• Detail of an initial-word panel with pen-flourishing and a medallion formed by foliate motifs: a rooster holding a piece of wheat with a snake coiling on it in its beak, and above the rooster, there is a moon and a hexagram; probably the emblem of the patron., ~Baal ha-Lashon~ (The Master of the Language)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.Inscription in English: ‘This Book called Baal Lashon i.e. Master of Language is an Hebrew Dictionary composed by R. Joseph Zark in

• Illuminated initial 'C'(antate) and three-sided border with acanthus leaves., Psalter, imperfect (See Notes)

acanthus leaves. Contains a calendar including numerous English saints (ff. 1-6v). Starts in the middle of Psalm 3. Ends with the litany (including Dunstan, 'Ragenflede', Grumbald index Rumbald, Etheldrede, Wulfran, Cuthbert, etc.)Catchwords, leaf signatures. 6 large decorated initials combined with

• Decorated initial., Miscellany of Irish texts

8* should be foliated 1-8; f. 9 follows after this sequence.ff. 1, 2 are inscribed with an English account of the contents of the manuscript, giving a brief description of each one of the 22 chapters.ff. 3-9v are paper flyleaves

• White vine initial 'E'(go) with three-sided border incorporating putti and heraldry, at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

15th century and 16th century.Unidentified owner: inscribed with interlinear astrological symbols (f. 1, above the words 'officio', 'pietate', and 'meritorum').Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-15-0' (f. 229v; cf. Burney 150, 168, 177, 208, 245; and see below).Charles Burney (b.

• Coloured initial 'A' (Licinius) and white vine initial 'A' (Genucilio) at the end of Book 13 and beginning of Book 14 of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares (as divided in this manuscript). Next to the initial is an annotation noting that in other manuscripts this letter and those that follow are included in Book 13., Epistolae ad familiares

15th century and 16th century.Unidentified owner: inscribed with interlinear astrological symbols (f. 1, above the words 'officio', 'pietate', and 'meritorum').Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-15-0' (f. 229v; cf. Burney 150, 168, 177, 208, 245; and see below).Charles Burney (b.

• Illuminated white vine initial 'I(nter) and border with heraldic arms; the heading written by Bartolomeo di Giampiero Fonzio, at the beginning of Quintus Curtius Rufus's Historia Alexandri Magni.., Historia Alexandri Magni

include some by the same hand as in Burney 142.Unidentified owner: inscribed with a two-word/name inscription (erased, f. vi verso).Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-10-0', (f. 180v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 177, 208; and see below).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uatuor) containing the letters 'ihc', and heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Seneca's Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus., Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus, and other grammatical texts

a prayer in Latin (f. 6). Small initial in blue with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of a prayer in English (f. 6v). Cadels. Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus, and other grammatical texts Unidentified owner, 15th century: with his crest and

• Coloured initial 'D'(arius) in Quintus Curtius Rufus's Historia Alexandri Magni., Historia Alexandri Magni

include some by the same hand as in Burney 142.Unidentified owner: inscribed with a two-word/name inscription (erased, f. vi verso).Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-10-0', (f. 180v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 177, 208; and see below).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Illuminated wwhite vine initial 'V'(ide) in Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

15th century and 16th century.Unidentified owner: inscribed with interlinear astrological symbols (f. 1, above the words 'officio', 'pietate', and 'meritorum').Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-15-0' (f. 229v; cf. Burney 150, 168, 177, 208, 245; and see below).Charles Burney (b.

• Detail of illuminated initial., Historia Alexandri Magni

include some by the same hand as in Burney 142.Unidentified owner: inscribed with a two-word/name inscription (erased, f. vi verso).Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-10-0', (f. 180v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 177, 208; and see below).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of heraldry., Historia Alexandri Magni

include some by the same hand as in Burney 142.Unidentified owner: inscribed with a two-word/name inscription (erased, f. vi verso).Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-10-0', (f. 180v; cf. Burney 142, 150, 177, 208; and see below).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epistolae ad familiares

15th century and 16th century.Unidentified owner: inscribed with interlinear astrological symbols (f. 1, above the words 'officio', 'pietate', and 'meritorum').Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-15-0' (f. 229v; cf. Burney 150, 168, 177, 208, 245; and see below).Charles Burney (b.

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epistolae ad familiares

15th century and 16th century.Unidentified owner: inscribed with interlinear astrological symbols (f. 1, above the words 'officio', 'pietate', and 'meritorum').Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-15-0' (f. 229v; cf. Burney 150, 168, 177, 208, 245; and see below).Charles Burney (b.

• Detail of heraldry in the lower border., Epistolae ad familiares

15th century and 16th century.Unidentified owner: inscribed with interlinear astrological symbols (f. 1, above the words 'officio', 'pietate', and 'meritorum').Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-15-0' (f. 229v; cf. Burney 150, 168, 177, 208, 245; and see below).Charles Burney (b.

• Puzzle initial 'R'(everentissimo) with penwork decoration and decorated extensions, at the beginning of Thomas Becket's Epistolae., Collectio epistolarum S. Thomae Cantuariensis

Matthew Parker and others, and with notes comparing this copy to one in the Cotton collection (ff. 1v, 367v).Inscribed in English, 16th-century (ff. 169v-170).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epistolae ad familiares

15th century and 16th century.Unidentified owner: inscribed with interlinear astrological symbols (f. 1, above the words 'officio', 'pietate', and 'meritorum').Unidentified English owner, 17th century: inscribed '£1-15-0' (f. 229v; cf. Burney 150, 168, 177, 208, 245; and see below).Charles Burney (b.

• Explicit ot Pseudo-Seneca's Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus., Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus, and other grammatical texts

a prayer in Latin (f. 6). Small initial in blue with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of a prayer in English (f. 6v). Cadels. Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus, and other grammatical texts Unidentified owner, 15th century: with his crest and

• Decorated initials 'P'(lacita) with a monk's head, and foliate 'A'(ssisa) in the record of rents from Bradestret., St Albans register of properties

Decorated initials 'P'(lacita) with a monk's head, and foliate 'A'(ssisa) in the record of rents from Bradestret. Large brown ink initials with intricate penwork decoration, many including patterns, flowers or foliage, crowns, some with faces. Cadels. St Albans register

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uatuor) containing the letters 'ihc', at the beginning of Pseudo-Seneca's Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus., Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus, and other grammatical texts

a prayer in Latin (f. 6). Small initial in blue with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of a prayer in English (f. 6v). Cadels. Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus, and other grammatical texts Unidentified owner, 15th century: with his crest and

• Heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Seneca's Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus., Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus, and other grammatical texts

a prayer in Latin (f. 6). Small initial in blue with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of a prayer in English (f. 6v). Cadels. Tractatus de quatuor virtutibus, and other grammatical texts Unidentified owner, 15th century: with his crest and