• Heraldic arms, at the beginning of the Office and Mass of the Dead., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 1)

J. R. Abbey, see E. Ph. Goldschmidt, ~Gothic and Renaissance Bookbindings: Exemplified and Illustrated from the Author's Collection~, 2 vols (London: Benn, 1928), I, no. 167, II, pls. 61-62, and Joseph Brassinne, ~La Reliure Mosane~, 2 vols (Liège: Société des

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Miniature of the Creation, at the beginning of Paulus Orosius's Histoire Ancienne., Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• 2 puzzle initials 'A', at the beginning of the Alphabetical legal dictionary., Vocabularium iuris utirusque (ff. 1-92); Lectura on usury (ff. 93-164v)

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; its book-plate with the

• Miniature of Adam and Eve in Paradise, at the beginning of Paulus Orosius's Histoire Ancienne., Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Musical notation., Gradual, of Carthusian use, imperfect, including Temporale and Sanctorale

Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. Musical notation London England, S. E. (London)

• Decorated initials, line fillers, and a partial trompe l'oeil border with a bee., Book of Hours ('Hours of Louis XII', or 'Hours of Henry VII'), imperfect

City Museum and Art Gallery, No. K 2407, Nativity, London Victoria and Albert Museum, No. E. 949-2003, Adoration of the Magi, the Musée du Louvre, No. RF 53030, Flight into Egypt, London, Private Collection, and Louis XII in Prayer, Presentation

• Decorated initials, line fillers, and partial trompe l'oeil borders with flowers and a butterfly., Book of Hours ('Hours of Louis XII', or 'Hours of Henry VII'), imperfect

City Museum and Art Gallery, No. K 2407, Nativity, London Victoria and Albert Museum, No. E. 949-2003, Adoration of the Magi, the Musée du Louvre, No. RF 53030, Flight into Egypt, London, Private Collection, and Louis XII in Prayer, Presentation

• Decorated initials, line fillers, and a partial trompe l'oeil border of flowers., Book of Hours ('Hours of Louis XII', or 'Hours of Henry VII'), imperfect

City Museum and Art Gallery, No. K 2407, Nativity, London Victoria and Albert Museum, No. E. 949-2003, Adoration of the Magi, the Musée du Louvre, No. RF 53030, Flight into Egypt, London, Private Collection, and Louis XII in Prayer, Presentation

• Decorated initials, line fillers, and a partial trompe l'oeil border, with a butterfly and a ladybug., Book of Hours ('Hours of Louis XII', or 'Hours of Henry VII'), imperfect

City Museum and Art Gallery, No. K 2407, Nativity, London Victoria and Albert Museum, No. E. 949-2003, Adoration of the Magi, the Musée du Louvre, No. RF 53030, Flight into Egypt, London, Private Collection, and Louis XII in Prayer, Presentation

• Decorated initial 'W'(e), and a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower: 'Forasmutche as you have desired so simple a woman to wrighte in so worthye a booke (good) mayster lieutenaunte therefore I shall as a frende desyre you and as a christian require you to call uppon god to encline youre harte to his lawes to quicken you in his waye and not [on the next page] to take the worde of trewthe utterlye oute of youre mouthe...', Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

£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. Inscription by Lady Jane Grey London England, S. (London)

• Decorated initial 'D'(omino) at the beginning of a dedicatory epistle of Gilbert Foliot, bishop of London to Robert, bishop of Hereford., Commentary on the Song of Solomon

at the beginning of a dedicatory epistle of Gilbert Foliot, bishop of London to Robert, bishop of Hereford. Includes a dedicatory epistle of Gilbert Foliot, bishop of London (1163-1187) to Robert, bishop of Hereford, probably to be identified with Robert

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of God the Father gold combined with a full foliate bar border at the beginning of the Temporal., Breviary, Use of Sarum (volume 1)

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. God the Father Herman Scheerre London England, S. E. (probably London)

• 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.