• Detail of a miniature of Richard II with his court after his coronation, at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of a miniature ofRichard II with his court after his coronation, at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II with his court after his coronation, at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of a miniature ofRichard II with his court after his coronation, at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list

• Detail of a miniature of king Richard II ordering the execution of a rebel, at the beginning of chapter 14 of book 2., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Detail of a miniature of king Richard II ordering the execution of a rebel, at the beginning of chapter 14 of book 2. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a

• Miniature of the king of Armenia having an audience with Richard II at Westminster., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Miniature of the king of Armenia having an audience with Richard II at Westminster. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-9v). According to McKendrick (see

• Detail of a miniature of the king of Armenia having an audience with Richard II at Westminster., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Detail of a miniature of the king of Armenia having an audience with Richard II at Westminster. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-9v). According

• Detail of a miniature of Jean, duke of Berry, receiving the book from the translator, Laurent de Premierfait, at the beginning of the prologue., Decameron (Les cent nouvelles)

Detail of a miniature of Jean, duke of Berry, receiving the book from the translator, Laurent de Premierfait, at the beginning of the prologue. Contains the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio in the French translation from the lost Latin version of

• Detail of a miniature of the marriage of Waleran, comte de St Pol, to Maud, half-sister of Richard II, at the beginning of chapter 13 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of a miniature of the marriage of Waleran, comte de St Pol, to Maud, half-sister ofRichard II, at the beginning of chapter 13 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean

• Miniature of the marriage of Waleran, comte de St Pol, to Maud, half-sister of Richard II, at the beginning of chapter 13 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Miniature of the marriage of Waleran, comte de St Pol, to Maud, half-sister ofRichard II, at the beginning of chapter 13 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Leaf from Richard's 'De Trinitate', Book 2, chapters 16-20

Coloured initials with penwork decoration. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the

• Flourished initial 'A'(d), at the beginning of the Statutum de Lincolnia., Vetera Statuta (index Statuta Angliae; Statute book; Statutes of England)

'A'(d), at the beginning of the Statutum de Lincolnia. Large and small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Vetera Statuta (index Statuta Angliae; Statute book; Statutes of England) Richard Nix (b. 1447, d. 1535), Bishop of Norwich: 'Ricardi Nykke'

• Decorated initial-word panel with gold and penwork, at the beginning of the thirteenth book, the Book of Civil Law (~Sefer Mishpatim~) with a full foliate border inhabited by birds., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 2

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.See also the first volume of the work: Harley 5698. The Book

• Colophon of the scribe incorporated into a panel decorated with gold and penwork with a full foliate border inhabited by birds., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 2

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.See also the first volume of the work: Harley

• Decorated initial-word panel with gold and penwork, at the beginning of the tenth book, the Book of Ritual Purity (~Sefer Tohorah~) with a full foliate border with two hybrids and a peacock in the lower margin., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 2

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.See also the first volume of the work: Harley 5698. The Book

• Painting of a man sitting at the spread table lifting his cup and saying the blessing over food., Prayer book, Italian rite

Painting of a man sitting at the spread table lifting his cup and saying the blessing over food. Captions of the drawings are perhaps in Judeo-Italian. Watermark of a ~fleur-de-lis~, f. [183], unidentified. Decorated initial-word panel with full floral border

• Marginal drawings for Passover with Judeo-Italian captions., Prayer book, Italian rite

Marginal drawings for Passover with Judeo-Italian captions. Captions of the drawings are perhaps in Judeo-Italian. Watermark of a ~fleur-de-lis~, f. [183], unidentified. Decorated initial-word panel with full floral border (f. 1). 3 drawings illustrating the text, in brown and red

• Detail of a foliate border with two hybrids and a peacock in the lower margin., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 2

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.See also the first volume of the work: Harley

• Illuminated initial 'B'., Leaves formerly used as a cover from a Missal

duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Inscribed '666' (f. 1).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of a register of briefs., Registrum brevium, from the reign of Edward III to Henry V

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• null, Ordo coronacionis pariter et unccionis Regis et Regine secundum usum et ritum Anglicanum (ff. 2-11v), and others

1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Title page with trompe-l'oeil border with naturalistic flowers, fruits and insects., Les Quatrains de Guy de Faur (ff. 1-65), Les Cinquante octonaires sur la vanité et inconsistance du monde (ff. 66-117)

Richard Heming, 1688: inscribed 'Richard Heming Hi Booke Anno Redemtionis between 1688 1687' (f. 27v), 'Richard' (f. 35v), 'Richard Hemin (f. 84v), .D. Hackluith, 1693: inscribed 'Libri H. Hackluith. 1693' (f. 118v). Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d. 1709), prebendary