decorated initial-word panel ~Elleh~ (these) and a medallion containing the coat of arms of Joab Emmanuel, at the beginning of Exodus., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

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. Coat of arms Samuel Samuel Solomon ben

• 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

• null, Book of Hours, Use of Rome

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

• null, Book of Hours, Use of Rome

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

• null, Book of Hours, Use of Rome

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

• null, Book of Hours, Use of Rome

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

• null, Lectionary, including the life and miracles of saint Kyneburga in Gloucester, imperfect

: evidence of the liturgy (see Ker 1964). ? Richard Graves (b. 1677, d.1729), antiquary: note written in 1731 by James West that he 'bought this Book of Morgan Graves Esq. Son of that Excellent Antiquary Richard Graves of Mickleton

• 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