• Miniature in four parts, including scenes of Lucretia, and the Kings of Rome?, and an illuminated initial at the beginning of the first decade of Livy's Ab urbe condita, and a border added between 1471-1474 containing the arms of Cardinal Pietro Riario., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

four parts, including scenes of Lucretia, and the Kings of Rome?, and an illuminated initial at the beginning of the first decade of Livy's Ab urbe condita, and a border added between 1471-1474 containing the arms of Cardinal Pietro Riario.

• Miniature in four parts, including scenes of Hannibal, and an illuminated initial in Livy's Ab urba condita, and a border added in 1471-1474 containing the arms of Cardinal Pietro Riario., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• Miniature in three parts, including battle scenes, and an illuminated initial in Livy's Ab urbe condita, with a border added in 1471-1474 containing the arms of Cardinal Pietro Riario., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• Miniature in three parts, including scenes of battle, Hannibal crossing the alps, and a battle speech to the Senate, with an illuminated initial in Livy's Ab urbe condita; and the marginal inscription of Lodovico da Sambonifacio., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• Detail of added heraldic arms of Cardinal Pietro Riario., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• Initial with penwork decoration., Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de Thomas Becket), in Anglo-Norman verse, followed by an Anglo-Norman crusade noted song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’ (ff. 14-14v); Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick (index Gui de Warewic) (ff. 15-26)

formed by manuscripts of different date and origin and includes:'Gui de Warewic', romance in Anglo-Norman verse, with initials in red, last quarter of the 13th or 1st quarter of the 14th century (ff. 15-26v);Life of Saint Robert of Knaresborough, prose

• Illuminated initial 'E'(x) with foliate decoration extending into the margin at the beginning of Book 1. In the upper margin, the ownership inscription 'Huntly' added in a mid-16th-century hand., Scotichronicon, books 1 to 5

1753 to the nation 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. Inscribed 'sent down Nov.

• Illuminated initial 'T'(ocius) with foliate decoration extending into the margin at the beginning of Book 2., Scotichronicon, books 1 to 5

1753 to the nation 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. Inscribed 'sent down Nov.

• Drawings illustrating the third commandment. A later hand has added faces to some of the figures., The Weye of Paradys (unfinished) (index Voie de Paradis)

Duchess in 1753 to the nation 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. Drawings England

• Text page with marginal drawings relating to the fistula., Medical miscellany, including excerpts from Arderne's 'Extracta emoroidarum' (ff. 13-22v), 'Liber medicinarum' (ff. 22v-24 and 40-80), and 'Practica sive Fistula in ano' (ff. 24-40 and 107-109v)

1687), rector of Combe Raleigh, Devon (1661-1668), antiquary and collector of manuscripts: his notes, often in red (~passim~; see Wright 1972). Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d. 1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton

• Detail of a miniature of arms supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Detail of a miniature of the siege of Acre., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Miniature of the siege of Acre, with a partial border including the royal arms of England, the Beaufort's badge of a portcullis, used by Henry VII, a scroll inscribed with a motto 'Dieu et mon droit', and red and white roses., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Miniature of Hugues de Puisac with the king in a palace, and outside, plotting, while behind, traitors are hanged, with a partial border including the royal arms of England supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound, and the Beaufort's badges of a portcullis, used by Henry VII., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Initial 'A'(s) with full bar border and partial floral border. Arms of William le Neve in the margin., Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland (f. 1) with two prose Scottish chronicles

Arms of William le Neve in the margin. Contents include Andrew of Wyntoun's ~Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland~ (ff. 1-298v), the 'Chronicle of Scotland in a Part' (ff. 299-304), the 'Short Chronicle of 1482' (ff. 304-208) and a fragmentary letter of

• Full-page miniature of peasants and noblemen engaged in the occupations and labours of the month of October: peasants making wine in the background and nobles hawking in the foreground., Calendar leaf from the Book of Hours, Use of Rome, of Bona Sforza (the 'Sforza Hours') (index Sforza Hours) (October)

and gold, of the month of October. Calendar leaf from the Book of Hours, Use of Rome, of Bona Sforza (the 'Sforza Hours') (index Sforza Hours) (October) Bona Sforza (b. 1449, d. 1503), duchess of Milan, wife of Galeazzo Maria