• Puzzle initial 'P'(er) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the table of contents., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Puzzle initial 'R'(egnante) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the prologue., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Illuminated initial 'L'(a), at the beginning of 'La Sainte Abbaye.', 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'V'(ous)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initials 'L'(a) and 'L'(a)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initials 'Q'(uant) and 'T'(ele)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'L'(i)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'T'(rois)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'A'., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'L'(i)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initials and line-fillers., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun confessing to a monk., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun praying before an image of Christ crowning the Virgin., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun's vision of Christ., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun's vision of the Trinity., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• null, Vetera Statuta (index Statuta Angliae; Statute book; Statutes of England) preceded by a list of contents (ff. 2-6v); followed by Expositiones Vocabulorum (ff. 200-203); and additions (ff. 203v-226)

on 28 March of that year (dated on f. 23).Francis Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed (f. 2).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Detail London England, S. E.? (London?)

• Detail of a drawing of the skyline of the city of London., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum), prologue to the Prophecies of Merlin, and the epistle to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln

Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. London Geoffrey of Monmouth (index Galfridus Monumetensis) London England, S. E. (London?)

• Drawing of the skyline of the city of London., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum), prologue to the Prophecies of Merlin, and the epistle to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln

Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. London Geoffrey of Monmouth (index Galfridus Monumetensis) London England, S. E. (London?)

• Historiated initial 'D' of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (left centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'O' of Mary Magdalene drying Christ's feet (right centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;