• Coloured initials., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

decade of the 12th century.Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle and Late Twelfth-Century Manuscripts from the North-East of Ireland and Galloway, with initials of Henry's 'knotted wire' type. 2 full-page miniature of Evangelist symbols in ink with washes of green,

• Following the end of the Gospel of Matthew is a three-line note providing the scribe's name and suggesting the date: 'Or(ait) do Maelbrigte q(u)i scribsit h(un)c libru(m) . . .' (Pray for Maelbrigte, who wrote this book. Great is the deed the Cormac mac Carthaig should have been slain by Tairdelbah O Briain.) Cormac MacCarthy was killed in 1138., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

decade of the 12th century.Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle and Late Twelfth-Century Manuscripts from the North-East of Ireland and Galloway, with initials of Henry's 'knotted wire' type. 2 full-page miniature of Evangelist symbols in ink with washes of green,

• Miniature of a lion, the Evangelist symbol of Mark, at the beginning of his Gospel., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

decade of the 12th century.Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle and Late Twelfth-Century Manuscripts from the North-East of Ireland and Galloway, with initials of Henry's 'knotted wire' type. 2 full-page miniature of Evangelist symbols in ink with washes of green,

• Decorated initial and letter 'In'(itium) with animal heads at the beginning of the Gospel of Mark., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

decade of the 12th century.Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle and Late Twelfth-Century Manuscripts from the North-East of Ireland and Galloway, with initials of Henry's 'knotted wire' type. 2 full-page miniature of Evangelist symbols in ink with washes of green,

• Miniature of a calf, the Evangelist symbol of Luke before the beginning of Luke. Holes in the parchment towards the lower left-hand corner show where another piece of parchment was threaded through to make a place-marker., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

decade of the 12th century.Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle and Late Twelfth-Century Manuscripts from the North-East of Ireland and Galloway, with initials of Henry's 'knotted wire' type. 2 full-page miniature of Evangelist symbols in ink with washes of green,

• Interlace initial and letter 'Qu'(oniam) with animal heads at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

decade of the 12th century.Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle and Late Twelfth-Century Manuscripts from the North-East of Ireland and Galloway, with initials of Henry's 'knotted wire' type. 2 full-page miniature of Evangelist symbols in ink with washes of green,

• Decorated initial 'M'(agnificant) in Luke chapter 1., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

decade of the 12th century.Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle and Late Twelfth-Century Manuscripts from the North-East of Ireland and Galloway, with initials of Henry's 'knotted wire' type. 2 full-page miniature of Evangelist symbols in ink with washes of green,

• Coloured initials in the ancestry of Christ in Luke 3., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

decade of the 12th century.Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle and Late Twelfth-Century Manuscripts from the North-East of Ireland and Galloway, with initials of Henry's 'knotted wire' type. 2 full-page miniature of Evangelist symbols in ink with washes of green,

• Coloured initials., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

decade of the 12th century.Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle and Late Twelfth-Century Manuscripts from the North-East of Ireland and Galloway, with initials of Henry's 'knotted wire' type. 2 full-page miniature of Evangelist symbols in ink with washes of green,

• Explicit of the first text: 'Explicit liber q[ue] intitulatur liber niger qui fuit inventus cu[m] cruce magna de Waltham S[an]c]t]e Crucis'., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany' ; beginning and end imperfect), part 2

1933). A terminus post quem is provided by a poem written in one of the original hands lamenting the death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richardof Hertford, who died in 1345 (Harley 3776, ff. 38v-39).Added later medieval foliation

• Coloured initials in a text page of the chronicle., Chronicle, AD 1-1135 (ff. 34-61), with additions up to 1266 (ff. 61v-73)

formed by manuscripts of different date and origin and includes:'Gui de Warewic', romance in Anglo-Norman verse, with initials in red, last quarter of the 13th or 1st quarter of the 14th century (ff. 15-26v);Life of Saint Robert of Knaresborough, prose

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimo)., Commentary on the Song of Songs, followed by other texts (ff. 2-104v); Commentary on Acts of the Apostles (ff. 105-152v); Commentary on Catholic Epistles (ff. 153-222); Homiliae (ff. 223-251); Commentary on Tobit (ff. 252-258)

The Benedictine abbey of St Mary and St Benedict, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire; Robert Gotham: inscribed, 15th century 'liber rameseye Roberti Gotham' (f. 258v): for this type of inscription see Richard Sharpe, ~English Benedictine Libraries: The Shorter Catalogues~, Corpus of British Medieva

• Initial 'A'(udiens) with foliate decoration., Gesta Normannorum ducum

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 Symeon of Durham and two continental scribes Symeon of

• Drawing of a diagram of the vision of Claudius Senator, and a drawing of a diagram of 'labarum Constantini.', Translation of Testamenta duodecim patriarcharum, and Suidas De probatione Virginitatis Beate Marie

Drawing of a diagram of the vision of Claudius Senator, and a drawing of a diagram of 'labarum Constantini.' Part I Includes the Historia scholastica of Peter Comestor (ff. 9-160v), the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles (ff. 160v-181v),

• Decorated initial 'P'(ascalis) in Anselm's epistle 281., Epistolae 280, 281, and 415, imperfect and fragmentary

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Decorated initial 'D' in Bede's letter to Ecgbert, Bishop of York (died 766)., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

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 Written by two scribes, including Symeon of Durham Symeon

• Flourished initial 'Q'(ua)., Miscellany of historical and romantic works, including Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum), Apollonius of Tyre

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Flourished initial 'F'(uit)., Miscellany of historical and romantic works, including Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum), Apollonius of Tyre

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Decorated initials 'L'(iber), 'F'(uit), and 'H'(abuit)., Historia Scholastica, imperfect; and chronological digest (ff. 267-272v)

Villedary', f. [ii].The chronology includes a listing of the the dukes of Normandy and kings of England to Henry the younger, son of Henry II (b. 1170, d. 1183), and to the dukes of Normandy in Apulia (f. 270v). Initials

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) combined with a full foliate bar border including interlace at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, imperfect

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,