• Decorated initial 'H' at the beginning of the second book chronicling early bishops of all the dioceses and kingdoms of England. Starting in the first column with the red inscription, the prologue gives a framework of the different regions. London, beginning with Erkenwald (675), heads the chapters on early bishops., Gesta pontificum anglorum, imperfect

of England. Starting in the first column with the red inscription, the prologue gives a framework of the different regions. London, beginning with Erkenwald (675), heads the chapters on early bishops. Ampersands; punctus flexus punctuation.Includes Mynors and Lawrence-Mathers's 'split petal'

• List of chapters in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower margin is an early 15th-century inscription., List of chapters to Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum

see ~English Benedictine Libraries: The Shorter Catalogues~, ed. by R. Sharpe and others, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 4 (London: British Library, 1996), pp. 542-43. List of chapters added by a later 13th- or early 14th-century hand (f. 1v).

• Text page with the history of the abbey with the death of Abbot Edwin, in the reign of Eadmund (Edmund Ironside), and events of the 10th century, telling of Cnut's taking of Mercia and London., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

of Eadmund (Edmund Ironside), and events of the 10th century, telling of Cnut's taking of Mercia and London. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and

• Text page including a charter of Kenred, king of Mercia (704-709), supports Ecgwin in his efforts to establish an abbey dedicated to the Virgin at the site where she appeared in a vision to Eoves (a herdsman after whom Evesham was named) and the bishop. The names of Brithwold, archbishop of Canterbury, and Waldhere, bishop of London, appear among the witnesses., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

herdsman after whom Evesham was named) and the bishop. The names of Brithwold, archbishop of Canterbury, and Waldhere, bishop of London, appear among the witnesses. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire)

• Decorated initial and border., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

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. Decorated initial and border Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Full border with initial 'S'(eynt) in blue, pink, and green with foliate spray., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

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. Full border with initial Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

£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. Illuminated initials Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

£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. Illuminated initials Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Interlace initial 'I'., Diadema monachorum, Sermon on the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (imperfect at the end)

couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (pasted inside upper cover); and his armorial binding.Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 15, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• Decorated initial 'S'(epe) at the beginning of De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica) (ff. 3-43v); unidentified author, Topica, Book 4 (ff. 44-48v); Pseudo-Cicero,Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 48v-84v)

at the end: 14th-16th century (ff. 1-2v, 85-86v). Added title ?15th century 'Cicero de inve[n]tione' (f. 3). Matthew de Varenne, London bookseller and auctioneer (fl. 1723/4): his sale (through Nathaniel Noel), 21 December 1723, lot 33.The Harley Collection, formed by

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) with display capitals, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 41.Unidentified reader, 17th century(?), who has written a title and a ten-line note (f.

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) at Matthew 1:18., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 41.Unidentified reader, 17th century(?), who has written a title and a ten-line note (f.

• Two-part sequence 'Amor patris et filii veri splendor', with narrow, oblong note-forms and vertical lines showing word-divisions in six pairs of four-line staves., Polyphonic sequence 'Amor Patris et Filii', apparently for Whit-Sunday, followed by a 'Benedicamus Domino' and devotion to Julian

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188), and inscription, f. 24v. William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow,

• Decorated initial 'U'(ulsis) in Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scolarium, with blue pen-flourishing, and red pen-flourishing and manicula around the gloss., De disciplina scholarium, with gloss

lower border). See ~Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry~, ed. by Peter Townend, 18th edn, 3 vols (London: Burke's Peerage Limited, 1972), III 70-71, under Blake of Barham Court, for an outline of the family descent. Charles

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the prologue of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate, inside upper

• Decorated initials 'C'(umque) and 'K'(imbelinus) in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate, inside upper

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of Origines's Commentary on Jeremiah., Commentary on Jeremiah, and on the Song of Songs

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(psum) in the form of a bird, in Origines's Commentary on Jeremiah., Commentary on Jeremiah, and on the Song of Songs

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum

• Decorated initial 'S'(uperiori) with a face, and a animal head in the lower margin., Historical works, including Aelred's Genealogia regum Anglorum (ff. 133-146)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 2); its shelfmark, pencil inscription

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(psum) in the form of a bird, in Origines's Commentary on Jeremiah., Commentary on Jeremiah, and on the Song of Songs

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum