• Miniatures of nuns in various activities, illustrating the treatise The Abbey of the Holy Ghost., The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 10v); Debate for the Soul (f. 32r-32v)

d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• ~Masorah~ in micrographic form., Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

195v).Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name, 1612 (f. 196); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix §

• ~Masorah~ in micrographic form., Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

195v).Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name, 1612 (f. 196); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix §

• Detail of a marginal decoration: a human head in the outer margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing accompanied with a dog chasing a hare in the lower margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing accompanied with a dog and a lion in the lower margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of a marginal decoration: dog in the outer margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing accompanied with a bird in the outer margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, accompanied with a bearded hybrid blowing a trumpet and carrying a shield with a fleur-de-lis, in the outer margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, inhabited by a dragon., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• 'Champ' initial 'J'(ames) at the beginning of James., New Testament Epistles, Revelation, in the later Wycliffite version

in 1753 to the nation 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. Decorated initial England

• Puzzle initial 'S' from a bifolium used as a flyleaf., Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law

Paraphs in red or blue. Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law William Darell (d. in or after 1580), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: inscribed 'William Darell (f.

• Puzzle initial 'S' from a bifolium used as a flyleaf., Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law

Paraphs in red or blue. Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law William Darell (d. in or after 1580), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: inscribed 'William Darell (f.

• Illuminated initial 'F' at the beginning of a texts on anatomy., Medical miscellany, including texts on anatomy (ff. 1-51v); various treatments of wounds, broken bones, and internal ruptures (ff. 53-152); recipes (ff. 154-193v); an amplified translation of the gynecological sections from Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicine, ending imperfect (ff. 194-232)

(ff. 1-51v); various treatments of wounds, broken bones, and internal ruptures (ff. 53-152); recipes (ff. 154-193v); an amplified translation of the gynecological sections from Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicine, ending imperfect (ff. 194-232) Richard Ferris, Master of the Barbers' and Surgeons'

• Binding with tracery decoration., Psalms in English verse (girdle book)

to one of her maids of honour, a lady of the family of Wyat. ? George Wyat, 1817: see above, where he states that the described volume is in his possession.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham

• Cadels., Confessio Amantis, imperfect

d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Historiated initial 'P'(rosodia) with the author in prayer before the Virgin and Child, and full foliate borders and a bas-de-page scene with a lion and apes, at the beginning of Johannes de Janua's Summa que vocatur Catholicon., Summa que vocatur Catholicon

1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Illuminated initial and full border with a mask and a dragon., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Flourished initials 'M'(emorandum), 'O'(bservatum), and 'N'(otandum)., Polychronicon, continued to 1377, with table of contents (ff. 2-8v)

table of contents ? and replacement pages ? (f 1r-1v; ff. 9-10v).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Inscription '976' (inside upper cover).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of

• Initial 'S'(eynt) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Live of St Michael., Lives of the Saints (in verse), including a life of Moses from the Old Testament History (ff. 155-158) (index Early South English Legendary)

1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the