• Decorated initial 'O' (Ihesu Christi eterna dulcedo) with full floriate border, at the beginning of the Orationes S. Brigitte., Devotional book (Hours of the Virgin) with a calendar, imperfect at the beginning and elsewhere

coloured grounds. Rubrics in red. Devotional book (Hours of the Virgin) with a calendar, imperfect at the beginning and elsewhere John Brygandyn, clerk: sixteenth-century additions to the calendar (obit of his wife's death in 1536) (f. 3); and added prayers

• Miniature of John the Evangelist, probably with damage by kissing., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

of John the Evangelist, probably with damage by kissing. Text page with the suffrage to Thomas Becket cut out, except the upper and lower margins (f. 30).A shield-shape space left for the arms of a potential purchaser (f. 42) (see

• White vine historiated initial 'O'(rigo) with the head of emperor Hadrian (inscribed 'ADRIANUS') combined with a partial white vine border, including a grasshopper, two birds and a wreath supported by two putti enclosing the arms of Ludovicus Petronius., Historia augusta

White vine historiated initial 'O'(rigo) with the head of emperor Hadrian (inscribed 'ADRIANUS') combined with a partial white vine border, including a grasshopper, two birds and a wreath supported by two putti enclosing the arms of Ludovicus Petronius. Catchwords

• Historiated initial 'G'(loriosissimam) of Augustine as a bishop, with white vine and gold balls partly extending into the margins; in the lower margin is a white vine border with flowers, gold balls and two putti holding up a gilt frame with a blank area intended for a coat of arms; a later owner added the monogram 'AP'., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

of 17th-century engravings, one inscribed with 'G. ?Valet. sculp' (perhaps Guillaume Vallet, b. 1632, d. 1704?), (affixed to f. 1). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; acquired from him for the Harley collection. The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• White vine initial 'A'(nimadverti) at the beginning of Paradoxa stoicorum., De amicitia (ff. 1-26), De senectute (ff. 26-50), Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 50-62v), Somnium Scipionis (ff. 62v-68v)

White vine initial 'A'(nimadverti) at the beginning of Paradoxa stoicorum. Catchwords written horizontally.The initial on f. 1 is damaged.Musical notation (added, f. 35). 4 large white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 26, 50, 62v). Numerous coloured

• Decorated initial 'S'(epius) with pen-flourishing (2nd half of the 15th century)., Various theological and scholastic treatises and other texts including Turpin's Chronicle (ff. 138-139v)

treatises and other texts including Turpin's Chronicle (ff. 138-139v) Added ink drawing of a face in the margin (f. 91v). John Odlyn, magister, Cambridge University administrator 1470-71: inscription recording his gift to Johnson in 1503 (on a piece of parchment

• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(hrist) and 'P'(ride)., An explication of the ten commandments (imperfect at the beginning) (ff. 1-8v), Lavynham's Little Treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins (De septem mortalibus peccatis), a tract on the Pater Noster (ff. 28v-48v), and various other religious works (imperfect at the end)

end) Thomas Wolsey, royal minister, archbishop of York, cardinal (b. c. 1470, d. 1530): his arms and an encomium by John Voss dedicated to Wolsey (f. 402).Robert Hare of Bocking Hall and Bruisyard, county Suffolk (b. c. 1530, d. 1611);

• Partial white vine border with an historiated initial 'C'(iprianus) of Cyprian in his study., Works (index Opera)

white vine initials in colours and gold. Smaller plain intials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Works (index Opera) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 22 June 1726 (~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).Edward Harley (b. 1689,

• Full white vine border, inhabited by putti, birds and animals, with a large historiated initial 'E' of the wounded Christ, and a portrait of Nicholas, bishop of Myra, in a roundel in the lower margin., Regola della Compagnia di S. Maria della piata di Firenze

2 initials are unfinished (ff. 12, 19v). Rubrics in red. Regola della Compagnia di S. Maria della piata di Firenze John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Harley on 13 September 1722 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Puzzle initial 'P'(lecto genua mea) at the beginning of Bonaventure's Breviloquium., Theological Miscallany including the Breviloquium de veritate theologiae, various religious tracts, monastic rules, and a description of the Holy Land (ff. 141-158)

Puzzle initial 'P'(lecto genua mea) at the beginning of Bonaventure's Breviloquium. Different hands and different styles of initials are apparent in the various quires, although the two-column layout has been maintained throughout. The manuscript was compiled in the Middle

• Decorated initials with foliate feathering at the beginning of Pseudo-Seneca's De remediis fortuitorum., Various texts including Apologia Socratis (ff. 79-106), De copia verborum (ff. 107-118v), De remediis fortuitorum (ff. 119-124), Gesta Alexandri (ff. 124v-167v; including Epitaphium Alexandri (f. 167v)), De opificio Dei (ff. 182-200v), etc.

Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Part 2 John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 22 June 1726 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection,

• Decorated initial with 'C'(um cepissent monasteria) at the beginning of the Liber gestorum Barlaam et Josaphat., Life of Saint Alexis (Vita S. Alexis) (imperfect) (f. 1), Barlaam and Josaphat (ff. 2-103v), Life of Saint Brendan the Abbot (Vita S. Brendani Abbatis) (index Navigatio S. Brendani) (ff. 103v-121v), Prognostications for weather and crops (ff. 121v-122), Commentary on Psalm 1 (ff. 122v-123), Forty-one sermons by Peter Comestor (index Sermones) (ff. 124-191), and various other theological texts (ff. 191v-272)

Decorated initial with 'C'(um cepissent monasteria) at the beginning of the Liber gestorum Barlaam et Josaphat. f. 1 is a single mutilated parchment leaf of the Life of Saint Alexis (Vita S. Alexis)f. 121v: approximately eight lines of text

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of a prayer to Thomas Becket, which has been defaced., Devotional book (Hours of the Virgin) with a calendar, imperfect at the beginning and elsewhere

coloured grounds. Rubrics in red. Devotional book (Hours of the Virgin) with a calendar, imperfect at the beginning and elsewhere John Brygandyn, clerk: sixteenth-century additions to the calendar (obit of his wife's death in 1536) (f. 3); and added prayers

• Miniature of the Presentation in the Temple, decorated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Presentation in the Temple Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Marginal drawing of a priest celebrating Mass, with a minor cleric in attendance holding two tapers, at the moment of the elevation of the host., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Priest celebrating Mass Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of Christ before Pilate, with borders of acanthus decoration., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Christ before Pilate Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of the Crucifixion of Christ, with a foliate border., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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. Crucifixion Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of the Entombment of Christ, with foliate borders, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Passion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Entombment of Christ Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of the Presentation, decorated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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. Presentation Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Illuminated white vine-stem border and illuminated initial 'A'(ntequam), with square capitals used as display script in an unfinished four-colour sequence; at the beginning of Cicero's Philippic orations., 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Add. 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified