• Decorated initial 'I'(sti) with an animal head, and a bird in the lower margin., Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Winter season

of the inventory of his manuscripts drawn up by F. S.Ellis in the upper left hand corner of the inside upper cover '3'; purchased by Bennett in April 1897.Richard Bennett of Riversdale, Manchester: added the booklabel 'From the Library

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ui) with two birds., Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Winter season

of the inventory of his manuscripts drawn up by F. S.Ellis in the upper left hand corner of the inside upper cover '3'; purchased by Bennett in April 1897.Richard Bennett of Riversdale, Manchester: added the booklabel 'From the Library

• Illuminated initial 'E'(cce) at the beginning of the first Sunday in Advent, and iIn the upper margin the 16th-century ownership inscription of 'Richard Crosby, monk of Durham'. An inscription on an end flyleaf states that it was given to him by Hugh Whitehede, last prior of Durham, in 1521., Breviary (the 'Coldingham Breviary'), including the Temporale

of the first Sunday in Advent, and iIn the upper margin the 16th-century ownership inscription of'Richard Crosby, monk of Durham'. An inscription on an end flyleaf states that it was given to him by Hugh Whitehede, last prior

• Puzzle initial., Various works, including the Didascalicon (ff. 1-25); the Liber Exceptionum, Part II: Allegoriae in Vetus et Novum Testamentum (ff. 191v-235v)

1*]). Puzzle initial Close to the hand of Johannes dictus Toussens (see Stones 1977 p. 12). Johannes dictus Toussens Vincent of Beauvais decorators Hugh of Saint-Victor (index Hugh of St Victor); Richardof Saint-Victor Netherlands, S. Netherlands, S. (Belgium, Hainault,

• null, Various works, including the Didascalicon (ff. 1-25); the Liber Exceptionum, Part II: Allegoriae in Vetus et Novum Testamentum (ff. 191v-235v)

flyleaf [f. 1*]). Close to the hand of Johannes dictus Toussens (see Stones 1977 p. 12). Johannes dictus Toussens Vincent of Beauvais decorators Hugh of Saint-Victor (index Hugh of St Victor); Richardof Saint-Victor Netherlands, S. Netherlands, S. (Belgium, Hainault,

• null, Various works, including the Didascalicon (ff. 1-25); the Liber Exceptionum, Part II: Allegoriae in Vetus et Novum Testamentum (ff. 191v-235v)

flyleaf [f. 1*]). Close to the hand of Johannes dictus Toussens (see Stones 1977 p. 12). Johannes dictus Toussens Vincent of Beauvais decorators Hugh of Saint-Victor (index Hugh of St Victor); Richardof Saint-Victor Netherlands, S. Netherlands, S. (Belgium, Hainault,

• Puzzle initial 'H'(ic) with pen-flourishing., Various documents related to the Tregoze family and the manor of Goring including the register of contents of the manor of Goring in the 14th year of king Edward II's reign (1321), etc.

Tregoze family and the manor of Goring including the register of contents of the manor of Goring in the 14th year of king Edward II's reign (1321), etc. Sir Thomas de Tregoze (d. ?1352), lord of Goring, Sussex: owned from

• Puzzle initial 'A'(nno) with pen-flourishing., Chronica maiora

Cistercian abbey of St Mary's, Jervaulx (Yorkshire), late-13th or early-14th century: inscribed 'liber jorevallis (ff. 11v, 56).Added marginal annotations in 14th-century hands.Added text in a 15th-century hand concerning the coronation of Henry II until the death of king Richard I

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

and/or blue of fish, beakheads, animals, heads, and hybrids. Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers Perhaps made for someone in the diocese of Norwich: the highly-graded inclusion of Felix of Dunwich in

• Decorated initials, and line-endings in the form of animals and hybrids at the beginning of a litany., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

and/or blue of fish, beakheads, animals, heads, and hybrids. Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers Perhaps made for someone in the diocese of Norwich: the highly-graded inclusion of Felix of Dunwich in

• Detail of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the earth and the seas, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

Detail of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the earth and the seas, at the beginning of Genesis. One of three manuscripts of the 'Bible du XIIIe siècle', or French translation of

• Detail of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the sun and moon and the birds and animals, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

Detail of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the sun and moon and the birds and animals, at the beginning of Genesis. One of three manuscripts of the 'Bible du XIIIe siècle',

• Detail of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the fishes and Adam and Eve, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the fishes and Adam and Eve, at the beginning of Genesis. One of three manuscripts of the 'Bible du XIIIe siècle', or French translation

• Detail of the marginal figure of a man beating a cymbal, riding on the back of an ape-headed hybrid, and two hunting dogs chasing a bird that is perched in a bush., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

£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. Marginal imagesd Richard de Verdun Master of the Méliacin

• Detail of the marginal figures of a stag, a dog with a belled collar, and a rabbit., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

Detail of the marginal figures of a stag, a dog with a belled collar, and a rabbit. One of three manuscripts of the 'Bible du XIIIe siècle', or French translation of the Bible not a compilation with sections of Guyart

• Detail of a miniature of Moses and the Israelites., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

Detail of a miniature of Moses and the Israelites. One of three manuscripts of the 'Bible du XIIIe siècle', or French translation of the Bible not a compilation with sections of Guyart des Moulins' Bible historiale. (see Sneddon 1979 p.

• Detail of a miniature of two men offering a ram at an altar, at the beginning of Leviticus., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

Detail of a miniature of two men offering a ram at an altar, at the beginning of Leviticus. One of three manuscripts of the 'Bible du XIIIe siècle', or French translation of the Bible not a compilation with sections of

• Detail of a miniature of a horned Moses giving the Tablets of the Law to two Israelites., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

Detail of a miniature of a horned Moses giving the Tablets of the Law to two Israelites. One of three manuscripts of the 'Bible du XIIIe siècle', or French translation of the Bible not a compilation with sections of Guyart

• Detail of a miniature of Joshua praying before God, at the beginning of Joshua., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

Detail of a miniature of Joshua praying before God, at the beginning of Joshua. One of three manuscripts of the 'Bible du XIIIe siècle', or French translation of the Bible not a compilation with sections of Guyart des Moulins' Bible

• null, Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

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. Richard de Verdun Master of the Méliacin Paris