• 'Champ' initial (added later) and smaller initials with pen-flourishing., Bible historiale

'Champ' initial (added later) and smaller initials with pen-flourishing. Large initials in gold and colours, some painted over earlier initials (ff. 2, 9, 10, 40v, 44, 48, 54v, 56v, 58, 87, 118). The flourishing includes a hybrid creature (f.

• Historiated initials 'O' and 'D' of a man with a sword and the fool before God, respectively, on a text page., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Historiated initial 'E' of a group of mailed warriors attacking a fallen horseman before a city gate., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Decorated initial 'H'(ic) and historiated initial 'I'(n) with John and the eagle, in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Decorated initials and historiated initial 'L'(iber) with a Jesse tree, in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with the rebuilding of the temple in the time of Ezra and the crowning of Cyrus, in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) of Esther and a hanged Haman, in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) with Jerome and pope Damasus, at the beginning of the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Part of the border, at the beginning of the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Ownership inscription: '82 Bibliotheca monasterii montis Sancti Eligii' in the lower margin., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with John and the eagle, in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Decorated initial 'H'(ic), in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) with a Jesse tree, in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Decorated initial 'M', in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Decorated initial 'M'(attheus) and historiated initial 'L'(iber) with a Jesse tree, in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with the rebuilding of the temple in the time of Ezra and the crowning of Cyrus, in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) of Esther and a hanged Haman, in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) with Jerome and pope Damasus, at the beginning of the Bible; ownership inscription : '82 Bibliotheca monasterii montis Sancti Eligii' in the lower margin., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with the royal arms of England, at the beginning of the text., Tractatulus de regimine seu caritate principum

Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1661, Royal Appendix 86, f. 28.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Royal arms of England Stephen Baron London England, S. E. (London?)

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the statutes for Westminster., A collection of English statutes and laws to the reign of Richard II, including statutes for Westminster, Exeter and Winchester (ff. 1-29), and a chancery register (ff. 30-54)

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. Puzzle initial London England, S. (London ?)