• Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(everendo) of Peter Comestor, at the beginning of the preface., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'F'(uit) of an angel and Zacharias censing the altar, at the beginning of Luke., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Detail of a miniature of a lion, a rabbit with a trumpet,and a perching bird, from the border of the folio., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Detail of a border with a peacock and hybrid grotesques, at the beginning of Luke., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) probably made for him, and presented by him to Ashridge College, Bucks, founded by him in 1283: his arms together with those of Edward I, king of England, Edward of Caernarvon, and Richard, king of

• Initial 'A' with two parrots and another bird., Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Winter season

of the inventory of his manuscripts drawn up by F. S.Ellis in the upper left hand corner of the inside upper cover '3'; purchased by Bennett in April 1897.Richard Bennett of Riversdale, Manchester: added the booklabel 'From the Library

• Decorated initial 'I'(sti) with an animal head, and a bird in the lower margin., Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Winter season

of the inventory of his manuscripts drawn up by F. S.Ellis in the upper left hand corner of the inside upper cover '3'; purchased by Bennett in April 1897.Richard Bennett of Riversdale, Manchester: added the booklabel 'From the Library

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ui) with two birds., Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Winter season

of the inventory of his manuscripts drawn up by F. S.Ellis in the upper left hand corner of the inside upper cover '3'; purchased by Bennett in April 1897.Richard Bennett of Riversdale, Manchester: added the booklabel 'From the Library

• Illuminated initial 'E'(cce) at the beginning of the first Sunday in Advent, and iIn the upper margin the 16th-century ownership inscription of 'Richard Crosby, monk of Durham'. An inscription on an end flyleaf states that it was given to him by Hugh Whitehede, last prior of Durham, in 1521., Breviary (the 'Coldingham Breviary'), including the Temporale

of the first Sunday in Advent, and iIn the upper margin the 16th-century ownership inscription of'Richard Crosby, monk of Durham'. An inscription on an end flyleaf states that it was given to him by Hugh Whitehede, last prior

• Puzzle initial., Various works, including the Didascalicon (ff. 1-25); the Liber Exceptionum, Part II: Allegoriae in Vetus et Novum Testamentum (ff. 191v-235v)

1*]). Puzzle initial Close to the hand of Johannes dictus Toussens (see Stones 1977 p. 12). Johannes dictus Toussens Vincent of Beauvais decorators Hugh of Saint-Victor (index Hugh of St Victor); Richardof Saint-Victor Netherlands, S. Netherlands, S. (Belgium, Hainault,

• null, Various works, including the Didascalicon (ff. 1-25); the Liber Exceptionum, Part II: Allegoriae in Vetus et Novum Testamentum (ff. 191v-235v)

flyleaf [f. 1*]). Close to the hand of Johannes dictus Toussens (see Stones 1977 p. 12). Johannes dictus Toussens Vincent of Beauvais decorators Hugh of Saint-Victor (index Hugh of St Victor); Richardof Saint-Victor Netherlands, S. Netherlands, S. (Belgium, Hainault,

• null, Various works, including the Didascalicon (ff. 1-25); the Liber Exceptionum, Part II: Allegoriae in Vetus et Novum Testamentum (ff. 191v-235v)

flyleaf [f. 1*]). Close to the hand of Johannes dictus Toussens (see Stones 1977 p. 12). Johannes dictus Toussens Vincent of Beauvais decorators Hugh of Saint-Victor (index Hugh of St Victor); Richardof Saint-Victor Netherlands, S. Netherlands, S. (Belgium, Hainault,

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n principio) with pen-flourishing and display script at the beginning of Genesis., Bible without the Psalms, imperfect

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. Puzzle initial England

• Historiated initial 'L(iber)' with the Tree of Jesse at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel., Bible, including the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 595-639v)

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. Historiated initial Paris France,

• Text page with coloured initials., Theological miscellany, including lives of the saints, the song of St Godric; John of Ford's Epistolae (ff. 104-106); Vita Sancti Wulfrici anachoretae (ff. 106-147)

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. Text page John of Ford England

• Puzzle initial 'A'(nno) with pen-flourishing., Chronica maiora

Cistercian abbey of St Mary's, Jervaulx (Yorkshire), late-13th or early-14th century: inscribed 'liber jorevallis (ff. 11v, 56).Added marginal annotations in 14th-century hands.Added text in a 15th-century hand concerning the coronation of Henry II until the death of king Richard I

• Inhabited initial 'A'(sculta) with dragons, at the beginning of the Rule of Benedict., Regula sancti Benedicti with notes and commentary; Templum Domini, meditations and works on sin, penitence etc.

5); included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f. 33), in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, (f. 18) and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

and/or blue of fish, beakheads, animals, heads, and hybrids. Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers Perhaps made for someone in the diocese of Norwich: the highly-graded inclusion of Felix of Dunwich in

• Decorated initials, and line-endings in the form of animals and hybrids at the beginning of a litany., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

and/or blue of fish, beakheads, animals, heads, and hybrids. Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers Perhaps made for someone in the diocese of Norwich: the highly-graded inclusion of Felix of Dunwich in

• Detail of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the earth and the seas, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

Detail of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the earth and the seas, at the beginning of Genesis. One of three manuscripts of the 'Bible du XIIIe siècle', or French translation of

• Detail of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the sun and moon and the birds and animals, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

Detail of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the sun and moon and the birds and animals, at the beginning of Genesis. One of three manuscripts of the 'Bible du XIIIe siècle',