• Detail of initial 'M'(arcus) with interlace and bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum~, 3 vols (London: British Museum, 1906-1965), III, pp. 361-62). Large initials and display script in yellow, green, and red, with interlace, foliate,

• Detail of initial with bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum~, 3 vols (London: British Museum, 1906-1965), III, pp. 361-62). Large initials and display script in yellow, green, and red, with interlace, foliate,

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue., Polychronicon to c. 1400 (imperfect)

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 Ranulf Higden (index Ranulph Higden) England, ?S. E. (London)

• Miniature of a knight in armour, with a full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic, with heraldic arms in the lower margin., De Secundo Bello Punico

gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Henry

• White-vine initial 'C'(ornelius)., De Secundo Bello Punico

gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Henry

• White-vine initial 'V'(t ex)., De Secundo Bello Punico

gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Henry

• Decorated initial 'P'(ascales) at the beginning of Sedulius's Carmen paschale, with simple red decoration in the bowl of the letter., Carmen paschale, and related material, including the Epistola ad Macedonium, and Hymnus I, and a list of contents

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188). William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow, near Thame, in 1556

• Decorated initials., Epigrammata ex sententiis S. Augustini, prefatory poem, and poema coniugis ad uxorem, Poems (ff. 1; 22-23v)

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188). William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow, near Thame, in 1556

• Illuminated border and Initial 'N'(octiam) with an unfinished drawing of a seated man (possibly Bede) writing at the desk holding a quill and a knife, and on the bar border, a quadruped (dragon?)., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum

• null, Carmen paschale, and related material, including the Epistola ad Macedonium, and Hymnus I, and a list of contents

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188). William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow, near Thame, in 1556

• Detail of a miniature of a knight in armour, with a full border inhabited by animals and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Henry

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Henry

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Henry

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic, with heraldic arms., De Secundo Bello Punico

gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Henry

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'C'(ornelius)., De Secundo Bello Punico

gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Henry

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'V'(t ex)., De Secundo Bello Punico

gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Henry

• White-vine initial 'C'(um transit)., De Secundo Bello Punico

gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Henry

• Detail of historiated initial., Miscellany, including Liber Hermetis de alchimia (ff. 155-157); Liber triginta verborum (ff. 164-166); De duodecim aquis (ff. 166v-167v); and De naturis colorum iuxta Aristotelem 70 preceptorum (ff. 185v-186).

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 5, pencil inscription: 'XIV 7-16',

• Miniature of a king enthroned surrounded by courtiers with Sir William Herbert and his wife, Anne Devereux wearing clothes decorated with their coats of arms, kneeling before him, with a full border with a scroll inscribed with William Herbert's and his wife's mottos reading 'e las sy longuement', and 'De toute'; a foliate initials 'O'(mighty), at the beginning of the Troy Book; and the arms of William Herbert and Anne Devereux with mottos, between the column of the text., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. King enthroned John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Detail of a miniature of a king enthroned surrounded by courtiers with Sir William Herbert and his wife, Anne Devereux kneeling before him, wearing clothes decorated with their coats of arms., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. King enthroned John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)