• Historiated initial 'A'(d) with the Mass and full foliate borders including birds and heraldic arms., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Miniatures of the Crucifixion and the Majesta Domini, at the beginning of the Canon of the mass., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial of the Nativity., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial of the Adoration of the Magi., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated intial of Peter in chains between two soldiers., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial of a monk praying before an altar., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial of the Resurrection., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Detail of a historiated initial of Pentecost., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Detail of historiated initial of the Trinity., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with Andrew., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Detail of historiated initial of the Presentation., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial of the Presentation., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the sun and moon overhead, and the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist below., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Miniature of God enthroned, surrounded by symbols of the four evangelists., Missal, use of Paris

century: added? arms (f. 20).Joseph Hinselin, conseiller du Roi , 17th century: his armorial bookplates (f. 1 (x2)).Matthew de Varennes, London bookdealer, 21 December 1723; bought by Nathaniel Noel for Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God in a landscape, at the beginning of the reading for the feast of John the Baptist., Epistle Lectionary

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Epistle Lectionary The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c.1450, d.1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-9) and his wife Margaret in 1508: inscribed

• Calligraphic specimens with decorated initial 'O' signed by Petruccio Ubaldini, dated 1550, and dedicated to Edward VI (in the fourth year of his reign)., Specimens of Calligraphy

Gilson 1921).In the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 42, no, 3.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calligraphic specimens Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God in a landscape, with an illuminated initial 'A' and partial foliate border, at the beginning of the reading for the feast of John the Baptist., Epistle Lectionary

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Epistle Lectionary The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c.1450, d.1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-9) and his wife Margaret in 1508: inscribed

• Diagrams of the eclipses of the moon, from Nicholas of Lynn's Kalendarium., Kalendarium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum

• Marginal grotesque, arms, and a painting of a bird of prey catching a rabbit., Book of Hours (fragmentary)

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. Grotesque Milemete group London England, S. E. (London)

• Marginal grotesque, arms, and a painting of a bird of prey catching a duck., Book of Hours (fragmentary)

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. Grotesque Milemete group London England, S. E. (London)