• Illuminated initial 'D'(e)., Corrogationes Promethei; Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos; miscellaneous works of Augustine; sermons attributed to Caesarius

English in a pre-Wycliffite version (for the transcription, see David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734), p. 78), mid-14th century (f. 307).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1229',

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominica)., Processional, use of Sarum (index Processionale)

version of the above inscription (f. 119v).In the 15th century, the manuscript was associated with St Bartholomew's Priory, West Smithfield, London. Inscription on f. 120v names John Popham as well as two late priors of St. Bartholomew's, Reynold and Richard.

• Coloured initial., Isidore's 'Etymologies' (index Etymologiae, Origines), Book VIII, and 'De officiis', excerpts (ff. 1-10); Augustine's 'Enchiridion' (ff. 11v-58) preceded by a table of chapter incipits (ff. 10v-11v); 'Praedicatio de Natale domini' (ff. 58v-61); Sermons and text on the number three (ff. 61-66v); Candidus's 'Expositio passionis Iesu Christi', possibly imperfect at the end (ff. 66v-96v)

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Historiated initial 'O'(r) with a seated king and foliate decoration including acanthus leaves forming a partial border with a bird and 2 human figures at the beginning of the text. Date of acquisition inscribed by Humfrey Wanley in the upper margin., Lancelot du Lac (imperfect)

two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside the upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 236, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• Historiated miniature of the Apparition of Michael, with the saint and two other archangels plunging their lances into the devil's throat watched by Christ and the company of heaven. Historiated full-page border in colours and gold, of foliage, (lower left) the Miracle of Mount Gargano, and two lay figures, one of which is in a roundel. Beneath the miniature is a single four-line red stave, musical notation and a single line of text in gold capitals 'Exultando in Gesu'., Leaf of a Hymnal (index laudario), containing part of the hymn to Michael.

1836), writer on art and collector: his sale, 11 May 1838, lot 186.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased by him at Ottley's sale for £2 1s according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Alban in the upper register, and of the martyrdom of Amphibaldus in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Two-page bas-de-page scene of jousting with lades watching., Guiron le Courtois (index Palamedes, Meliadus)

him in 1352 (see Pietro Giannone, translated by James Ogilvie, ~The civil history of the Kingdom of Naples~, 2 vols, (London, 1731), II, p. 89). Meliadus, the hero, bears the arms of Naples (e.g. f. 68). Further armorial devices represented

• Detail of a miniature of kings playing a board game., Guiron le Courtois (index Palamedes, Meliadus)

him in 1352 (see Pietro Giannone, translated by James Ogilvie, ~The civil history of the Kingdom of Naples~, 2 vols, (London, 1731), II, p. 89). Meliadus, the hero, bears the arms of Naples (e.g. f. 68). Further armorial devices represented

• Frontispiece (hand-painted copperplate engraving) with a marble surround, clusters of grapes, putti, dolphins the motto 'Hinc Nascitur Ordo', and the title: ' Devises pour les tapisseries du roy, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons de l'anneé'., Emblems for tapestries of king Louis XIV of France on the themes of the four elements and the four seasons (Devises pour les tapisseries du roy, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons de l'anneé)

de l'anneé) Louis XIV, king of France (b. 1638, d. 1715): his armorial binding.Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 68, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• Text page with the continuation of the text of the indenture., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

the nation 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. Text page England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII, enthroned with crowned sceptre, giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster, with a full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

the nation 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. Henry VII England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII, enthroned with crowned sceptre, giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

the nation 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. Henry VII England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'T'(his) of the manuscript in use at a ceremony, and a full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

to the nation 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. Ceremony England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(his) of the manuscript in use at a ceremony., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

to the nation 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. Ceremony England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster, with a full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

the nation 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. Henry VII England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster, with a full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

the nation 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. Henry VII England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of David and the fool, at the beginning of the erased text of Psalm 52., Psalter fragments

of Royal 13 D I, f. 2, and in David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734).Includes full and partial leaves from a dismembered Psalter recovered from several manuscripts from Cotton collection:f. 1: Psalm 1,1-2,

• Historiated initial 'B' of David playing his harp, at the beginning of the erased text of Psalm 1., Psalter fragments

of Royal 13 D I, f. 2, and in David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734).Includes full and partial leaves from a dismembered Psalter recovered from several manuscripts from Cotton collection:f. 1: Psalm 1,1-2,

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Nativity of Christ, with the border containing the Annunciation, the Annunciation to the Shepherds, and the head of Christ and three animals, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter fragments

of Royal 13 D I, f. 2, and in David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734).Includes full and partial leaves from a dismembered Psalter recovered from several manuscripts from Cotton collection:f. 1: Psalm 1,1-2,

• Decorated initial 'A'(d te) with a partial bar border., Psalter fragments

of Royal 13 D I, f. 2, and in David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734).Includes full and partial leaves from a dismembered Psalter recovered from several manuscripts from Cotton collection:f. 1: Psalm 1,1-2,