• Text page., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Historiated initial., Sonetti and Canzoniere (ff. 10-150), Trionfi (ff. 151-187v) (ends imperfectly), preceded by a table

possible shelfmark number?: paper-slip with the inscribed number '.IX.IV.XXXIV.' (inside upper cover).Mr B. Hertz, a dealer of Great Marlborough St, London, according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of his anonymous auction catalogue, Sotheby's, 7 August

• Historiated initial., Sonetti and Canzoniere (ff. 10-150), Trionfi (ff. 151-187v) (ends imperfectly), preceded by a table

possible shelfmark number?: paper-slip with the inscribed number '.IX.IV.XXXIV.' (inside upper cover).Mr B. Hertz, a dealer of Great Marlborough St, London, according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of his anonymous auction catalogue, Sotheby's, 7 August

• Illuminated initial., Sonetti and Canzoniere (ff. 10-150), Trionfi (ff. 151-187v) (ends imperfectly), preceded by a table

possible shelfmark number?: paper-slip with the inscribed number '.IX.IV.XXXIV.' (inside upper cover).Mr B. Hertz, a dealer of Great Marlborough St, London, according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of his anonymous auction catalogue, Sotheby's, 7 August

• Decorated initial., Sonetti and Canzoniere (ff. 10-150), Trionfi (ff. 151-187v) (ends imperfectly), preceded by a table

possible shelfmark number?: paper-slip with the inscribed number '.IX.IV.XXXIV.' (inside upper cover).Mr B. Hertz, a dealer of Great Marlborough St, London, according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of his anonymous auction catalogue, Sotheby's, 7 August

• Text page., Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

Harley for 1100 guilders (see C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright, ~The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726~, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976), I, 38 n. 5).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Fragment of a text page., 'Ab urbe condita', the first decade only

lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (front pastedown; see Wright 1972).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 176, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• 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)

• Decorated initial 'S'(egondo) at the beginning of the text., History of Venice to 1439

Brienne family (index Lomenie de Brienne): sold by the son of Louis-Henri de Loménie (b. 1635, d. 1698) through the London bookseller James Woodman on 18 May 1724 to Edward Harley (see Wright 1972). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Initial 'P'(ost) with white vine decoration, at the beginning of Pliny 's Epistola 2., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• Illuminated white vine initial 'F'(requenter) at the beginning of Pliny's Epistolae., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• The left-hand page has a drawing in the form of a hand holding a placard bearing the catchword; the right-hand page has a foliate initial 'P'(rima) at the beginning of Horace's Epistles., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• Marginal drawing of a seated old man holding a round red object in his left hand, adjacent to Horace's account of the Seven Ages of Man., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• Decorated headpiece and initial at the beginning of Manuel Chyrsoloras's Erotemata., Erotemata

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; its bookplate, f. 54**v).Purchased

• Decorated initials in Manuel Chyrsoloras's Erotemata., Erotemata

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; its bookplate, f. 54**v).Purchased

• White vine initial 'C'(um), and decorated initial 'P'(rincipio), at the beginning of Justin's Historiarium libri quadraginta quatuor., Historiarium libri quadraginta quatuor

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

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) with Moses crossing the red sea or bringing water from a rock with his rod(?), at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Glossed Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (ends imperfectly)

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. 2; its book-plate inside upper

• Historiated initial 'N' with Moses with the two tablets, at the beginning of Numbers., Glossed Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (ends imperfectly)

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. 2; its book-plate inside upper

• 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

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C'(upis) at the beginning of Pliny's Epistola 4., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought