• Coloured initial with penwork decoration extending into the margin., Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (ff. 2-233v), preceded by a prologue (ff. 1r-v)

£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. Coloured initial Richard Barre, bishop of Ely (d. 1202)

• Headpiece and initial 'H'(Eta) with foliate decoration executed in reddish-brown, at the beginning of the homily for the third Sunday after Epiphany, or of the Publican and Pharisee., Homilies on the Gospels for each Sunday of the ecclesiastical year

Headpiece and initial 'H'(Eta) with foliate decoration executed in reddish-brown, at the beginning of the homily for the third Sunday after Epiphany, or of the Publican and Pharisee. Foliate headpieces in reddish brown and/or red (ff. 4, 120, 278v). Other

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixi) with pen-flourishing, incorporating a human head, in the Psalms., Psalms, with commentary ('Rolle of Hampole's Psalter') (ends imperfectly), preceded by a calendar (ff. 1v-7) and a homily on patience and humility (ff. 8-9)

230).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• Full-page inscription by Ralph Prynne, grocer of London, who dedicated, and possibly gave, the Psalter to Queen Mary I., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Miniature of Christ on the Entry into Jerusalem, preceding Psalm 26., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Temptation of Christ, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Temptation of Christ, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Miniature of a man hawking, in the calendar for May., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Miniature of the Nativity from the prefatory cycle., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Miniature of the Holy Women at the Tomb of Christ, preceding Psalm 95, with an historiated initial 'C'(antate)., Psalter

January); William Bateman, bishop of Norwich, founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (b. c.1298, d.1355), inscribed 'exequie Will[el]mi norwic[ensis] ep[iscop]I' (24th January); Richard de Ling or Harling (d. 1355), chancellor of Cambridge University in 1337-1339, founder of a chest in 1352,

• Decorated initial 'U'(lpianus), at the beginning of book 9., Digestum Vetus, with pre-Accursian glosses

apparatus ad Digestum of Hugolinus-Azo, and Azo, Proemium Degesti Veteris (f. 2v), 1st half of the 13th century.Added draft of a concord between the executors of 'Roger de Hyda miles' and Richard, Rogers's son, 13th century (f.1).William of Newenham: partially

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of book 17., Digestum Vetus, with pre-Accursian glosses

apparatus ad Digestum of Hugolinus-Azo, and Azo, Proemium Degesti Veteris (f. 2v), 1st half of the 13th century.Added draft of a concord between the executors of 'Roger de Hyda miles' and Richard, Rogers's son, 13th century (f.1).William of Newenham: partially

• Decorated initial 'U'(lpianus) at the beginning of book 15., Digestum Vetus, with pre-Accursian glosses

apparatus ad Digestum of Hugolinus-Azo, and Azo, Proemium Degesti Veteris (f. 2v), 1st half of the 13th century.Added draft of a concord between the executors of 'Roger de Hyda miles' and Richard, Rogers's son, 13th century (f.1).William of Newenham: partially

• Text page., Digestum Vetus, with pre-Accursian glosses

apparatus ad Digestum of Hugolinus-Azo, and Azo, Proemium Degesti Veteris (f. 2v), 1st half of the 13th century.Added draft of a concord between the executors of 'Roger de Hyda miles' and Richard, Rogers's son, 13th century (f.1).William of Newenham: partially

• Detail of a folio with a version of the Lord's prayer in English., Theological works in prose and verse including The Lay Folks' Mass Book and Speculum Mundi

(ff. 2v);230/1:'þo Whele of Fortune..' (f. 104v-106v);244/5: 'Allemighty God in trinite..' (ff. 36-49);906/8: Abuses of the age, 'Gifte hys made domesman..' (f. 2v: the last 6 lines);1014/1: 'Of þo flode of þo world..' (ff. 101-104v);1101/7: Speculum Mundi of Gy de

• Text page with paraphs and catchword., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

reign of Louis IX of France. There are nearly a hundred of his sermons in this manuscript, mostly for special occasions, with those at the end on the sacraments and commandments.A further 14th-century copy of the sermons of Gilbert of