• Decorated intial., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

leaf of paper pasted on the inside of the old cover was written 'Thys fayre Boke I have fro the Abbey of Saint Albons in thys yeare of our Lord m.cccclxxxx the sixt daye of Apryll. Willyam Caxton', and 'Richard

• Text page., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

leaf of paper pasted on the inside of the old cover was written 'Thys fayre Boke I have fro the Abbey of Saint Albons in thys yeare of our Lord m.cccclxxxx the sixt daye of Apryll. Willyam Caxton', and 'Richard

• Miniature of angels supporting the coat of arms of George Neville, archbishop of York (f. 4v), and gold initial with tendrils in a white vine style extending into the margin and including a bird and a head, at the beginning of the dedication text., Collectio Sententiarum aurearum, Greek moral sayings, vol. 1

of angels supporting the coat of arms of George Neville, archbishop ofYork (f. 4v), and gold initial with tendrils in a white vine style extending into the margin and including a bird and a head, at the beginning

• Puzzle initial 'P'(romissiones) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 17 in Augustine's De civitate dei. A 13th-century hand has corrected the capitula list in the lower margin., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)(ff. 3-177v); De trinitate (ff. 179-244v)

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. Puzzle initial Augustine England

• Decorated initials., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

of cadels. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting in blue or red. Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

comendyd of wryters'. F. 118v - same hand - 'A defynityon of gentilyty'. F. 119r - same hand: 'gentilyte ys ye renowne of our auncesters for theyr bounty wch ys ye gyft of god...'; 'Tullyus Hostilius was discendid of pare