• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of a landscape, a river scene with walled towns, and ships representing England., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. View of England Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of a view of England, with a walled tower, and ships., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. View of England Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Text page., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Text page., Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

Harley for 1100 guilders (see C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright, ~The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726~, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976), I, 38 n. 5).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Fragment of a text page., 'Ab urbe condita', the first decade only

lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (front pastedown; see Wright 1972).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 176, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• Decorated initial 'S'(egondo) at the beginning of the text., History of Venice to 1439

Brienne family (index Lomenie de Brienne): sold by the son of Louis-Henri de Loménie (b. 1635, d. 1698) through the London bookseller James Woodman on 18 May 1724 to Edward Harley (see Wright 1972). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• The left-hand page has a drawing in the form of a hand holding a placard bearing the catchword; the right-hand page has a foliate initial 'P'(rima) at the beginning of Horace's Epistles., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• Marginal drawing of a seated old man holding a round red object in his left hand, adjacent to Horace's account of the Seven Ages of Man., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• White vine initial 'C'(um), and decorated initial 'P'(rincipio), at the beginning of Justin's Historiarium libri quadraginta quatuor., Historiarium libri quadraginta quatuor

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

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) with Moses crossing the red sea or bringing water from a rock with his rod(?), at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Glossed Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (ends imperfectly)

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

• Historiated initial 'N' with Moses with the two tablets, at the beginning of Numbers., Glossed Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (ends imperfectly)

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 'H'(umano)at the beginning of Horace's Ars poetica., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• Marginal marks similar to notaries' marks on a former flyleaf., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• Detail of decorated initial., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• null, Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• Decorated initials 'P'(lacita) with a monk's head, and foliate 'A'(ssisa) in the record of rents from Bradestret., St Albans register of properties

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

• Detail of marginal figures of constellations personified as human figures., Miscellany, including De institutione arithmetica (ff. 1v-31), Astronomica (ff. 71v-89v). Guido d’Arezzo: Micrologus (ff. 98-104), Regulae rhythmicae (ff. 104-106), Prologus in Antiphonarium (ff. 106-107), Epistola ad Michaelem (ff. 107-109v). Anonymous: ‘Mensura Fistularum’ [Inc. “Fistularum mensuram ut a quibusdam…”] (ff. 109v-110), ‘Mensura Organistri’ [Inc. “Organicam quicumque liram…”] (f. 110), Commentary (ff. 121-151).

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

• Detail of marginal figure Auriga in a chariot with animals., Miscellany, including De institutione arithmetica (ff. 1v-31), Astronomica (ff. 71v-89v). Guido d’Arezzo: Micrologus (ff. 98-104), Regulae rhythmicae (ff. 104-106), Prologus in Antiphonarium (ff. 106-107), Epistola ad Michaelem (ff. 107-109v). Anonymous: ‘Mensura Fistularum’ [Inc. “Fistularum mensuram ut a quibusdam…”] (ff. 109v-110), ‘Mensura Organistri’ [Inc. “Organicam quicumque liram…”] (f. 110), Commentary (ff. 121-151).

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