• null, Prayer book

Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. John the Baptist Master of the Ghent Gradual Ghent Netherlands, S. (Ghent or Tournai)

• Detail of illuminated initial., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Detail of illuminated initial. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold

• Diagram., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Diagram. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold with foliate decoration,

• Text page with volvelle., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Text page with volvelle. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold

• Text page with volvelle., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Text page with volvelle. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold

• Detail of decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam)., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Detail of decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam). 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam)., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam). 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold with

• Decorated initials and diagram., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Decorated initials and diagram. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold

• Historiated initial 'O' with a man, at the beginning of a commentary on a treatise on weights, with marginal diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Historiated initial 'O' with a man, at the beginning of a commentary on a treatise on weights, with marginal diagrams. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial

• Decorated initials and diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Decorated initials and diagrams. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold

• Historiated initial of a man looking at a lens or a mirror, with marginal diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Historiated initial of a man looking at a lens or a mirror, with marginal diagrams. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large

• Decorated initial in a text called 'On Weights', which discusses the principle of the lever, and marginal diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Decorated initial in a text called 'On Weights', which discusses the principle of the lever, and marginal diagrams. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border

• Decorated initials in a text called 'On Weights', which discusses the principle of the lever, and marginal diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Decorated initials in a text called 'On Weights', which discusses the principle of the lever, and marginal diagrams. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border

• Decorated initials and diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Decorated initials and diagrams. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold

• Diagrams of the sun and moon orbiting the earth, with the sun casting shadows upon the other two., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Diagrams of the sun and moon orbiting the earth, with the sun casting shadows upon the other two. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border

• Decorated initials on the incipit page of John, 'In principio.', Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

the incipit page of John, 'In principio.' One of 10 manuscripts of the so-called 'Ada group' that Koehler attributed to the 'court school' of Charlemagne. Canon tables in colours and gold, with symbols of the Evangelists, animals, and columns (ff.

• White vine historiated initial 'A'(dventus) with a man in bust with a wreath (Titus Livius) at the beginning of Livy's Ab urbe condita. White vine border with winged putti, deers, birds, rabbits, and a wreath enclosing the arms of Pope Pius II., Ab urbe condita (abbreviated) (ff. 1-60v); Epitoma de Tito Livio (index Epitome of Livy) (ff. 61-136)

White vine historiated initial 'A'(dventus) with a man in bust with a wreath (Titus Livius) at the beginning of Livy's Ab urbe condita. White vine border with winged putti, deers, birds, rabbits, and a wreath enclosing the arms of

• Full white vine border, inhabited by birds, with a roundel of Virgil, another of shepherds minding their sheep, a large initial 'T'(itire), and, in the lower margin, a wreath, intended for arms, supported by two putti., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-35); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 35-55v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 55v-239v)

Rubrics in red or orange. Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-35); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 35-55v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 55v-239v) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Harley on 17 June 1721 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Historiated initial 'E'(t si) with a man in profile, holding a book combined with a foliate bar border with ivy and acanthus at the beginning of the text. Unidentified arms with a griffin. 15th-century notarial inscription in the lower margin., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Historiated initial 'E'(t si) with a man in profile, holding a book combined with a foliate bar border with ivy and acanthus at the beginning of the text. Unidentified arms with a griffin. 15th-century notarial inscription in the lower

• Detail of miniature of John the Baptist with the Lamb of God., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

miniature of John the Baptist with the Lamb of God. Text page with the suffrage to Thomas Becket cut out, except the upper and lower margins (f. 30).A shield-shape space left for the arms of a potential purchaser (f. 42)