• Flourished initial 'C'(um), and three-sided border, at the beginning of Alanus de Insulis's De planctu naturae., De planctu naturae (ff. 1-57v); Philobiblon (ff. 58-101v)

1).? 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

• Historiated initial 'R'(icardus) in colours and gold with king Richard II, combined with a foliate bar border ending in a hand holding a scroll with the inscription 'Morrys Stafford me fecit', at the beginning of the text., Registrum brevium

librarian of Robert and Edward Harley 'Bought of Mr Noble' (f. 1).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford

• Upper and lower covers and spine., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

Thomas Gale (b. 1635 or 1646, d. 1702), dean ofYork and antiquary.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician: inscribed, 'Tho. Surrey(?)' (f.

• Decorated initials., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

Thomas Gale (b. 1635 or 1646, d. 1702), dean ofYork and antiquary.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician: inscribed, 'Tho. Surrey(?)' (f.

• Decorated initials and marginal drawings., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

Thomas Gale (b. 1635 or 1646, d. 1702), dean ofYork and antiquary.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician: inscribed, 'Tho. Surrey(?)' (f.

• Decorated initials., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

Thomas Gale (b. 1635 or 1646, d. 1702), dean ofYork and antiquary.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician: inscribed, 'Tho. Surrey(?)' (f.

• Detail: initial-word panel ~Elu~ (these) decorated with white vine scrolls., Prayer book, Italian rite

[1502] (f. 182v).David Marq of Cine bar Abraham: inscribed with his name in the colophon upon the erased name of the patron (f. 182v).Riqa, the sister of Daniel ben Isaac of Ventura, wife of Eliezer of Rubiqu, first owner: inscribed

• Decorated initial 'W'(e), and a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower: 'Forasmutche as you have desired so simple a woman to wrighte in so worthye a booke (good) mayster lieutenaunte therefore I shall as a frende desyre you and as a christian require you to call uppon god to encline youre harte to his lawes to quicken you in his waye and not [on the next page] to take the worde of trewthe utterlye oute of youre mouthe...', Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

page] to take the worde of trewthe utterlye oute of youre mouthe...' Contains prayers extracted from Richard Taverner's translation from the Latin of Wolfgang's Capito's ~Precationes Christianae ad imitationem psalmorum compositae~, printed as ~An epitome of the Psalmes, or briefe

• Decorated initial 'W'(han) with pen-flourishing., The Consolation of Philosophy (index De consolatione philosophiae), in English verse with the Latin text in the margin (ending imperfectly) and other texts (see notes)

1-86)The beginning of a sermon on the words of Acts 10:6 (f. 87)A Treatise between Enformacione and Musyke by William Cornysshe (ff. 88-91)A Balade of Trouthe (imperfect) (f. 92r-v)Uses John Walton's translation of Boethius (fl. 1410).The outer bifolio of each

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rimi) with pen-flourishing forming a partial border., Miscellaneous texts including Liber exceptionum (ff. 1-47v)

name (f. 126v) and 'Gregorie Webb of Wantinge / Gever of this Booke' (f. 167v).William Webbe of Wanting, 16th century: inscribed 'William Webbe of Wanting in the county of berkes yoman' and 'William (...) of Wan(ting)' (f. 127v).The Harley Collection,

• Bas-de-page miniature of Theseus slaying the Minotaur, with Ariadne behind him, from the story of Aeneas., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet 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

• Emblem of a basket encircled with a crown and suspended on a thorn branch with the motto on a scroll 'E non plus' and inscription 'Pour la librairie d'Esgreville', in a late 15th-century hand., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet 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

• Bas-de-page minature of a battle between the Romans and Gauls; Marcus Valerius attacked by a crow., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet 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

• Miniature of Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Rhemus, being buried alive by Amulius and servants., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet 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

• Bas-de-page miniature of the Persian women sending their husbands back into battle., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet 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

• Bas-de-page miniature of Dido climbing onto the couch which is to become her funeral pyre., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet 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

• Bas-de-page miniature of the destruction of Troy and of the deaths of Polyxena, Priam and Hecuba., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

Bas-de-page miniature of the destruction of Troy and of the deaths of Polyxena, Priam and Hecuba. This manuscript contains the second redaction of the text and the Roman de Troie is prose version 5: see Jung 1996, pp. 440, 506.

• Bas-de-page miniature of the Greeks building the wooden horse outside the walls of Troy., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet 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

• Miniature of the wheel of fortune, and illuminated initial., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet 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

• Detail of a miniature of the wheel of fortune., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Plantagenet 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