• Miniature of servants hanging the child Oedipus from a tree by his feet, Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet 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

• Coat of arms of D'Esgreville supported by two wild men., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet 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

• Text page with coloured initials and a partial bar border., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

impaling those of his wife, Joan, daughter ofRichard Neville, earl of Salisbury; his badge of a white horse with a motto 'My trust ys' (f. 120).Drawing of two interlaced gloves, 15th century (f. 102).Scribblings and signatures of Harry Courtenay,

• Detail of a miniature of David pointing to his mouth, and illuminated initial 'D'(ixi), at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter, in the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria'), Use of Rome (index Breviary of Jean sans Peur)

Detail of a miniature of David pointing to his mouth, and illuminated initial 'D'(ixi), at the beginning of Psalm 38. The manuscript bears references to the work of the Limbourg brothers, e.g., the Martyrdom of Mark (f. 282v) copies the

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

Shatt' (f. 130).Thomazine Stourton, wife of William (d. 1523), 5th Baron Stourton: inscription 'Tomysin, Lady Stourton' (ff. 54, 78, 116).Inscription, 16th century: 'George Roceter' (f. 140). Members of the Worth family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564',

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

Shatt' (f. 130).Thomazine Stourton, wife of William (d. 1523), 5th Baron Stourton: inscription 'Tomysin, Lady Stourton' (ff. 54, 78, 116).Inscription, 16th century: 'George Roceter' (f. 140). Members of the Worth family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564',

• Illuminated initial 'T'(he) at the beginning of Matthew., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version, with prologues and a calendar and table of lessons for the use of Sarum from both Testaments

table of lessons for the use of Sarum from both Testaments Mrs. Atkins of Worcester: 18th-century inscription 'This N. Testament bought of M^rs.^ Atkins of Worcester cost me [p1:10s: 00d] (effaced) Hen: Jeffreyes' (f. 1v).Henry Jeffreyes; above-cited inscription.Mr. Bloote of

• Illuminated initial 'I' with foliate decoration., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version, with prologues and a calendar and table of lessons for the use of Sarum from both Testaments

table of lessons for the use of Sarum from both Testaments Mrs. Atkins of Worcester: 18th-century inscription 'This N. Testament bought of M^rs.^ Atkins of Worcester cost me [p1:10s: 00d] (effaced) Hen: Jeffreyes' (f. 1v).Henry Jeffreyes; above-cited inscription.Mr. Bloote of

• Decorated initial in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

Shatt' (f. 130).Thomazine Stourton, wife of William (d. 1523), 5th Baron Stourton: inscription 'Tomysin, Lady Stourton' (ff. 54, 78, 116).Inscription, 16th century: 'George Roceter' (f. 140). Members of the Worth family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564',

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

Shatt' (f. 130).Thomazine Stourton, wife of William (d. 1523), 5th Baron Stourton: inscription 'Tomysin, Lady Stourton' (ff. 54, 78, 116).Inscription, 16th century: 'George Roceter' (f. 140). Members of the Worth family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564',

• Detail of a historiated initial 'V'(erba) of Jerome in his study., Psalter with a calendar (ff. 2-5), a litany (ff. 143-146), and excerpts from the New Testament

1515), of Little Hadham, Hertfordshire; son of John Capell of Stoke Nayland, Suffolk; lord mayor of London from 1503-04, and from 1509-10: inscription recording the gift of a 'Valentyn' to him from the wife of Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Lieutenant of

• Three-sided border with large initial 'I'(n)., De planctu naturae (ff. 2-53v), Forma dictandi (ff. 54-66v), Philobiblon (ff. 67-109v), Contra luxuriam (ff. 110-130v), John of Limoges' Sompniale dilucidarium Pharonis (ff. 131-166)

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 border Alan of Lille (index Alain de Lille, Alanus de Insulis), Richardof Bury (index

• Decorated initial 'C'(ome) wth pen-flourishing at the beginning of the statutes of Edward III., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), for the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-1377)(ff. 28-178), Richard II (r. 1377-1399)(ff. 178v-280v), Henry IV (r. 1399-1413) (ff. 281-336), up to 2 Henry V (r. 1413-1422) (ff. 336-354)

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 Written by

• Miniature of a man warming his feet by a fire, in the calendar for January., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Miniature of a woman holding a candle before an altar, in the calendar for February., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Miniature of a man lopping a branch, in the calendar for March., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Miniature of a young man holding branches, in the calendar for April., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Miniature of a man carrying a faggot, in the calendar page for June., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Miniature of a man with a scythe, in the calendar for July., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Miniature of a man reaping, in the calendar for August., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,