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Diagrams showing men and animals going around the earth and meeting on the other side. Old foliation in Part 1 on verso and in Part 2 on verso to xxiiii. Circular ink diagrams in brown and red of: the
Ink diagram of a game entitled 'la fourme de la table rounde'. Old foliation in Part 1 on verso and in Part 2 on verso to xxiiii. Circular ink diagrams in brown and red of: the elements (f. 52v);
Ink diagram of day and night. Old foliation in Part 1 on verso and in Part 2 on verso to xxiiii. Circular ink diagrams in brown and red of: the elements (f. 52v); diagrams showing the 'roundness' of the
Text page with large and small initials and rubric. Old foliation in Part 1 on verso and in Part 2 on verso to xxiiii. Circular ink diagrams in brown and red of: the elements (f. 52v); diagrams showing the
the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated and coloured initials Geoffrey of Monmouth (index Galfridus Monumetensis), Bernard of Clairvaux (index St Bernard, Bernardus Clarevallensis), Innocent III, John of Metz (index Johannes Metensis) England
or brown (ff. 1-14). Line-filler with geometric decoration in red and black (f. 218v). Psalter, imperfect, including Odes (ff. 219v-232v) John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain to the Levant Company at Constantinople, 1670-1676, and later Master of Christ's College,
Half-page miniature depicting the story of the cornucopia. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis constare'
Detail of a half-page miniature. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis constare' (f. 3).Written in
Marginal paintings of a cow skull with two upside-down hammers tied to its ears (for 'Patientia') and a duck (for 'Custodia'). ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab
Full-page emblematic miniature of a landscape with a dead tree in the centre, with a placard tied to one of its branches. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae
Text page with symbols of a cow (for 'Rector), two arrows aimed in different directions (for 'Firmus') and an aquatic snake or dolphin twining itself around an anchor (for 'Celer'), with a caption reading 'Tarde Festina.' ff. 1, 25
Full-page miniature of spring, with Apollo on his chariot, a cupid, and a sleeping boy in an enclosed garden. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam
Full-page miniature of winter, with Neptune in his sea-chariot, driven by a dolphin, and Eolus depicted as an old man. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis
Full-page miniature of autumn, with a woman (probably Diana) picking apples. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum
Full-page emblematic miniature with symbols and an inscription reading 'Eterno deo virtutu[?] glorie etatis regi iustitis ac Pietatis habunda[n]ti mundi rectori religionis n?c Triu[m]phas cum laude sacrum hoc dicaturn est'. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf
Full-page emblematic miniature of symbols in a room with two arches, and an inscription reading 'Iustitia[?] ama[n]s ab omnib[us] diligitu. Divina amore aete[r]nas mo? Renascitur. nobilis patientur prudenterque cordis imper[ver?] Tener et est liberirate ornatus'. ff. 1, 25 are
Full-page emblematic miniature of a wreath with symbols inside and an inscription reading 'Invictus rex tuus: iustitia Opibus : fama: imperio : pace Omnibus potentior.' ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled,
poesye of princelie practise, imperfect Added leaves of a lectionary from lives of saints of English origin containing readings of John and Paul (26 June) and Margaret (20 July), 1st half of the 13th century (ff. 1, 79)William Forrest (fl.
by him at Ottley's sale for £2 1s according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: acquired between the first publication of the catalogue
with the Virgin and John the Evangelist, at the beginning of the Te igitur in a Missal. 1 full-page miniature, in colours and gold (f. 146v). 2 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 10v, 147), the first accompanied