• Ink diagram of day and night., L'image du monde

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., L'image du monde

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

• Decorated initial 'B'(Ritaiuua) [for Britannia] and coloured initial 'E'(Neas)., Historical miscellany, including an excerpt from Geoffrey's 'Historia regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum) (ff. 1-11v), Bernard's 'De cognitione humanae conditionis' (ff. 12-15v), 'Catalogus Romanorum Pontificum' from Peter to Benedict XII (ff. 16-22), Innocent's 'De miseria humanæ conditionis' (ff. 23-32), and John's 'Turris Sapientiae, sive Speculum theologiae' (f. 32v)

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

• Initial with foliate decoration., Psalter, imperfect, including Odes (ff. 219v-232v)

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., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

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., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

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')., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

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., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

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.', Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

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., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

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., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

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., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

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'., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

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'., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

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.', Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

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,

• Illuminated initial 'A'(s the) in gold and red, at the beginning of the text., The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise, imperfect

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.

• Detail of decorated initial 'U'., Mainly scientific and grammatic miscellany, including the Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 100-108v; 109-34), the Mirror of Light (ff. 155-168); Cistercian statuta and ordinationes (ff. 200-220); De sphaera (ff. 59-75); algorismus with commentary (ff. 26-43)

(ff. 26-43) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Buckfast, Devon: see Ker 1964.Inscription with the name John Fox (f. 34v)Inscriptions: 'John Sgacton (?), 'John Shabeton' (?) (ff. 1, 221).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased

• Historiated initial 'U' of John the Baptist, measuring 85 x 80 mm (upper left)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

'U' of John the Baptist, measuring 85 x 80 mm (upper left). Italian cuttings.The present cuttings are bound in an album with Add. 18196, ff. 2-44, 49-51, 56-60, and 65-90. To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order

• Decorated headpiece and initial 'P'(anti) in John Chrysostom's commentary In Ioannem., Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect

initial 'P'(anti) in John Chrysostom's commentary In Ioannem. 5 patterned headpieces in red and black (ff. 38, 74v, 78, 91v, 310). Numerous patterned or linear headpieces in red. Large initials in red with penwork decoration, a few also with black

• Calendar page with 'KL' letters sprouting with foliage, including grotesque heads., Numerous tables, 2 calendars; Ars Kalendarii (ff. 102-104v), imperfect

calendars; Ars Kalendarii (ff. 102-104v), imperfect Inscribed in English in a 16th/17th-century hand (f. 1v). John Marshall, 17th century: inscribed 'John Mearchall' (f. 26v) and 'John Marshall' (f. 46v, with penwork decoration) and his monogram, followed by 'vi' (, f.