• Illuminated initial and full border with hybrid creatures., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

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

• Detail of roundels of various foetal presentations., Medical miscellany, including texts on anatomy (ff. 1-51v); various treatments of wounds, broken bones, and internal ruptures (ff. 53-152); recipes (ff. 154-193v); an amplified translation of the gynecological sections from Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicine, ending imperfect (ff. 194-232)

Detail of roundels of various foetal presentations. Lining of the text block in red.ff. 1 and 234 are parchment flyleaves. Roundels of foetal presentations in colours on red grounds (ff. 217-218v). 1 3-sided border in colours and gold with foliate

• Detail of roundels of various foetal presentations., Medical miscellany, including texts on anatomy (ff. 1-51v); various treatments of wounds, broken bones, and internal ruptures (ff. 53-152); recipes (ff. 154-193v); an amplified translation of the gynecological sections from Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicine, ending imperfect (ff. 194-232)

Detail of roundels of various foetal presentations. Lining of the text block in red.ff. 1 and 234 are parchment flyleaves. Roundels of foetal presentations in colours on red grounds (ff. 217-218v). 1 3-sided border in colours and gold with foliate

• Detail of roundels of various foetal presentations., Medical miscellany, including texts on anatomy (ff. 1-51v); various treatments of wounds, broken bones, and internal ruptures (ff. 53-152); recipes (ff. 154-193v); an amplified translation of the gynecological sections from Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicine, ending imperfect (ff. 194-232)

Detail of roundels of various foetal presentations. Lining of the text block in red.ff. 1 and 234 are parchment flyleaves. Roundels of foetal presentations in colours on red grounds (ff. 217-218v). 1 3-sided border in colours and gold with foliate

• Detail of roundels of various foetal presentations., Medical miscellany, including texts on anatomy (ff. 1-51v); various treatments of wounds, broken bones, and internal ruptures (ff. 53-152); recipes (ff. 154-193v); an amplified translation of the gynecological sections from Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicine, ending imperfect (ff. 194-232)

Detail of roundels of various foetal presentations. Lining of the text block in red.ff. 1 and 234 are parchment flyleaves. Roundels of foetal presentations in colours on red grounds (ff. 217-218v). 1 3-sided border in colours and gold with foliate

• Diagram of the seven vices represented as devils: Superbia (Pride), Invidia (Envy), Ira (Wrath), Accidia (Sloth), Avaricia (Covetousness), Gula (Gluttony), and Luxuria (Self-indulgence), each subdivided, and countered by virtues, illustrating Peraldus's Liber de vitiis., Theological miscellany, including the Summa de vitiis (see Notes for contents)

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. Vices Peraldus England

• Drawing of a cross with the symbols of the Passion., Prayers, including to the Trinity

Drawing of a cross with the symbols of the Passion. The volume is a composite theological miscellany of manuscripts of different origin, and also includes:Richard Lavenham (index Lavyngham), 'A Litil Tretys on the Seven Deadly Sins', 1st half of the

• Miniature of Matthew writing at an improvised desk under a ruined arch, inspired by a winged putto with a distant landscape of hills and towers in the background, within a painted gold architectural frame., Cutting from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII, containing Matthew 5:6-7.

for date of Boncompagni's election to the papacy]' in Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.438 and New York, The Morgan Library and Museum, MS. 270, all probably excised from a Gospel Lectionary (A.I.17) described in a 1714 inventory of the

• Pen drawing of the Crucifixion, Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31)

Pen drawing of the Crucifixion Pen drawing of the Crucifixion (f. 31). Marginal pen drawing of the Five Wounds of Christ (?) (f. 31v). Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31) Richard Jones

• Detail of decorated initial., Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis

with brown penwork decoration, often in the form of leaves. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis ff. 70-75v probably written by Brother Thomas

• Marginal drawing, possibly representing the Five Wounds of Christ., Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31)

Five Wounds of Christ. Pen drawing of the Crucifixion (f. 31). Marginal pen drawing of the Five Wounds of Christ (?) (f. 31v). Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31) Richard Jones (d.

• Initial 'C'(ome) with pen-flourished decoration., Statutes of Edward III and Richard II, including a table of contents (ff. 1-11v)

146v-147). Statutes of Edward III and Richard II, including a table of contents (ff. 1-11v) Two heraldic arms in the lower margin (ff. 146v and 147).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Detail of decorated initials., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• Detail of miniature and genealogy., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• null, Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• null, Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• null, Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• Ownership inscription that this manuscript is for the use of the friars of the Franciscan convent at Southampton: 'Ad usum fratrum minorum in Suythamptona'; with the decorated initial 'A'., Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis

with brown penwork decoration, often in the form of leaves. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis ff. 70-75v probably written by Brother Thomas

• Decorated initial 'R'(ichard) at the beginning of statutes of Richard II., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), imperfect, and other texts, including a calendar (ff. 6-11v)

Decorated initial 'R'(ichard) at the beginning of statutes ofRichard II. There are 3 unfoliated parchment leaves after f. 16, and 4 after f. 144. Full border in gold and colours (f. 17). Large initial in colours with foliate decoration

• Flourished initial 'C'(um), and three-sided border, at the beginning of Alanus de Insulis's De planctu naturae., De planctu naturae (ff. 1-57v); Philobiblon (ff. 58-101v)

1).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The