• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in book 4., Polychronicon to the reign of Edward II (r. 1307, d. 1337)

Edward II (r. 1307, d. 1337) Oxford, Queen's College, early 16th century: perhaps the manuscript John Bale saw in Queen's College and subsequently owned (see John Bale, ~Index Britanniae Scriptorum [Oxford, Bodl. Libr. MS. Selden Supra 64 (SC3452)]~, ed. by

• Decorated initial 'E'(dward)., Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum (imperfect)) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

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 John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

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

6v, 7, 12v). Spaces for initials left blank from ff. 45-47 and 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

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

6v, 7, 12v). Spaces for initials left blank from ff. 45-47 and 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

• Miniature of pope Clement V, surrounded by clerical figures, and in the initial 'I'(ohannes), the canonist Johannes Andreae offering the book, at the beginning of the Papal constitutions of Clement V., Papal constitutions of Clement V and John XXII (index Constitutiones clementis pape V; Constitutiones Clementinae), with gloss by Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d'Andrea), ends imperfectly

to the large initial below, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initial with the standing figure of the pope John XXII, in colours and gold (f. 59v). Large decorated foliate initials, some including human heads or half-length figures, in

• Decorated initials including a human head and a half-length figure, and initials with pen-flourishing, in the Papal constitutiones of Clement V., Papal constitutions of Clement V and John XXII (index Constitutiones clementis pape V; Constitutiones Clementinae), with gloss by Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d'Andrea), ends imperfectly

to the large initial below, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initial with the standing figure of the pope John XXII, in colours and gold (f. 59v). Large decorated foliate initials, some including human heads or half-length figures, in

• Decorated initials including a human head and a half-length figure, in the Papal constitutiones of Clement V., Papal constitutions of Clement V and John XXII (index Constitutiones clementis pape V; Constitutiones Clementinae), with gloss by Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d'Andrea), ends imperfectly

to the large initial below, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initial with the standing figure of the pope John XXII, in colours and gold (f. 59v). Large decorated foliate initials, some including human heads or half-length figures, in

• Decorated initial 'I'(n principio) with interlaced and zoomorphic ornament, at the beginning of John., Gospels

spectral comparator, 10th century (see Keynes, 1985, pp. 167-69).Inscribed, 'Diamate', and 'Umfridus me fecit', 14th century (f. 3).Thomas Lee, John Birchyton, John Hinstyde [or Lynstyde], inscribed with their names, 15th century (f. 8v).N. Hersth, inscribed with his name, 15th century.John

• Decorated initial 'I'(ci) with pen-flourishing in the list of contents., Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. List of contents John le Breton (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun)(attributed to) England

• Paraphs in book 2 concerning assizes and possession, with a face decorating the 'L' (for liber) of the running title., Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

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. Paraphs John le Breton (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun)(attributed to) England

• Historiated initial 'E' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Enthroned king Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Historiated initial 'H' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Enthroned king Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man shooting at a bird, with an owl at the top of the tree., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Enthroned king Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Entrhoned king Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) of Edward III enthroned giving a charter to the kneeling Black Prince, at the beginning of a collection of documents relating to Black Prince's principality of Aquitaine., Collection of treaties

documents relating to the Peace of Brétigny in the name of John the Good, king of France, all bearing the date 24 October 1360, with the ratification by king John of the treaty in London in 1362, followed by the

• Miniature of the Entry into Jerusalem with a full border with the arms of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem and of Montmirail and the motto: 'Domine in te confido'., Saint mistere de la glorieuse piteuse et angoisseuse passion de notre seigneur et saulveur Ihesucrist (Treatise on the Passion of Christ)

order of the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem: colophon, 'Ce liure est a frere Nicole de Montmirel, commandeur de sainct Mauluy' (f. 186); the arms of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem (gules, a cross argent), and

• Tinted drawing of the Crucifixion with Mary and John flanking the cross. John's scroll reads: 'This is the disciple who giveth testimony' (John 21:24)., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

the Crucifixion with Mary and John flanking the cross. John's scroll reads: 'This is the disciple who giveth testimony' (John 21:24). English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald,

• Historiated initial 'M'(agnifice) of Guilelmus de Monte Lauduno presenting his book to the pope, at the beginning of the Lectura super Clementinis., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

of the Lectura super Clementinis. Contains the Constitutuions Clementinae, a collection of constitutions of Clement V promulgated by John II in 1317, with the apparatus by Johannes Andreae composed in 1336 (ff. 1-112);John XXII, three decretals from the Extravagantes: 'Suscepti

• Foliate initial 'E'(os) with a hybrid., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

Clementinae, a collection of constitutions of Clement V promulgated by John II in 1317, with the apparatus by Johannes Andreae composed in 1336 (ff. 1-112);John XXII, three decretals from the Extravagantes: 'Suscepti regiminis' (tit. I, cap. 2), 'Execrabilis' (tit. III,