• Detail of a miniature in 4 compartments: of Lot receiving angels, women pouring oil, Mercy clothing a beggar, and Avarice counting coins., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Detail of a miniature in 4 compartments: of Lot receiving angels, women pouring oil, Mercy clothing a beggar, and Avarice counting coins. Includes the ~Somme le roi~, a manual of moral instruction, composed in 1279-80, at the request of King

• Detail of a miniature of Joseph standing by a bed of Putiphar's wife, and Judith killing Holofernes, representing Luxury and Chastity., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Detail of a miniature of Joseph standing by a bed of Putiphar's wife, and Judith killing Holofernes, representing Luxury and Chastity. Includes the ~Somme le roi~, a manual of moral instruction, composed in 1279-80, at the request of King Philip

• Detail of a miniature of Gluttony at table and Dives at table with Lazarus below., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Detail of a miniature of Gluttony at table and Dives at table with Lazarus below. Includes the ~Somme le roi~, a manual of moral instruction, composed in 1279-80, at the request of King Philip III of France (1270-1285) by Laurent

• Miniature of Mark, with his symbol, the lion, and a miniature of John, with his symbol, the eagle., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Miniature of Mark, with his symbol, the lion, and a miniature of John, with his symbol, the eagle. Includes the ~Somme le roi~, a manual of moral instruction, composed in 1279-80, at the request of King Philip III of France

• Detail of a miniature of Matthew., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Detail of a miniature of Matthew. Includes the ~Somme le roi~, a manual of moral instruction, composed in 1279-80, at the request of King Philip III of France (1270-1285) by Laurent d'Orleans, the king's confessor (ff. 1-107), Gospels in French

• Detail of a miniature of Luke., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Detail of a miniature of Luke. Includes the ~Somme le roi~, a manual of moral instruction, composed in 1279-80, at the request of King Philip III of France (1270-1285) by Laurent d'Orleans, the king's confessor (ff. 1-107), Gospels in French

• Detail of a miniature of John the Evangelist and John the Baptist., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Detail of a miniature of John the Evangelist and John the Baptist. Includes the ~Somme le roi~, a manual of moral instruction, composed in 1279-80, at the request of King Philip III of France (1270-1285) by Laurent d'Orleans, the king's

• Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary and John., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary and John. Includes the ~Somme le roi~, a manual of moral instruction, composed in 1279-80, at the request of King Philip III of France (1270-1285) by Laurent d'Orleans, the

• Drawing of Charlemagne riding with Richard to Aigremore., Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; Destruction de Rome; Fierabras

Drawing of Charlemagne riding with Richard to Aigremore. The first quire misbound; the right order being ff. 2, 8, 3-7, 1, 9.French verse translation, in octosyllabic couplets, of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.One of the first images of Stonehenge:

• Drawing of Agolafre stopping Richard., Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; Destruction de Rome; Fierabras

Drawing of Agolafre stopping Richard. The first quire misbound; the right order being ff. 2, 8, 3-7, 1, 9.French verse translation, in octosyllabic couplets, of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.One of the first images of Stonehenge: see discussion Arthur

• Drawing of Charlemagne and Richard slaying Agolafre., Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; Destruction de Rome; Fierabras

Drawing of Charlemagne and Richard slaying Agolafre. The first quire misbound; the right order being ff. 2, 8, 3-7, 1, 9.French verse translation, in octosyllabic couplets, of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.One of the first images of Stonehenge: see

• Decorated initial 'E' before the first word 'Iste'., Charter, and Domesday book of the laws and usages of Ipswich

time of Edward III: beginning of the text 'Iste liber constat paulo le Roos detico ville by iyppwyti (?)' (f. 3); 'Iste liber constat paulo le Ros' (f. 15).Added texts, later 14th-century hand, of a copy of an inquisition of

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ermiti[us]) and hybrid creatures in the lower margin., Expugnatio Hibernica

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. Puzzle initial Gerald of Wales (index Giraldus Cambrensis)

• Initial with penwork decoration., St David's Register and Statute Book, including copies of episcopal, royal and papal documents and grants, imperfect

copies of episcopal, royal and papal documents and grants, imperfect The manuscript was probably compiled during the episcopate of Edward Vaughan (index Fychan) (b. c. 1450, d. 1522/3), bishop of St David's 1509-1522 (see Harper 2007).The Catholic church of St

• Decorated initial 'E'(dwardus)., Statutes (Henry III to Richard II), imperfect at the end (index Statuta)

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. Decorated initial England

• Decorated initial 'C'(om[m]e hugh le despenser)., Various documents and legal texts including a list of English counts, a list of English knights, statutes of king Edward III from the 1st to the 50th year of his reign (1327-1377), and statutes of king Richard II up to the 14th year of his reign (1391)

a list of English counts, a list of English knights, statutes of king Edward III from the 1st to the 50th year of his reign (1327-1377), and statutes of king Richard II up to the 14th year of his reign

• Genealogy of the dukes of Normandy: Richard the Fearless (d. 996)., Statutes of William the Bastard (ff. 1-8v); Genealogical diagram of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and family tree from Ethelbert to Edward III (r. 1327-1377) (ff. 9-18v)

Genealogy of the dukes of Normandy: Richard the Fearless (d. 996). A composite manuscript. Diagrams and family trees in red, grey and yellow ink. Statutes of William the Bastard (ff. 1-8v); Genealogical diagram of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and family tree

• Drawing of a bird holding a hairy hybrid in its peak, at ~parashat wa-yehi~ (Gen. 47:28-50:26)., Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and Rashi’s commentary (ff. 1-240v), ~Haftarot~ with Rashi’s commentary (ff. 241-295v), Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~) with Rashi’s commentary (ff. 295v-321), and a portion of the Targum on the Song of Songs (ff. 321v-323v).

Probably censored by Hippolite of Ferrara, Franciscan censor: inscribed 'Fra Hipp. Ferr' (active at the end of the 16th century-beginning of 17th century, in Cremona?) (f. 323v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House,

• Marginal drawing of a hybrid with a bird body and a devil head, at ~parashat mishpatim~ (Ex. 21:1-24:18)., Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and Rashi’s commentary (ff. 1-240v), ~Haftarot~ with Rashi’s commentary (ff. 241-295v), Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~) with Rashi’s commentary (ff. 295v-321), and a portion of the Targum on the Song of Songs (ff. 321v-323v).

Probably censored by Hippolite of Ferrara, Franciscan censor: inscribed 'Fra Hipp. Ferr' (active at the end of the 16th century-beginning of 17th century, in Cremona?) (f. 323v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House,

• A drawing of a lion in the inner margin, at ~parashat mishpatim~ (Ex. 21:1-24:18)., Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and Rashi’s commentary (ff. 1-240v), ~Haftarot~ with Rashi’s commentary (ff. 241-295v), Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~) with Rashi’s commentary (ff. 295v-321), and a portion of the Targum on the Song of Songs (ff. 321v-323v).

Probably censored by Hippolite of Ferrara, Franciscan censor: inscribed 'Fra Hipp. Ferr' (active at the end of the 16th century-beginning of 17th century, in Cremona?) (f. 323v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House,