• Medieval binding of whittawed leather over oak boards with a flat spine and two projecting flaps, at the top and bottom. Fastened to a staple at the bottom of the front cover are three links of a chain. A white strap, secured by a decorated metal plate to the front cover, fits onto a pin in the middle of the back cover by means of a 16th-century metal loop. This is possibly a restoration of the original fastening, but previously two straps went from the front to the back, as is shown by the surviving sockets for them and their pins., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

d. 1710), and came to Holt Wilson through intermarriage.George Holt Wilson, of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk: sale at Sotheby's, London, of 'Ancient Illuminated and other Manuscripts', 21 July 1910, lot 158, bought by Quaritch for £101.Bernard Quaritch, Ltd: its catalogue no.

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(auci) with grotesque and knot-work motifs, at the beginning of Jerome's 'Contra Iouinianum'., De mysteriis (ff. 1-4v); De sacramentis (ff. 4v-16v); Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini (serm. 17, ff. 16v-18v); Contra Iouinianum (ff. 18v-69v); Hypomnesticon (ff. 69v-90)

Christ Church, Canterbury which is recorded in the library catalogue that was compiled between 1284-1331, see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover~ (Cambridge: University Press, 1903), pp. 21-22 no. 53 (Chisholm 1967): the table of contents

• Notes on an originally blank folio, including a statement of the author and title in 13th-century script in the middle at the top ('Adthelardus de compoto'), which is recognisable as a Christ Church, Canterbury inscription. Below this is a note of a flood in Thanet and Sheppy, in 1394, confirming continued ownership in Kent in the 14th century. The astrological symbol for Jupiter in the extreme top right corner is a characteristic marking of books owned by John Dee (died 1608), a famous alchemist in the court of Elizabeth I., Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

Notes on an originally blank folio, including a statement of the author and title in 13th-century script in the middle at the top ('Adthelardus de compoto'), which is recognisable as a Christ Church, Canterbury inscription. Below this is a

• Medieval binding of whittawed leather over oak boards with a flat spine and two projecting flaps, at the top and bottom. Fastened to a staple at the bottom of the front cover are three links of a chain. A white strap, secured by a decorated metal plate to the front cover, fits onto a pin in the middle of the back cover by means of a 16th-century metal loop. This is possibly a restoration of the original fastening, but previously two straps went from the front to the back, as is shown by the surviving sockets for them and their pins., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

d. 1710), and came to Holt Wilson through intermarriage.George Holt Wilson, of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk: sale at Sotheby's, London, of 'Ancient Illuminated and other Manuscripts', 21 July 1910, lot 158, bought by Quaritch for £101.Bernard Quaritch, Ltd: its catalogue no.

• Tinted drawing of Rotokritos disclosing his love for Aretusa to Polidoros., Erotokritos, romance in 15-syllable rhymed couplets, prededed by a table of contents (ff. 1-8)

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. Rotokritos and Polidoros Vitzentzos Kornaros (index Vincenzo Cornaro ?) Greece, Ionian Isles

• Detail of a marginal note that records that the second gathering had been lent to the illuminator Pierre Remiet (fl. 1368-1420): 'Ci faut le secomt cayer que maistre Renaut doit avoir, qui fut baille / a Perrin Remiet po[ur] faire lenluminure de lautre cayer'., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Detail of a bas-de-page miniature of a battle between the armies led by Laomedon and Nestor, the latter assigned with the arms of Anjou-Hungary., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Detail of a miniature of Jason rowing out from Colchis, watched by Medea and other women to the island where the ram is kept. He yokes the pair of fire-breathing bulls, ploughs the field and sows the dragon's teeth; he then cuts down with his sword the dragon that guards the golden ram., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of the death of Laius., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of the discovery of the infant Oedipus., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of the slaying of the Sphinx., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of a night attack on Mithridates., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of siege of a city in Syria., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of Pompeius in Jerusalem., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of the triumph of Pompeius., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of Adrastus disarming Tydeus and Polynices., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of Tydeus visiting Eteocles at table., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of Tydeus, one of the Seven Against Thebes, being attacked by men in ambush., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of Tydeus and Lycurgus' daughter., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of Adrastus, the son of Talaus, king of Argos, in council., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest