• Text page with rubric in capitals at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

outline for a Christ in Majesty composition, as in the Landevennec gospels (see Wormald 1977).X-rays of both boards are in London, British Library Manuscript Facsimile 800. Decorated canon tables in brown and red (ff. 12v-13). A frame with five roundels,

• Full-page decoration at the beginning of a ~piyyut~ (liturgical poem) for Yom Kippur (Davidson vol. 1, no. 2106). The text of the poem is surrounded by an architectural frame with towers on both sides and with columns held by lions. The upper section of the frame is scallopped and is flanked by a dragon and a hybrid., Prayers for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'London Days of Awe Mahzor')

42) 5 decorated catchwords (ff. 69v, 77v, 84v, 90v, 98v). Prayers for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'London Days of Awe Mahzor') Hayyim, the scribe: the word ~hayyim~ is decorated on ff. 10, 31, 37v, 67, 103v,

• Decorated initial 'P'(rincipia), and plain red initial 'P'(aulus); the upper margin with an ownership inscription of Sir John Prise., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

pp. 1-24, reprinted in N. R. Ker, ~Books, Collectors and Libraries: Studies in the Medieval Heritage~, ed. A. G. Watson (London and Ronceverte, 1985), pp. 471-96; the present manuscript cited with the siglum 'P. 8.'Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Coloured initial 'P'(aulus) and other plain red and green initials., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

pp. 1-24, reprinted in N. R. Ker, ~Books, Collectors and Libraries: Studies in the Medieval Heritage~, ed. A. G. Watson (London and Ronceverte, 1985), pp. 471-96; the present manuscript cited with the siglum 'P. 8.'Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Initial 'H'(ec) and coloured initials 'S'(unt) and 'T'(unc) at the beginning of book 4 of Boethius's consolatio philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

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 book-plate with the

• Detail of diagram., Theological miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie'

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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Full, historiated border with the text excised, of trompe l'oeil flowers and insects, doves and olive branches and roundels with scenes from the Passion (clockwise from top left; the Betrayal, the Agony in the Garden, the Crowning with Thorns, the Road to Calvary, and the Flagellation), and portraits of the Evangelists John (lower left) and Matthew (lower right) in monochrome. In the lower border, flanked by two winged putti, are the arms of pope Innocent X. The border frames miniatures of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and an initial letter 'D', and Pentecost., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Miniature of Pentecost., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Miniature of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and an initial letter 'D'., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Detail of illuminated initial., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Diagram., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Text page with volvelle., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Text page with volvelle., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

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

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

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

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Decorated initials and diagram., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Detail of decorated initials with pen-flourishing in book 7., Confessio amantis, imperfect

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. Detail John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Illuminated white vine initial 'S'(i), at the beginning of Book 7 of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library.? John Shirwood (d. 1493), bishop of Durham, bought in London in 1464: inscribed '‘Liber [rest of line erased, perhaps including ‘sacre’] / empt(us) Londoni circiter xiij kalendas januarias a^o^

• Illuminated white vine initials 'E'(t) at the last letter of Book 13, and the beginning of Book 14 of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library.? John Shirwood (d. 1493), bishop of Durham, bought in London in 1464: inscribed '‘Liber [rest of line erased, perhaps including ‘sacre’] / empt(us) Londoni circiter xiij kalendas januarias a^o^

• lluminated white vine initial 'Q'(uod) in Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library.? John Shirwood (d. 1493), bishop of Durham, bought in London in 1464: inscribed '‘Liber [rest of line erased, perhaps including ‘sacre’] / empt(us) Londoni circiter xiij kalendas januarias a^o^