1753 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. Beatus initial Winchester England,
1753 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. Decorated initial Winchester England,
Marginal drawing of travellers, speaking In English, in the margin of Jacobus de Voragine's life of Cecila. Rust-stains from a chain-staple (?) at the lower edge of the front flyleaves (ff. [iii-]iv]). 4 large puzzle initials in red and blue
Detail of marginal drawing of a man. Marginal sketches, 16th century, of letters and ornamental elements (ff. 24, 35, 36, 56v, 59v), of a symbolic figure held by two hands (ff. 32v, 53v), of animals (mostly a dog hunting a
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. Decorated initials Richardof Saint-Victor Rochester England, S.
in fainter ink, the note 'per Richard Hauley abbatem' (of Gloucester, 1457-1472).f. 225, reused as a flyleaf, is a folio from a thirteenth-century manuscript of the Historia Scholastica of Petrus Comestor. Added pen drawing of a chalice or urn in
in fainter ink, the note 'per Richard Hauley abbatem' (of Gloucester, 1457-1472).f. 225, reused as a flyleaf, is a folio from a thirteenth-century manuscript of the Historia Scholastica of Petrus Comestor. Added pen drawing of a chalice or urn in
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. Text page Tertullian, translated by Robert Grosseteste (ff. 1-15); Richardof
in 1753 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. Decorated initial England
margin, f. 1).Addition of an 11th-12th century list of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Augustine- Anselm (consecrated 1093), with additions down to Richardof Dover (consecrated 1174) (f. 34).Mid-12th century addition of twelve lines of verses (f. 18).Note of a flood
Bible, without the Psalms John, vicar of Elmham, 13th century: inscription recording the gift of this manuscript to Norwich Franciscans, for the use of Herveo de Berewick (f. 2*v). 'Herveo de Berewick', friar of the Franciscan convent at Norwich, 13th