• Text page., De emendatione vitae (ff. 2-26v, begins imperfectly); Treatise in nine chapters (ff. 27-47v, begins imperfectly); De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 47v-76v); Dialogus inter quandum vere penetentem et suum bonum angelum (ff. 77-81)

books at Evans's on 18 February, 1833, and published a detailed catalogue of the manuscripts in 1835. According to Frederic Madden's annotations in the Department of Manuscripts copies of the catalogues, the manuscripts were bought by the booksellers Baynes &

• Coloured drawing of William the Conqueror, king of England, giving a letter (with a seal) concerning the ruling of the city of York to the duke Alan of Brittany., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

Coloured drawing of William the Conqueror, king of England, giving a letter (with a seal) concerning the ruling of the city ofYork to the duke Alan of Brittany. f. 83 is a title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1),

• Decorated initial 'H'., Life of Bede

(ff. 28, 28v). Life of Bede Added notes and glosses in English hands, 10th and 11th centuries: see Gameson.? Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury in 1604, former treasurer of St Paul's, canon of Westminster, and bishop of London: inscribed 'for

• Initial 'A'(mici) with pen-flourishing (added in the ?16th/17th century) forming a partial foliate border including a bird., Epistulae and other works

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 Ambrose England

• Text page with note on Johannes de Grenborough, purchaser and compiler of this manuscript., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms Johannes de Grenborough, infirmarer at the Benedictine priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coventry (?): his acquisition and completion of the work is noted in the

• Puzzle initial 'A' at the beginning of the Compendium, initials and inscriptions., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms Johannes de Grenborough, infirmarer at the Benedictine priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coventry (?): his acquisition and completion of the work is noted in the

• Astrological tables concerning the moon and a diagram of four wheels, Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms Johannes de Grenborough, infirmarer at the Benedictine priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coventry (?): his acquisition and completion of the work is noted in the

• Text page with recipes in English compiled by Ricardus, prior of Coventry., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms Johannes de Grenborough, infirmarer at the Benedictine priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coventry (?): his acquisition and completion of the work is noted in the