• Miniature of the Descent from the Cross, with a partial border., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

droit' on a banner bearing a white ~rose en soleil~ of the York family, over erasures (f. 18).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 31; and in

• Miniature of the Scourging of Christ, with a partial border., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

droit' on a banner bearing a white ~rose en soleil~ of the York family, over erasures (f. 18).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 31; and in

• Miniature of the Agony in the Garden, with a partial border., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

droit' on a banner bearing a white ~rose en soleil~ of the York family, over erasures (f. 18).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 31; and in

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Stephen, with a partial border., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

droit' on a banner bearing a white ~rose en soleil~ of the York family, over erasures (f. 18).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 31; and in

• Miniature of the death of Alexander, lying in bed and handing crowns to his successors, with a full border, containing a bird and an armed ape holding a banner bearing the royal arms of England, and a shield bearing the arms of England., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

droit' on a banner bearing a white ~rose en soleil~ of the York family, over erasures (f. 18).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 31; and in

• Detail of a miniature of the finding of the body of Holophernes., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

droit' on a banner bearing a white ~rose en soleil~ of the York family, over erasures (f. 18).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 31; and in

• First page of the text, with the inscription of Thomas Cranmer (text bound with Royal 2 E. iii)., Breviarium on the Psalms

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7843).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Pseudo-Jerome England

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C'(um) and heading in multi-coloured display capitals, at the beginning of the volume., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-91v), De finibus (ff. 93-178v), Academica, Book I (ff. 178v-186v)

circular stamp (ff. 1, 186v), and thus perhaps alienated from the library during Napoleonic upheavals (see Hunt, 1998, p. 186).Unidentified English owner: inscribed '£1-10-0', 18th century (f. 186v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 168, 177, and 208). Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Illuminated initial 'V'(oluptatem), at the beginning of Book 3 of Cicero's De finibus., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-91v), De finibus (ff. 93-178v), Academica, Book I (ff. 178v-186v)

circular stamp (ff. 1, 186v), and thus perhaps alienated from the library during Napoleonic upheavals (see Hunt, 1998, p. 186).Unidentified English owner: inscribed '£1-10-0', 18th century (f. 186v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 168, 177, and 208). Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of illuminated initial., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-91v), De finibus (ff. 93-178v), Academica, Book I (ff. 178v-186v)

circular stamp (ff. 1, 186v), and thus perhaps alienated from the library during Napoleonic upheavals (see Hunt, 1998, p. 186).Unidentified English owner: inscribed '£1-10-0', 18th century (f. 186v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 168, 177, and 208). Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of illuminated initial., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-91v), De finibus (ff. 93-178v), Academica, Book I (ff. 178v-186v)

circular stamp (ff. 1, 186v), and thus perhaps alienated from the library during Napoleonic upheavals (see Hunt, 1998, p. 186).Unidentified English owner: inscribed '£1-10-0', 18th century (f. 186v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 168, 177, and 208). Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of illuminated initial., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-91v), De finibus (ff. 93-178v), Academica, Book I (ff. 178v-186v)

circular stamp (ff. 1, 186v), and thus perhaps alienated from the library during Napoleonic upheavals (see Hunt, 1998, p. 186).Unidentified English owner: inscribed '£1-10-0', 18th century (f. 186v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 168, 177, and 208). Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of illuminated initial., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-91v), De finibus (ff. 93-178v), Academica, Book I (ff. 178v-186v)

circular stamp (ff. 1, 186v), and thus perhaps alienated from the library during Napoleonic upheavals (see Hunt, 1998, p. 186).Unidentified English owner: inscribed '£1-10-0', 18th century (f. 186v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 168, 177, and 208). Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Penwork initial 'P' in green and red, at the beginning of the Epistles of Paul., Glossed Pauline Epistles; treatise on prayer, Donatio Constantini, excerpta from Augustine and Jerome

Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Penwork initial Normandy France, N. or W. (Normandy?) or England

• Frontispiece with the arms of Edward VI., Addressed to Edward VI (f. 1), dedicatory letter referring to the recent peace with Henry II of France (ff. 2-3v), Ad Nicoclem, beginning, 'Ceulx, sire, qui ont accoutume' (ff. 4-16v), De l'estat monarchique beginning, 'Aucuns blasment l'eloquence' (ff. 17-32), Enseignements touchant le faict de la guerre', etc., extract from the Cyropaedia, I. 6, beginning, 'Les paroles de Cyrus finies' (ff. 33-47v)

with Garter and crown, inscribed, 'Timor domini fons vitae' (f. 1v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Arms of Edward VI Isocrates, Xenophon, trans. Louis le Roy France, Central (Paris)

• Decorated initial ‘C’(ongnoissant) with a scatter border., Addressed to Edward VI (f. 1), dedicatory letter referring to the recent peace with Henry II of France (ff. 2-3v), Ad Nicoclem, beginning, 'Ceulx, sire, qui ont accoutume' (ff. 4-16v), De l'estat monarchique beginning, 'Aucuns blasment l'eloquence' (ff. 17-32), Enseignements touchant le faict de la guerre', etc., extract from the Cyropaedia, I. 6, beginning, 'Les paroles de Cyrus finies' (ff. 33-47v)

his arms with Garter and crown, inscribed, 'Timor domini fons vitae' (f. 1v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Isocrates, Xenophon, trans. Louis le Roy France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a miniature of a bloodletting man with one foot in a bleeding pan and a spindle in his hand, with English captions., Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts

in a bleeding pan and a spindle in his hand, with English captions. f. 1, a parchment leaf, is a former pastedown.Harley 3719 has two different tables of contents (ff. 1v, 4v), referring to the present volume, a table of

• Detail of a miniature of a fleet of ships of the expedition of the English and French to Barbary, with heraldic shields., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

of ships of the expedition of the English and French to Barbary, with heraldic shields. Vol. IV, part 2 is Harley 4380. 11 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders including hybrid figures and birds, in colours

• Miniature of a fleet of ships of the expedition of the English and French to Barbary, illuminated initial 'O'(r) and foliate border including a scallop shell, a hybrid figure, and the heralic arms of Commynes quartered with Armuyden., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

ships of the expedition of the English and French to Barbary, illuminated initial 'O'(r) and foliate border including a scallop shell, a hybrid figure, and the heralic arms of Commynes quartered with Armuyden. Vol. IV, part 2 is Harley 4380.

• Miniature of a bloodletting man with one foot in a bleeding pan and a spindle in his hand, with English captions., Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts

a bleeding pan and a spindle in his hand, with English captions. f. 1, a parchment leaf, is a former pastedown.Harley 3719 has two different tables of contents (ff. 1v, 4v), referring to the present volume, a table of contents