• Detail of diagram., Theological miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie'

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. 2).Purchased by the British Museum

• Full, historiated border with the text excised, of trompe l'oeil flowers and insects, doves and olive branches and roundels with scenes from the Passion (clockwise from top left; the Betrayal, the Agony in the Garden, the Crowning with Thorns, the Road to Calvary, and the Flagellation), and portraits of the Evangelists John (lower left) and Matthew (lower right) in monochrome. In the lower border, flanked by two winged putti, are the arms of pope Innocent X. The border frames miniatures of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and an initial letter 'D', and Pentecost., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Miniature of Pentecost., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Miniature of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and an initial letter 'D'., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Detail of decorated initials with pen-flourishing in book 7., Confessio amantis, imperfect

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. Detail John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Miniature of Benedictine monks chanting at a lectern; another takes holy water on entering, and an initial 'K'. On the reverse one and a half four-line red staves, musical notation and partial text 'Kyrie /... leison'., Cuttings from a Gradual

from the Twelfth to the End of the Nineteenth Century~, ed. by Robert Henry Benson, 2 vols (Oxford: University Press; London: H. Milford, 1927), I, no. 17, fig. 15). Musical notation. 1 miniature in colours and gold, of Benedictine monks

• Historiated and zoomorphic initial 'B' of Benedict seated and holding a crozier, the body of the initial composed of horns sprouting foliage and a hedgehog. One the reverse two four-line red staves, musical notation and text 'co[mmunio] / …te om[n]es a[n]'., Cuttings from a Gradual

from the Twelfth to the End of the Nineteenth Century~, ed. by Robert Henry Benson, 2 vols (Oxford: University Press; London: H. Milford, 1927), I, no. 17, fig. 15). Musical notation. 1 miniature in colours and gold, of Benedictine monks

• Historiated and zoomorphic initial 'S' of Pentecost, the body of the initial composed of two intertwining dragons. On the reverse two four-line red staves, musical notation and text '...lleluia alle / …luia. Ps(almus)'., Cuttings from a Gradual

from the Twelfth to the End of the Nineteenth Century~, ed. by Robert Henry Benson, 2 vols (Oxford: University Press; London: H. Milford, 1927), I, no. 17, fig. 15). Musical notation. 1 miniature in colours and gold, of Benedictine monks

• Historiated initial 'S' of the Apostles praying. One the reverse one four-line red stave, musical notation and partial text '…eus all'., Cuttings from a Gradual

from the Twelfth to the End of the Nineteenth Century~, ed. by Robert Henry Benson, 2 vols (Oxford: University Press; London: H. Milford, 1927), I, no. 17, fig. 15). Musical notation. 1 miniature in colours and gold, of Benedictine monks

• Decorated initial 'I'(f) containing 2 dragons, and with foliate feathering extending between the columns and into the margins at the beginning of book 3., Confessio amantis, imperfect

£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. Decorated initial John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Decorated initial 'U'(pon) with foliate feathering including a male figure, extending between the columns and into the margins at the beginning of book 4., Confessio amantis, imperfect

£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. Decorated initial John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Half-page miniature of the Roman army defeated at the Forche Caudine, with a decorated initial 'A'., 'Ab urbe condita', the first decade only

lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (front pastedown; see Wright 1972).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 176, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• Text page., Leaf from Bracciolini's 'De infelicitate principum', cropped

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Coloured initial 'C'., Leaf from a Commentary on Psalm 70

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Leaf from Hrabanus's 'De Universo', Book XIII, chapters 6-10

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from a Lectionary

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Front cover of brown leather with gold tooling, the arms of George II and the date, 1757., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Text page., Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

Harley for 1100 guilders (see C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright, ~The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726~, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976), I, 38 n. 5).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl