• Miniature of the Resurrection with the instruments of the Passion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Damaged miniature., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Defaced initial at the beginning of the text written in a humanistic hand by Giovanni da Stia. Ownership inscriptions of John Blaxton in the upper and lower margins., Various works including Plutarch's Lives, Leonardus Brunus Aretinus' Cicero novus, etc. (imperfect)

a humanistic hand by Giovanni da Stia. Ownership inscriptions of John Blaxton in the upper and lower margins. For a more detailed list of contents, see ~Catalogue~ 1808.List of contents (f. 177v).Two fragments from the Life of Sertorius found by

• Detail of decorated initials with pen-flourishing in book 7., Confessio amantis, imperfect

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. Detail John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Portrait of the Evangelist Matthew writing his Gospel, with his name inscribed in Greek on the miniature and in Arabic in the margin., The Four Gospels with a marginal commentary on Matthew (largely derived from the homilies of John Chrysistom), capitula, Eusebian sections, and hypotheses to Mark and Luke

(ff. 3v, 85v, 137v, 215v). The Four Gospels with a marginal commentary on Matthew (largely derived from the homilies of John Chrysistom), capitula, Eusebian sections, and hypotheses to Mark and Luke The Monastery of St Symeon the Wonderworker (Simeon Stylites

• Partial bar border with a pen-flourished initial 'I'(n nomine) at the beginning of the grant of the founder of the monastery, Roger of Poitou., Cartulary of the Benedictine priory of Blessed Mary of Lancaster (index Registrum chartarum) with foundation, royal, episcopal, papal, and other charters

in the same hand as Johannes Badcock.John Mabancke: his name inscribed in the 16th century (ff. 24v, 25, 70); and 'John Mab' inscribed on a slip from a limp vellum binding mounted on f. 82.Rev. Peter Needham (b. 1682, d.

• Puzzle initial 'S'(umtyme) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the prologue., The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (extended version to 1430), including John Page's poem 'The Siege of Rouen'

(f. 1, damaged). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (extended version to 1430), including John Page's poem 'The Siege of Rouen' Pressmarks '96' and 'I7' (f. 1).Henry ?Brayne, 16th century: inscribed 'Thys whas wryttyn

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) enclosing a star with partial ivy border at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Cutting of an illuminated initial 'O', and below, f. 5, with an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of the Trinity., Initial from Jerome's commentary on Isaiah (index Commentarium in Isaiam), Book 5, fragment, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). Originally trained and employed as a shoemaker, Bagford became a bookseller and antiquary, and

• 'Champ' initial 'T'(his) with an inner bar border ending in ivy at the beginning of the prologue., The Poor Caitif (index The poor wretch; Poor Caitiff)

106, 107v). ?Mark Frank (bapt. 1612, d. 1664), college head and theologian, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1662-1664: inscribed by John Covel ''Bought this out of Dr ?Franckus his library. It is well worth 15 S.' (f. 1*).John Covel (b.

• Headpiece with geometric and zoomorphic decoration. Notes added by John Covel (before 1715)., Collection of medical texts, including Aetius's 'Libri medicinales', Books 3-4 (ff. 1v-51, 53v-79v), and Hippocrates's 'Epistula ad Ptolemaeum regem' (ff. 80-83v) and 'Aphorismi', Books 2-6 (ff. 86-91v)

zoomorphic decoration. Notes added by John Covel (before 1715). The manuscript also includes:Table of contents for Aetius's Book 3 (ff. 2*-4*, 1);Recipe for the eyes (f. 1);Table of contents for Aetius's Book 4 (ff. 51v-53);Plant vocabulary in Greek and Syriac

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) with interlace patterns at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels (ff. 1-139) and capitulare evangeliorum (ff. 139v-150)

with interlace patterns at the beginning of Matthew ('L'[iber], f. 10v), Mark ('I'[nitium], f. 46), Luke ('Q'[uoniam], f. 71v), and John ('I'[n], f. 112v). Initials with coloured highlights (ff. 8v, 11, 44, 68v-71, 110v-113). Some initials in red or red

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with interlace patterns at the beginning of Luke., Gospels (ff. 1-139) and capitulare evangeliorum (ff. 139v-150)

with interlace patterns at the beginning of Matthew ('L'[iber], f. 10v), Mark ('I'[nitium], f. 46), Luke ('Q'[uoniam], f. 71v), and John ('I'[n], f. 112v). Initials with coloured highlights (ff. 8v, 11, 44, 68v-71, 110v-113). Some initials in red or red

• Puzzle initials 'S'(ororem) and 'P'(oeta) at the beginning of Terence's Comedies., Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-29v), Eunuchus (ff. 30-74v), Heauton timoroumenos (ff. 75-115), Adelphoe (ff. 115-144), Hecyra (ff. 145-177), Phormio (ff. 177v-205v )

owners/readers, 16th century, several of them of Aldermaston, Berkshire: inscriptions, mainly in English, include mention of 'thys boke p(er)tenit to John …' (f. 1, effaced), 'Wyllyam forster knyght of Aldermasten' (ff. 1v), 'George Saltte of Aldermasten Servante unto humfrey fforster

• Illuminated white vine initial 'S'(i), at the beginning of Book 7 of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

(or Florence), possibly by a foreigner, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library.? John Shirwood (d. 1493), bishop of Durham, bought in London in 1464: inscribed '‘Liber [rest of line erased, perhaps including

• Illuminated white vine initials 'E'(t) at the last letter of Book 13, and the beginning of Book 14 of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

(or Florence), possibly by a foreigner, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library.? John Shirwood (d. 1493), bishop of Durham, bought in London in 1464: inscribed '‘Liber [rest of line erased, perhaps including

• lluminated white vine initial 'Q'(uod) in Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

(or Florence), possibly by a foreigner, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library.? John Shirwood (d. 1493), bishop of Durham, bought in London in 1464: inscribed '‘Liber [rest of line erased, perhaps including

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epistolae ad familiares

(or Florence), possibly by a foreigner, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library.? John Shirwood (d. 1493), bishop of Durham, bought in London in 1464: inscribed '‘Liber [rest of line erased, perhaps including

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epistolae ad familiares

(or Florence), possibly by a foreigner, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library.? John Shirwood (d. 1493), bishop of Durham, bought in London in 1464: inscribed '‘Liber [rest of line erased, perhaps including

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epistolae ad familiares

(or Florence), possibly by a foreigner, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library.? John Shirwood (d. 1493), bishop of Durham, bought in London in 1464: inscribed '‘Liber [rest of line erased, perhaps including