• Decorated initial 'R'(icardus) combined with a three-sided foliate border including acanthus leaves, at the beginning of the text., Registrum brevium for the reign of Richard II (r. 1377-1399)

or blue. Registrum brevium for the reign ofRichard II (r. 1377-1399) Added list of contents, 15th century (ff. 1-11v).Added texts, 15th century (ff. 336v and 337v).John Killingworth, (possibly the John Killingworth of Queen's College, Cambridge), 1566: inscribed 'John Killingworth.

• Text page., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

Kingsford p. 482; his inscription: 'A Chronicel of Britane gathered out of divers auters the auter unknown'; his librarian from c. 1625-1638, Richard James's contents page (see Tite 1997). The Gerard family, Earls of Macclesfield: their arms (f. 1v).William Petty

• Detail of a miniature of seated kings, showing Edward IV's right to the throne of France., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

Detail of a miniature of seated kings, showing Edward IV's right to the throne of France. This is the unique copy of the first version of the Chronicle; see Edwards 1987; Gransden 1982 p. 274 n. 174 (there are 16

• Miniature of a map of Scotland, with castles, and place names., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

Miniature of a map of Scotland, with castles, and place names. This is the unique copy of the first version of the Chronicle; see Edwards 1987; Gransden 1982 p. 274 n. 174 (there are 16 copies of the second version

• Detail of a miniature of seated kings, showing Edward IV's right to the throne of France., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

Detail of a miniature of seated kings, showing Edward IV's right to the throne of France. This is the unique copy of the first version of the Chronicle; see Edwards 1987; Gransden 1982 p. 274 n. 174 (there are 16

• Offset of the Trinity miniature, with an inscription reading '19 A XXII / p. 296'., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Miniature of the Trinity with a kneeling king, identified as Henry VII, and a full foliate border., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Miniature of the Trinity with a kneeling king, identified as Henry VII, and a full foliate border., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Miniature of the Resurrection of Christ, with a full foliate border., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Detail of a miniature of the Resurrection., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Detail of the emblem of the Order of the Garter, from the lower border of the folio., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Miniature of the Ascension of Christ, with a Tudor Rose, and the royal arms in the lower margin of the folio., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Detail of a miniature of the Ascension of Christ., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Detail of the royal arms, from the lower border of the folio., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Miniature of the Nativity., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Miniature of the baptism of Christ., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Miniature of the Crucifixion., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Miniature of the Harrowing of Hell., Sept articles de la foy

of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v, 20v, 25v).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 26, with the Anointing of David by Samuel., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

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. Anointing of David Midlands, W. England, S.

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uem) with an animal drinking and decorated line-fillers in the form of heads and a bird., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

bishop of Canterbury (f. 3), Albans (f. 3v), and the translation of Augustine (f. 5v). It also originally included Thomas Becket, now mostly erased (f. 6v).ff. 214-215 is a contemporary lined addition with prayers.Added 13th-century inscription of David, bishop of