• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing a harp and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Psalms., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

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. David London England, S. (London?)

• Illuminated initial 'K'(yrie) and marginal drawing of a fox and an ape, at the beginning of the litany., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

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. Marginal drawing London England, S. (London?)

• Detail of historiated initial 'B'(eatus)with David harping at the beginning of the Psalms., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

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. David London England, S. (London?)

• Initial with foliate designs, initials with penwork flourishing, and full border., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

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. Illuminated initials London England, S. (London?)

• Pen-flourished initials 'F'(rater) and 'H'(enrici)., Cartulary made for Walter Lynton (index Walter de Lynton), master of the hospital of the Virgin Mary and Lazarus, Burton Lazars, Leicestershire

its cartulary, made for Lynton in 1402 (f. 5) (see Davis no. 491; cf no. 90).The hospital of St-Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, London, a subordinate hospital of Burton Lazars, Leicestershire (see Wright 1972).Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector: binding with

• Detail of a coloured drawing with knights jousting, including Tristan, designated by an inscribed 'Ti'., Roman de Tristan in prose (index Tristram) (imperfect)

two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside the upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 237, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• Large miniature of Tarquinus and Lucrecia at the beginning of book 6. Full border copied from f. 88v, with acanthus leaves, flowers, fruits and gold leaves on unpainted ground, inhabited by a man climbing on a vine and a hybrid wrestling a bear. Decorated initial 'U'(nde) in gold and blue, and an original 15th-century initial 'D'(ux) which was cut-out from the original folio and pasted onto the present folio., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

1487): his arms (in vol. 1: Harley 4372, f. 12).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Table and decorated initial., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Table., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Detail of table., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Table., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Blank flyleaf at the beginning of the manuscript., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Flyleaf Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S.

• Obits of the members of the de Grandison family and some medical recipes in English inscribed on the flyleaf., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Obits Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S.

• Medical recipes in English inscribed on the flyleaf., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Medical recipes Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands,

• Blank page., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Blank page Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands,

• Inscription of the manuscript's shelf mark with a reference to David Casley's catalogue of the Royal collection., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inscription Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S.

• Miniature of John the Baptist, with Agnus Dei., Added prayers to saints

Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. John the Baptist Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands,

• Decorated initial 'S'(ancte) with a partial foliate bar border., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands,

• Miniature of James enthroned, with a foliate border., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. James enthroned Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands,

• Illuminated initials 'O'(Auditor) and 'O'(sanctificator) with a partial bar border., Added prayers to saints

Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initials Herman Scheerre Master of the Beaufort Saints London England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands,