• Text page with calligraphic initials., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calligraphic initials John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London?)

• Miniature of Priam and his court mourning over the body of Hector., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Priam John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London?)

• Miniature of Agamemnon at council in his tent, with Achilles in bed behind, with an illuminated initial 'E' and a partial foliate border., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Agamemnon and Achilles John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Text page with inhabited and flourished initials., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Emblem of a man (a king?) wearing a crown of flames and holding an orb marked 'Sol' in the centre of a radiating Tudor Rose inscribed with verses 'Ex paterno trono radii splendoris/ ex matre candor virginii decoris/ ex patre flos rubi coloris / ex utroque redemptio nostri amoris', and tears dropping onto an eye weeping onto a word 'cor', with Percy badge of a crescent, and a scroll bearing an inscription reading, 'I receyue noo lighte but of thy bearmes bright. The light / benevoulent causith cor to relent for remembrynge / thy goodenes contenuall which remanith perpetuall / Cor cannot but of duti he muste distill yet he saith dutie / cannot recompence a cordinge too his goode will'., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Emblem of Percy moon receiving light from the Tudor sun John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Detail of a miniature of a master and scholars., L'image du Monde

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6649.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of a master and scholars., L'image du Monde

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6649.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of God, with the instruments of Creation., L'image du Monde

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6649.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Miniature of diagrams showing the shape of the earth., L'image du Monde

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6649.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Circular diagrams and text., L'image du Monde

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6649.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Miniature of diagrams to show the shadow of the earth., L'image du Monde

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6649.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Miniature of the phases of the moon., L'image du Monde

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6649.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Miniature of the Universe as a diagram in various concentric circles, with Christ at the top, Hell in the centre, and symbols of the Four Evangelists in the corners., L'image du Monde

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6649.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration, full foliate border in the margins., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork

• Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration, full foliate border in the margins., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork

• Detail of a miniature of Anthony being tormented by demons, with an historiated initial 'A'(nthoine) of Anthony being blessed by another saint, at the beginning of his legend., The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée)

31 July 1844. Sir Thomas Brooke, Armitage Bridge: his book-plate (inside upper cover, vols 1 and 2). G. I. Ellis, London bookseller: cutting of his catalogue, no. 79 (pasted in vol. 1 to the 1st flyleaf [f. vi]); bought by

• Detail of a marginal painting of a stag with wings, from the left-hand margin of the folio., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

Anne of Bavaria (b. 1648, d. 1723): her sale, Pierre Gaudouin, Paris, November 1724, lot 44; bought by James Woodman, London bookseller (see Kren and McKendrick 2003). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Detail of a marginal painting of a female pig on stilts, wearing a conical hat, from the left-hand margin of the folio., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

Anne of Bavaria (b. 1648, d. 1723): her sale, Pierre Gaudouin, Paris, November 1724, lot 44; bought by James Woodman, London bookseller (see Kren and McKendrick 2003). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Opening with decorated initial-word panels: on f. 11v, two citations from Deuteronomy (Deut. 1:5 and 4:44), on f. 12, the beginning of Maimonides' introduction to his Mishneh Torah with a full foliate border inhabited by animals and birds., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork

• Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration and a gold crown, foliate full border in the margins and between the two text column, at the introduction of the Mishneh Torah. The full border is unfinished., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork