• Miniature of a tree with 6 bird nests, with a seated man in the centre., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

Miniature of a tree with 6 bird nests, with a seated man in the centre. 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium; 24 of

• Detail of a miniature of a pelican in a nest pricking its breast to feed its young., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

Detail of a miniature of a pelican in a nest pricking its breast to feed its young. 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium;

• Detail of a miniature of a caladrius bird and a man in a sick-bed, on the left, and on the floor, on the right. The mythical caladrius predicted the recovery or death of a patient by looking towards or away from him., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

Detail of a miniature of a caladrius bird and a man in a sick-bed, on the left, and on the floor, on the right. The mythical caladrius predicted the recovery or death of a patient by looking towards or away

• Detail of a miniature of a siren, depicted as a woman with the tail of a fish, pulling a sailor from a boat by the hair, while another sailor stops his ears to avoid hearing the siren's song, with a centaur holding a bow below., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

Detail of a miniature of a siren, depicted as a woman with the tail of a fish, pulling a sailor from a boat by the hair, while another sailor stops his ears to avoid hearing the siren's song, with a

• Miniature of elephants, a dragon, and a mandrake., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

Miniature of elephants, a dragon, and a mandrake. 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium; 24 of the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in

• Detail of a miniature of a wild ass (onager)., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

Detail of a miniature of a wild ass (onager). 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium; 24 of the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial

• Miniature of lizards (lacerta) with wings, on the left, and to the right, a sawfish (serra), a winged sea monster, and a ship, and below this, vipers (vipera) mating with the male putting his head into the female's mouth, and giving birth, with the young gnawing through her side., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

in red, usually with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Highlighting of letters in red. Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus) Probably Archbishop George Neville ofYork (d.1476), (see James 1928). Inscription in Greek (f. 1*).Sir

• '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

• 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

• Decorated initial 'N'(ow)., 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

• Illuminated initial ‘M’ in colours and gold with a partial bar-border and the arms of William FitzAlan, earl of Arundel impaling those of his wife, Joan, daughter of Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

bar-border and the arms of William FitzAlan, earl of Arundel impaling those of his wife, Joan, daughter ofRichard Neville, earl of Salisbury. Includes five works by Thomas Hoccleve (b. c.1367, d. 1426): The Regenment of Princes (ff. 4-101v), addressed

• Diagram of the seven vices represented as devils: Superbia (Pride), Invidia (Envy), Ira (Wrath), Accidia (Sloth), Avaricia (Covetousness), Gula (Gluttony), and Luxuria (Self-indulgence), each subdivided, and countered by virtues, illustrating Peraldus's Liber de vitiis., Theological miscellany, including the Summa de vitiis (see Notes for contents)

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. Vices Peraldus England

• Drawing of a cross with the symbols of the Passion., Prayers, including to the Trinity

Drawing of a cross with the symbols of the Passion. The volume is a composite theological miscellany of manuscripts of different origin, and also includes:Richard Lavenham (index Lavyngham), 'A Litil Tretys on the Seven Deadly Sins', 1st half of the

• Miniature of Matthew writing at an improvised desk under a ruined arch, inspired by a winged putto with a distant landscape of hills and towers in the background, within a painted gold architectural frame., Cutting from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII, containing Matthew 5:6-7.

for date of Boncompagni's election to the papacy]' in Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.438 and New York, The Morgan Library and Museum, MS. 270, all probably excised from a Gospel Lectionary (A.I.17) described in a 1714 inventory of the

• Pen drawing of the Crucifixion, Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31)

Pen drawing of the Crucifixion Pen drawing of the Crucifixion (f. 31). Marginal pen drawing of the Five Wounds of Christ (?) (f. 31v). Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31) Richard Jones

• Marginal drawing, possibly representing the Five Wounds of Christ., Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31)

Five Wounds of Christ. Pen drawing of the Crucifixion (f. 31). Marginal pen drawing of the Five Wounds of Christ (?) (f. 31v). Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31) Richard Jones (d.

• Initial 'C'(ome) with pen-flourished decoration., Statutes of Edward III and Richard II, including a table of contents (ff. 1-11v)

146v-147). Statutes of Edward III and Richard II, including a table of contents (ff. 1-11v) Two heraldic arms in the lower margin (ff. 146v and 147).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Detail of decorated initials., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• Detail of miniature and genealogy., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• null, Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and