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Prester John to the Emperor Frederick (ff. 310-311v).Andrew of Wyntoun was a canon regular at St Andrews Augustinian priory and prior of St Serf's Inch, Lochleven, Fife (c. 1393-1422). He wrote his ~Orygynale Cronykil~ at the suggestion of Sir John
£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. Decorated initial John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)
recto-i verso);Abbreviationes chronicorum (ff. 1-48);Imagines historiarum, with a table of contents (ff. 49-136). The text ends with the coronation of John in 1199.According to Stubbs 1876, this manuscript was copied from Lambeth Palace, 8, considered to be the author's own
of John. 'Linguistic and hagiographical indications in the Harley Hours suggest that the manuscript was made somewhere along the Netherlandish-German border area of the Lower Rhine.' (Marrow 1978, p. 592).Calendar with saints related to the dioceses of Utrecht, Liège and
d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of
d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of
d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of
Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought
Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought
Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought
Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought
Text page with a full floral border. Two unfoliated blank leaves after f. 212. Watermark, f. [214], unidentified.Colophon was partially erased and overwritten in [5]243, that is, 1483. Full floral border, in colours and gold (f. 209). Books Three
of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows:
of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows:
before 1505 by Antonius Van Gavere (burgher of Bruges from 18th July 1458 and admitted into the Guild of St John the Evangelist in 1459; d. 1505): tooled inscription on the book cover, 'ob laudem xpristi librum hunc recte ligavi
Circular diagram of the division of the world between Shem, Ham and Japhet. Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings
Calendar page for February with tinted drawings of a man with a shovel (the labour of the month: digging) and saints: Brigida, a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the purification), a brasier (Blaise), a sword (Agatha), a bird (Valentine),
Calendar page for March with a man trimming vines (the labour of the month), a ram (Aries), David's harp, saints Gregory, Edward, Cuthbert, Benedict, and a fleur-de-lis (for the Annunciation). Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter
Miniature of a man warming himself by a fire, in a calendar page for December. Damage done to the book by a Thames flood in the early 19th century (see S. C. Cockerell, ~The Book of Hours of Yolande
Historiated initial of a man praying, at the beginning of Psalm 101. Damage done to the book by a Thames flood in the early 19th century (see S. C. Cockerell, ~The Book of Hours of Yolande of Flanders: A