• Detail of an illuminated initial 'Q'(ui)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Illuminated initial 'S'(elonc)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'T'(res)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Illuminated initial 'T'(res), with a partial bar border., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Illuminated initial 'T'(res), with a partial bar border., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• null, Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

(ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200) Inscription, 15th-century: 'Richard Flint' (f. 207).Inscription, 15th-century: 'John …(?)' (f. 207).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated

• Inhabited initial 'I'(n principio) with lions, at the beginning of Diatessaron., Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses

Added inscription mentioning Richard I [called Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart] (b. 1157, d.1199), king of England, duke of Normandy and of Aquitaine: 'Ric[ar]d[us] Rex Anglie dux normannie, Comes andigavie o[mn]ib[us] sibi subicis salt.', end of the 12th

• Text page., Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses

Added inscription mentioning Richard I [called Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart] (b. 1157, d.1199), king of England, duke of Normandy and of Aquitaine: 'Ric[ar]d[us] Rex Anglie dux normannie, Comes andigavie o[mn]ib[us] sibi subicis salt.', end of the 12th

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(mmonius) formed of a dragon, at the beginning of the letter of Eusebius to Carpianus; and a foliate initial 'V'(idi)., Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses

Added inscription mentioning Richard I [called Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart] (b. 1157, d.1199), king of England, duke of Normandy and of Aquitaine: 'Ric[ar]d[us] Rex Anglie dux normannie, Comes andigavie o[mn]ib[us] sibi subicis salt.', end of the 12th

• Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]., Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey

Highlighting of letters in red. Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey The Benedectine abbey of St Mary, Glastonbury, Somerset: register of its Somersetshire estates, compiled, at the order of Abbot Richard

• Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]., Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey

Highlighting of letters in red. Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey The Benedectine abbey of St Mary, Glastonbury, Somerset: register of its Somersetshire estates, compiled, at the order of Abbot Richard

• Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]., Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey

Highlighting of letters in red. Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey The Benedectine abbey of St Mary, Glastonbury, Somerset: register of its Somersetshire estates, compiled, at the order of Abbot Richard

• Decorated initial and border., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

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 and border Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus

• Full border with initial 'S'(eynt) in blue, pink, and green with foliate spray., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

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. Full border with initial Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

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. Illuminated initials Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England,

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

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. Illuminated initials Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England,

• Decorated initial 'R'(egistrum) with penwork decoration of leaves, at the beginning of the cartulary of John Blaunchard., Cartulary of John Blaunchard

f. 62 to the end. Cartulary of John Blaunchard John Blaunchard, archdeacon of Worcester (reigned 1371-1383), relating to the manor of Barford St Martin, Wiltshire.William George Richard Stanley (b. 1655, d. 1702), 9th earl of Derby (see Davis 1958).Phillip Carteret

• Decorated initial 'R'(egistrum) with penwork decoration of leaves, at the beginning of the cartulary of John Blaunchard., Cartulary of John Blaunchard

f. 62 to the end. Cartulary of John Blaunchard John Blaunchard, archdeacon of Worcester (reigned 1371-1383), relating to the manor of Barford St Martin, Wiltshire.William George Richard Stanley (b. 1655, d. 1702), 9th earl of Derby (see Davis 1958).Phillip Carteret

• Detail of a drawing of the skyline of the city of York in the lower margins and two kings pointing the text in the outer margin., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum) (ff. 1-133), prologue to the Prophecies of Merlin, and the epistle to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln

Detail of a drawing of the skyline of the city ofYork in the lower margins and two kings pointing the text in the outer margin. Catchwords. Initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing, or in blue with red

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(utens) of the martyrdom of Sebastian., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(utens) of the martyrdom of Sebastian. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906 and Thompson