• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page England

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page England

• Initial in foliate design in a foliate design, in gold and colours, inhabited by snakes., World chronicle from the Creation to 1574

The text corresponds to Dorotheos of Moenmbasia's 'Bible History', but with significant variations.The manuscript has an old pagination '1-1723' in ink (ff. 1-861). Headpiece (f. 1) and large initial (f. 1v) in foliate design in gold and colours, the initial

• Decorated initial 'A'(dicio) and geometric diagrams., 'De mathematicis complementis' (ff. 126-138v) and 'De theologicis complementis' (ff. 139-140v; fragment)

1-125).Patristic compilation: 7 quires missing at the beginning and at least 5 at the end, as suggested by the old foliation '70-189, 193-196, 244' (ff. 1-125). One large initial in red with pen-flourishing in green (f. 133). Large initials in

• Decorated headpiece and initials, and title in display capitals., Tetrastichs on the New and Old Testament (ff. 1-45), Arsenius's 'Apophtegms' (ff. 46-118v), and Ignatius's 34 Tetrastichs (ff. 119-125)

1, 10, 46). Decorated lines and initials, titles in display capitals and rubrics in red. Tetrastichs on the New and Old Testament (ff. 1-45), Arsenius's 'Apophtegms' (ff. 46-118v), and Ignatius's 34 Tetrastichs (ff. 119-125) Partly written by Christophoros Kontoleon (ff.

• Text page with supernatural words inscribed., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ff. 1v, 8, 93v-94 and 95 contain prayers by contemporary hands, partly in English; the first and last prayer embellished by small miniatures pasted below, the first sewn to the parchment by green

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Becket, with a full foliate border., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in red, blue and gold. Executed for the English book-market. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Perhaps made for a woman: the devotions in the feminine form.The name

• Calendar page and text in various hands and inks., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ff. 1v, 8, 93v-94 and 95 contain prayers by contemporary hands, partly in English; the first and last prayer embellished by small miniatures pasted below, the first sewn to the parchment by green

• Miniature of Christopher carrying the Christ child across a stream., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ff. 1v, 8, 93v-94 and 95 contain prayers by contemporary hands, partly in English; the first and last prayer embellished by small miniatures pasted below, the first sewn to the parchment by green

• Miniature of Mary Magdalene kneeling in prayer, with the hand of God above., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ff. 1v, 8, 93v-94 and 95 contain prayers by contemporary hands, partly in English; the first and last prayer embellished by small miniatures pasted below, the first sewn to the parchment by green

• Historiated initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (in the beginning), of the Original Sin, at the beginning of Genesis. Above the initial word, Adam and Eve are depicted under a tree holding apples, while the snake is rolled up on the trunk of the tree. Beneath the initial word, three dogs are chasing a hare., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix § 80-84.Contents of manuscript in English (f. 1*).Edward Harley: bought by him through Nathaniel Noel (b. 1681, d. 1753), bookseller (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• Initial-word panel ~Elleh~ (these) decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, and with a medallion containing a coat of arms (of Joab Emmanuel), at the beginning of Exodus., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix § 80-84.Contents of manuscript in English (f. 1*).Edward Harley: bought by him through Nathaniel Noel (b. 1681, d. 1753), bookseller (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• Initial-word panel decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, at the beginning of Numbers., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix § 80-84.Contents of manuscript in English (f. 1*).Edward Harley: bought by him through Nathaniel Noel (b. 1681, d. 1753), bookseller (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• Initial-word panel ~Elleh~ (these) decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, and with a medallion containing Moses speaking to the people of Israel, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix § 80-84.Contents of manuscript in English (f. 1*).Edward Harley: bought by him through Nathaniel Noel (b. 1681, d. 1753), bookseller (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• Decorated initial-word panels with pen-flourishing., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix § 80-84.Contents of manuscript in English (f. 1*).Edward Harley: bought by him through Nathaniel Noel (b. 1681, d. 1753), bookseller (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• Illuminated initial 'L' and text, with references to Thomas Becket erased on the order of Henry VIII., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in red, blue and gold. Executed for the English book-market. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Perhaps made for a woman: the devotions in the feminine form.The name

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it was removed by John Bagford)

or red. Rubrics in red. Capitals highlighted in red. Leaf from de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it was removed by John

• Detail of a miniature of a fleet of ships of the expedition of the English and French to Barbary, with heraldic shields., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

of ships of the expedition of the English and French to Barbary, with heraldic shields. Vol. IV, part 2 is Harley 4380. 11 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders including hybrid figures and birds, in colours

• Added prayer and miniature of Sebastian sewn to the parchment., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ff. 1v, 8, 93v-94 and 95 contain prayers by contemporary hands, partly in English; the first and last prayer embellished by small miniatures pasted below, the first sewn to the parchment by green

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ff. 1v, 8, 93v-94 and 95 contain prayers by contemporary hands, partly in English; the first and last prayer embellished by small miniatures pasted below, the first sewn to the parchment by green