• Miniature of Edward II enthroned, while another figure offers him a crown., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

in the 14th century and containing no significant decorative features. 19 tinted drawings (some with gold) of the Creation (f. 1), the battle of Troy (f. 1v), Brutus and Innogent (above); Locrin, Kambere, and Albanac (below) (f. 2), the murder

• Miniature of 'Uter roy' (Uther Pendragon) in conversation with Merlin., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

in the 14th century and containing no significant decorative features. 19 tinted drawings (some with gold) of the Creation (f. 1), the battle of Troy (f. 1v), Brutus and Innogent (above); Locrin, Kambere, and Albanac (below) (f. 2), the murder

• Miniature of king Arthur, holding a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Virgin and Child., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

in the 14th century and containing no significant decorative features. 19 tinted drawings (some with gold) of the Creation (f. 1), the battle of Troy (f. 1v), Brutus and Innogent (above); Locrin, Kambere, and Albanac (below) (f. 2), the murder

• Miniature of Stephen enthroned with a hawk on his wrist., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

in the 14th century and containing no significant decorative features. 19 tinted drawings (some with gold) of the Creation (f. 1), the battle of Troy (f. 1v), Brutus and Innogent (above); Locrin, Kambere, and Albanac (below) (f. 2), the murder

• Miniature of Henry III enthroned, flanked by Westminster Abbey and church bells; below, a genealogical table of his descendants., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

in the 14th century and containing no significant decorative features. 19 tinted drawings (some with gold) of the Creation (f. 1), the battle of Troy (f. 1v), Brutus and Innogent (above); Locrin, Kambere, and Albanac (below) (f. 2), the murder

• Miniature of Richard I enthroned, holding a sword, with three Christian heads and three Saracen heads on either side of his throne., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

in the 14th century and containing no significant decorative features. 19 tinted drawings (some with gold) of the Creation (f. 1), the battle of Troy (f. 1v), Brutus and Innogent (above); Locrin, Kambere, and Albanac (below) (f. 2), the murder

• Detail of a miniature of Richard I enthroned, holding a sword, with three Christian heads and three Saracen heads on either side of his throne., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

in the 14th century and containing no significant decorative features. 19 tinted drawings (some with gold) of the Creation (f. 1), the battle of Troy (f. 1v), Brutus and Innogent (above); Locrin, Kambere, and Albanac (below) (f. 2), the murder

• Miniature of Edward the Confessor standing with a sceptre and a book., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

in the 14th century and containing no significant decorative features. 19 tinted drawings (some with gold) of the Creation (f. 1), the battle of Troy (f. 1v), Brutus and Innogent (above); Locrin, Kambere, and Albanac (below) (f. 2), the murder

• Detail of a miniature of Edward the Confessor standing with a sceptre and a book., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

in the 14th century and containing no significant decorative features. 19 tinted drawings (some with gold) of the Creation (f. 1), the battle of Troy (f. 1v), Brutus and Innogent (above); Locrin, Kambere, and Albanac (below) (f. 2), the murder

• A historiated and foliate initial 'X' of the Crucifixion., Cuttings from a choir book

formerly foliated by the number of the guard on which they are mounted, as f. 1. They can be found referred to in publications by this number. To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902. Cambridge,

• A historiated initial ?'I' of Christ preaching to three men., Cuttings from a choir book

formerly foliated by the number of the guard on which they are mounted, as f. 1. They can be found referred to in publications by this number. To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902. Cambridge,

• A historiated and foliate initial 'A' with a medallion of pseudo-Oriental writing, of a saint preaching to a kneeling crowd., Cuttings from a choir book

Italian cuttings.The present cuttings were formerly foliated by the number of the guard on which they are mounted, as f. 1. They can be found referred to in publications by this number. To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading

• Zoomorphic initial 'B'(eatus vir) with a bird and a fish and interlace decoration in ink and red, green, and yellow at the beginning of the Psalms., Psalter, in the Hebraicum version, with preface, and Canticles

patron of the arts: inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die Mensis Augusti, A. D. 1724' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilecassimis) in brown with penwork decoration and floriate motifs., Psalter, in the Hebraicum version, with preface, and Canticles

patron of the arts: inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die Mensis Augusti, A. D. 1724' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of the Holy Face, or portrait of Christ, at the reading for the feast of the Circumcision on 1 January., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Christ, at the reading for the feast of the Circumcision on 1 January. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v, 25v, 27v, 40, 87, 109, 121, 125v, 128,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(xaudi) with a bust of bishop Germanus, at the beginning of the reading for 28 May and 1 August., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

Germanus, at the beginning of the reading for 28 May and 1 August. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v, 25v, 27v, 40, 87, 109, 121, 125v, 128, 130,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) of Peter holding the chains of his imprisonment at the beginning of the reading for 28 May and 1 August, with a partial bar border including a peasant., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

his imprisonment at the beginning of the reading for 28 May and 1 August, with a partial bar border including a peasant. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v,

• Decorated initial 'A'(d) and coloured initials 'E'(xcita) and 'F'(ratres)., Cistercian Missal, imperfect

or in red with blue penwork decoration, at the canon of the mass (ff. 115v-116). 1 large initial in blue with penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red, green, or blue, some with penwork decoration, 3 with decoration in

• Historiated initial with a battle scene., Fragment of a leaf of a Speculum maius (beginning of book 9)

leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square notation on four-line red staves. 1 large historiated initial with partial bar borders with leaves, in colours and gold. Small initials in red with blue

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) of the Holy Face, or portrait of Christ, with a partial bar border, at the reading for the feast of the Circumcision on 1 January., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

partial bar border, at the reading for the feast of the Circumcision on 1 January. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v, 25v, 27v, 40, 87, 109, 121, 125v,