• Portrait of St Matthew., Four Gospels (index New Testament, Bible) and Apostolos, including Eusebius's 'Letter to Carpianus' with canon tables (ff. 2-6v, imperfect), and extracts from Acts and Epistles (ff. 183-202v, imperfect at the end).

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. Evangelist portrait Eusebius of Caesarea Eastern Mediterranean

• Pen-flourished initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

72v, 87v). Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Richard Shearman: his name inscribed in the rebus image of the letters 'ry', a car, a letter 'd', a pair of shears and a man, (f. 80v).Inscription in English of a note

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• Miniature of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. The Israelites are approaching towards the seashore following the fire column and a fire cloud. Moses is already at the sea and lifting his staff. They have the chasing Egyptian army at their heels. Above the scene, there is a foliate scroll inhabited by birds, and a haloed and winged angel., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) with miscellaneous works in the margins

1984, p. 306).Hippolite of Ferrara, Franciscan censor (active at the end of the 16th century-beginning of 17th century, in Cremona?): inscribed with his name, 1601 (f. 449), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House,

• Initial 'P'(ost) with reserved designs and penwork decoration at the beginning of Arnold of Bonneval's 'De sex verbis Domini in cruce'; the final design differs from the underdrawing in crayon., De operibus sex dierum (ff. 1-30); De sex verbis Domini in cruce (ff. 31-49v); Sermons (ff. 49v-53)

the beginning of Arnold of Bonneval's 'De sex verbis Domini in cruce'; the final design differs from the underdrawing in crayon. Quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires)

• Miniature of the Holy Women at the Tomb of Christ, preceding Psalm 95., 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,

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) of Christ and Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), at the beginning of Psalm 95., 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,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antate) of Christ and Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), at the beginning of Psalm 95., 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,

• Two bands decorated with palmettes, at the Song of Moses (Deut. 32)., Grammatical introduction (~Makhberet ha-Tigan~) (ff. 1-37), Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ (ff. 38v-end)

Two bands decorated with palmettes, at the Song of Moses (Deut. 32). The scribe's name is not mentioned in the colophon,on his identification, see Richard Ettinghausen, 1964, p. 33. 4 carpet pages in colours (ff. 38v, 39, 154v, 155), Micrographical

• Palmettes and micrographical design of fish at the Song of Moses (Deut. 32)., Grammatical introduction (~Makhberet ha-Tigan~) (ff. 1-37), Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ (ff. 38v-end)

Palmettes and micrographical design of fish at the Song of Moses (Deut. 32). The scribe's name is not mentioned in the colophon,on his identification, see Richard Ettinghausen, 1964, p. 33. 4 carpet pages in colours (ff. 38v, 39, 154v, 155),

• Palmettes and micrographical design of fish at the Song of Moses (Deut. 32)., Grammatical introduction (~Makhberet ha-Tigan~) (ff. 1-37), Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ (ff. 38v-end)

Palmettes and micrographical design of fish at the Song of Moses (Deut. 32). The scribe's name is not mentioned in the colophon,on his identification, see Richard Ettinghausen, 1964, p. 33. 4 carpet pages in colours (ff. 38v, 39, 154v, 155),

• Miniature of Froissart presenting his book to Richard II., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(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. Froissart Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the Vienna

• Detail of a miniature of Froissart presenting his book to Richard II., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(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. Froissart Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the Vienna

• Illuminated initial 'H'(e) at the beginning of John Lydgate's Fall of Princes., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

the beginning of John Lydgate's Fall of Princes. f. 2r-v is an added a poem of moral and political advice; f. 3r-v is an added prayer, and f. 189v is an added a prophecy relating to the events of the

• Illuminated initials and decorated verses in John Lydgate's Fall of Princes., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

in John Lydgate's Fall of Princes. f. 2r-v is an added a poem of moral and political advice; f. 3r-v is an added prayer, and f. 189v is an added a prophecy relating to the events of the Civil Wars